Update v1.2.0 is now available! This is our second larger patch since the full release, including new features requested by the community!
Gamepad support
We've added gamepad support for XBOX, PlayStation, SteamDeck and Switch controllers. You can customize their keybindings in the settings.
UI navigation works through a virtual mouse cursor controlled with your right stick or trackpad.
To ensure smooth gameplay, select the official gamepad layout by Division Software in the Steam Input settings of the game (should be pre-selected).
XBOX
PlayStation
Switch
Steam Deck
Steam Deck support
You can find more information about the game's Steam Deck support here.
Eating animations
At the moment we're testing around with eating animations for customers in the game. We'll add them with a future update.
Counter
You can now store up to 14 prepared dishes in the counter so they don't lose durability. But keep in mind that some dishes require to be warm and should be freshly cooked.
Waiters also take dishes from both here and the call bell in your kitchen.
Sprinkler System
You can now buy a sprinkler system for your kitchen to extinguish fires automatically.
Doormat
You can now buy a doormat to help keep the restaurant clean.
Some fixes and improvements probably aren't listed below unfortunately, as I somehow lost the patch notes file while I was on vacation, sorry! xD
Bugs:
Fixed lag when a tooltip widget was displayed
Fixed jittering of some animations
Fixed dish breaking sometimes after putting it back in crockery cabinet
Fixed pans and pots snapping to the gas cooker when placing them on the microwave table
Improvements:
Improved fire extinguisher particle (looks more fluid and reacts to collision now)
Optimized some niagara particle systems
Optimized some translucent materials
You no longer die instantly if a fire spawns inside you
Pedestrians walk through each other less often now
Added keybind for starting the day
Tooltip widget no longer scales with UI scale, instead only the text size changes
Features:
You can now buy a doormat to help keep the restaurant clean
Added footprints, puddles only appear in the restroom now
Added the counter so you can prepare up to 14 dishes before the day starts --> durability doesn't decrease there
Waiters now take prepared dishes from both the new counter and the call bell
You can now buy a sprinkler system for your kitchen to extinguish fires automatically
Added a new easter egg
Added gamepad support (XBOX and PlayStation Layout; UI navigation via trackpad or stick)
Added Steam Deck support (UI navigation via trackpad or touch)
You can now edit gamepad bindings in the settings
Your feedback is crucial to the further development of Star Chef Simulator. If you have any suggestions, comments or discovered bugs in the game, please feel free to share them with us using the Steam forum or our Discord server.