Red Deer Games Announces Cook for Love

As regular readers may know, I love cooking games. Games that fold cooking into their narrative (like Venba) have a special place in my heart. Red Deer Games just announced a new game, following their popular indie release Tell Me Your Story, with cooking at its center, and I am intrigued.

While it isn’t a sequel to Tell Me Your Story, Cook for Love uses the same world and puts one of its characters at the center of a pseudo-prequel. Cook for Love tells the story of Grandpa Clement, and uses food and real recipes to build its gameplay. Here is what the press release says about Cook for Love:

“One faithful evening in Paris, a young Frenchman called Clement visited the restaurant of Jean-Luc Chatillone. He was hired on the spot and given access to the master chef’s cookbook – a treasure in itself.

From that point[,] all that Clement had to do [was] roll up his sleeves and learn all the recipes, all the while his mentor was cooking delicacies for the people onboard the Orient Express.

Similar to Tell Me Your Story, Cook For Love is a story focused around the career of Grandpa Clement before he became a chef we know and love. It was made by the same team that worked on the cozy puzzle game that was released in April.

Together with Clement, players will climb to earn higher cooking ranks and make their own mark on the world, starting with Jean-Luc Chatillone’s regulars.

Cook For Love offers a wide array of recipes that players can make with their own hands. From tomato juice and hot cocoa to pizzas and [kinds of] pasta, all delicious meals will be unlocked as the game progresses.

Cook for Love will contain 40 recipes of varying complexity, waiting for players to prepare them. All are presented in a fancy way with beautiful, hand-drawn visuals and lively colors. Those who like accuracy in their cooking challenges won’t be disappointed. Additionally, fans of Tell Me Your Story will recognize the art style and coziness.”

Cook for Love will be released on Steam and Nintendo Switch later this year. You can wishlist it now on Steam, and probably soon on Switch too. Cook For Love looks like an interesting experience, and I’m sure folks who enjoyed Tell Me Your Story will love it too.