Hello there, chefs!
Peanut here with devlog #4 - 👨🍳 Cooking with the team 🍲 - where we’ll explore the practical side of prepping food together with the developers. We asked them about their favorite recipes, flavors, and how they’ve learned to cook - everyone starts somewhere, just like Clement!
We also have a few news and links at the end of the devlog 👀 so without further ado!
Let’s start with favorite dishes and flavors. Some of them you can see in the game, others are from personal cookbooks or recipe sites.
Inez "Neska" Górska Brzezińska – Game Designer and Producer
“On cold, windy, chilly evenings, I love to cook up a big pot of tomato soup for my family. Then we eat it for a week, and it never gets old. (...) Out of everything, I have the lowest tolerance for sweetness. I can get overwhelmed by sugar very quickly, and instead of pastries, I'm a fan of hearty, protein-rich snacks.”
Karolina "lirei" Wójt – 2D Artist and Animator
“I’ve always liked sweet flavors, so anything dessert-related is a win - especially if it’s healthy too. In real life, I’m fond of high-protein desserts, and in the game, my favorites are carrot cake and strawberry shake - I’d love to try them in real life.”
Paulina Czapla – Developer
“I like salty snacks the most, but I can't ignore pastries either. However, I'm not a big fan of overly sweet snacks and chocolate, so I usually avoid heavily chocolatey sweets, preferring the more fruity ones. If I had to choose which of the game's recipes I would most like to try, it would be pasta bolognese and strawberry cake. Strawberry cake appears regularly as a birthday cake in my family and is one of my favorite desserts.”
We’re all fans of good food, and our devs have made the perfect mixture of sweet and salty, as well as simple and complicated recipes. In the beginning, every cook will learn and perfect some simple recipes - like banana milk or tomato cream.
At the end of the game, you will have access to pizzas, pasta, whole dinner dishes, and even cakes. These are the baby steps to culinary glory 😌👨🍳
Everyone’s cooking skills are evolving, and this is how our devs practice their own 🍳🤺
Inez "Neska" Górska Brzezińska – Game Designer and Producer
“Since I was a child, I learned to cook by watching my grandmother and grandfather. Grandmother taught me soups, and Grandfather showed me cakes, all by heart. They taught me how to handle ingredients and which flavors go well together, all without recipes. We cooked by feel, without precise measurements. My grandmother would show me the desired outcome, but I was free to choose the elements along the way. For example, as a child, I would add corn and thyme croutons to my tomato soup.”
Kamila “KamFox” Osińska – 2D Artist
“I cook a lot and I love trying out new recipes I find on the internet or in cookbooks. I almost always stick to the recipe, and I try to do that as precisely as possible, unless I prepare a certain recipe so many times, that I want to experiment with switching up the ingredients. I usually make a big mess in the kitchen, but it's part of the process :)”
Karolina "lirei" Wójt – 2D Artist and Animator
“When it comes to my own cooking, I focus more on nutrition and quick preparation rather than taste, though I try to make it both healthy and tasty. I learned from making simple student meals and usually cook by feel, rarely sticking to recipes. When trying something new, I start with a recipe but often end up improvising halfway through, which doesn’t always go well. I still have a lot to learn!”
Paulina Czapla – Developer
“When it comes to cooking on my own, I try my hand at simple and quick dishes. I have a set of meals that I make often, but from time to time, especially on weekends, I try new things. I was taught to cook by my mother and the Internet. I usually precisely follow the instructions given in the recipe and only after I gain experience with a certain dish I start to experiment.”
Whether you cook according to vibes or recipes, as long as you practice you will get better - we’ve all burnt something before!
How did your journey with cooking start and where are you now, young chefs? Would you like to share some recipes that you like 👀📝
As for news - Cook For Love has an official release date!
The game will be out on the 21st of November 🎉🎉
On top of that, we have a gameplay video that gives a better overview of the narrative update - complete with some beginning dialogues, a UI upgrade, and other changes based on playtest feedback ✨
You can watch it here: bit.ly/CFLGameplay 🎥
Thank you so much for reading, hope to see you soon in 🎨 Visuals & art direction ✨ where we’ll talk about art and animation ❣
Peanut out 🥜~