Kokoro Kitchen (tuxdb.com)

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Welcome to the spirit world! You might not remember how you got here, but don’t worry—Alan, the cutest (and grumpiest) poultry-geist, has a plan! In this farm-to-table cooking game help Alan restore a rundown Japanese restaurant, serve delicious meals, harvest fresh crops, and prepare special ingredients to meet all your customers’ needs.

Manage Your Restaurant:

Choose the menu that you want to serve each day. Experiment with new recipes and cater to what you think your customers will enjoy the most!
Balance your time and quality of each dish to keep your customers happy and earn money for future upgrades!
Prepare meals to put on your takeaway tables and meet the needs of customers on the go!

Farm-to-Table Cooking:

Water and harvest ingredients from your very own garden! Use these ingredients to create the freshest meals for your ghostly friends.
Make sure to take special care of your cows and chickens so that you can have fresh milk and eggs everyday!
Play mini-games to prepare certain ingredients for your recipes. Ferment soybeans to make your own soy sauce, dry green tea leaves to create your own matcha powder, and more!

Purchase Items & Upgrades:

Make sure to manage your finances so that you have enough funds to make purchases for your shop and yourself. Purchase new plants for your farm, decorations for your bedroom, and more!
Spend points to purchase upgrades to restore your shop, add extra elements to your kitchen, and activate other elements that make running your restaurant even easier!

Explore the NPCs:

Something has been missing from this restaurant for a long time. Learn about Alan’s history with the restaurant and help him find his missing piece!
According to Alan, this restaurant used to have some regulars. When they come into the restaurant, complete their challenge to learn more about the history of your store!

2025 Game Update!

Hello Chefs!
Welcome to the first update from Kokoro Kitchen! We are very excited to share some new areas with you and updates on the previous spaces. This recent screenshot update includes showing off the farm, the preparation station room, the bedroom, and the starting screen. Honestly, finally having a starting screen in the game is huge - the game finally feels real!

We are working hard to give each space a little bit of juice - adding sound FX, music, little bits of animation here and there - so that our first playtesters can get a true sense of our vision. In the coming weeks, we intended to show off a little game play video - and our to do list before then includes:
- Finalizing the day/night cycle
- Updating the merchant system - including adding in our adorable Merchant NPC
- Incorporate additional functionality for purchasing upgrades & new recipes

While many of those systems are already build out in the code (YAY Leaf! He works so hard <3), we finally have some 3D asset to use and can start actually making more recipes - like the Katsu Sandwich and all our sushi options!

As for our timeline moving forward (and when you get your hands on something playable) here is what you can expect:
- Late March: Playtesting begins! It will likely be a little rough and we would appreciate all the feedback to help us polish it up before we release our first demo!
- Summer Steam Next Fest: First big Demo launch!!
- October: Game release!

Please keep in mind, we both work full time while making this game and, though we put out heart and soul into it every spare minute we have, this timeline may change as life/work things take their toll.

If you are interested in being a playtester - or just hanging out with us devs - please join our Discord! (You'll find the link on our steam page).

Appreciate you!
Axie & Leaf