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Chef Showdown

2023

  • real time strategy (rts)
  • simulator
  • single player
  • multiplayer
  • co-operative

The story

Activity selected co-op cooking rush game apart inside of Discord's Nitro program.

What it’s like

Bright, cartoonish kitchens with flat saturated colours, chunky rounded characters and a top-down camera that keeps the whole station in view, so the screen reads like a busy hand-drawn diner. Sound is a jaunty, mostly upbeat score under the clatter of knives, sizzling pans, order bells and the chirpy cues of ticking timers, and the mood is frantic but playful, with the comedy coming from things going wrong. Sessions are short and bursty: a round of tickets flies in, you chop, plate and shout across the table, then breathe before the next wave. It has the warm, low-stakes chaos of a friendly kitchen, with a little time pressure and no violence, fear or sexual content. Games like this suit a Discord call with friends, a laughing evening with a group, or a quick co-op round between other plans. It is for people who want to play together, enjoy silly scrambles and don't mind the rush.

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