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Genre: Simulator, Indie

Neon Noodles: Cyberpunk Kitchen Automation

Neon Noodles launches August 3rd!
It's taken a while, but finally ready to announce that Neon Noodles has a release date of August 3rd!

Please remember to leave a review, that would be really helpful :)

Updated the store page with a new trailer too, with dark vibes from the story, and some new screenshots too.

Exciting times ahead!

Neon Noodles Gameplay (pre-recorded)
Gameplay stream for Puzzle Fest.

Neon Noodles #16 - The Nearly Well-Done Update
This update is content and feature complete!

Here's what's in this update:

  1. Steam friends' scores
  2. Steam achivements
  3. Tooltips mode for keyboard/controller
  4. Additional aspect ratio support
  5. Full story integration (including endings)
  6. Localization support (translations not in yet)
  7. More tutorial videos added
  8. Fixes across the board (tooltips, scanline transition, timeline icons, colors)
  9. Various quality of life fixes, including:

    • timeline error indicator after failure
    • home/end keys navigation
    • timeline jump to other bot's program



As always, feedback here or in the discord is always welcome. For more details on what's left to do, check out the pinned roadmap page.

Neon Noodles #15 - The Metrics Update
Getting quite close to finalizing all the companion functionality (Steam friends' scores is the only major item left to implement).

Here's what's in this update:

  1. story tiers/tabs
  2. fourth metric (sum)
  3. metrics improvements - icons, visuals
  4. save file metrics details
  5. save file actions - create/copy/rename/delete
  6. new histograms visuals
  7. histograms in companion
  8. selection fixes in companion
  9. scrolling fixes for levels/tips/saves
  10. proper ending for demo
  11. layout menu labels
  12. performance pass (companion)


I hope you enjoy it :) As always, feedback here or in the discord is always welcome.

Neon Noodles #13 - The Charred Update
As the name suggests, this is a "burn everything" kind of update, lots of big changes!! Unfortunately, it's also a complete score-wipe, save-reset, progression-clean kind of update.

The big news here is that this makes Neon Noodles complete "content-wise" (though not quite "feature-wise" yet). Read on.

All the levels, mechanics, tools, and the story (missing the end for now) are now in the game. Everything else that remains is tagged under Quality of Life (see Roadmap Steam post for more details).

Here's everything that changed:


  1. breaking changes progression/saves/metrics/recipes, so complete scores/saves/progression wipe!
  2. finalized level progression, lots more levels, easily 2x play time compared to before
  3. many more yummy foods from everywhere
  4. story (without ending)
  5. updated Steam page description to be in line with the story
  6. teleport tweaks
  7. station priority/double use error improvements
  8. video tutorials for mouse/controller
  9. portraits
  10. icons refresh, and lot more icons for all the new foods
  11. behind-the-scenes housekeeping (saves/validation)
  12. larger play area mid-late game
  13. proper story-only entries in the companion
  14. an assortment of bug fixes
  15. optional auto-padding in late game
  16. drag to move
  17. finalized metrics
  18. greatly expanded automated test coverage, especially around double use


I hope you enjoy it :) As always, feedback here or in the discord is always welcome.

Neon Noodles #14 - The Charred Update
As the name suggests, this is a "burn everything" kind of update, lots of big changes!! Unfortunately, it's also a complete score-wipe, save-reset, progression-clean kind of update.

The big news here is that this makes Neon Noodles complete "content-wise" (though not quite "feature-wise" yet). Read on.

All the levels, mechanics, tools, and the story (missing the end for now) are now in the game. Everything else that remains is tagged under Quality of Life (see Roadmap Steam post for more details).

Here's everything that changed:


  1. breaking changes progression/saves/metrics/recipes, so complete scores/saves/progression wipe!
  2. finalized level progression, lots more levels, easily 2x play time compared to before
  3. many more yummy foods from everywhere
  4. story (without ending)
  5. updated Steam page description to be in line with the story
  6. teleport tweaks
  7. station priority/double use error improvements
  8. video tutorials for mouse/controller
  9. portraits
  10. icons refresh, and lot more icons for all the new foods
  11. behind-the-scenes housekeeping (saves/validation)
  12. larger play area mid-late game
  13. proper story-only entries in the companion
  14. an assortment of bug fixes
  15. optional auto-padding in late game
  16. drag to move
  17. finalized metrics
  18. greatly expanded automated test coverage, especially around double use


I hope you enjoy it :) As always, feedback here or in the discord is always welcome.

Neon Noodles #13 - The Neon Update
Beta branch has now been retired, as the new tutorial is fully functional.

Major update covering the following:


  1. Neon-ification pass - for companion and all 5 locations:
  2. New tutorial implemented with proper videos up until level 10, more coming soon
  3. New multi-input (of the same kind) and multi-output recipes
  4. New conveyor belt mechanics - auto-feed and filtering
  5. Visual fixes/consolidation, shadows, backgrounds revisit
  6. Bugfixes, including rogue tooltip bug
  7. Performance improvements



Neon Noodles #12 - The Timeline Update
Important: this update is currently on the beta branch only!

This is quite a significant update, but some things are not finalized, so it only goes into the beta branch on Steam for now.

Here are the major changes:


  1. Completely new implementation of the Instructions Timeline:

    • Visual changes (fits with the rest of the UI)
    • Infinite timeline during playback
    • Universal (*) action get displayed and resolved differently during playback
    • Consistent performance regardless of program size, and a significant improvement to overall performance
    • Improved display of linked bot details

  2. New visuals and layout changes for the layout menu (placing down bots and stations) - bot icons are placeholder
  3. Changed recipe window icons to match new timeline approach
  4. New wireframe during level transitions.
  5. New font and UI pass to accommodate it.
  6. New companion tab icons



Here's how the "scanline" transition looks now with the wireframe:


And a few screenshots showing the new timeline, layout menu, recipes window changes and the new font:



Neon Noodles #11 - The Companion Update
Important: this update is currently on the beta branch only!

This is quite a significant update, but some things are not finalized, so it only goes into the beta branch on Steam for now.

Here are the major changes:


  1. Completely new Companion - this covers all the "non-game" part of the game, and it sets the stage for how the story will be delivered too.

    • Full mouse, controller and keyboard support for the companion
    • Dynamic color change based on level

  2. New tutorial - this is a video-based approach, vaguely inspired by Frostpunk.

    • New levels/introduction to key concepts
    • A read/unread flag for all of the tutorial entries
    • Tutorial entries available for later viewing in the Companion

  3. Level start transitions - a "scanline" approach to fading the levels in that provides depth, while being very performance focused
  4. Performance improvements - some of this was for the new stuff, but lots of work went into performance. Timeline performance still needs addressing, but that's a bigger piece for a future update.
  5. Some UI/look changes and working towards eventual consistency and what buttons are and how they behave across the entire game.
  6. All music is now back into the game (currently just randomized, not location-specific)
  7. Lots of other small changes, including shadows/lighting improvements, bugfixes, etc.



Here's an example on how the "scanline" transition looks for the Asian location:



And a poorly compressed gif of the companion showing the perspective and color change:

Small bugfixes patch
A few tweaks and bugfixes around level selection and the tutorial. Also updated a few of the similarly looking icons to be less confusing.
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