Good food is made with love, which is why we've beefed up the romance options for NPCs ❤️ Read on to hear a tale of love, mystery, and some Steamy action!
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Are You Ready for Love?
Yes we are!
We're excited to announce that all 30 NPCs are now complete, boasting around 30,000 words of dialogue and a whole bunch of interesting sounds and emotions to go with their colorful personalities.
Each NPC has a distinct personality and storyline, with five of them being romanceable. The romance system has been expanded to include a unique progression path for each character - woo your favorites by gifting them their unique loved dishes.
Besides romance, each character has their own interests and plots and quests which also is a great way to get to know them better.
Each romanceable character has five unique dishes they love, with each person loving food in a certain category, ranging from "oh, I have that in my fridge" to "get ready for a neck-breaking quest to the farthest corner of the nebula for a Legendary ingredient that makes you question all your life choices."
It's up to you to talk with them and figure out what melts their hearts. Or if you like puzzles, you can take a peek at the images in the Gastropedia and maybe, just maybe, you can figure out what it is.
The romance system now comes with a heart-based visual indicator in the Gastropedia, making it easier than ever to track your progress with each character. Here’s how it works:
- Transparent Heart - You haven’t given this NPC their unique gift yet. Time to find out what they like!
- Normal Heart - You’ve given the NPC one unique gift, and they’re starting to warm up to you. This means that there are new dialog options available.
- Big Heart - You’re one step closer to becoming partners - keep those gifts coming!
- Pounding Hearts - You're now partners!
- When new dialog options are enabled, you need to choose your words wisely to advance your relationship. However, most of the time, you can always try again another day.
A friendly warning though…
Some choices you make might make the NPC and romance opportunity disappear for good, so be careful with your action...
Want to romance multiple persons?
Go ahead, we're not judging, but there might be someone watching with their big ears. We're not saying any names here…
A Mystery as Deep as Space
We spent a good chunk of the summer indoors, behind our bright computer screens, piecing together the main story, and we’re thrilled to say it’s now complete! This grand tale will take you on a journey through shipwrecks, mysteriously abandoned restaurants, and deep into the corporate secrets of Galactic Burger.
We don’t want to spoil too much, but let’s just say the story involves uncovering long-buried [redacted], assembling a mysterious [redacted], and taking down a powerful [redacted] on the [redacted] planet.
The grand finale? Well, you’ll have to play to find out, but trust us - it’s big, it’s exciting, and it’s worth all the work you have to put into it to figure it all out!
(However, when the cutscenes arrive later, it will be even more exciting! Here's a sample from that!)
Hoffman and the Galactic Police Force arrives at the scene! What scene though?
Let's Get Steamy
For those of you who love playing on the go, we’ve added full Steam Deck support! Whether you’re cooking up a storm on your commute or lounging at home, the Steam Deck offers a seamless Space Chef experience with all the bells and whistles.
We’ve also overhauled the quest tracker, making it more compact and less intrusive. No more cluttered screens - now you can hover over quests to see their descriptions or hide them with a simple right-click. Need to track a quest again? Just head over to Gastropedia > Objectives, and re-enable tracking.
And don’t worry about losing progress - our new backup system will keep your saves safe, even if the cosmos decides to crash on you. Although it doesn't restore automatically, we can help you in case it happens, and if it's a frequent problem, we'll probably automate it in some magical way!
Polish, Balance, and Bugs - Oh My!
The Space Chef kitchen is always busy, and we’ve been hard at work tweaking the game’s economy and balance. Item values, food pricing, and overall progression are constantly being fine-tuned to ensure the game feels rewarding without being overwhelming.
We’ve also increased stack limits, so you can hoard to your heart’s content without constantly juggling inventory space.
Music to Get You in the Munching Mood
What’s a good meal without the right music? We’ve added a bunch of new tracks to set the perfect atmosphere, from funky tunes at the police stations, to karaoke night at Zlurkas, to the upbeat yet slightly annoying music at Galactic Burger.
Romance is in the air, too, with new music that plays during those heart-fluttering moments when you become partners with an NPC.
Even your home feels different at night, with mysterious tracks that set the tone for late-night cooking sessions or quiet moments under the nebula’s glow.
Our Big Makeover
We’ve settled on a new logo that’s a bit sleeker, a tad less thick, but infinitely more fitting for the wacky, whimsical world of Space Chef. We believe it captures the fun, playful spirit of the game perfectly, and we hope you're as excited about it as we are.
Want to keep up-to-date on the latest cosmic cuisine? 🍲
Then don’t forget to mosey on over to our Discord to shoot the breeze with us and follow our exploits on social media at @SpaceChefGame 💬
