Good morning! Today there will be a ton of tasks to do today, but how could you work without food to give you the strength to finish these mundane tasks? No worries, as the player, you shall work alongside as the chef's apprentice guided by the chef to create simple yet get the job done meals to keep up with the pace. Either by following instructions provided by the chef and ideas littered around the kitchen to either follow it by the book style, improve upon it, or even poison the chef. What sort of ‘Whimsical Flavors' will you create to bring the emotions out of the chef? Whimsical Flavors, created in reminiscent of cooking flash games with the art direction evoking warmth. The story is told through the game as a reflection of my personal experimentation with meals to sustain to have energy to get through the day to the thoughts and ideas that run through my mind as I ready myself to cook these meals. Art assets created with Procreate and fully coded in Ren'py, a game engine based on python reminiscent of flash games. The player acts in for the chef to create meals as the chef's apprentice to serve for the chef to taste test and enjoy the meal alongside. Cooking three meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and given choices to either follow the directions, alter the recipes for better or worse. Providing to affect how the chef's inner thoughts while they conduct their tastes during each intermission before the next meal until finally reaching the end.
California based artist, Hannah Fu, has been tuning her skills in the path of digital media art. Transitioning from traditional sketchy drawings and bringing them to life in the digital world in the form of illustrations, gifs, and games. Taking inspiration from lurking in pop culture to drifting around places. Shifting between breathtaking works, simple little doodles, to unhinged creations from the pits of the abyss.
