Against the Storm | When you live in a tiny apartment and grew up without proper instruction on seasoning your food, fictional cooking in video games can look far more appealing than spending a half-hour in your own kitchen. As Cooking Week rolls on here at Game Developer, I’ve had to yank myself away from drooling at the magnificent creations offered up in games like Good Pizza, Great Pizza and Cacao Cafe.
Loathe as I am to pick up the pot and pan (don’t worry, I throw a lot of food in my air fryer to ensure I’m not only eating processed meals), I still catch myself thinking about cooking in the world of game design. When we began looking at games to feature this week, my eye drifted away from the more obvious titles and into the realm of strategy games and citybuilders that I’ve loved since childhood.