Hot Pot For One
Lunar New Year Update
Happy Year of the Tiger! I am so happy to bring you this major update on the look and feel of Hot Pot for One. For this time around, we worked with amazing artist and illustrator Ida Huang to introduce a series of new food and item memory illustrations. We are really satisfied with how much personality and meaning those drawings have added to the game, so we hope you enjoy them as well. Feel free to leave a comment and let us know how you think!
Throughout the new year, we hope to continue introducing new updates and patches one step at a time and take the game closer and closer to match our original vision. If you would like to get news about upcoming releases, you can follow our twitter @HotPotFor1 or subscribe to our newsletter here. Again, thanks so much for the patience and support, and I wish you all a safe and fruitful new year.
Best,
Hot Pot For One Team
02/01/2022 Update Outline:
Art
45 new memory illustrations
new memory animations
new phone menu UI interface and animations
new dialogues
Music
Updated soundtracks with new instruments and mixing
Optimization on gameplay interactions and textures
Future plans:
Chinese Localizations
Mac support
Steam Achievement and Controller Support
Livestream: Gradient Convergence
We will be streaming right now as part of this year's Game Devs of Color Expo! We will be playing Hot Pot For One while doing a dev Q&A. Looking forward to seeing you here!
Coming to your screen September 23–27, 2021, the 6th annual Game Devs of Color Expo is dedicated to amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games. Join us for a multi-day celebration of diverse voices. You’ll meet a variety of amazing creators from around the world and learn to build and market games players love. Check out more Info about the event here
Fore more updates and info about the game, please check out our twitter @HotPotFor1
Game update, future plans, new Steam Event
First of all, I would like to thank you so much for supporting Hot Pot For One. Started off as a student project developed by a two-person team, this game has gone far beyond our expectations, and we are blown away by all the positive responses and reviews from our players. I am so appreciative of everyone who played and enjoyed the game, especially those of you who provided their honest feedback and suggestions.
I would like to take this opportunity to let you all know that we heard you. Thanks to your support, we are able to continue working on the game part-time and improving upon the current features while introducing new ones.
In today’s update, we have fixed a number of bugs reported and optimize some of the features, including
- Optimizing food pick-up
- Fixed food falling off plate during clean-up
- Fixed issue: unable to place food back in plate
- Simplified controls for pause menu and food clean-up
- Fixed physics error with hot pot base when restarting the game
- Fixed: Instructions repeatedly pop up
- Fixed: food preventing fridge from opening
Here are some of the many features we will be working on:
- Continue optimizing gameplay interactions and interfaces
- Creating new original soundtracks
- Creating new memory illustrations
- Steam Achievements
- Controller support
- Language localizations
And many more… Stay tuned for new updates :)
We would also like to take this opportunity to announce that: we are going to be part of this year’s Game Devs of Color Expo! It is an annual game exhibition that is dedicated to amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games. Hot Pot For One will be a part of Gradient Convergence, the Steam event that features over 40 games created by developers of color.
The event dates are September 23 - 27, and we are looking to do a live stream of us playing and chatting about the game. If you have any questions you would like to ask us, feel free to pop in and say hi!
Take care, and happy mid-autumn festival!
Hot Pot For One team