Bearville

Bearville

Build-A-Bear Workshop shut down its Bearville virtual world back in 2015, but I was able to salvage a screenshot of this vending machine. It was located at the entrance to the Bearville Zoo, an area initially accessible only to the service’s VIBs — you know, Very Important Bears.

Convention Quest

Convention Quest

Convention Quest is a homebrew NES game created for the 2019 Let’s Play Gaming Expo in Irving, Texas, and limited to 300 copies. Not only does the game include soda machines, but there’s even a quest that involves finding the right soda machine where you can buy a drink for a fellow conventioneer in need of a boost.

Thanks to SoleGoose for bringing this one to my attention!

3on3 Freestyle

3on3 Freestyle

Ho, ho, ho! Merry basketball Christmas! 3on3 Freestyle features this seasonal soda machine as part of its annual Christmas celebration. If you prefer something a little spookier, how about this trick or treat-themed soda machine from 3on3’s Halloween event?

3on3 Freestyle

Dog Airport Game

Dog Airport Game

Dog Airport Game

Make no bones about it; these Real Good Puppa soda machines from An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs (a.k.a. Dog Airport Game) deserve all the ear scratches. They even have paw print dispensing buttons!

And, in what might be a video game first, you can pet the dog soda machine in Dog Airport Game!

Dog Airport Game

Developer Xalavier Nelson Jr. of Strange Scaffold was even kind enough to share these behind-the-scenes images of Dog Airport Game, showing off light placement and collisions for the vending machines.

Dog Airport Game

Thanks, Xalavier!

Lightmatter

Lightmatter

Avoid the shadows to survive in Lightmatter, a first-person puzzler with “the floor is lava” mechanics, vending machines, and a cat named Lux.

Lightmatter

I know cats aren’t soda machines, but how could I resist Lux? ?