Chapter 1 · Lola Bebang's garage kitchen, Quezon City
The recipe flies away
A gust blows the secret recipe card out of the window. Ube jumps after it; the Cup gasps.
The Great Halo-Halo Hunt
Daily Puzzle story, 10 ideas for direction. Draft for Sam, Mon 19 Oct 2026.
The story: a gust of wind blows Lola Bebang's secret recipe card out of the garage kitchen. Ube and the Bebang Cup chase it across the Philippines.
Each day's puzzle is the next chapter and finds one more halo-halo ingredient, ending with a giant halo-halo at a Bebang store.
Players come back every day to see what happens next.
Made from our own assets: Ube (the game's chef), the cup mascot and its approved 3D outfits, the commercial cast (Leche Flan dancers, Cornelius, the banana, coconut, sago and coffee characters) and the Presidential cup from the landing page. Drawn with our OpenAI key (the same image model as the approved mascot art).
Puzzle check: tap "Show as 5x5 puzzle" on any picture to see how it cuts into tiles on the hardest day.
Made from our own assets: Ube (the game's chef), the cup mascot and its approved 3D outfits, the commercial cast (Leche Flan dancers, Cornelius, the banana, coconut, sago and coffee characters) and the Presidential cup from the landing page. Drawn with our OpenAI key (the same image model as the approved mascot art).
Puzzle check: tap "Show as 5x5 puzzle" on any picture to see how it cuts into tiles on the hardest day.
Chapter 2 · Manila streets
Jeepney chase
The Cup drives a jeepney after the flying card, Ube hanging off the side.
Chapter 3 · Neighbourhood store
Saba at the sari-sari store
The banana shopkeeper hands over golden saba: ingredient 1 found.
Chapter 4 · Rice terraces, Cordillera
Ube harvest
Farmer Cup lifts a basket of purple ube yams; Ube hugs a giant one.
Chapter 5 · Palawan beach
Buko island hop
Beach Cup and the coconut helper load young buko into a bangka.
Chapter 6 · Town fiesta
Leche flan fiesta night
The Leche Flan dancer and crooner perform; Ube wins a golden leche flan.
Chapter 7 · Farm
Corn field with Cornelius
Cornelius the corn kid shares sweet corn; the Cup peeks from the stalks.
Chapter 8 · Wet season street
Rainy day sago rescue
Rain Cup and Ube wade through puddles of floating sago and gulaman.
Chapter 9 · Basketball court
Barangay court showdown
Baller Cup dunks, the coffee coach cheers, the prize is toasted pinipig.
Chapter 10 · Bebang store
The giant halo-halo finale
Everyone builds a giant Presidential cup; the Cup holds the recovered recipe.
Chapters 11 to 30 (outline, drawn after you approve the direction)
- 11 Pilot Cup flies the team to Cebu
- 12 Sinulog street dance with the vanilla ribbon dancer
- 13 Pandan jelly at the kakanin maker's kitchen
- 14 Melon shake stall at a Davao night market
- 15 Boxer Cup trains to carry the ice
- 16 Teacher Cup's class on the layers of halo-halo
- 17 Videoke night with the coffee host
- 18 Halo-halo on a noontime TV show with Jack the comedian
- 19 Rider Cup delivers through the Baguio pines
- 20 The sesame twins' prank at the market
- 21 Pep rally with the pearl cheerleaders (Bila, Chewy, Sticky)
- 22 Ate Luz shares a cup on her commute
- 23 Mango picking in Guimaras
- 24 Superhero Cup saves a melting cup on a hot day
- 25 Chef Cup tests the recipe in Lola's kitchen
- 26 Ube graduates as halo-halo master
- 27 Simbang gabi and the Christmas parol
- 28 The frozen milk secret (milk ice, not shaved ice)
- 29 Store crew rush hour at a Bebang store
- 30 Back at the garage: the recipe goes home