Puppy Chef Academy

*** Updated Review *** The game has gone free to play. I think this is one of the better free to play games on Steam VR. It's like a virtual novel where you get to learn a about the cooking recipes and follow along with some rudimentary motion control actions. I enjoyed it and there are 12 different recipes to learn. Rate 8/10. You can watch my video review & gameplay here for the Bulgogi recipe (Korean beef) : https://youtu.be/dofv7yrzxZo *** Original Review Below *** [h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers[/h1] I liked this game. I know it's meant for kids, but I had fun as an adult with it. So several of these game types, whether it's a bar tender simulator or cooking simulator, fall either into a sim category like Chef U or into the multi-tasked fast-paced arcade style, like Counterfight. This game doesn't really fit neatly into either category. I guess I would call it a light cooking sim that's story based. So you're at the Puppy Chef Academy (dogs that look like humans ... just go with it) and you're a cat named Yuu. You're a new student there and the only cat accepted into the university. You will meet Oatley, your friend who has troubles keeping up with the cooking, Guts your cooking instructor who is very demanding, especially on poor Oatley and Georgia, the headmaster who does have the least amount of screen time. So you're not just learning some recipes, but you're part of the story of learning about this cooking school and your friend Oatley. A lot of the game is just hearing the banter between Yuu and Oatley in between learning some cooking recipes. Each recipe is treated like an episode and after finishing one recipe, it unlocks the next recipe. So far I have learned how to make an omelette, lasagna, crepes, miso soup, & malasadas ... and toast. Each episode takes approximately 15-20 minutes. The recipes do have the basics down so it's not like you're not learning how to cook. However, a lot of the finer details of these recipes are missing. Basically you have the ingredients, chopping some ingredients, mixing some ingredients, and then heating on the stove or baking them in the oven. What you don't have is any hint of how much you're supposed to put or the temperature or time to cook. So while it is possible to take what you learn from this game, it probably won't be enough to properly cook these recipes. This game is not perfect. The thing I disliked the most was having to point and click to progress each conversation. You will be doing a lot of that in this game. It's also missing various sounds. There are some sounds like chopping, but several actions don't make any type of sound like the sound of the malasadas frying. Liquids look more like boxey pixels being poured than actual liquids. I do wish the character's were voiced instead of just printed dialogue. There is no locomotion. You have to move within your roomscale. Although, I found everything within arm's reach so as long as you have standing room you should be fine. I did drop several items on the floor but I had no problems picking them up and you don't get scored for being unsanitary. So no harm no foul. I think this game is perfect for kids or kids at heart. I think it's priced very reasonably given the amount of content. I'm not sure there is replay value though. [b]Rate 7/10.[/b]

What a wonderfull game. I found it easy to immerse myself into the exsperience. The artstyle and mechanics meshed perfectly in a way that allowed such immersion to play out. The story is simple yet elegently displayed, with the right amout of foreshadowing, seasoned with adiquite drama, and simple, yet effective, lead ons. It gives the brain jsut enough fuel to keep wondering without oversaturating the curiosity. Any spontanius physics bugs can be atributed to unity, and at that I exsperienced signifigantly lesss than most unity titles I encounter. Overall Well recomended, and signifigantly apprecheated.

Looks can be deceiving in a good way. Ps. Does work with the valve index for the .01% who were wondering.

Not the most technically advanced vr game out there, not the most quality of life settings either. But its fun, cute and has a surprisingly good story. Good for a couple laughs and sweet moments, and good to just chill making some food in VR. Definitely deserves a better score.

A little visual novel and a little Cooking Mama. It's not perfect but it's free, it's cute and it's pretty fun.

Puppy Chef Academy is a free to play VR game. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index and Meta Quest 3 via Steam Link system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok. This is mostly a good VR game. Some of the handling of the objects goes wrong, but the game will fix it in the next step. Has a good story. You can repeat the individual episodes after you unlock them. Sometimes, you have to tell the game to continue to a next step, by pointing your laser and click to progress each conversation. You will be doing a lot of that in this game. I guess i learned some basics on cooking by finishing this game. You can sort of speed through the dialogue. This game is sort of like a Virtual Novel added to a VR cooking simulator. This game was a paid product at one time, now it is free to play. Has fixed point teleport with room-scale standing in place. There is many objects that you can handle in this game. You could just turn off the sound after a few minutes, the speaking audio and the music gets annoying quick. Each episode takes approximately 15-20 minutes, and there are 12 different recipes to learn. Maybe 2 to 3 hours of content. Has a in-game tutorial at the start. Has a kid friendly mode. Try this free game, you might like it. For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXuAJg58n4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GgtGG5XCkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGxZxkNRpqo

Fun but janky and surprisingly in-depth story-wise. I actually learned some from this.