Chapter 243: Food is also a grade!
After so many years of development in the game industry, the number of game genres and game themes has been expanding.
As long as someone likes it and is willing to pay for it, no matter how niche the theme is, no matter how niche the game genre is, there will be game development companies that will develop and produce it.
Among them, there is a niche category, that is, "cooking" games, and there are many types of games in this theme, such as the simulation business category "Delicious? Restaurant" series, such as the "Culinary Academy" series of cooking simulation genres.
Although most of the games in this genre are small games and are not elegant, they also have a solid group of fans, which ensures their sales, so that those small game development companies can survive and sequel frequently.
Of course, due to the unique conditions of virtual reality technology, compared with computers or mobile phones, it is more suitable for game development with the theme of "cooking" or "food".
After all, compared to the various tempting "delicacies" that can be seen and eaten on the screen, there is no way to see and eat when you are hungry, so how can it compare to seeing and eating in virtual reality?
The comparison between the two is a superior judgment.
And this "Gluttonous Pavilion" is a typical "cooking" game based on virtual reality technology!
Yes, the "cooking" theme, not the "food" theme.
Since it's a "cooking" theme, it's naturally a cooking simulation!
Gluttony is a game that guides players through a virtual reality world where they simulate cooking and learn how to make a variety of delicious foods.
The game itself refers to the building of the same name in the game, and which "Gluttonous Pavilion" has nine floors.
At the beginning of the game, only the first layer was developed to the player, that is, the "apprentice layer", there are actually not many types of food in this layer, there are more than 800 dishes, and each taste is also top-notch, except for some problems with the player's taste, such as players can't eat spicy, don't like to eat sweet, etc., in the dish itself, there is no problem, every dish has achieved the ultimate in cooking.
However, the dishes in this layer have one thing in common, that is, the technical content is not high, and they belong to the first batch of dishes learned by chef apprentices in various chef training institutions in reality, most of the ingredients are ordinary, the steps are simple, and they are easy to learn.
So why are there more than 800 different dishes? Quite simply, because depending on the region, taste, origin of raw materials, and the amount of seasoning, even if the dish has the same name, there are various ways to make it, and the final dish can of course be different.
Take "green pepper shredded pork" as an example, it has the difference between red and white silk, single pepper and double pepper, sharp pepper and round pepper, salty and sweet, thin and thick, etc., and the chefs in different places make it different.
On the first floor, players can naturally eat as many dishes as they want, as many as they want, and as long as they want.
However, if you want to go to the next level and enjoy the food made with more advanced ingredients, more complex steps, and higher technical content, you must pass the assessment.
The assessment of the "apprentice layer" is very simple, that is, choose 10 of the 800 dishes at random, cook them in the virtual reality world, and reach the passing line.
In the corner of each floor, there will be a virtual kitchen, after selecting the dishes you want to cook, it will use a holographic video to teach the player how to cook this dish, and provide players with enough ingredients, condiments, and various cooking utensils.
Players can practice freely, and even innovate, and even use the ingredients provided to make other foods...... If there are players who don't eat Western food and die, they can also find a way to use these ingredients to make their own Western food. The official is still very open-minded and will not impose more restrictions on this.
If the player successfully cooks the 10 dishes of their choice and reaches the passing mark, the door to the second floor will open and the player can go to the second floor to enjoy more than 1,600 more advanced dishes.
For example, "thirteen spiced crayfish", such as "steamed Yangcheng Lake hairy crab", because the ingredients are relatively high-end, are all in this layer.
The second layer can also be called the "low-level level", that is, the level of junior chefs who have just passed the chef assessment in reality.
It is also a ten-course dish, and if you pass the line, you can enter the third layer.
The third layer is the "intermediate level", that is, the level of the main personnel of major hotels.
The fourth level is the "senior level", which is probably the level of the famous restaurant chef in each city.
The fifth layer is the "special level", which is the level of the leaders of each cuisine, and most of these chefs who come to participate in the test are at this level.
Above the fifth level is a bit special, although it is still ten dishes, but it must be perfect to advance, and the so-called perfection means that it must not be weaker than the quality of those dishes provided in the virtual reality world.
The sixth layer is the "Lin level", the seventh layer is the "tiger level", the eighth layer is the "dragon level", and the ninth layer is the "god level".
These last four layers can be described as one step at a time, and they all exist only in the legendary chef level, and generally speaking, dishes of this level cannot be eaten in reality.
Just like these chefs who participated in the test, among them, only Ms. Pei Xianxian was upstairs from Sichuan Province, and Liu Luodi and Master Liu of Huacheng Yinquan Restaurant reached the sixth layer during the three-day test.
Of course, if the test takes a little longer, several other top chefs may also be able to break through to the sixth layer of "Lin level", after all, the fifth layer of special grade delicacies is not very difficult for them, it just takes a little more time.
However, it will be very difficult to break through the six-layer "Lin level", because the "Lin level" dishes are not so easy to cook, which not only involves more advanced cooking skills, special cooking utensils, but also involves the application of "ingredients" on another level.
They are ingredients that are no longer available in the real world, many of them even exist only in legends, and even these animals or plants have long been completely extinct.
For example, "original cow", such as "great puffin", such as "white sturgeon", such as "Australian rabbit", such as "spotted donkey...... Most of them were mass-hunted by humans in the past because of their delicious meat, and eventually became completely extinct.
Of course, the ingredients are only one aspect, after all, the food in these levels is not all these cherished ingredients, most of them still need to rely on extremely high skills to be able to cook, and the "extremely high" in this is probably the level of "skill is close to the Tao".
Some players expressed their dissatisfaction, those simple dishes are okay, but those high-level, complicated dishes to make, what should I do if I can't make them? Can't I eat the more advanced dishes?
Of course not, if you don't have enough technology, you can use money to make up!
Except for the highest level of the ninth layer of "god level", other layers can be promoted through the purchase of the Good Dream Fund without passing the assessment.
Of course, the higher you go, the more expensive this purchase becomes.
During the period, there are some other paid items, such as a place to eat, if you don't want to sit in the attic, you can eat in the restaurant, and you can buy an additional eating scene.
For example, "the colorful falling flowers of 10,000 acres of peach blossom forest", such as "the pavilions and water pavilions between the green mountains and green waters", such as "the blizzard on the top of Everest", such as "the ethereal fairyland on the clouds of 10,000 meters"......
As long as you can afford the price, there are any kind of beautiful scenes.
Of course, ordinary players can also take their time through their own efforts.
As for why the ninth layer of "god level" is not open for purchase, there is no other reason, because this layer is more difficult to make and has not yet been completed.
The reason why it is difficult is because the food inside is only in the fantasy of humans!
For example, "dragon liver and phoenix gall"! For example, "Xianjia Jade Brew"! For example, "Millennium Peach"!
As for how these foods, which only exist in fantasy, are simulated and produced with virtual reality technology, it needs to be sparked with the third black technology given by the aliens.
It was a small transparent ball about two centimeters in diameter that was now being held in the palm of Leon's hand!