Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! News

It's hard to believe that the journey is finally over- the Iron Cook Speedway update is now available with 30 levels in this brand new arena built specifically for speed, combat and deliciousness!

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The Iron Cook Speedway is an arena where contestants will race around the track, preparing orders for the judges before pulling into the Judges Tents. Along the way players will race in the combat tunnel, where food truck attacks are common and can happen multiple times in a single race! And with the Iron Cook rules prohibiting protective armor, you'll feel every hit come your way.

The game's mechanics have been overhauled specifically for this event- I wanted to create a fast and unique gameplay style that hasn't been done in the game up to this point, which meant changing the way the game's orders come in and limiting the amount of foods per stop. That, in addition to all of the game's new sound effects and music for this event (and the in-game commentary by @NorthernLionLP and @katelovelymomo ) makes this one of the biggest endings to a game I've ever done. I hope y'all enjoy!

We have some smaller updates planned for the game's 1.0 release coming soon, but I just wanted to say thank you to all the fans and those who have supported us through our first Early Access release. Without y'all none of this would have been possible, and I am eternally grateful for all of your reviews, feedback and encouragement.

Enjoy the finale, and we'll see you later this summer for the 1.0/console release!!


= PATCH v0.95f NOTES =

= NEW ADDITIONS =

*Iron Cook Speedway roars into the game with 30 new levels!
*All new commentary by @NorthernlionLP and @katelovelymomo!
*Over 20 additional trinkets!
*Enhanced Rich Presence support for Discord!
*Enhanced subtitle support across all cutscenes!


= BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS =

* The game now displays a message telling you what kind of attack occurred during food truck battles.
* Adjusted hacked visuals for better performance in streams and to help those with sensitive visual issues.
* Fixed some mislabeled serve buttons for a number of foods.
* Changed "Crazy Customers" text to "Angry Customers"
* Credits updated.
* Minor bugs addressed.

The final chapter in the Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! series is almost here! The Iron Cook Speedway is full of surprises, including guest commentary by Northernlion and Katelovelymomo!

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There are 30 races in all, with a lot of new challenges including multiple food truck attacks in a single race! Did I mention that food truck defense upgrades are not allowed for the competition? You'll feel every slam, every hack and every bullet, so be ready to take on these challenging gameplay modifiers!

Included with this update are lots of new trinkets and some additional improvements and bug fixes. I can't wait until it goes live late this month! Cya on the race track!

Finally, we made it to the end...but don't rest just yet! Davidson County has 40 levels of chaos, with a food truck attack for every single one, and we also included two new foodtruck attacks and some bug fixes/improvements!

There is still one more event to go: the Iron Cook Championship, coming in July. As you might imagine, the state of the world right now has impacted our productivity over the last few weeks, and we're doing all we can to help support the #blacklivesmatter movement. If you'd like to be a part of change, I highly urge you to check out this site. Also be sure to check out my twitter as we will be doing some BLM-related promotions soon.

Thanks everyone, stay safe, and we'll see you soon for the crazy finale!

= UPDATE v0.90 NOTES =
= NEW ADDITIONS =

• DAVIDSON COUNTY added with 40 new levels!
  
• Two new foodtruck attacks: Sushi Nest and Pizza That! Sushi Nest will target your upgrade modules, destroying things like the Serving Cloner and Heat Lamps, among others. The Pizza That! truck will hack your cooking timers so that they no longer display. Good luck!
  
• Foodtruck attacks will always occur, even if you upgrade to prevent them. However if you do have upgraded components the attack will now fail and Cleaver will have all new quips mocking your rivals!
  
• Three new trinkets (a larger trinket update is coming in the next update)
  
• Four new achievements
  

= BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS =

• Added option to mute police siren sound effects (during a Final Stop) and replace it with a train sound effect.
  
• Static effects from a hack attack now fade out properly when an order is served.
  
• Changed "Fast Load" description to "Legacy Load" in Gameplay Options.
  
• Game now displays customer order numbers over 100,000 correctly in the recipe section.
  
• Fixed bug where invisible routes could be selected via mouse in Drydock Harbor.
  
• Fixed bug with the Upgrade Truck menu that would sometimes occur when upgrading a module. If you have an upgraded component that doesn't seem to work, try turning it off and on in the Upgrade Truck menu.
  

Given that this would be the last territory update before our final major territory, I wanted to go a bit nuts and make a very experimental area, Drydock Harbor! It's a very small territory, with no new food trucks and limited filters, but I wanted to see what people thought of the unique days.

The last territory update next month will go back to more traditional levels and features, but I wanted one last try to go crazy.

Also in this update are 24 new trinkets! Not only that, I've overhauled the sprite cache code so that you can now enjoy much smoother performance in-game! You can toggle this new loading system on and off, see the notes below (default is the new loading system). And we also finished up the food descriptions and added more achievements! Whew!

Enjoy the surprise update and cya next month for the finale!!! And as always, thank you so much for all the great reviews!


= UPDATE v0.85 NOTES =
= NEW ADDITIONS =

* DRYDOCK HARBOR added with 23 new experimental levels!
* 24 new trinkets added, including four unlockable story based trinkets!
* 5 new achievements added!
* A new loading system has been added to better improve performance in-game. This caches your current menu during the load times, so that the game doesn't "hitch" when loading up a new food, but may increase level load times by a few seconds depending on your computer's performance. If you'd like to go back to the old way of loading used in previous CSD 3 versions (and in CSD 2), go to the Options menu, then Gameplay, and toggle Fast Load to ON.
* Added a more descriptive line from Cleaver with the Max Wieners food truck attack.
* The following descriptions have been added:
-Tonkatsu
-Food Truck Fries
-Food Truck Beans
-Food Truck Rice
-Haemul Pajeon
-Sinigang
-Bibingka
-Green Papaya Salad
-Huauzontles
-Jambalaya


= BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS =

* Fixed an issue with turning off certain upgrades that affected gameplay.
* Fixed issue with the No More Burgers trinket unlocking without earning a gold medal in the required day.
* Fixed bug where the scroll bar was not responding properly with the mouse in the Customize Truck menu.
* Fixed a few food description texts and punctuation.

It's time for a whole new territory as we get closer and closer to the exciting final end game event! Metro Central may lack charm, history, interesting sights, or anything noteworthy at all, but it more than makes up for it with their incredible Porcelain Toilets of the World museum and multiple grants to completely overhaul their sewer systems to allow for the latest tech in bathroom technology.

Enjoy this update and we'll be back later this month with yet another update, including more trinkets! Thank y'all so much for all the reviews and support!!


= UPDATE v0.80 NOTES =
= NEW ADDITIONS =

* Metro Central Territory added! Over 35 levels under the gloomy skies of Jackson, MS.
* The Max Wieners food truck is on the loose! Watch for their super attack that severely damages all holding stations, decreasing freshness times by 80%!
* Two new trinkets added. These are just for the territory- we have another big trinket update coming soon!
* Five new achievements added!


= IMPROVEMENTS & BUG FIXES =

* Added a "Clear All" function to the Customize Truck feature.
* Fixed a possible issue where holding station counts would be incorrect when toggling them on/off.
* Fixed the button prompt for filtering in the Customize Truck editor not appearing for gamepads.
* Fixed an extremely rare bug that could lead to an impossible Halo Halo order.
* Fixed a bug where Creme Brulee would not respond to the torch, causing it to be raw or frozen forever no matter how long you held the torch button down.
* Fixed issue with the Rejuvinator upgrade that would count "bad" or "unfresh" holding station foods as servings, giving incorrect serving counts in the Today's Menu display.
* Cook times for Medium Well and Well Done meats have decreased, especially for Well Done, which takes 50% less time to cook.
* If the Dialogue SFX in the Audio Menu is set to 0, the game audio is no longer lowered every time the dialogue box pops up in-game.
* Fixed some inconsistent recipe names.
* Fixed some spelling thingys.