ONE CAFÉ IN INDIA WINS GRAND THEFT AUTO VI
One copy, Standard Edition, delivered as a PlayStation Store voucher on launch day. Post a reel of your floor running RESPAWNA Pro. We shortlist three on published criteria, then the public votes.
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Monday 21 September 2026
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Winner plays
Thursday 19 November 2026
The actual console, not a mockup · every screenshot on this page is a real capture of the software running.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Most booking tools were built for salons and repurposed. These four things exist because a gaming floor needed them.
WALLED OFF, ALWAYS YOURS
Every café's records are isolated in the database, so your members' details and your revenue are never visible to another operator. It stays yours, too · export the lot to PDF or Excel whenever you want, with no lock-in.
INTERVAL-LADDER RATES
Charge the way you actually charge: different rungs per device, per day of week, per player count, with happy hours, accessory add-ons, bonus time and a grace period. Not one flat hourly number.
PRICES FREEZE AT SESSION START
Every session snapshots the rate card the moment it begins. Change your pricing at 8pm and the rig that started at 7 still bills at the rate the player agreed to. Edits never rewrite a live session.
A LEDGER, NOT A BALANCE FIELD
Wallet balances are derived from an append-only transaction ledger, and every amount is stored in whole paise. Void an invoice and the reversal is a record, not a deletion. The books reconcile.
RUN THE ROOM FROM ONE SCREEN
Counter staff start and end sessions, add snacks to the tab, take payment and hand over an invoice without leaving the console. Owners see the same floor from their phone.
EVERY SECTION, SHOWN
Click through the whole console · each panel is a live capture of the real software running.
The floor, in real time
Your station grid with a live timer and a running cost on every rig in play. Start a session against a member or a walk-in, pause it when someone steps out, and let it auto-end at the planned finish.
- check_circleCountdown and accruing cost per station
- check_circlePause and resume without losing the clock
- check_circleOccupancy, live revenue and flagged rigs up top
- check_circleA rig with no pricing set refuses to start
IT READS YOUR BOOKS
The console already knows what your floor took, which hours filled and who stopped coming. Respawna IQ reads that and tells you what to do next, in the order worth doing it.
A short list, and the number behind each one
Not a dashboard with more charts on it. Three or four things to try in your café, ranked by how much they move for how little effort, each one carrying the figure from your own books that produced it. If the data is too thin to support a recommendation, it says so instead of padding the list.
- check_circleEvery recommendation quotes the figure it came from, in rupees
- check_circleRanked by effort against return, so the top one is where to start
- check_circleMissing numbers are treated as information · no costs recorded means profit is unknown, not high
- check_circleWritten to be read on a phone at the counter between customers
- check_circlePart of Pro
- HighRun a 4 to 7pm student rate on Tuesdays
Tuesday evenings are your quietest paid hours
- MediumMessage the 14 members who lapsed last month
They averaged two sessions a week before stopping
- LowStart recording your electricity bill
Without costs, profit cannot be worked out at all
An illustration of the shape each recommendation takes. The wording and the figures in yours come from your own café.
It never tells you what other cafés do. It has no view of anyone else’s floor and it is not allowed to invent one, so there are no benchmarks, no industry averages and no forecasts. It reads the numbers your café recorded, and every recommendation shows you which one it came from. Your books stay yours.
GIVE THEM A REASON TO COME BACK
Ladders, prize pools and a leaderboard your regulars actually check. Events publish to the member portal, and the seats fill before the night starts.
THE FLOOR FILLS. THE TILL KEEPS UP.
Eight rigs or eighty, walk-ins or a booked-out tournament night · the console tracks every seat, every tab and every rupee without anyone writing on a whiteboard.
THE GAMES ON YOUR FLOOR
Members browse what you have before they arrive · title, platform and genre, with your own artwork. You curate the list; they stop asking the counter what's installed.
Your catalogue
Add a title with its art, platform and genre. Feature the ones you want on the front of the list.
Tied to the floor
Game types drive pricing, so a sim rig and a console bay bill on their own ladders.
Feeds your events
Tournaments carry the game's artwork through to the board and the member portal.
WHATSAPP THAT ACTUALLY SENDS
Built on click-to-chat, not the WhatsApp Business API · no application to approve, no per-message fee, no template review. You press send from your own number.
Pick a segment, write once, send
The segment engine already knows who lapsed, who came once and never returned, who is sitting on wallet balance and who is one session from a loyalty reward. Write the message with placeholders and it fills in per person.
- check_circleReady-made segments: lapsed, former regulars, one-and-done, idle wallet, close to a reward, off-peak fillers
- check_circlePlaceholders for name, shop, days away, wallet, points
- check_circleA cooldown so nobody gets messaged twice in a week
- check_circleInvoices go out the same way, from your own number
Only message people who gave you their number expecting to hear from you. WhatsApp bans numbers reported for unsolicited marketing, and that would take your invoice delivery down with it · so the tool enforces a cooldown and an opt-in flag rather than letting you blast the list.
INSIDE THE MEMBER HUB
Every member gets their own hub · so they stop asking the counter what their balance is, and they can see exactly how close the next reward sits.
Points that fill up towards something
Every rupee spent earns loyalty points at the rate you set, and the app shows the bar filling towards the next checkpoint. Hit it and the points convert to wallet credit · which buys their next session, and regulars can see exactly how close they are.
- trending_upEarned at your rateYou set the spend-per-point, and points land on every paid session automatically.
- check_circleCheckpoints, not a black holeA visible bar fills toward the next reward, so the goal always feels within reach.
- redeemConverts to wallet creditRedeemed points drop straight into the wallet and pay for the next hour on the rig.
- local_fire_departmentStreaks and levelsDay streaks, XP and levels give your regulars a reason to come back this week, not next month.
- card_giftcardA welcome balanceNew members start with a signup bonus you configure, so the card is never empty on day one.
Membership and banked hours
Plans carry hours banked up front and a discount on the rate card. Members see what is left on the plan and when it renews, without asking anyone at the counter.
- scheduleHours banked up frontBuy a block of station time once and draw it down session by session.
- sellA standing discountEvery plan shaves a set percentage off the rate card for as long as it is active.
- event_repeatRenewal in plain sightThe renew date and days remaining sit on the card · no surprise lapse mid-month.
- autorenewAuto-renew, their callMembers toggle auto-renew themselves, so a plan never quietly expires or double-charges.
- stairsRoom to move upTiers are laid out side by side, so the upgrade path is obvious when they outgrow one.
Tournaments, entered from the sofa
Events you publish land straight in the app with prize pool, entry fee and how many seats are gone. Players register from their phone instead of the counter taking names on paper.
- emoji_eventsPrize pool and entry, upfrontEvery event shows what is at stake and what it costs to enter before they commit.
- how_to_regSelf-serve registrationThey sign up from the app · no queue at the desk, no clipboard, no lost names.
- groupsSeats filling liveA capacity counter ticks up as people join, and nudges the fence-sitters to grab a spot.
- imageGame art that sells itEach event carries its own banner, so the board looks like a line-up worth turning up for.
- podcastsUpcoming and liveScheduled nights and the one running right now share a board members actually check.
Top up once, play all month
A prepaid wallet with every top-up and every session charge listed against it. Nobody queues at the till to settle up, and the balance is the same ledger your books read from.
- add_cardTop up in secondsMembers load credit over UPI and walk straight to a rig with money already on the account.
- receipt_longEvery charge itemisedSessions, add-ons and top-ups list line by line, so a disputed bill is a ten-second check.
- boltNo settling up at the counterTime and snacks come off the balance as they go · the end of a session is not a checkout.
- account_balanceThe same ledger as your booksWhat the member sees and what your accounts read are one append-only record, in whole paise.
- verified_userA balance they trustBecause nothing is edited in place, the number on the phone is always the real one.
ALL OF IT, IN THEIR POCKET
The same wallet, loyalty, membership and events your members open on a laptop at the counter are in their hand on the way home. One hub · every screen.
DARK FOR THE FLOOR. LIGHT FOR THE OFFICE.
One toggle, everywhere · the counter screen, the back-office laptop and the member's phone each remember their own. Not a washed-out inversion: both themes are designed, right down to the chart colours.
Drag to compare
EVERYTHING IN THE BOX
No add-on tiers and nothing held back · the plan you pick is the whole product.
The floor
- chevron_rightLive session timers with running cost
- chevron_rightStart, pause, resume and end from the counter
- chevron_rightAuto-end at the planned finish time
- chevron_rightZones, station status and occupancy at a glance
- chevron_rightPer-station player counts and accessories
- chevron_rightGrace period before the next interval ticks
Money
- chevron_rightGST invoicing with an 18% toggle and your GSTIN
- chevron_rightInvoice PDF export and shareable links
- chevron_rightVoid with reason, and refunds as ledger records
- chevron_rightPrepaid wallet top-ups and wallet-paid invoices
- chevron_rightExpenses with categories, and net revenue
- chevron_rightEvery amount in whole paise · no float drift
Members
- chevron_rightMemberships and plans with banked hours
- chevron_rightLoyalty points earned on spend, at your rate
- chevron_rightLevels and XP that give regulars something to chase
- chevron_rightConfigurable signup bonus
- chevron_rightMember portal for loyalty points, XP and tournament signups
- chevron_rightRename, revoke, delete and erase member data
Know your café
- chevron_rightRevenue split by sessions, memberships and add-ons
- chevron_rightBusy-hours heatmap by hour × weekday
- chevron_rightBest day, sessions logged, net after expenses
- chevron_rightCustom date ranges, not just fixed windows
- chevron_rightConsumable stock drawn down as you sell
- chevron_rightActivity log of what staff did and when
Control
- chevron_rightOwner and staff roles enforced in the database
- chevron_rightThe last owner cannot be removed by accident
- chevron_rightInvite staff by email at a chosen access level
- chevron_rightRevoke access without deleting history
- chevron_rightRow-level security on every table
- chevron_rightMember contact details are never world-readable
Make it yours
- chevron_rightGame catalogue and per-game-type pricing
- chevron_rightFood and drinks menu with stock
- chevron_rightShop name, GSTIN, location and invoice footer
- chevron_rightYour own WhatsApp invoice message template
- chevron_rightTimezone-correct happy hours and weekday rates
- chevron_rightLight and dark, on the till and on a phone
LIVE IN FOUR STEPS
Tell us about your café
Enter your café's name and email. Takes a minute · the form is right below, no sales call.
Your café builds itself
Confirm your email and your café is set up automatically, walled off from every other operator's · ready in minutes, not days.
Set it up yourself
Configure pricing, games, food and drinks and everything else from Shop Setup · all in your hands, at your own pace.
Open the doors
Start billing sessions the same day. Your 14-day free trial runs from the day your café goes live, not from today.
Rated 4.8 by gaming café owners
Every review is a real Google review, quoted word for word. Read them on Google
TRY IT ON YOUR OWN FLOOR
The full platform for 14 days, free, and no card is asked for. Your café spins up automatically the moment you confirm your email · no sales call, no waiting, no demo to sit through. You set it all up yourself.
Card, UPI and netbanking, taken on Razorpay’s own checkout. Your café’s daily takings never pass through Respawna. You go on collecting those yourself, exactly as you do today.