Hello there, robot chef caretakers!

Welcome to the Ramen Update! From now on, Neon Noodles updates will be named after foods in the game :) This update contains some tasty new content:

Red Location - this location used Egypt as a reference and will be used for dishes from Africa and Middle East
Green Location - inspired by South America, it will cover foods from the whole area
Soundtrack update - near final version of all the music tracks in the game. Sid once again outdid himself, some amazing tracks in there - here is a sample: https://soundcloud.com/sidbarnhoorn/neon-noodles-i
Histogram visual update - now clearer what scores the buckets contain. More changes are coming here, including starting the histograms from zero, as other games in the genre do.
Timeline fixes - some bug fixes that prevented the entire timeline from being visible in certain cases

Here are a couple of screenshots of the new locations:

A few more things in the oven for upcoming updates, including a whole new tutorial approach (shamelessly inspired by Frostpunk) - Radu PS: Neon Noodles has been busy on the festival front, so I updated the laurels on the Steam page - you'll notice that it was accepted into the prestigious PAX 10, so if you're in Seattle, come say hi!

[ 2021-09-03 14:41:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Set in a dark and mysterious cyberpunk world, you are in charge of the futuristic food factory known as Neon Noodles. Inspired by the open-ended machine-building puzzle games of Zachtronics such as Opus Magnum and Infinifactory, you design and build your own fully automated kitchen to prepare meals using robot chefs. Guacamole, bibimbap, ramen, spaetzle, paella and many more recipes are waiting for you to be optimized.

Features

Automate your robot chefs through an intuitive record-and-replay system where you control the robot that creates the program, then edit it later if needed.
Customize your cooking loops to be as simple, elaborate or streamlined as you want and compare your wits with other players around the world on the global leaderboards
Solve endlessly replayable open-ended puzzles with over 100 recipes from around the world consisting of 200 unique ingredients.
Travel the world and master the art of cooking through technological advancement in a cyberpunk setting filled with mysteries.