CHEF! devlog

Every shipped milestone from CHEF!, written up as it lands.

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• Looking at What You're DoingSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• CHEF!'s colors, written down onceSeptember 17, 2026Day 3
• One Chair per TileSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Sturdier on Any LayoutSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• How to PlaySeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• A Front Door on Any WallSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Thirty Days Without a HitchSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Pick Your DifficultySeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Everyone Where You Can See ThemSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Stocking the PantrySeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• A Day at the RestaurantSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Burning, Resting Racks and Cold FoodSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Happier Guests by DefaultSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Guest MoodSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Build Your Own BathroomsSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• An Easier Bathroom on EasySeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Toilet, Then Wash Your HandsSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Cooks Share the Prep StationsSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Stepping Aside SmoothlySeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• Stepping Aside at the DoorSeptember 17, 2026Day 5
• The Busboy Takes Out the TrashSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• The Busboy Looks After the BathroomSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Waiting Your Turn at the DoorSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• A Stove on the Cooking LineSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Cooks Stay in the KitchenSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Appliances Built Into the CountersSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• The Dishwasher Is a Machine You PlaceSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• A Table Orders TogetherSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Stations Are Used From the FrontSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Turn Anything You PlaceSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Counter Items Show UpSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• A Kitchen That Makes SenseSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Dish Racks Go to the CooksSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Dishes Are Carried, Not TeleportedSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Place as Many as You LikeSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• One Person in the Bathroom at a TimeSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• CHEF!'s logo and favicons, delivered to the gameSeptember 16, 2026Day 2
• The Interface Gets CHEF!'s LookSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• CHEF!'s logo, on the studio templateSeptember 16, 2026Day 2
• Difficulty Setting (Hard by Default During Development)September 16, 2026Day 4
• A Dish Needs a PlateSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• A Third Cook (Provisional Balance)September 16, 2026Day 4
• Staff Card Fits the Whole CrewSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• A Dishwasher in the Default CrewSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Customers Who Give Up Take Their Orders With ThemSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Bathroom Mechanic, Fixture ReworkSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• Correctness Pass: Path Deadlock, Module Caching, Texture Seams, Sprite FacingSeptember 16, 2026Day 4
• CHEF!'s brand deckSeptember 15, 2026Day 1
• CHEF!'s first logoSeptember 15, 2026Day 1
• CHEF! key artSeptember 15, 2026Day 1
• Hostess Leads Without Racing, Busboy Recolor, Hair-Rendering FixSeptember 15, 2026Day 3
• Dedicated Dishwasher Role, Real Kitchen DoorSeptember 15, 2026Day 3
• Chair-Stepping Fix, Facing-Flicker Fix, Hostess/Server Standing-Side PreferenceSeptember 15, 2026Day 3
• Kitchen Icon Remodel, Purchasing System, Counter FurnitureSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Trash/Dumpster System, Wage System, Ingredient System FoundationSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Trash Correction, Dumpster Capacity, Bathroom, QOL Counter ItemsSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Fake-3D Height Everywhere, 2-Top Table RuleSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Kitchen Wall Autotiling, Congestion Passing LanesSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Uniform Tile Geometry, Camera Zoom/Pan, Dirty-Dish BinSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Chair/Seat Rendering Polish Pass, Real Bathroom Door SpriteSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Dining Room Expanded to 3-Column Grid, Chair Sprite IterationSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Waiting Chairs, Pawn Side-Facing, Podium Queue Gate, Spawn Collision FixSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Dev-Mode Debug Coordinate Overlay, Spreadsheet-Style CoordinatesSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• Podium Queue Mechanics Rebuilt: Exact Stop Point, Real Queue Line, Lead AttributionSeptember 14, 2026Day 2
• First PlayableSeptember 13, 2026Day 1
• Server-Mediated Seating, Real Seats, Outdoor QueueSeptember 13, 2026Day 1
• Bold Visuals, Real Escort, Wall Furniture, Bigger Layout, PartySeptember 13, 2026Day 1
• Collision Fix, RimWorld-Style Graphics Pass, Outside Queue, Kitchen ErgonomicsSeptember 13, 2026Day 1