Culina: Hands in the Kitchen [BxG/BxB]

[netravelr]

I really can't wait for this game!
I noticed that Lisa and Katie's faces look almost too much alike. At least for me. I was thinking maybe adding a beuty mark on one of them to distinguish them a little more. It's completely up to you though.

Thanks so much for the comment! That could be a possibility. I never really thought Lisa and Katie looked too similar, but that is something to think about. Progress on the game is continuing to happen, I'm still waiting on getting artwork and writing in however. I can't wait to show you all the game though!

[sheetcakeghost]

Writing slowed down a little this month, I'd expected to have Claire done by now but I ended up breaking my hand instead. I'm glad I'm not an artist, I'd have been boned.

As for Lisa and Katie looking alike. I guess I kind of see it, but I think that might just be the artist's style making them seem similar. Though, Katie with a beauty mark would be really cute. Maybe I'll give her one in a secret place if you're good. ;p

[netravelr]

Just to keep everyone up with the progress, right now all of the writing is done (aside from New Game+ content that may or may not make it in), so we're just waiting on CGs and gameplay balancing to release the final product! As we get closer to release I will be including additional content and videos to inform how progress is coming. After working on it for so long, I'm very excited to share the game with you!

[Googaboga]

Wow that's very excited news. I'm looking forward to the release .

[netravelr]

Just wanted to post a few pictures of how the game currently looks now, note that not all of the UI is final, but the general gameplay is already up and working.

[Rosstin]

Gratz! It looks wonderful!

[netravelr]

Some exciting Culina news coming in the next few days... we're in the process of filming a video right now; and happened to get an apron for the occasion.

[PurpleMind]

Running my own restaurant? Awesome, might be a good field for unleashing my business tendencies. I'll definitely check out The Spirit of Cooking.

[netravelr]

I've updated and released a new Culina website at http://culinagame.com

We're up on Steam Greenlight and we have now launched a Kickstarter for additional funding to make Hands in the Kitchen the best it can possibly be!

Going to the Kickstarter page will allow you to download our demo (The Spirit of Cooking, which many of you've already played) and see all of the options that we have for pledging. This is a great time because we're also part of the Ouya's Free the Games Fund which means pledging $5 actually gets us $10. Even if you don't have money, saying yes on Greenlight would be extremely helpful as getting onto Steam would be like a dream come true for me.

Thanks!!!

[netravelr]

A lot of progress have been made in the past few days in a lot of departments. We've been made a Staff Pick on Kickstarter, got a number of news outlets to write about us and have two new Let's Plays going on for the game and we're just about to reach 100 backers! We're still a ways from our goal, but progress is going well.

Most of the updates recently we've been doing on the Kickstarter side of things, but I thought I would ask for your opinions as well.

I currently have these two sketches for a CG in the game for Claire's route done by the lovely Ezri, but I'm not sure which would be the best to use.

Which of the two do you like more? Cheers!

[sheetcakeghost]

The second one is adorbs.

[Daarkess]

Wanted to say this game is looking better each week. I am very interested in playing a cooking themed game. Keep up the good work.

[netravelr]

Wanted to say this game is looking better each week. I am very interested in playing a cooking themed game. Keep up the good work.

Thanks so much for saying that. We're really hoping we can achieve our goal!

We've had some fantastic voice actors contact us and we have been exploring the idea of integrating voice acting, as well as animations, into the game. A rough example we have set up with Katie is below, featuring the voice talents of Sydsnap:


We've gone a long way, but we're still aways from reaching our funding goal. If you haven't yet, please take a look at our Kickstarter page and see if this project is something you'd like. Alternatively, if you have any ideas on avenues we can explore to gain additional exposure or funding I'm all ears.

Thanks!

[netravelr]

It's been a nice run, but now we're on our last week with only 5 days left in the campaign! We've been working on the animations in the game to really give the world a sense of place:

We already have the talent lined up to implement this for all of the other characters with additional animations as well.

I also took some gifs of actual gameplay stuff you've seen in pictures, like here is creating a recipe:


We have more details on our Kickstarter page.

Our goal is pretty small, but getting as many eyes on the project would help push us towards it. If you could share the project on your social media network of choice or, if you are feeling generous, pledge to become a backer, we would really appreciate it!

[melelisun]

Whoa! This is so creative! Not to mention everything about the game is completely gorgeous *^*