It's here! Cooking Simulator VR, ported by our friends from GameBoom VR is now available!
Check out the launch trailer:


Cooking Simulator owners get 40% loyalty discount for purchasing the VR version. The discount is available for 1 week starting now, so don't miss it:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1358140/Cooking_Simulator_VR/

If you have some feedback to share or need some support, please reach out to GameBoom VR in Cooking Simulator VR game hub or join their discord server:
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Hi Chefs!

Shelter Devlog #2 is here. If you've missed the #1 about the lore and inspirations, you can check it out here.
The new expansion's post-apocalyptic setting deserves a completely unique workspace suitable for all the challenges a wasteland chef might encounter. We decided to locate the kitchen in a shelter hidden under the shed found by the protagonist at the start of the game.




The shelter consists of 4 chambers. The first one is the glowing mushroom farm you might know from the previous entries. Below is a comparison between the concept and in-game screenshot.






Right next to it there's the storage area with a huge old-time fridge and a bunch of shelves for storing all the food gathered by farming, hunting or trading with the caravan.






The main chamber is where you do all the cooking. The main addition will be the huge grill in the middle of the room allowing for preparing tasty skewers.






The equipment is a combination of recovered pre-war items as well as makeshift cooking tools!






The final area is the entrance chamber where you can access the ladder and climb up to the shed above which serves as a shooting range for hunting mutants roaming the wasteland and harvesting their meat.






How do you like the new areas compared to the previous kitchens?

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Hi Chefs!

As promised, here's the first entry in the series of posts describing in detail the process of creating this post-nuclear expansion. We'll start off by giving you some insight on the inspirations for the DLC.

When coming up with ideas for new content after Pizza, we quickly decided that we wanted to try a more unusual approach to cooking. Post-apocalyptic setting provided a great opportunity for introducing uncanny mutated food products prepared using unconventional culinary solutions and an environment you wouldn’t normally expect in a cooking game. Obviously, in such a world, a skilled cook able to provide good quality nutritious food would always be in high demand. Plus, a post-apocalypse is simply an awesome setting!




After initial research focused on various great movies, books and games we created the first concept arts. The vast desert wastelands of Mad Max had the biggest influence on the new environment. The teal and orange color palette of scorched soil and blue skies above were the look we started to aim for with the surface world.




Mushroom farm concept served as an inspiration for various edible plants created by the radiation.






The expansion is called Shelter for a reason. When it comes to underground bunkers, the biggest influence comes, obviously, from the Fallout (and less obviously from real-life submarine interiors). Unlike the Fallout Vaults though, we wanted our shelter to be equipped with various cooking utensils.




That’s why we focused on repurposing different everyday items from the late 1980s to be used for cooking roughly 46 years after the nuclear apocalypse. Metro 2033 is a great example of a franchise with interesting designs, where people tinker with mundane items to survive in the Moscow metro 20 years after the war that put their world to an end.




Initially we had 2 ideas for the basic plot and story in the game. In the first one you’d be a member of an underground shelter cooking for a community gathered inside before the bombs fell until the outside world is safe to live again. The second idea, the one we finally took on, was being a skilled cook living in the wastelands looking for their lost family. This plot allowed for introducing more interactions with other settlements, resulting in more diverse quests.




In the next Devlog we’ll have a deeper look at some of the new mechanics such as hunting and growing food. Stay tuned!


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Hi Chefs!

You've reached the second milestone just as quickly as the first one! The devlogs explaining in detail all the Shelter's new features and their creation process are starting from next week. Stay tuned!

Quick reminder, if you've missed the Shelter sneak peek stream yesterday, you can rewatch it on YouTube:



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Hey Chefs!

Thank you for showing such great support! You guys have nailed the 1st milestone
The Shelter sneak peek stream will go live next Wednesday around 5PM CEST on our twitch channel:
https://www.twitch.tv/bigcheesestudio

Next on the list we've got the Devlog Series explaining in detail all the new content and features introduced in the expansion as well as its development process.

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Hi Chefs!

We're super excited to announce that Cooking Simulator VR ported by our friends from Gameboom VR will be available by the end of this month on July 29th!

Below is a message from the Gameboom VR team:

Hey, we have an official release date!

Today we come to you with the information that you have all been waiting for.
Finally, we got the greenlight from our publisher and today we can officially confirm that the premiere of the game will take place on July 29th, 2021!

We would like to thank our beta testers once again who volunteered to help with the development of the game. You guys have made the game more enjoyable for any VR fan, and we can't wait to see your gameplays and live-streams and read all the reviews.

Cooking Simulator VR is a game that was largely developed during the pandemic on home office. It was a demanding challenge, but at GameBoom VR, we believe that any good game can be successfully ported to VR.

Add Cooking Simulator VR to your wishlist to get notified upon the release! ✅

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1358140/Cooking_Simulator_VR/?l=polish

Hey Chefs!

It's awesome to see so many of you excited for Shelter☢️
The upcoming post-apocalyptic expansion will probably be the biggest DLC content-wise for the game. Introducing a completely different setting, a variety of new mechanics such as hunting, growing food or trading with other settlements and also, for the very first time, an immersive story!

Shelter will be available within just a few months. To make the wait a bit more fun for those of you who can't wait to become the best food providers in the wasteland, we're starting this Wishlist Challenge.

The rules are simple. Below you will see a list of rewards. Each milestone is a new awesome reward available for all players. The number on the left represents the number of people with Shelter on their wishlist required to unlock the milestone. The more people in the challenge, the more rewards you unlock together! Please note that some milestones are secret and will be revealed as you progress.

The first reward will be a special behind the scenes stream during which we’ll share more info regarding the gameplay, show some screenshots and locations and explain in detail the process of creating this DLC!

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Hi Chefs!
We're super excited to finally release the highly anticipated update for Cooking Simulator enabling custom menus and adding a ton of various bug fixes and improvements.


👀 PLEASE READ THIS 👀

The option to customise the menu will be only available in the Career mode when you have at least 5 recipes unlocked. If you've got 5+ recipes available, just finish the day and choose the CUSTOMIZABLE EXPERIENCE.




From now on, you'll be able to set up the menu between the days. Keep in mind that you'll need to include at least 5 dishes in the menu for each day.




Additionally, there are numerous bug fixes, full changelog below 🐛

General bug fixes

• Massive changes to code architecture and save system
  
• Reversing Y axis should work properly
  
• Setting mouse sensitivity no longer changes controller sensitivity
  
• Various translation fixes
  
• Intercom messages should properly display key binding icons
  
• Player should now be able to use checkout tablet after sending one dish when another just popped up
  
• Increased scroll speed in many lists
  
• Order icons displayed on TVs should no longer overlap
  
• Fixed some cases in which player would lose the ability to interact with the environment
  
• Player should now be able to turn off the timer when clicking the mark above it
  
• Changing FPS settings to every/second V blank actually applies the change
  
• Added or fixed various sound effects
  
• Various fixes to photo mode
  
• Text at the end of Food Network should be properly translated

Base game

• It's possible now to insert deep plate into microwave
  
• Microwave light is no longer turned on after loading a save
  
• Microwave should no longer heat up products that were pulled out of it
  
• Mint is no longer painting surfaces red
  
• Placing plates in microwave should no longer cause them to tilt and bug out
  
• Fixed issue causing fridge doors’ weird reactions when colliding with objects

Pizza

• Added missing Chinese characters
  
• Player should be able to properly progress in tutorial when using a gamepad
  
• Player should no longer be able to buy products when bankrupt
  
• Fixed bug causing player not to be able to properly navigate pizza decoration view while using gamepad
  
• Filling bemars while perk "Horn of Plenty" is enabled should work properly
  
• Destroyed furniture no longer duplicates after saving and loading
  
• Inserting large objects into grater machine should no longer cause them to bounce off of the lid
  
• Loading game no longer causes empty jars to fill up
  
• Dropped small objects on the floor in the basement should now be possible to pick up
  
• Decorating pizza should no longer cause product parts to jitter or land out of pizza
  
• Fixed issue causing scrolling of both decoration size and pinned recipe/order at the same time
  
• Reducing the amount of collision caused by interactions related to pizza peel
  
• Throwing all shopping boxes out of window now results in a new one spawning inside
  
• Pinning recipe in order details view is now binded to the correct key
  
• Added missing input hint for pad in order view in phone
  
• Player should now be able to scroll recipe when in pizza creation view
  
• Added two mops to the kitchen
  
• Fixed an error during pizza checkout
  
• Changed fuel deplate speed in various scenarios

Cakes and Cookies

• Loose products like flour should now create stains on the floor
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause bought items to never be delivered
  
• Info at the end of the day should now properly update
  
• Fixed bug causing toppings on cakes to be invisible
  
• Various optimizations
  
• Player should be able to remove custom made frostings

We hope you're going to have tons of fun with the latest update! ❤️❤️❤️

Join our Discord and let us know how you like the changes:
discord.gg/bigcheesestudio

Hi guys!

You're showing great interest in the upcoming Shelter expansion so in the upcoming weeks we'll be sharing a lot of content related to the development of the post-nuclear cooking expansion.

We're starting a livestream right now on twitch, where you'll be able to see the process of creating a concept art for one of the areas in the game.

Come check it out:
twitch.tv/bigcheesestudio

Weekly stream starts in ~30 minutes. We'll be showing you the recent Custom Menus update for Cooking Simulator!

Come say hi!
https://www.twitch.tv/bigcheesestudio