Neon Noodles - Cyberpunk Kitchen Automation
So much that I like about this game. I liked the idea of Overcooked, but it was always too frantic for me and in Neon Noodles I like taking time to plan and be an efficient chef. Designing the layout and instructions is intuitive and works well even with a controller. The UI is clean and clearly communicates, while still looking really good. Building something that works first, and then optimizing it based on the 3 categories (roughly space, time, and complexity) adds additional challenges. It makes me want to cook all of these delicious recipes.
– Real player with 13.3 hrs in game
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Selecting to play a new game from the main menu screen will take you to the level screen. Choosing to continue a previous game from the main menu will take you to the game level you’re currently on. On the first level Sliced Avocado, you’ll be welcomed to Neon Noodles! From here you’ll continue an existing program and be instructed on what to do. You will also get more information as you progress through the levels.
– Real player with 10.9 hrs in game
Arboreal
Welcome into the life of a tree. It’s time for you to grow a little seed into the most magnificent plant of the forest.
Growth
In Arboreal you need patience and tact to raise your fruit tree. Select between 36 fruit species to cultivate and graft. With your roots reach the soil sources needed to improve the growth. But balance your branches and the flow of resources with caution to avoid breakage.
Nature Spirits
Spirits are the native of Arboreal. Nourish them with delicious meals to get their help. And be careful, the more you grow, the more demanding they become… if you fail them, be prepared to endure the consequences!
Insects
Host inhabitants in your tree and let them take care of the harvesting, the food cooking, to speed up machine construction or tend to the plant’s needs. In no time you’ll transform your tree into a place full of life.
Machines
Build tracks, engines and conveyors to automatize production. Combine various cooking machines to transform and stock your meals. And let’s not forget the mushrooms with special perks!
Three game mode available in Arboreal
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Time Limit: Nourish as many Spirits as possible before time runs out in various scenarios
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The Grand Tree Hostel: Spirits arrive endlessly faster and faster. Keep up the pace!
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Zen Garden: Flourish simply in peace
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Recipe for Disaster
The game has been in E.A. for 10 days at the time of writing this review. After completing the campaign, I am sorry to say it’s a thumbs down.
It’s not because of some bugs (like the WASD keys not responding), some weird pathfinding (like your employees using the back door and running all around the building to sweep the front steps) or some data base missmatch (like the patrons who both love pork loin and hate pork loin) but because the core game mechanics are shallow.
In short:
- The recipe/culinary creation part and the expectation/feedback from patrons is a joke.
– Real player with 49.4 hrs in game
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I feel like this game is a good precedent of a very shallow Early Access game. I literally played all 5 scenarios and tutorials 3 times including the bonuses. There are many things wrong with the game:
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Constant UI glitches (like so many)
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There is only 1 disaster that happens 2-4 times a day (fire)
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AI is too basic
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UI/UX overall is terrible (when viewing menu there is always a window that you cannot close on the right hand side and gets in the way of seeing your full menu/prices). Constant spam of messages in game you cannot turn off to0. I don’t want to know if Osama is making bad food every single time.
– Real player with 31.8 hrs in game
Automachef
While I recommend the game, take it with a grain of salt. Automachef is a perfectly palatable automation game, straightforward to understand and encompassing the Conveyor Belt Spaghetti type of logistics. However, it has a lot of half-baked ideas that just take up space in the pantry and don’t add much, if anything, to the game.
For instance, kitchen disasters are something you have to deal with eventually, such as fires and infestations. However, because one of these occurring typically ruins a recipe AND reduces your reputation (if it hits 0 you fail the level) it spoils the level anyway, so the machines that fix these problems (doubly so as they will almost certainly happen more than once) won’t save you from a restart. An extra helping of shame goes to the Sprinkler which puts out fires but ruins ingredients in its radius.
– Real player with 50.0 hrs in game
Have you ever wanted a game that mixes both cooking and coding to create meals in the most efficient way? I didn’t think I did either. That was, until I started playing through Automachef.
Automachef is an indie puzzle game developed by Hermes Interactive and published by Team17. In it, you take control of a human trying to create automated kitchens using the tools at your disposal. You aren’t alone though, as you have a trusty sidekick who is definitely a human named Robert Person. He helps to introduce you to a lot of the game’s core mechanics, along with talk about his plan to feed the world. That plan definitely does not involve taking over the human race as he is definitely one of us. All jokes aside though, here’s what I thought of Automachef.
– Real player with 29.3 hrs in game
Freshly Frosted
Solve puzzles in the world’s most adorable donut factory!
A dozen dozen dazzling donut dilemmas await you, that’s 144 (and, perhaps more…) puzzles to please your particular puzzley passions. To excite and delight there are mechanics galore; from splitters to pushers, mergers and cloners, randomizers, teleporters, and more!
What’s your favorite donut? Sweet and sprinkled… a jolly jelly-filled… perhaps a marvelous maple bar? What about one shaped like a pumpkin, a snowflake, or a star! Discover many a whimsical shape as you explore a sweet skyscape of pastry possibilities.
With pleasant pastels and mesmerizing machines the satisfying scenes will catch your eyes and mesmerize! Each of a dozen donut boxes brings its own fetching flavor; a taste of autumn, a sip of summer, a whisper of winter. Days in the sun. Nights under the moon. And each world with its own special tune. The lullabies of these pastel skies are all unique and each reaches its peak when you find your way and set your factory to play!
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Craft Beer Tycoon
Summary
In Craft Beer Tycoon you are an enthusiastic beer manufacturer. Lager, Stout, Amber, Honey, Citric, are the principal beer you can produce in your warehouse. Resource administration is the key to progress and quickly impulses not always are the best option.
Features
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Reputation system.
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Recipes and abilities research.
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Bar customization.
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Publicity.
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More than ten beers to make.
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Thirsty clients.
What are you waiting for? Those beers are not going to serve themselves!