Hi Chefs,

A new patch for Cooking Simulator is out today!

While we're still updating Cooking Simulator, rest assured that we're working very hard on the sequel. It's an ambitious project, and we want to surprise you with something truly exceptional. Soon, we'll have some exciting news to share so stay tuned :)

General

• Engine Version update to 2022

Base

• Fixed products in containers does not unfreeze while in transferring between containers context

Pizza

• Remove blur when pouring into sauce machine from plastic cup

Shelter

• Fixed abrupt textures on a Shelter DLC

Sushi

• Fixed locked interactions on sushi after finishing cooking challenge

• Fixed an issue that prevented completing the day in the Sushi

Make sure to check out Chinese Frontiers, a debut builder and survival sim set in historical China developed by our friends at SolidGames, that we have the pleasure of publishing. If you own Cooking Simulator on Steam, you can get it with a bundle discount 💸

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/55496/Chinese_Frontiers_x_Cooking_Simulator/

Take care,

Big Cheese Studio

Hi Chefs,

Today we have some great news for those of you who enjoy cooking on consoles 🎮

Shelter and Cakes and Cookies DLCs are out today on PlayStation!

The expansions will be available at 4PM your local time :)

A culinary adventure in a post-apocalyptic world! After many years of wandering the wastelands looking for your long-lost family, you’ve arrived in an area known as Sector 12. You could use the nearby radio dish to contact them, but you won’t be able to fix it without the help of the locals. As the only skilled cook in the Sector, you’ll become the main food supplier for its inhabitants. Bake, cook, fry, and grill mutant meat, glowing mushrooms, and other post-nuclear ingredients. Find your family while bringing back hope and prosperity to the wastelands with your tasty and nutritious food!

Bake and decorate delicious pastries, cakes, and cookies! Master new recipes and learn how to prepare perfect brownies, cheesecakes, doughnuts and more. Run your own bakery and serve customized, delightful desserts. Cakes and Cookies gives you the chance to add some personal touch to your sweet creations. Learn your clients' always-changing fancies by following social media trends and serve customised desserts that will conquer their hearts.

And for those of you awaiting Cooking Simulator 2, rest assured that we're working hard on it with a goal of making the best sequel we possibly can! Stay tuned for some exciting news soon :)

Take care,
Big Cheese Studio

Hi Chefs,

Chinese Frontiers, a game from our friends at SolidGames, that we’re publishing is out today. Cooking Simulator owners can get it now with a 30% discount!

Chinese Frontiers is a building simulator with survival elements set in historical China. The game tells the story of a humble villager entrusted with constructing increasingly advanced structures. As the story unfolds, players will travel to distant regions and take on more ambitious challenges. As their skills improve, players will begin using advanced construction techniques, learn to manage other builders, and efficiently gather necessary resources. The culmination of these efforts will not only include erecting sections of the Great Wall and other iconic monuments, but also ensuring the prosperity and safety of the people they care about.

🐲 Key Features:

• Construction of realistic Chinese buildings with varying levels of complexity

• A progression system offering access to new tools, structures and blueprints

• Survival and crafting elements

• NPC management and resource gathering systems

• A vast world showcasing diverse landscapes of historical China

• Ability to build both story-driven projects and freely designed settlements

• An engaging storyline offering dozens of hours of gameplay

Chinese Frontiers features a 20% launch discount.

Cooking Simulator owners can get this complete the set bundle for an additional 10% off! Chinese Frontiers x Cooking Simulator Bundle

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640820/Chinese_Frontiers/

Take care,

Big Cheese Studio

Hello Chefs,

Chinese Frontiers, an upcoming game from our friends SolidGames that we're publishing is coming to Steam on June 19! A time-limited demo is now available, offering a glimpse into the introductory section of the game 🐲

Chinese Frontiers is a building simulator with survival elements set in historical China. Discover the story of a humble villager from a provincial settlement entrusted with constructing increasingly advanced structures.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100530/Chinese_Frontiers_Demo/Take care,

Big Cheese Studio

Hello Chefs,

Chinese Frontiers, a game by our friends at SolidGames which we're publishing is coming to Steam on June 19th! Check out the Date Reveal Trailer:


A new playable demo will be available soon. Wishlist now and don't miss it!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640820
Build the Great Wall and other iconic historical Chinese landmarks. Grow your village and leave a lasting legacy! Start your journey as a humble villager, entrusted with the monumental task of constructing the Great Wall. Build workshops, unlock advanced technologies, and transform your modest settlement into a thriving hub of activity.

Take care,
Big Cheese Studio and SolidGames

Hello Chefs,

A new Cooking Simulator update is here! In the Main Menu, you’ll find a new Cooking Challenge featuring 3 recipes to master. Top players will be displayed on the leaderboards, so make sure to do your best! 🏆✨

If you want to learn which recipes will be featured next or pick up some tips from other chefs, make sure to join our Discord ▶️ https://discord.com/invite/bigcheesestudio

As always, the update includes numerous fixes and improvements. Check out the full changelog below.

👨‍🍳 Base

• Added Cooking Challenge
  
• Fixed RecipeManager showing upgrade buttons on already upgraded recipes and resetting list position after every upgrade
  
• Fixed game mode descriptions in main menu
  
• Fixed camera stutter effect while holding an object
  
• Fixed issue where some object picked up by a bucket would behave incorrectly
  
• Fixed issue where game sometimes froze on starting a new day
  
• Fixed issue where grill sometimes did not heat products properly
  
• Fixed issue where a pan sometimes crashed game when liquid was poured on it
  
• Fixed issue where sometimes on Food Network and Superhot modes served dish caused an error

☢️ Shelter

• Fixed egg predict collider on shelter kitchen
  
• Fixed missing recipes on new game without tutorial and adding missing recipes to older saves

🍣Sushi

• Fixed issue where ingredients never stopped moving inside a container

Take care,
Big Cheese Studio

Play now:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/641320/Cooking_Simulator/

Easter is just around the corner, and we’ve got a little something to help you hop into the spirit early. The latest update is now live!

Make sure to check your kitchen thoroughly next time you launch Cooking Simulator 👨‍🍳👀
If you collect all 6 Easter eggs, you'll receive a special reward! 🎁🥚

The Easter Egg Hunt is a time-limited event available in both the Classic and Modern kitchen, Shelter, Sushi, Cakes and Cookies, and Pizza DLCs 🐤👀


Plus, this update brings a bunch of tasty improvements 🍳✨

🐇 Event

• Added Easter Egg hunt! Collect'egg all!
  
• Added animated Easter background

🍳General

• Updated localization to fix missing keys, mistranslations and other language errors
  
• Fixed issue where chicken breast was non-intractable in the middle part of its model
  
• Fixed screenshots being unevenly scaled on resolutions other than 1920x1080, leaving gray area

👨‍🍳 Base

• Fixed missing/incorrect SFX on some surfaces
  
• Fixed an issue where long product were displayed incorrectly on container labels
  
• Resolved an issue where the game froze when using liquid on a skewer
  
• Reduced required Dill for garnishing in Ukrainian Borscht with Boiled Egg from 16g to 4g
  
• Updated Braaains Shake description to include crack the egg section 
  
• Fix placeholder ingredients being sometimes present during the Custom Menu screen
  
• Fixed cursor going out of window when using sponge to clean surfaces
  
• Fixed "Feels like home." achievement
  
• Fixed "It was a good day." achievement
  
• Fixed "Good fortune." achievement
  
• Fixed "A run of good choices." achievement
  
• Fixed "Four-star rush." achievement
  
• Fixed "New menu. 2" achievement
  
• Fixed "New menu. 3" achievement
  
• Fixed "New menu. 4" achievement
  
• Fixed "What should I have....?" achievement
  
• Fixed "Tastes better. 1" achievement
  
• Fixed "Tastes better. 2" achievement
  
• Fixed "Tastes better. 3" achievement
  
• Fixed "Tastes better. 4" achievement
  
• Fixed "Light's out!" achievement
  
• Fixed "Playing the long game" achievement

🎥 Food Network

• Resolved an issue with the Food Network mode not ending when player reached too many stars

🍰 Cakes & Cookies

• Fixed recipes using Dough Dispenser displaying wrong frying time
  
• Fixed Hashtags not being updated upon looking at another dispenser

🍕 Pizza

• Fixed Custom Menu info display for Pizza save preset
  
• Fixed blur appearing when pouring certain items content like cans, packets or jars into the Food Processor
  
• Fixed not being able to move jar when pouring its content into Food Processor
  
• Fixed packets, pouring one more portion of its content into the Food Processor when exiting it
  
• Garlic no longer randomly falls out of containers
  
• Resolved the issue where orders didn't come after loading game with active custom menu

☢️ Shelter 

• Fixed missing particle’s textures while shooting at walls inside the shelter

🍣 Sushi 

• Reduced nigiri rice amount from 100g to 10g
  
• Fixed Kinmetai nigiri description displaying halibut sashimi slice instead of dorada sashimi slice, listed in ingredients
  
• Fixed different maki being displayed as the same if they were made using the same ingredients, but ingredient in one maki was in tempura and in the second maki it was not
  
• Kanpyo no longer falls out of containers
  
• Fixed missing icons of custom rolls on day summary screen
  
• Fixed issue where after unlocking recipe in Gacha App its ingredients weren't unlocked

Play Cooking Simulator now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/641320/Cooking_Simulator/
Take care,
Big Cheese Studio Team

Stay in touch:💓
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Are you ready for more improvements in Cooking Simulator? 😍

The latest update brings a ton of fixes, enhancements, and improvements that will make your culinary adventures even more exciting! We’re listening to your feedback and continuously working to improve the game. Thank you for your ongoing support! Below, you’ll find the changelog for the current patch:

• While crouching and interacting with the cutting board, and laptop, the camera can no longer go above or below the normal position
  
• When picked up, the cutting board now always positions itself upright
  
• Food processor containers can now be served in modern kitchen
  
• Freeze food movement in held container
  
• [Community] "Craftsman" achievement is now possible to unlock by completing all other 5* achievements from the base game
  
• [Community] Fixed a bug where contests would not appear with disabled custom menu
  
• [Community] Contest prizes are now properly counted towards "I have them all." achievement
  
• [Community] Fixed "Perfect Taste", "Perfect Technical" and "Perfect Temperature" daily quest conditions
  
• [Community] Fixed recipes' manager filters not filtering recipes properly
  
• [Community] The dish parts can no longer fall under map, while serving

• The perk selection UI is now more visible in PerkHUB app

• The dough can no longer clip, and disappears upon transferring from one kneading bowl to another container
  
• Pan x kneading bowl camera adjustment

• FPS improvement while making tempura mix
  
• The order archives now reset every day
  
• The oil model is no longer sticking out of the frying machine
  
• Wasabi root hitboxes were adjustmented
  
• End day summary in sushi now properly displays expenses

We hope you're enjoying the holidays! On our end, we've got a special treat for you: our winter update!

This update includes a new feature and many bug fixes, so check out the summary in the image below, or keep reading for the juicy details!






The most significant change we've made is introducing the Gotcha Shop in the Sushi DLC! This feature unlocks after you reach the maximum player level (i.e., achieving Black Belt). Here, you can buy points for the Gotcha! App. We hope this will help players unlock all of the recipes in the Sushi DLC and fully experience all that it has to offer.





The fun doesn't stop with the Gotcha Shop though. We've thoroughly seasoned this version of the game with several bug fixes! Keep reading to learn about what's changed:

• Improved Vsync functionality
  
• Added Winter Theme to the main menu background and music

• “A winner!” achievement will unlock properly now, only after receiving 1st place in a contest
  
• Fixed score calculation for contest mode
  
• It should now be possible to upgrade recipes with Custom Menu enabled
  
• The following recipes have had their criteria and/or descriptions updated to facilitate obtaining a 5-star rating when cooking them:
  
  • Fruit Salad
    
  • Cowboy Steak with Baked Potato and Broccoli
    
  • Grilled Cabbage Burger
    
  • Chicken Pumpkin Stew
    
  • Chicken Pumpkin Stew with Tomatoes
    
  • Orange Pork Stir-Fry
    
  • Pork Chops with Fried Egg and Lemon Baked Potatoes
    
  • Chunky Gazpacho
    
  • Ukrainian Borscht
    
  • Pork Chops and Lemon Baked Potatoes
    
  • Honey-Mustard Burger with French Fries
    
  • Duck Breast with Apples
    
  • Currant-Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Red Cabbage and Thyme Dumplings
    
  • Ukrainian Borscht with Boiled Egg
    
  • Sweet and Sour Pork
    
  • Marinated Sweet and Sour Pork

• Added a gacha points shop app that unlocks after reaching max level in career mode - you can now buy points to unlock remaining recipes (as mentioned previously)
  
• Vege Kanpyo Abo recipe can now be unlocked in Gotcha! App
  
• Fixed a bug that caused icons in the recipes list in Gotcha! App to not display sometimes
  
• Improved customer feedback for served dishes in day end summary
  
• Improved pouring of loose products (e.g., rice)
  
• Dish summary improvements
  
• Tweaks to the pace of progression
  
• Fixed a bug that caused “Recipe unlocked” notifications to show when they should not
  
• Maki should display correct heat treatment for fried mackerel
  
• Inedible items should no longer be destroyed in the process of making tempura
  
• Equalized the rewards for recipes served for special clients and regular clients

• Zucchini will no longer fall through all surfaces
  
• Improved visibility for hovered buttons in Perk App
  
• Fixed bug where homemade sauce text was not localized properly
  
• Avocado, Bell peppers, and Eggplant spawners should display properly regardless of which DLCs are purchased

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause a white square to cover half of the phone screen

• Fixed a bug that would cause multiple, various issues that was triggered by entering context at the end of the day

Are you still hungry for more? Don't worry, we've got some dessert for you too! To celebrate the holidays, we're offering massive discounts on Cooking Simulator and all of the DLC!
Give the gift of cooking to a friend, or complete your collection and buy any DLC you've been interested in. We hope that everyone enjoys the holidays and the new year!





After reviewing the results of our recent survey and your feedback, we're prioritizing updates that reflect what matters most to you. Over the next few months, we’ll be focusing on fixing bugs, reworking some core mechanics and adding new content inspired by your suggestions.

Some of these changes are already in development, so stay tuned for more updates. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and we're looking forward to hearing more of your ideas.

If you'd like your voice to be heard or hear the latest news, we encourage you to join our Discord server to share your feedback, report bugs or get some sneak peeks of what's coming to Cooking Simulator. We've recently refreshed our Discord server to better serve you, and hope to see you there sharing your Cooking Simulator experience with us and the community. Your feedback helps us make Cooking Simulator better for everyone.





We wish you a joyful holiday season and a fantastic New Year. Thank you for being part of our community—we’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead together!

It's time for a new update and a new sale, plus something special for those of you who are waiting for Cooking Simulator 2! 🥳

[Sushi] Ice will now properly melt when heated (and not flash when disappearing)[Sushi] Fixed Stack and Product Spawner hovers going off-screen when you were too close and looked to the left[Sushi] Fixed issue with misplaced NPC[Sushi] Fixed inconsistency that allowed you to cut fish when you clicked directly, but not when you clicked on the board[Sushi] Removed that one avocado maki cut piece stuck under the automatic cutter from default saves on sushi[Sushi] Fixed inconsistency that allowed you to cut fish when you clicked directly, but not when you clicked on the board[Sushi] Limited the number of products to spawn from the cutting machine per use to 20 Excess will be left over in the machine for further cutting[Sushi] Reduced collider height on sushi checkout stand slots to make picking up sushi possible[Sushi] Increased additional mixing cycles required to obtain smooth tempura from 1 to 2[Sushi] Fixed a bug that caused all pouring target icons on pouring hover to be the poured liquid icons instead of appropriate products[Sushi] Fixed a bug where spices would show up in kg instead of g in sushi container hover[Sushi] Replace Custom Dishes tutorial video[Sushi] Added tutorial triggers for tutorials in career mode. Tutorials can be enabled when starting a new save.[Sushi] Fixed a bug that prevented spilling a volume of liquid <1ml[Sushi] Fixed a bug that caused loose products to now show in the container (after you tried to spill <1ml of liquid)[Sushi] Fixed an issue that caused a container to sometimes get stuck on invisible spheres after spilling loose products from it- this also fixes an issue that the surface of loose product would show up if you placed the container where you previously spilled the loose product[Sushi] Fixed tutorials not unlocking properly on Sushi DLC[Sushi] Added new and tweaked existing sounds in Sushi DLC

All of the Cooking Simulator DLCs and the base game are now on sale!



Additionally, if you've been selected to take part in the playtest, join our Discord to receive a second key for your friend. There might also be a chance to get into the playtests via a competition soon :)

https://discord.gg/bigcheesestudio