CHEF! devlog

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

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• Work Priorities, Like RimWorldOctober 13, 2026Day 31
• A Corner Café, and Staff Who Get BetterOctober 13, 2026Day 31
• The Studio's Shared Intro, Sound and DialogsOctober 9, 2026Day 27
• Controls That Match the Other GamesOctober 9, 2026Day 27
• CHEF!'s pawn wardrobe: hair, hats, outfits and accessoriesOctober 8, 2026Day 24
• Aviators From the FrontOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• The Truck's ShelfOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• Nothing Left Behind at the GrillOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• Burgers in Their WrappersOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• Flips, Boats and Side-On AviatorsOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• Trays Walked BackOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• The Generator, and Every Sausage CarriedOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• Nothing Jumps: Toppings, Sizes, FlipsOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• Round Glasses RedrawnOctober 7, 2026Day 25
• The Full WardrobeOctober 5, 2026Day 23
• Bucket Hat Above the LipOctober 3, 2026Day 21
• Bucket Hat and Cap FixesOctober 3, 2026Day 21
• Hats That FitOctober 3, 2026Day 21
• CHEF!'s kitchen and dining pieces: dish rack, mise rail, dishwasher and moreOctober 2, 2026Day 18
• HatsOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Seven New HaircutsOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• A Manager on the FloorOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• A Bathroom Mess You Can SeeOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• One Fridge HandleOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Spice Rack Seen From AboveOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Icons Instead of EmojiOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Ten Wells on the RailOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Clean Glasses Off the Drink MachineOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Silverware Beside the GlassesOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• A Rail That Fits Its ContainersOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Refuse, a Mop and a BagOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Pictures in the PanelsOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Wipe It Down, Set It UpOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Outlines on the Small ThingsOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Nothing Changes Size Between JobsOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• A thin dark outline on every PawnScape object (v0.57.0)October 2, 2026Day 18
• Food Keeps Its SizeOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Chicken on the Grill First; Rack Plates at Full SizeOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Pans Held UpOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Room on the Prep TableOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• A Bigger Board, Right in Front of the CookOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Every Plate Counts From the SideOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Plates You Can See in the Dish RackOctober 2, 2026Day 20
• Freesound's official API brings two "exhausted" sounds backOctober 1, 2026Day 7
• Built on the PlateOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• One Toilet, Drinks Are the Waiter'sOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• The Dish Machine and the Resting RackOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• The Owner's Kitchen, and Racks That Come BackOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• Room on the CounterOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• The Relish JarOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• A Real ShopOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• Silverware Walks HomeOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• Plates Travel, Pads and PausesOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• The 8-Bit StingOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• A Sting to Start WithOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• The Truck Sounds Like a TruckOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• Holding It From This SideOctober 1, 2026Day 19
• Real Spatula, Real RelishSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• Bigger Cutlery Tray, Turned Prep Tables, Delete to SellSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• One Tray, All the Way RoundSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• Nod Along, Flip With One HandSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• Nothing JumpsSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• Built Where the Buns AreSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• A Spatula in Hand, Relish on the LineSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• Turn It Anywhere, See What the Cook Can't ReachSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• R Turns the Flat TopSeptember 30, 2026Day 18
• CHEF!'s food truck, an evening track, and grill flipsSeptember 29, 2026Day 5
• Pick It Up, One Tray, Closer BenchesSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• No More Standoffs by the DoorSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• Hot Dogs Lie Level in Their BoatsSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• The Truck Cook Grills Four at OnceSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• Separate Start and Pause, a Bigger Hot DogSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• The Fridge Keeps Its ShapeSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• The Truck's Griddle and Stove, Full SizeSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• Grill and Stove Fill Their TilesSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• Full-Size Prep Rail, and a Hot Dog That Stays Its SizeSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• Hero Pictures and Black BowlsSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• A Pause MenuSeptember 29, 2026Day 17
• Continue Where You Left OffSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Supreme Dogs and a Fridge That Stays FullSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Room to CookSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The griddle in four facingsSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Starter dishes, uncroppedSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• CHEF!'s studio introSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• The Real Logo on the Loading ScreenSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The Lot Gets Its ArtSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Uploads that finish when they look finished, and floor tiles without a frame (v0.55.0)September 28, 2026Day 14
• The Camp StoveSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The camp stove, four ways round, right first timeSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Picnic Tables and a Flat GriddleSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• A flat griddle, picnic tables with depth, and a notebook of what worksSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Towels, Windows and a Welcome MatSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The Food Truck: Campaign Level 1September 28, 2026Day 16
• The awning, and a griddle that heats up in placeSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• The food truck itselfSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Don bowls and to-go for the food truckSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Hot dogs and burgers for the food truckSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• A tray for the clean silverwareSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• The Dishwasher Holds the Pan UpSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Silverware on Show, Glasses from the BackSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Pan Handle Up (only in the fallback drawing)September 28, 2026Day 16
• Tight Kitchens FlowSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Evening MusicSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Two thoughts you couldn't seeSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Build Your Own Kitchen LineSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Moods at a GlanceSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The Office Computer's Art, and a Pricing IconSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Thought BubblesSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• An office computer for the end-of-day reportSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Thought bubbles: what the kitchen is thinkingSeptember 28, 2026Day 14
• Pay in Quarters, and What Unlocks the Full ReportSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The Crew Says How the Day WentSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Front-of-House Pay in QuartersSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• No Leftover ChecksSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Evening FallsSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• The Check Comes EarlySeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Idle Hands Carry RacksSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Swapping Dish RacksSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Status on DemandSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• A Smoother Full HouseSeptember 28, 2026Day 16
• Fair Prices, Three CooksSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Slower Clock, New Wages, Cooks Without HatsSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Menu Prices, and Two CooksSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Walking On Past a LineSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• The Chest Fridge OpensSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• No Drinks Without Glasses, Wages per HourSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Pans in HandSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Pots to the Dish PitSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• 51 of CHEF!'s 54 sounds delivered, measured and trimmedSeptember 27, 2026Day 3
• A fridge you open from the top, filled four ways, and a kitchen that talksSeptember 27, 2026Day 13
• The Grill CookSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Drink Orders Out Loud, Table ChatSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Level Vegetables, Nodding, Thumbs OutSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Right-Handed Cutting, Guests Scoot In, Staff Lean InSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Glass RacksSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Flames, a Chef's Knife, the FlushSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• The Game Fits the WindowSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Chairs Pushed InSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Burners That Light, Forks in Hand, the Register by the PodiumSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Scrape, Wash, Rack, One Plate at a TimeSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Smoother WalkingSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Work Takes Its Full TimeSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• No Waiting Beside a Free Prep TableSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Hands at WorkSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Filled Mise ContainersSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Mise en PlaceSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Broccoli, Money and Paper TowelsSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Menus One by One, and Parties Leave TogetherSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• A Guest's Day OutSeptember 27, 2026Day 15
• Last Seating EarlierSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Off the GrillSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Straight to the TableSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Room to PassSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Washing UpSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• At the SinkSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• What Goes in the BinSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Table for FourSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Hands at WorkSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• One Glass at a TimeSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Real PeopleSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Built Into the CounterSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Coming In TogetherSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Drinks at the TableSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• A New KitchenSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• A Shared GrillSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Music and DoorsSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Tables, a Sign, and Less ClutterSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Nothing Out of Thin AirSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• East-West TablesSeptember 26, 2026Day 14
• Pots and PansSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Real TablewareSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Broccoli on the SideSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Fork on the RightSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Room at the PlatesSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• SoundSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• An audition app for picking game sounds, and 198 candidates for CHEF!September 25, 2026Day 1
• Sixteen Dirty PlatesSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Leaning BackSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Finished Plates and Settled ChairsSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Tickets to the KitchenSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Order UpSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Broken Is BrokenSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Drinks, the Check, and Things That BreakSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Soup's OnSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Plates You Can FollowSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Everyone Gets Their Own SquareSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• The Stove, and Appliances That Fill the CounterSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• A Kitchen Trash Can, a Podium to Stand Behind, and No More JumpingSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• The Bathroom, the Podium and the RacksSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Seamless Counters, and a Register You Can ReadSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Counters Join UpSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Counters Fill Their TilesSeptember 25, 2026Day 13
• Pieces That Stand on Their OwnSeptember 24, 2026Day 12
• The Grill From Every SideSeptember 23, 2026Day 11
• The grill's side views, and what seven rounds were actually aboutSeptember 23, 2026Day 9
• The grill gets the same picture treatment, before a single image is generatedSeptember 23, 2026Day 9
• The Fridge From Every SideSeptember 23, 2026Day 11
• The fridge that took six rounds, and what finally moved itSeptember 23, 2026Day 9
• Everything Lines UpSeptember 22, 2026Day 10
• Chest FridgeSeptember 22, 2026Day 10
• No More Black LinesSeptember 21, 2026Day 9
• A Fridge That Sits in the CounterSeptember 21, 2026Day 9
• New Kitchen Art and ChairsSeptember 21, 2026Day 9
• Be careful what you ask for: 168 sprites in the queueSeptember 21, 2026Day 7
• People Bob When They WalkSeptember 21, 2026Day 9
• How Many Frames Does a Walk Need?September 20, 2026Day 8
• Solid Stone Walls and CountersSeptember 20, 2026Day 8
• Stop asking, start drawing (v0.33.0–v0.33.1)September 19, 2026Day 5
• CHEF! Batch 1 deliveredSeptember 19, 2026Day 5
• PawnScape Doorways and One Wood FloorSeptember 19, 2026Day 7
• Two style sets: PawnScape and DreamScapeSeptember 19, 2026Day 5
• The Art Director reviews the art firstSeptember 19, 2026Day 2
• CHEF!'s walls get a real top and frontSeptember 19, 2026Day 5
• Real FloorsSeptember 19, 2026Day 7
• The senior dev is six days oldSeptember 18, 2026Day 1
• Stone Tops for Every WallSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Seamless WallsSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• One Wall, Not a Stack of BlocksSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Solid WallsSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Up Against the WallSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Experience and RaisesSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Who Gets the TipsSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Hidden Traits and a ManagerSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Attention and CleanlinessSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Sharp at Any SizeSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Real CountersSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Catching Bad FoodSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• The counter is approved, and CHEF!'s first batch is under waySeptember 18, 2026Day 4
• Hiring People, Not RolesSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• CHEF!'s first counter (Batch 1 begins)September 18, 2026Day 4
• TipsSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Help for the BathroomSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Open from EightSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Sidewalks All RoundSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• In the RedSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• What Didn't Get CleanedSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Your Opening HoursSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Paper Towels or a Hand DryerSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• Toilet Paper and SoapSeptember 18, 2026Day 6
• 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