Too Many Chefs

4 chefs. 1 kitchen.

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why does it take so long for it to load, i have been waiting for hour for a solo game and yet it doesnt work.

Sorry to hear that! The game certainly shouldn’t take an hour to load, so there might be an issue. To help debug, do you mind providing the following information?

What browser are you using? Which level are you playing? Do you have an ad-block or Javascript blocked by any chance? We don’t run any ads but it’s possible it’s messing with the site code. If you open the devtools (Ctrl-Shift-J for Chrome or Ctrl-Shift-K for Firefox), do you see any red error messages in the console? If so, please paste them here!

Thanks for your patience!

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version 1.1.x

Four years later, I'm thrilled to see that new and returning chefs are still at it in the kitchen!

As a treat, version 1.1.x comes with a number of new features requested by our fans:

A new and improved leaderboard.

See up to 100 places as you cook your way up the ranks!

Times are now recorded in milliseconds for increased granularity.

Censored profanity

There are kids playing in the kitchen. We should use forking acceptable language here-- I’m talking to you, panisface.

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on cooking, community, and fame

It’s been less than two weeks since I released my game, Too Many Chefs, to the world. Since then, I’ve seen upwards of 200 daily active players and almost 8,000 total plays. Not too shabby for a simple text game designed for a university class!

Releasing a game to the wider world, however, had some interesting consequences. After publishing a leaderboard of high scores, I found all my personal top times bested by at least 30 seconds. It’s humbling yet satisfying to see there are enough dedicated players to train and best my own developer times! Additionally, I was faced with the questions of whether I should censor rude or politically incorrect leaderboard titles (”suck my dee” being one of the milder ones), or delete implausible (likely cheated) entries in Mashed Potatoes. Thanks, reddit!

Consequences aside, I’m delighted to have fans willing enough to hack or grind the game. Thanks for playing, and keep your eyes peeled for future content!

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Too Many Chefs

A text-based cooperative cooking game

4 chefs. 1 keyboard.

Try your luck at this cooking game in local coop (up to 4 players), or go solo and multitask on 4 simultaneous recipes!