Cinema, Arcade & Escape Room Software with Slot & Seat Booking
Fill every seat and slot, bill extras in one folio, and keep the GST or VAT right.
Alfa Decode is one business-management platform pre-configured for cinemas, arcades and escape rooms. Take slot and seat reservations with live availability that stops double-booking, check guests in, then settle the bill with extras into a real GST or VAT sale. Built for India and the UAE.
No card required · Cloud or on-premise · Works offline · GST & VAT ready
Slot & Seat Booking
Reserve screening seats, game slots or room sessions on one board. Live availability blocks double-booking so two groups never land on the same slot.
Capacity Control
Set capacity per screen, machine zone or escape room and the board tracks it in real time, so you sell up to full without overselling.
Reservations Board
See arrivals, in-house guests and departures at a glance, so your front desk always knows who is coming, who is playing and who is leaving.
Fast Check-In
Check guests in and out in seconds at the counter, keeping queues short on busy weekends and clearing each group cleanly between sessions.
Everything your cinema, arcade & escape room needs
Slot & Seat Booking
Reserve screening seats, game slots or room sessions on one board. Live availability blocks double-booking so two groups never land on the same slot.
Capacity Control
Set capacity per screen, machine zone or escape room and the board tracks it in real time, so you sell up to full without overselling.
Reservations Board
See arrivals, in-house guests and departures at a glance, so your front desk always knows who is coming, who is playing and who is leaving.
Fast Check-In
Check guests in and out in seconds at the counter, keeping queues short on busy weekends and clearing each group cleanly between sessions.
Bill With Extras
Settle the session with the slot charge plus snacks, drinks and add-ons in one folio, turned into a proper GST or VAT invoice instantly.
Works Offline
Runs local-first on your own counter device with no internet. Keep booking and billing through outages, then everything syncs to the cloud automatically.
GST & VAT Built In
GST invoices and reports for India and VAT for the UAE come built in, so every ticket and add-on is taxed correctly with no extra setup.
Customer History
Every guest is saved to your CRM with their booking and spend history, so you can run reminders and offers over WhatsApp to bring them back.
What it fixes on day one
Overselling a showtime or double-booking the party room during a rush
The availability calendar sells only against free seats, slots and rooms, so capacity is never exceeded.
Ticketing, concession and arcade takings live in separate tills and never reconcile
One counter and one set of books bill tickets, F&B and top-ups together, closed on a single Z-report.
Popcorn and cold-drink stock runs out mid-session with no warning
Concession inventory tracks cost, goods-receipt and reorder alerts so the stand never runs dry unexpectedly.
How a cinema, arcade & escape room runs on Alfa Decode
A cinema or family-entertainment centre runs on capacity and timing. Alfa Decode's Bookings & Capacity engine handles showtime and slot reservations against a live availability calendar, so your box office and party desk always sell against what is actually free — screens, lanes, karting slots, VR pods or a birthday room. The same counter sells tickets, game-card top-ups and the concession stand in one bill: fast POS, hold and recall a party's order, split tender, and print or WhatsApp the receipt.
Everything sits on one set of books. Concession inventory tracks popcorn, cold drinks and merch with weighted-average cost, goods-receipt notes and reorder alerts, while GST or VAT is applied per line and kept filing-ready. Day-close and Z-reports reconcile ticketing, F&B and arcade takings together, so you see one honest picture across screens and machines. It runs offline-first, so a dropped connection never stops a Friday-night rush, and syncs the moment you are back.
- Never oversell a screen, lane or party room again
- One reconciled Z-report across tickets, F&B and arcade
- Keep selling through a Friday rush, even offline
- Concession stock and cost tracked to the last drink
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Reserve a slot
Guest picks a showtime, lane, karting slot or party room on the live availability calendar; the seat or slot is held against real capacity.
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Sell at counter
Box office rings tickets, game-card top-ups and concession items in one bill, with hold-and-recall for a party group and split tender.
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Confirm and notify
Print or WhatsApp the ticket and receipt; the reservation and customer sit in history for the party desk to reference.
- 4
Stock the stand
Concession goods-receipt notes update stock and weighted-average cost; reorder alerts flag popcorn, drinks and merch before they run out.
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Close the day
Day-close reconciles ticketing, F&B and arcade takings on one Z-report, with GST or VAT reports kept filing-ready.
Works offline
Runs on your own counter and keeps billing with no internet — then syncs to the cloud automatically.
Tax-ready compliance
Configurable GST / VAT & tax-compliant invoicing — built in, nothing to bolt on.
Cloud or on-premise
Start in the cloud or keep all your data on your premises — same product, your choice.
Cinema, Arcade & Escape Room software — your questions
Can it handle seat and slot bookings for screenings, games and escape rooms?
Yes. Set up each screen, machine zone or room as a bookable unit with its own rate and capacity. The board shows live availability and prevents double-booking across every slot and seat.
Does it keep working if my internet goes down?
Yes. Alfa Decode is local-first and runs on your own counter device with no internet. You can keep taking bookings and billing during outages, and everything syncs to the cloud once you are back online.
Does it handle GST in India and VAT in the UAE?
Yes. GST invoices and reports for India and VAT for the UAE are built in. Tickets, slot charges and add-ons are taxed correctly automatically, with the right reports ready when you need them.
Can I add snacks, drinks and other extras to a booking?
Yes. Each session has a folio where you add the slot charge plus snacks, drinks and add-ons, then settle it all into one GST or VAT invoice when the guest checks out.
Can I send booking reminders to customers?
Yes. Every guest is saved to your CRM with their history, and you can send invoices and reminders over WhatsApp to confirm bookings and bring repeat visitors back.
Is it available on the cloud or on my own server?
Both. Choose Cloud as a subscription or On-Premise as a one-time licence with AMC, from the same codebase. A white-label option is also available if you want it under your own brand.
Can it handle both scheduled showtimes and walk-up arcade play?
Yes. The Bookings engine manages showtime and slot reservations on the availability calendar, while the same counter POS rings walk-up game-card top-ups and concession sales, all onto one bill and one set of books.
Do ticket, food and game sales close together at the end of the day?
They do. Day-close and the Z-report reconcile ticketing, concession F&B and arcade takings in a single view, so you see one honest total per day rather than three disconnected tills.
What happens if the internet drops during a busy evening?
The app is offline-first. Box office, concession and top-up billing keep working with no connection and sync to the cloud automatically once you are back online, so a rush is never interrupted.
Is it ready for GST or VAT on our tickets and concessions?
Yes. Tax is applied per line, so tickets and F&B can carry their correct rates, with filing-ready GST (India) or VAT (UAE FTA, KSA ZATCA) reports and e-invoice-ready output built in.
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