Assapora la solitudine agrodolce di preparare un hot pot da soli nella Vigilia di Natale in questo indie simulation. I giocatori interagiscono in prima persona con meccaniche fluide: aggiungono ingredienti alla pentola, li osservano cuocere, mangiano il risultato e buttano via gli avanzi. La navigazione si basa su un mouse look con fisica, senza spostamento del personaggio, in una cucina ad alta fedeltà con modelli alimentari realistici.
Questa esperienza breve da 15-30 minuti trae ispirazione dalla solitudine reale degli studenti internazionali, mitigata dal conforto dei sapori della patria. Raccogli oltre 30 illustrazioni disegnate a mano in più partite, gusta oltre 10 tipi di cibo con animazioni di cottura e consumo, sound effects di qualità e colonna sonora. Perfetta per chi cerca sessioni tranquille e riflessive, che catturano profondità emotiva attraverso routine semplici.
Overview
Hot Pot For One is a short first-person experience about the bittersweet feeling of making hot pot at home for yourself on Christmas Eve. It is about the bitterness of lonely times, and the sweet comfort of food that keeps us going. We wish to evoke those emotions through simple and smooth interactions such as putting ingredients into the pot, watching them cook, seeing them being eaten, and eventually dumping the rest away.
Our Story
The concept of the game came from our personal experiences as international students. One of the most challenging things about living in a foreign country is that you are far away from your family and friends. And that can be very lonely. Luckily, one thing that can put our minds at ease in those times of difficulty has been to make and eat food from home. The familiar taste of hometown summons happy memories, and warms our hearts. It helps us retain our power to fight on.
Those experiences inspired us to take this opportunity to express the loneliness of being away from home, as well as the satisfaction of consuming our favorite food, in the form of a game.
What To Expect
-Estimated playtime: 15~30min
-a carefully-crafted, bittersweet story
-Realistic looking food and high fidelity kitchen environment
-more than 30 pieces of hand-drawn illustrations to be collected for multiple playthroughs
-10+ kind of food models, with cooking and eating animations
-physics based first person mouse look with no movement
-high quality sound effects and music
