Aw yeah roll on 2017! As I’ve been scheduling what I need to do and what is left, I’ve been working twice as many hours each day as I was before this month, as I am determined to get this finished as timely as possible, without sacrificing quality. So, I’ve penned in a release date that I feel good about. I’m not going to say what that date is, because quite frankly anything can happen, but it gives me enough time to really make this the best game ever, while being a little bit closer than I had originally planned.

What I can tell you is that I’m trying to get the game to a “content complete” state by March 31st. This means that by that date I hope to have all the art finalized and imported into the game, and all ~180 foods and chores programmed in and ready to go. From there I’ll need to make menus, do the progression system, create some challenges and polish it up before release. This means the game won’t be releasing before that date…but if I make my deadlines (and I’m on a good track right now to do so) the game will be much, MUCH closer to being finished by then. So much so that I’ll probably feel good in announcing a release date at that time. But, we’ll see how it goes, because there’s still much to do!



I have a glass whiteboard next to me and it’s oh so satisfying to keep erasing and making that number bigger and bigger each day. Soon I will reach 188. Soon.


The New UI, Part II

In the last update I showed off a lot of the menus in the game, and the new UI that was still very much under development. Since then I’ve rehauled at lot of the systems at work and changed things that I felt weren’t working, needed improving, and better balancing of the visual design. The interface is still cookin’ but I’ve made enough progress to share how it’s going so far.
Here is what the UI looked like in the last update:



And here is how the in-game UI looks right now:



Let me break down what the changes are for this new UI.



A) I’ve removed a Holding Station from this row to bring the total count to 8, down from 9. Specifically, I’m removing the drink station (which is still in this pic but will be replaced with a standard holding station). The drink station was a bit too much for players to keep track of, so I’m instead integrating the functionality of it into the game itself. Now when a drink station needs service, it will appear in your Prep Station as an order, like a chore. This is much easier than having to manually check the drink station and service it that way. Everything I talked about in terms of drinks still apply, you’re just getting it served to you in a more comfortable way.

B) The recipe ticket has gotten a big change. First, I’ve reduced the size by around 20%, as it was just a tad too big compared to the other UI elements. I’ve also created a cleaner look and changed some of the font elements to make it more fun.

Something I really liked about the iOS/Android version of CSD 1 is the way you serve orders- you just tap the recipe ticket to serve. It seemed natural and prevented accidental servings of foods when using touch controls if the serve button was placed in the ingredient bar. I always liked that and I wanted to bring that functionality to the desktop/console versions, so the cook/serve button will now be located on the recipe ticket. Those of you who exclusively use keyboards and gamepads aren’t affected by this change at all, just mouse and touchscreen users.

C) I’m strongly considering switching the ingredient menu design to the classic mode as standard. I have found that the other clustered design of ingredients had too many problems; too confusing, and could not handle long names well in the small ingredient windows. This classic design feels like a better fit. For now, that’s what I’m going with. I’m not sure if I’ll be keeping the cluster menu as an option or not, we’ll see how the private beta tests go.

The Cook/Serve button has been removed from the ingredient menu and placed with the recipe ticket as noted earlier, and as a result the ingredient menu looks much less cluttered. I’ve also added a few visual changes.

D) I’m still very much changing the design of the main information window. The time changes color to reflect the time of day, and the small gray bar shows how many perfect/bad/average/gross/delicious orders you’ve gotten (and can be toggled on or off). This new feature was designed for streamers in mind, so that viewers just joining can see how the day is going so far. Your progress is also displayed in the info bar now, with the stars of your restaurant and your current rank, part of an updated progression system that I’ll be outlining in a future update.


The UI is still very much in development, but I’m taking a lot of notes on what works and doesn’t work and getting closer to something that I feel will really pop and shine nicely!


Deleted Content: Roach Patrol

Sometimes you just don’t know what’s going to work and not work until you put it into the game. An idea can get really far along, to the point of having final art drawn for it, until you realize it’s just not gonna work out. I wanted to take the time and salute a chore I had planned for the game that I am cutting…the Roaches chore.

See, if you didn’t throw the trash and let it expire, you had a 50% chance of having to kill roaches with bug spray. If you let that happen enough times in a single day, a superroach could appear and take twice as long to kill. What I found was that going from delicious plates of food to staring at disgusting roaches was quite a jarring element. Sure, that was intentional as no one wants roaches running around in their kitchen, but it was a bit too much. With the hyper-realism I’m aiming for with the food, having HD roaches with enough detail to make out their hairy legs was just a tad overboard. So, I’m cutting it from the final game. RIP roaches.



RIP, superroach.



And RIP bug spray, which kills me inside that I’m cutting since it was such a good Starship Troopers reference.




Coming up Next Month

I’ll be outlining the new Chef for Hire mode in Feb. (previously called Daily Shifts/Shift Work), which changes the way you can play the game, so much so that you can just exclusively play this mode to beat the game if you wanted to! I can’t wait.

I’m also starting my programming streams back up this Monday, January 23rd. Stop on by twitch.tv/chubigans around 1pm central time for some live codin’!

Till next time, keep eating deliciously!

Aw yeah roll on 2017! As I’ve been scheduling what I need to do and what is left, I’ve been working twice as many hours each day as I was before this month, as I am determined to get this finished as timely as possible, without sacrificing quality. So, I’ve penned in a release date that I feel good about. I’m not going to say what that date is, because quite frankly anything can happen, but it gives me enough time to really make this the best game ever, while being a little bit closer than I had originally planned.

What I can tell you is that I’m trying to get the game to a “content complete” state by March 31st. This means that by that date I hope to have all the art finalized and imported into the game, and all ~180 foods and chores programmed in and ready to go. From there I’ll need to make menus, do the progression system, create some challenges and polish it up before release. This means the game won’t be releasing before that date…but if I make my deadlines (and I’m on a good track right now to do so) the game will be much, MUCH closer to being finished by then. So much so that I’ll probably feel good in announcing a release date at that time. But, we’ll see how it goes, because there’s still much to do!



I have a glass whiteboard next to me and it’s oh so satisfying to keep erasing and making that number bigger and bigger each day. Soon I will reach 188. Soon.


The New UI, Part II

In the last update I showed off a lot of the menus in the game, and the new UI that was still very much under development. Since then I’ve rehauled at lot of the systems at work and changed things that I felt weren’t working, needed improving, and better balancing of the visual design. The interface is still cookin’ but I’ve made enough progress to share how it’s going so far.
Here is what the UI looked like in the last update:



And here is how the in-game UI looks right now:



Let me break down what the changes are for this new UI.



A) I’ve removed a Holding Station from this row to bring the total count to 8, down from 9. Specifically, I’m removing the drink station (which is still in this pic but will be replaced with a standard holding station). The drink station was a bit too much for players to keep track of, so I’m instead integrating the functionality of it into the game itself. Now when a drink station needs service, it will appear in your Prep Station as an order, like a chore. This is much easier than having to manually check the drink station and service it that way. Everything I talked about in terms of drinks still apply, you’re just getting it served to you in a more comfortable way.

B) The recipe ticket has gotten a big change. First, I’ve reduced the size by around 20%, as it was just a tad too big compared to the other UI elements. I’ve also created a cleaner look and changed some of the font elements to make it more fun.

Something I really liked about the iOS/Android version of CSD 1 is the way you serve orders- you just tap the recipe ticket to serve. It seemed natural and prevented accidental servings of foods when using touch controls if the serve button was placed in the ingredient bar. I always liked that and I wanted to bring that functionality to the desktop/console versions, so the cook/serve button will now be located on the recipe ticket. Those of you who exclusively use keyboards and gamepads aren’t affected by this change at all, just mouse and touchscreen users.

C) I’m strongly considering switching the ingredient menu design to the classic mode as standard. I have found that the other clustered design of ingredients had too many problems; too confusing, and could not handle long names well in the small ingredient windows. This classic design feels like a better fit. For now, that’s what I’m going with. I’m not sure if I’ll be keeping the cluster menu as an option or not, we’ll see how the private beta tests go.

The Cook/Serve button has been removed from the ingredient menu and placed with the recipe ticket as noted earlier, and as a result the ingredient menu looks much less cluttered. I’ve also added a few visual changes.

D) I’m still very much changing the design of the main information window. The time changes color to reflect the time of day, and the small gray bar shows how many perfect/bad/average/gross/delicious orders you’ve gotten (and can be toggled on or off). This new feature was designed for streamers in mind, so that viewers just joining can see how the day is going so far. Your progress is also displayed in the info bar now, with the stars of your restaurant and your current rank, part of an updated progression system that I’ll be outlining in a future update.


The UI is still very much in development, but I’m taking a lot of notes on what works and doesn’t work and getting closer to something that I feel will really pop and shine nicely!


Deleted Content: Roach Patrol

Sometimes you just don’t know what’s going to work and not work until you put it into the game. An idea can get really far along, to the point of having final art drawn for it, until you realize it’s just not gonna work out. I wanted to take the time and salute a chore I had planned for the game that I am cutting…the Roaches chore.

See, if you didn’t throw the trash and let it expire, you had a 50% chance of having to kill roaches with bug spray. If you let that happen enough times in a single day, a superroach could appear and take twice as long to kill. What I found was that going from delicious plates of food to staring at disgusting roaches was quite a jarring element. Sure, that was intentional as no one wants roaches running around in their kitchen, but it was a bit too much. With the hyper-realism I’m aiming for with the food, having HD roaches with enough detail to make out their hairy legs was just a tad overboard. So, I’m cutting it from the final game. RIP roaches.



RIP, superroach.



And RIP bug spray, which kills me inside that I’m cutting since it was such a good Starship Troopers reference.




Coming up Next Month

I’ll be outlining the new Chef for Hire mode in Feb. (previously called Daily Shifts/Shift Work), which changes the way you can play the game, so much so that you can just exclusively play this mode to beat the game if you wanted to! I can’t wait.

I’m also starting my programming streams back up this Monday, January 23rd. Stop on by twitch.tv/chubigans around 1pm central time for some live codin’!

Till next time, keep eating deliciously!

We’re nearing the end of the year so what better time for a huge progress update for Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

You’ve already seen some of the gameplay in action, so I thought I’d detail the planning and management part of the game, which is integral in having a perfect day. Keep in mind that all UI aspects are not final in the screens below, and the game is still in development so details could change between now and release.

You are the Chef.

In CSD 1 the star count showed how your restaurant was faring, as you progressed from zero to five stars over the course of your career. In CSD 2 these stars apply to you as a chef, as you progress from a novice cook to a world famous culinary genius. To do this, there are two main ways of progression: building your restaurant, and doing daily shifts at other restaurants. Today I’m going to focus on the classic progression of making the restaurant of your dreams, and I’ll talk about the daily shifts in a future update.

A Completely New Daily Menu!

In CSD 1 you could place up to six items on your menu, and that was basically it. While challenges spiced up the gameplay a bit, the core of the game was fairly simple, and I wanted to expand on that in a huge way for the sequel. Here’s the old menu in CSD 1 for reference:



When you check out your daily menu in CSD 2, you’ll have a huge array of choices on how to best plan a perfect menu. No longer are you limited to six slots- the changes here are huge, so let’s go through them section by section. (Note that, like the first game, many slots will be locked at the start of the game and will unlock with progression to better introduce you to all of the new features).



Dual Menus

The biggest change is the addition of dual menus, which allow you to have two separate menus in a single day! This means you can have a delicious breakfast menu at the start of the day, and by the afternoon switch to a lunch/dinner menu that has much more hearty meals. Or perhaps you want to do just one all-day menu and keep things simple. Or maybe a lunch menu is the better option, with a late-night dinner menu opening up around 6pm. You control the times that the menus switch over, which allow for many combinations.

By having a dual menu your work hours expand from the standard 9am-10pm to 6am-10pm, or 10am-12am for a late night menu. This allow for more time to build buzz, make money, and earn progress. Time progresses slightly faster than CSD 1 to allow for the greater scope in hours, though Rush Hours still last for exactly one minute.

Dual menus are completely optional, and having a single menu allows for the standard 9am-10pm shift.

Preset Menus

Check out the A/B/C buttons for both menus. Those are your custom menu presets. So if you’ve created an awesome menu and want to save it for future use then you simply tab over to menu B or C and build up a brand new menu. This is especially handy when most of your food undergoes menu rot and you need to switch things up temporarily!

Desserts

New to CSD 2 is the introduction of desserts. After a customer is served a perfect meal with a premium drink and side, they will have the chance to immediately order a dessert as another order. Complete that dessert perfectly and you’ll earn a Delicious Rating, the hardest rating to get in CSD 2. This will triple your earnings, progression, tips and buzz for the order!

Because these orders are rarer than the typical order, they are given their own separate menu, which allows you to place up to three different desserts that are served all day. The more desserts you offer, the greater your bonuses are at the end of the day.

If you'd rather open a delicious dessert café, then you can simply place desserts on your main menu instead of your dessert menu, and they'll be ordered like any other food.

Drinks

Toward the end of the last game it didn’t make much sense to use a slot for soda instead of, say, steak. Drinks weren’t handled too well in CSD 1 and I wanted to change that for the sequel.

Now drinks don’t take up an entrée slot, but instead have their own separate menu like desserts, and can be served all day. Like desserts, the more you place on your menu, the greater your bonus payouts are at the end of the day!

Drinks are unique in CSD 2 in that you don’t have to actually prep them for orders- they are automatically served to any customer that orders them, which instantly adds to your daily income and open the door for a Delicious Rating opportunity. However, after a set number of drinks are ordered, your Drink Station will light up. You will then need to service the station before any more drinks can be ordered, such as refilling the lemonade dispenser or popping another bottle of wine. Drinks vary with the amount of attention they need ($2 sodas that can serve 24 customers, vs $10 wine glasses that serve only 5), so plan your drink menu carefully.



Secret Ingredients

From the common Herbal Leaf to the rare Fiery Glass Ball Bush, to the legendary Anthei Red Crystals and the lab-created Edible Mercury, these dozens of ingredients span the entire world and can change your entire day. But just what are secret ingredients?

I’m not gonna say much about this except it’s a fun way to turn an ordinary day into something quite…different. If you’re not a properly trained chef, then use at your own risk. You’ve been warned!


The Food Catalog

There are tons of different foods in the game (over 180 in fact), and to better browse all of these, players are given a brand new Food Catalog to sift through the many different delicious dishes in CSD 2. From here you can buy new foods, practice others, and read about the incredible origins of some of these classics.



The Shopping Experience

New to CSD 2 is the addition of a store front page. This is simply a fun new way to find out about new foods to buy for your restaurant, and every few in-game days the catalog shuffles the page, where you’ll find highlighted foods, foods that are on sale for a limited time, and even online deals that adjust prices in real time. Maybe I’ll do a crazy 90% off corndog sale for exactly one hour at 2am on Sunday…who knows! (Keep in mind when I’m talking about buying foods, I’m strictly talking about the in-game economy, and not using *actual* money to buy foods via microtransactions or something.)

Of course using this store page is totally optional, as you can just go straight to the Food Catalog to browse all the foods instead.



To best sift through everything I’m implementing a better array of sorting and filtering options. So if you want only Healthy Nut foods that are under $499, bam! How about cheap $1 entrée foods that can optionally use Holding Stations? Ka-chow! Perhaps you only want to browse foods you’ve already bought to practice with or change some of the options for them? Shazam! Clicking on any food brings you to the brand new food page.



Food Pages

At first glance the food pages look similar in functionality to the first game, but there are quite a bit of changes. You can now add foods to a wishlist, which will send an in-game email to you when a food you’re following is on sale or has an upgrade available. Also new is the ability to update foods and roll back updates when necessary. Finally, you can try out foods you haven’t purchased via a simple demo mode, or practice foods you have purchased in the all new practice mode that can simulate a rush of people or even rush hours!

Upgrades

Select foods now have up to three tiers of upgrades: Classic (C), All-Star (A) and World Famous (W). By upgrading a food you also increase its difficulty by adding new recipes and ingredients, but also increase its menu price, adding to your daily income. You can also roll back upgrades to ones you’ve previously purchased. For example, if you had a Classic Lasagna and bought the All-Star Lasagna but hate the new recipes, you can go back to the Classic Lasagna at any time (and your upgrade will still be purchased, should you choose to toggle back to it in the future). Upgrades are unlocked for purchasing via a new mechanic that I’ll talk about in a future update.

Boosters and Detractors

The boosters and detractors elements from the first game are back for CSD 2, which point out some helpful pros and cons of any particular food. There are over a dozen new ones for the sequel, and should quickly help any chef figure out the best way to plan a menu with the huge new selection they have to choose from.

Stats and Keybinding

Each food will allow for unique keybinds. You can now select it quickly via the food page instead of the complicated menu in CSD 1. You will also be able to use more keys than the first game, like arrow keys and numbers. All prep stations/menus can have custom keybinds as well. There will also be much more detailed stats for foods, which I’ll also cover in future previews.


New In-Game UI Design

When I first started CSD 2, I wanted the game to have a sleek look and a uniform design. I’ve gotten a ton of feedback on the game from the updates and trailers I’ve put out, nearly all of it super positive, except for one thing: a lot of people didn’t like the in-game UI. I too missed the funky design of CSD 1, but I plowed ahead with my idea of sleek and uniform.

Then I wondered: what would a design look like if I combined the fun stylings of CSD 1 with a sleeker design that I ultimately wanted for the game?

To refresh your memory, here’s what the in-game UI looked like before:



Now here’s my new redesign of the UI, which is still ongoing and not final:



I think it’s a step in the right direction. It still looks fancy but has some fun stylings that throwback to the first game. Special attention went into the prep stations/holding stations and ingredient menu, and I think those have been quite improved. I look forward to hearing what you think as I’m always taking feedback very seriously! Your input makes the game that much better.


Still Cookin’!

I do want to stress again that everything is still in development, but it’s quite exciting to be in this phase of progress where everything starts coming together!

If you would like more behind-the-scenes info on the game, I do weekly programming streams on my Twitch channel and archive them on YouTube. I will likely do 1-2 more streams this year before breaking for the holidays. I’ll post tidbits here and there on Twitter as well (@chubigans).

As always feel free to ask any questions or share any feedback on here or on my Tumblr, and I'll be back early next year with another big update! Till then, keep cookin’ deliciously!

We’re nearing the end of the year so what better time for a huge progress update for Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

You’ve already seen some of the gameplay in action, so I thought I’d detail the planning and management part of the game, which is integral in having a perfect day. Keep in mind that all UI aspects are not final in the screens below, and the game is still in development so details could change between now and release.

You are the Chef.

In CSD 1 the star count showed how your restaurant was faring, as you progressed from zero to five stars over the course of your career. In CSD 2 these stars apply to you as a chef, as you progress from a novice cook to a world famous culinary genius. To do this, there are two main ways of progression: building your restaurant, and doing daily shifts at other restaurants. Today I’m going to focus on the classic progression of making the restaurant of your dreams, and I’ll talk about the daily shifts in a future update.

A Completely New Daily Menu!

In CSD 1 you could place up to six items on your menu, and that was basically it. While challenges spiced up the gameplay a bit, the core of the game was fairly simple, and I wanted to expand on that in a huge way for the sequel. Here’s the old menu in CSD 1 for reference:



When you check out your daily menu in CSD 2, you’ll have a huge array of choices on how to best plan a perfect menu. No longer are you limited to six slots- the changes here are huge, so let’s go through them section by section. (Note that, like the first game, many slots will be locked at the start of the game and will unlock with progression to better introduce you to all of the new features).



Dual Menus

The biggest change is the addition of dual menus, which allow you to have two separate menus in a single day! This means you can have a delicious breakfast menu at the start of the day, and by the afternoon switch to a lunch/dinner menu that has much more hearty meals. Or perhaps you want to do just one all-day menu and keep things simple. Or maybe a lunch menu is the better option, with a late-night dinner menu opening up around 6pm. You control the times that the menus switch over, which allow for many combinations.

By having a dual menu your work hours expand from the standard 9am-10pm to 6am-10pm, or 10am-12am for a late night menu. This allow for more time to build buzz, make money, and earn progress. Time progresses slightly faster than CSD 1 to allow for the greater scope in hours, though Rush Hours still last for exactly one minute.

Dual menus are completely optional, and having a single menu allows for the standard 9am-10pm shift.

Preset Menus

Check out the A/B/C buttons for both menus. Those are your custom menu presets. So if you’ve created an awesome menu and want to save it for future use then you simply tab over to menu B or C and build up a brand new menu. This is especially handy when most of your food undergoes menu rot and you need to switch things up temporarily!

Desserts

New to CSD 2 is the introduction of desserts. After a customer is served a perfect meal with a premium drink and side, they will have the chance to immediately order a dessert as another order. Complete that dessert perfectly and you’ll earn a Delicious Rating, the hardest rating to get in CSD 2. This will triple your earnings, progression, tips and buzz for the order!

Because these orders are rarer than the typical order, they are given their own separate menu, which allows you to place up to three different desserts that are served all day. The more desserts you offer, the greater your bonuses are at the end of the day.

If you'd rather open a delicious dessert café, then you can simply place desserts on your main menu instead of your dessert menu, and they'll be ordered like any other food.

Drinks

Toward the end of the last game it didn’t make much sense to use a slot for soda instead of, say, steak. Drinks weren’t handled too well in CSD 1 and I wanted to change that for the sequel.

Now drinks don’t take up an entrée slot, but instead have their own separate menu like desserts, and can be served all day. Like desserts, the more you place on your menu, the greater your bonus payouts are at the end of the day!

Drinks are unique in CSD 2 in that you don’t have to actually prep them for orders- they are automatically served to any customer that orders them, which instantly adds to your daily income and open the door for a Delicious Rating opportunity. However, after a set number of drinks are ordered, your Drink Station will light up. You will then need to service the station before any more drinks can be ordered, such as refilling the lemonade dispenser or popping another bottle of wine. Drinks vary with the amount of attention they need ($2 sodas that can serve 24 customers, vs $10 wine glasses that serve only 5), so plan your drink menu carefully.



Secret Ingredients

From the common Herbal Leaf to the rare Fiery Glass Ball Bush, to the legendary Anthei Red Crystals and the lab-created Edible Mercury, these dozens of ingredients span the entire world and can change your entire day. But just what are secret ingredients?

I’m not gonna say much about this except it’s a fun way to turn an ordinary day into something quite…different. If you’re not a properly trained chef, then use at your own risk. You’ve been warned!


The Food Catalog

There are tons of different foods in the game (over 180 in fact), and to better browse all of these, players are given a brand new Food Catalog to sift through the many different delicious dishes in CSD 2. From here you can buy new foods, practice others, and read about the incredible origins of some of these classics.



The Shopping Experience

New to CSD 2 is the addition of a store front page. This is simply a fun new way to find out about new foods to buy for your restaurant, and every few in-game days the catalog shuffles the page, where you’ll find highlighted foods, foods that are on sale for a limited time, and even online deals that adjust prices in real time. Maybe I’ll do a crazy 90% off corndog sale for exactly one hour at 2am on Sunday…who knows! (Keep in mind when I’m talking about buying foods, I’m strictly talking about the in-game economy, and not using *actual* money to buy foods via microtransactions or something.)

Of course using this store page is totally optional, as you can just go straight to the Food Catalog to browse all the foods instead.



To best sift through everything I’m implementing a better array of sorting and filtering options. So if you want only Healthy Nut foods that are under $499, bam! How about cheap $1 entrée foods that can optionally use Holding Stations? Ka-chow! Perhaps you only want to browse foods you’ve already bought to practice with or change some of the options for them? Shazam! Clicking on any food brings you to the brand new food page.



Food Pages

At first glance the food pages look similar in functionality to the first game, but there are quite a bit of changes. You can now add foods to a wishlist, which will send an in-game email to you when a food you’re following is on sale or has an upgrade available. Also new is the ability to update foods and roll back updates when necessary. Finally, you can try out foods you haven’t purchased via a simple demo mode, or practice foods you have purchased in the all new practice mode that can simulate a rush of people or even rush hours!

Upgrades

Select foods now have up to three tiers of upgrades: Classic (C), All-Star (A) and World Famous (W). By upgrading a food you also increase its difficulty by adding new recipes and ingredients, but also increase its menu price, adding to your daily income. You can also roll back upgrades to ones you’ve previously purchased. For example, if you had a Classic Lasagna and bought the All-Star Lasagna but hate the new recipes, you can go back to the Classic Lasagna at any time (and your upgrade will still be purchased, should you choose to toggle back to it in the future). Upgrades are unlocked for purchasing via a new mechanic that I’ll talk about in a future update.

Boosters and Detractors

The boosters and detractors elements from the first game are back for CSD 2, which point out some helpful pros and cons of any particular food. There are over a dozen new ones for the sequel, and should quickly help any chef figure out the best way to plan a menu with the huge new selection they have to choose from.

Stats and Keybinding

Each food will allow for unique keybinds. You can now select it quickly via the food page instead of the complicated menu in CSD 1. You will also be able to use more keys than the first game, like arrow keys and numbers. All prep stations/menus can have custom keybinds as well. There will also be much more detailed stats for foods, which I’ll also cover in future previews.


New In-Game UI Design

When I first started CSD 2, I wanted the game to have a sleek look and a uniform design. I’ve gotten a ton of feedback on the game from the updates and trailers I’ve put out, nearly all of it super positive, except for one thing: a lot of people didn’t like the in-game UI. I too missed the funky design of CSD 1, but I plowed ahead with my idea of sleek and uniform.

Then I wondered: what would a design look like if I combined the fun stylings of CSD 1 with a sleeker design that I ultimately wanted for the game?

To refresh your memory, here’s what the in-game UI looked like before:



Now here’s my new redesign of the UI, which is still ongoing and not final:



I think it’s a step in the right direction. It still looks fancy but has some fun stylings that throwback to the first game. Special attention went into the prep stations/holding stations and ingredient menu, and I think those have been quite improved. I look forward to hearing what you think as I’m always taking feedback very seriously! Your input makes the game that much better.


Still Cookin’!

I do want to stress again that everything is still in development, but it’s quite exciting to be in this phase of progress where everything starts coming together!

If you would like more behind-the-scenes info on the game, I do weekly programming streams on my Twitch channel and archive them on YouTube. I will likely do 1-2 more streams this year before breaking for the holidays. I’ll post tidbits here and there on Twitter as well (@chubigans).

As always feel free to ask any questions or share any feedback on here or on my Tumblr, and I'll be back early next year with another big update! Till then, keep cookin’ deliciously!

Hey everyone! I thought I'd let you know how I'll be updating y'all in the development of Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

First up, I'm going to be doing programming streams every week on Twitch. These are several hours of me coding food and sometimes asking for feedback on certain things, etc. Right now I'm aiming for streams to be every Wednesday at 1pm CST. You can check out my main page here: https://www.twitch.tv/chubigans

I'll also be archiving them on my main YT channel in case you can't watch it live right here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBZ7EVAlXYcWE9--gyQbCrQ

Of course if you'd rather have text updates then no problem, I'll be posting those every month right here! Speaking of which, here's a look at the official box art for the game!



Thanks everyone and I can't wait until the game is all finished! Woo! ːcsdsmileː

Hey everyone! I thought I'd let you know how I'll be updating y'all in the development of Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

First up, I'm going to be doing programming streams every week on Twitch. These are several hours of me coding food and sometimes asking for feedback on certain things, etc. Right now I'm aiming for streams to be every Wednesday at 1pm CST. You can check out my main page here: https://www.twitch.tv/chubigans

I'll also be archiving them on my main YT channel in case you can't watch it live right here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBZ7EVAlXYcWE9--gyQbCrQ

Of course if you'd rather have text updates then no problem, I'll be posting those every month right here! Speaking of which, here's a look at the official box art for the game!



Thanks everyone and I can't wait until the game is all finished! Woo! :csdsmile: