Get Your Aprons Ready… Things Are About To Get Messy!

Set within the cook’s cabin of a fairytale forest, Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale is a wacky and whimsical adventure that challenges up to four players to work together to keep the orders coming for a hungry cast of enchanted creatures in this multiplayer VR title from Resolution Games.

As players progress through increasingly hectic levels, they not only prepare meals but also need to fight off a number of nasty customers who seem absolutely set on making trouble — like jesters who hide parts of orders, or thieves who keep pilfering ingredients.

While the game is focused on cooperative play, solo players are able to enjoy the experience with the help of a simulated partner, making sure there’s always a team to tackle tough orders and restore the calm to this wild kitchen.

I was a game designer on this project. It was a lot of fun because we were working on a medium that was relatively new, and in which standards hadn’t been set. Things like players and menus sharing “physical” space, how to make things legible for everyone, no matter where they were sitting, how to guide their attention to them.

Cook-Out won “Best Coop Multiplayer” at the Upload VR Awards 2020.

Links:

• Cook-Out on the Oculus Store
• Official Twitter account.