The dev team is hard at work to constantly improve Cooking Simulator. Today we want to shed some light on things that we are up to and when to expect them.
This is why we're very excited to present to you the Cooking Simulator Roadmap. First in a series of announcements spotlighting features and content currently under development. It's also a way of letting you know when to expect new content and important messages.
THE ROADMAP
Today's spotlight is on two major content updates coming to the game for FREE in the next few weeks! But before you scroll down to learn the details, mark down 6th of December in your calendars. That's the date of our next big announcement!
- What about features that aren't on the list? Does this mean you aren't working on anything else? - Rest assured, we're exploring all kinds of different topics - from bugfixing, through optimisation, new content, new game modes to entirely new ways to experience Cooking Simulator. What we decide to share through the roadmap are features that we can put a specific timeframe on. We don't want to tease you too much ;)
MODERN KITCHEN
Many of you have spent hours upon hours in Cooking Simulator's kitchen and you need a change - we hear you! Staying in one place for too long can have it's toll. So on 21st of November we'll introduce a new location to hang out and cook all that delicious food.
Tired of the same old brick walls and all the noise coming from the streets? Try the Modern Kitchen - a new fancy place located in a luxury skyscraper, detached from the racket of the city. Modern Kitchen will become available in career and sandbox modes (requires starting a new game) as a FREE update to the game.
LEADERBOARD CHALLENGE
Ever wanted to prove that you are the best chef around? Well, soon you will be able to! Pick an order from all the dishes available in the game and take to the kitchen. No distractions, just one simple goal - serve the best dish you can, the fastest you can.
Based on this performance, the game will calculate your score and place you on a leaderboard. Each recipe will have its own leaderboard. Become an expert in one or master them all. Rivalry begins on 4th of December with a FREE update to the game.
SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT
But that's not all! We have another very important announcement coming for you on December the 6th. Be sure to mark down that date and visit our community page on Steam. We won't tease what we have in store for you - don't want to spoil the surprise, you'll have to be patient. But feel free to speculate in comments, on the forums and on our Discord: https://discord.gg/cookingsimulator
Also be sure to let us know what you think about the upcoming features and this format of revealing them!
Hope you'll have a great time with the new content! Cooking Simulator Dev Team
We heard of some paranormal activity going down in the kitchen and we went in to investigate. Upon loading older saves, some players saw giant blobs of meat in the kitchen - talk about spooky. That’s now fixed as well as several other bugs!
Bugfixes:
Fixed bugs causing giant pieces of meat appearing upon loading older save files
Fixed bugs causing halloween decorations not loading from save files
Fixed bugs that sometimes prevented picking up the witches cauldron
Hope you're having fun with the new content! In order to make your culinary adventures even more enjoyable and to fix a few recent bugs, we're releasing this patch.
Bugfixes:
Fixed bugs related to missing scallions and eggs in Career mode
Fixed bugs related to loading older saves
Minor bugfixes
Additionally: Improved lights in the TV Studio Even more professional! New stars animations It's going to be much easier to find the ones hidden around the kitchen New check out window New images for achievements
We're proud to say that there's yet another major update to the game! This time we've focused on reworking the UI. Launch the game and let us know what you think about the changes – we can't wait to hear your feedback!
What’s cool about the update:
It just looks nice This improved version is much more eye-pleasing and user-friendly than the previous one
It's much more optimized The Main Menu should load faster and uses much less RAM
In-game Newsfeed You can now find out about all the upcoming updates directly in-game
Access Discord from Main Menu In case you want to ask any questions, share thoughts, or just have some fun time with us on Discord, you now have quick access to it
More content It allows us to better display all the new and upcoming content for the game. See if you can find the hints :) There are also a few minor improvements:
Added the requested option to exit game directly from the pause menu
We're not slowing down and aside from content updates we're also working on the game's optimisation. This recent update improves some assets in the game so it's going to take less memory than it used to. The differences will be most noticeable on lower specs PCs. The update should also reduce some FPS spikes.
Please note that it is the 1st of a few technical updates we have scheduled. This one is reducing memory usage. Future updates will focus on increasing the game's performance. Please join our discord: https://discord.gg/cookingsimulator, we would love to hear some feedback!