Yes, Chef!

[soft sequoia]

This week, we’re excited to share what we’ve cooked up so far for inZOI’s cooking system! The layout and process might feel familiar, but we’ve added a few twists we hope will make your experience even better. Here’s what’s on the menu:

• You can buy the ingredients needed to prepare a variety of dishes.
• Cooking different menus involves more steps than you might expect.
• (Work in progress) Different foods will have unique effects on your Zoi after they eat them.
• Your Zoi uses specialized utensils for different types of food.
• (Last but not least – also a work in progress) My, do all the foods look beautiful 😝

For all the home chefs, foodies, and culinary aficionados out there, we’d love to hear your thoughts on our current cooking system. How would you improve cooking in inZOI?

Since Early Access is just over two months away..😭 we’ll be taking notes on your feedback and will continue adding your ideas incrementally after launch. Let us know what you think!

[umbral axle]

It would be fun that they are a few jobs in this sector on InZOI, like working in a restaurant as a chef. Or own a bakery for example

[stuck oasis]

Ohhhhhhh this looks beautiful 😍 I'm hungry now

[storm yacht]

How did you know I had dinner 1 hour ago? 🤣

[brazen gyro]

I like it. Maybe just some polished animations would be great 😋

[solemn oak]

[heady steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/turkey-türk-turkish-flag-wavy-gif-17405192

[hardy vessel]

Can we have the ability to buy food from a store? Buying from the fridge never felt immersive enough for me.

[forest pelican]

The Animation is worth of every cens of money i would spend for inZOI Plus it would be perfect more if devs add food transfers up and down from the fork!

[versed bobcat]

Hmmm seems interesting, we already saw groceries in the trailers I like how they can react to different foods it’d be fun to see kids struggle to eat their vegetables

I just have one concern, one of the old playthroughs I was watching from an influencer had one of the characters buy a Taco from the park…and it showed them eating a hotdog instead…plus the eating animation was…not natural. How have you improved on this after months of development since the last closed beta test with the influencers?

[cobalt pendant]

i love how the foods look, and something in the video i found really funny is whenever the pan was being used on the stove it was recorded from behind the zoi because the team does NOT have assets for things on the pans yet. either way, they look pretty and the system seems simple. i hope there will be an option that allows me to be forced to use ingredients since it looks like you can just make the food and magically it takes away money

[tired dock]

Looks rly cool

[slender ferry]

The visuals look really good, I think if there was a first person camera it would look interesting while cooking

[young gull]

This looks amazing so far and already such a huge advancement from what we've seen in earlier play testing videos. I hope to see the roster of dishes expanded upon in the future, potentially involving iconic foods from all over the world. I'd personally love to see more Korean foods, as I'm from the US, I'm not really sure what's popular over there, and would have a lot of fun exploring and trying out different items which may even make me want to eat them in real life. ❤️ 🤤

[rugged sable]

Would be fun if eating too much makes the Zoi’s feel nauseous and make them move slower, which affects their mood. Thus the concept of exercise would be a more functional feature in Inzoi.

Edit: a way to order food would also be nice, for those who are lazy.

[queen dove]

It looks really good as is. I do have a few thoughts, but just little preferences I'd personally like to see.

I think I would prefer if the Zoi needed to shop for food instead of it magically being in the fridge. It makes it quicker, but is just not what I prefer. Maybe if possible it would be cool to have a setting for that when first starting a world.

I'd also love it if there were slightly varied animations for different energy levels and personalities. For instance, a very energetic and happy Zoi would "dance" while getting things ready. Like little head nods as if listening to music or stuff like that.

I know it's not directly related to cooking, but it would also be neat if Zois adapted to a rythm of eating. So some Zois prefer eating one large meal a day and others eat multiple meals a day. And by changing the consistency of meals it affected how effective food is for energy. Stuff like that would be neat.

[idle yarrow]

I just say: i dont wanna buy everything for the food, my zoi will d-e hungry before starting to cook 😂😂👌🏻

[primal pollen]

Cannot wait to play inZOI

[wet ember]

The food looks fantastic. It would be great to have restaurants and chef jobs. I lovee it💓🫠🫠🫠

[cold quarry]

That food looks Very Tasty in this video 😋

My Suggestion for Intriguing Gameplay & Realism: Attention to Details Animation from Sims 2(like Opening Cupboard for Cutlery) to INZOI since The Video Shown above didn't have that Anims

Love this Amazing game ❤️❤️

Can't wait until I Get Hands on with INZOI!!(and Never look back to 4 again)

[dense basalt]

That food does look delicious 😋

I like that you show the "objects needed".
Personally, I love having to shop for the ingredients first (or get them by gardening/farming/fishing). For the salad it looked like you just paid some money and automatically have all the ingredients then. Later, there was a dish that couldn't be cooked, because a tomato was missing. It also had some amount of money given, is that for the ingredients? If not, what then? That confuses me a bit. Do you need to go shopping first or not? It would be great to have an option, similar to the lot trait you can use in Sims, unless people agree shopping first is good 😁 (I think preferences will be mixed.)

[tall spoke]

I have to agree with everyone else. The food looks amazingly delicious and the animations are quite great!!

Personally I love having to manually shop to ingredients, it makes the game that much more realistic. But i also think there should be a delivery option where you can have the ingredients delivered to your door via phone or computer, dropped at your doorstep and you take the package in or something like that! It would make it more efficient for the players who do not value the shopping experience.

It may be a big ask, but i would like it if they grabbed the necessary tools for cooking out of the drawers! Similar to how a certain other game starting with S ending in s and has a 2 at the end of it does it! The animations are in a timely manner still and it just adds that much more realism to the whole experiance!!

Off the topic of home cooking, i feel like we should be able to set up our own village bakery selling all sorts of goods and flowers and spices. OR, working serving food elsewhere in fancy restaurants with dress codes OR even your local fast food joint.

[copper grove]

it looks amazing i love the attention to detail! 💕 one thing that always bugged me about the sims is that the fridge is essentially the store. i would love it if you had to purchase food at the market instead of just buying it from the fridge. it might be too much, but if zoi could have a shopping list we create and they go to the store and use it that would be awesome! the idea of different foods having different effects is so cool. like if your zoi eats nothing but junk food they’ll feel lazy and if they eat very healthy they’ll have extra energy. something else that would be neat is diets. based on what your zoi eats they develop a diet that they normally stick to. so if i have my zoi make french toast every morning then it would become part of their diet and they would automatically start cooking it every morning. if it’s possible with the new smart zoi technology this could be really cool! if that is too complex then maybe we could have a food chart that we pick their favorites from for each meal. thank you for sharing your progress with us we can’t wait till march!

[small bridge]

I agree with everyone else's comments. The food looks amazing and the animations are polished! But, I would also prefer to buy the ingredients directly in a supermarket. It feels weird to spend money and automatically getting the ingredients from the fridge. As mentioned before, if there are some people that don't like this, there could be a delivery service that would drop a package at the entrance with the ingredients or dishes needed 🙂 (a bit like Hello Fresh if you know what it is).

Also, I would like to see the Zoi actually eat the food. At the moment, they take no food with the fork. But I imagine that's just because it's a wip 🙂

Thank you for sharing this with the community, I can't wait to play in march!

[mint charm]

1 food is shown on the fork spoon ect
2 able to make drinks such as milkshakes juices ect and slowly drink them and the drink goes away slowly in the cup
4 not at home cooking but if you have a phone there should be a takeout option for every restaurant cafe bakery ect and let pepole work at there own cafes bakery’s ect
5 buying food form a supermarket or restaurant or cafe ect so that it’s more interactive

[formal solstice]

I agree with the deliveries to your doorstep, I know a lot of people want to go grocery shopping for items and I think that will be great to have for them, but I personally would want to have food quickly without too much hassle.

On the other hand, I would LOVE to be able to farm and catch my own food. I'd love to have multiple sorts of food like tomatoes, spices or cucumber in my garden, being able to catch my own fish in a lake, having farm animals like chickens, cows etc.

Furthermore, I would also love to see actual bits of food on the fork during the animation when the zois are eating, it feels really weird to me to see them eating from an empty fork.

[humble anchor]

Good cooking system, it’s cool that different equipment is used for eating, it looks beautiful, but so that the fork is not empty, this is a small detail, but it is important

[fierce python]

exactly,well said.

[mint charm]

Tbh I won’t lie seeing the food bought from the fridge disappointed me a little

[subtle tree]

It would be fun if some ingredients can turn bad. Like salmon. (Not so it turns bad super fast but if you buy the ingredient and then leave it for to long.)

And if you use the bad salmon, the zoo can react differently.

I love different levels in cooking, I think it would be fun that if you don't complicated stuff, the cooking level goes up much slower. And if the Zoi cooks a variety of dishes then he/she get better. I would think it's weird if my zoi almost only makes salad and somehow gets really good att making fancy pancakes because the ingredients are so different.

It would also be fun if some zoos can drop ingredients if they feel bad when cooking (not all the time, just once if they are not so good att cooking.)

I would also like to see Zois be able to feed each other. Like a partner feeding their spouse or a parent their child.

It would be fun it the zoi being fed can pretend to like the food, or be honest about the taste, or just be quiet of the food tastes bad.

[spring garden]

This looks so good! I'm so glad the animations actually show the food being chopped and aren't just something generic 😭

+1 on wanting a grocery system, but I'd love to see it toggleable so that we can buy from the fridge too if we just want to have a lazy playthrough.
As others mentioned tho, we saw groceries in trailers so I'm sure it'll come. I don't expect every tiny detail to be ready for early access 🙂

[subtle tree]

Foods that could be included (some common food that are eaten in Sweden)
*Meatballs and pasta
*Pyttipanna
*Potato buns
*Kroppkakor
*Raggmunk (potato pancakes)
Sandwich with mozzarella, pesto and tomato.

It would be fun is sausages where it's own category so we can put any sausage we like on any food and zois will have different reactions of the combinations depending on their likes ad dislikes in taste.

[cloud glade]

I really like what I see!

But I think I join everyone with the fact that you can have a grocery store where you can buy products for the dishes.

And I also think (well maybe not for early access but for later😅) that when we cook certain dishes they should have a cooking time (I don't know if I'm making myself understood) like for example with soup it would take a while for the meat or vegetables to cook. We could leave it on the stove and do something else while waiting for it to cook!

[dense basalt]

Cooking together would also be fun! Like cooking with your kids, so they already get some cooking skills.

[brittle grail]

Some people have suggested having to buy ingredients at the grocery store first, and also being able to order food for delivery directly to our homes, which I think is absolutely great because it adds more realism to the game. The delivery person could come to our house and we would have to pay for the delivery. Additionally, it would be interesting to add a delivery job as well! One thing I noticed is that the food doesn't "disappear" after one bite, on the contrary, it disappears after the ZOI's need is almost fulfilled, so I would love to actually see the ZOI eating the food, each chew decreasing the meal on the plate. Note: I loved the animation of cutting the food, it's very necessary! As someone suggested, I would love to be able to take utensils out of the cabinets, like pots and spoons.

[heady steeple]

I think I should be a gourmet, it would be so fun if I could buy my favorite ingredients in the inZOI store! Because I am also a sweet tooth myself, I am willing to spend some time to make these delicious sweets❤️ 😋I also want to share the delicious food I made with my friends!

[gleaming terrace]

Oh how perfect they look! I'd love to see some Greek food too... that would be amazing!!

[summer geode]

🧁 Personalized Taste Preferences

ZOIs can react to the food they try using descriptive words or expressions, such as "delicious," "bitter," "too salty," or "didn't like it." This allows players to discover what they enjoy or dislike, creating a more realistic experience.

🧁 Recipe Customization

Players can modify original recipes by adding or replacing ingredients to create unique and personalized dishes.

🧁 Regional and Exotic Recipes

Each region or neighborhood in the game could have unique dishes for ZOIs to learn and explore, bringing cultural diversity to the gameplay.

🧁 Kitchen Challenges

Introduce unexpected events, such as spoiled ingredients, dishes that don't turn out as expected, or complex recipes requiring advanced skills, making cooking more dynamic and engaging.

🧁 Passion for Cooking

ZOIs who love cooking could create their own recipes, participate in culinary competitions, or even open a restaurant in the game.

🧁 Dietary Needs and Restrictions

Include options like food intolerances, vegetarianism, or specific preferences to make meal planning more challenging and immersive.

🧁 Food Festivals and Markets

ZOIs can attend food festivals to try new dishes, purchase rare ingredients, or compete in cooking contests, encouraging social interactions.

And here is also a list for cooking in a more realistic and challenging way.https://discord.com/channels/1162040845181124618/1216556578874986536

[topaz wharf]

A summary of what people have said previously in the comments that we would love to have:

1. Be able to manually buy ingredients/groceries from the supermarket or be able to have it delivered via mobile app or computer

2. Be able to see food transferred from the utensils to the mouth

3. Have different types of energies when cooking. Some Zois could hate cooking so they could feel less enthusiastic when cooking.

4. Have some ingredients in the fridge to get expired

5. Have different emotions when eating depending if they cooked it well or not (this can also vary from their level of cooking skills).. if not cooked well they could perhaps only eat half of the meal and leave the rest and they could wash it up straight away - (showing that they hated the food for example)

6. Have Zois be allergic to some certain foods, and if eaten this can certainly lead to them being ill and etc..

[stable grail]

Hmmm 🤔….interesting

[light birch]

overall, I absolutely love the animations, the food looks really tasty! What I suggest is discovering some recipes through tv like a cooking channel (or buying a cooking book) and the ability to share these recipes between zois (grandma teaching the kids how to make dumplings for instance)

[cerulean umbra]

The cooking system looks amazing! I must admit I loved the new interface, and it made me hungry! In other words, it did its job 😅

Here are a few details I’d love to point out:

• I loved that we’ll need to buy ingredients at the market to prepare meals. It makes total sense and adds functionality to the location (besides the profession itself, of course).

• I missed seeing the use of knives for eating certain foods, like meat in the final segment, for example.

• I would love for the Zois to be able to take utensils from the cabinets, for example: a cutting board or mixing bowl, and knives or other items from a drawer. Imagine this: by default, the Zoi would prepare food on a countertop, and they could do it precisely on the designated preparation area. After that, they could also take the pan from there.

• If I envisioned it correctly, the Zoi has a production cost, even if they already own the ingredient. What if this cost was deducted from household bills as a gas expense? That way, we’d be paying for electricity, water, and gas!

• Another great feature would be if they could use ingredients grown in the garden to prepare some of the dishes!!

• Foods could affect hunger and thirst decay in different ways. For example, a snack could provide a smaller hunger boost compared to a complete and healthy meal.

[brittle grail]

• Weight gain or loss could be associated with the type of food we’re giving our Zois, combined with an increase or decrease in immunity. This could lead to events or situations where continuous or frequent poor eating habits make our Zois sick.

Although the food system looks stunning (visually speaking) and all the visual aspects are perfect, these are my suggestions to add more depth to the part of the game we don't see but are constantly connected to.

Seeing foods provide varied benefits would require players to plan meals more effectively based on the time they have and how much hunger they want to satisfy. This would make vending machines and other ways to eat outside the home more useful when our time is "tight."
--- Added at the request of Boring Bones.

[summer geode]

🧁 It would be really cool if in Inzoi, ZOIs could cook together, whether with friends or family. Imagine being able to teach your children how to cook, with parents passing down recipes and tricks to the next generations. These moments in the kitchen could be really special, creating a sense of bonding and learning. Parents could teach their children to prepare certain dishes and even create new recipes together. Additionally, it would be nice to have the option to cook as a group, where everyone gets involved in preparing meals, creating fun family moments.

🧁 This could impact the children's cooking skills and even create memories from their childhood. And if they wanted to pursue a career as a chef, they could develop that skill through a culinary journey that involves family traditions, like learning from grandma or even participating in recipe competitions. In Inzoi, the kitchen counter could get messy after culinary activities, such as preparing pancakes, with ingredients like eggs, milk, flour, and others scattered across the surface.

🧁 In Inzoi, the kitchen counter could get messy after culinary activities, such as preparing pancakes, with ingredients like eggs, milk, flour, and others scattered across the surface. The player would have to decide whether to clean the mess before or after eating. This would add a realistic touch to the experience, showing how the kitchen can become disorganized during the cooking process. Additionally, the game could allow ZOIs to interact with the mess, cleaning the counter or reacting according to the level of organization in the kitchen, which would influence the gameplay experience.

[mental sparrow]

What I would love seeing is the experience of having to go out to a grocery store and buy ingredients to cook with.

[spark shoal]

Thanks for making such amazing simulation game for us and we really appreciate all the hard works you guys are doing just to improve this game for us to have a good experience.☺️

Just to ask a question will there be any feature in this cooking system like where someone who's in the house can ask to help with cooking? And later after the dishes ready they can call whoever they want to have the meal? And maybe they can also eat and talk at the same time and maybe move around the meal in their hand? Please

And another option maybe if a guest comes the host can serve them some welcome snacks and drinks? Like I think it's very common in many cultures.

Just asking

Again thanks very much for your hard work. Lots of ❤️ love.

[subtle tree]

I would love to see some unskilled zois add weird things into the food because they think it'll have the same effect but don't.

I also would love to see zois being able to improvise when making certain food when they don't have some ingredients.
Skilled zois could make good improvisation more likely, while unskilled zois make it less likely.

[grave nexus]

It looks like you guys have been working hard on this. Just a couple notes. It might be better to add a sweets, or dessert category, to avoid steak and cake being in the same group. And for the recipe that uses the grill, I'd add something to the menu to indicate it. Either a grill shaped logo, or a color highlight on the menu. I'm just thinking, if when we get weather, there is a storm going on, and my grill is outside, that might not be the dish I'll want to cook.

[stark needle]

Since a lot of people are asking for the ability to go to the store to buy groceries, can you make grocery shopping a group activity? Just thinking of an excited child asking for candy or a teen helping shopping or a married couple spending time together picking food items. Not sure how that would work but it would be nice to see in future updates

[dusty lark]

A quick rinse in a colander under the sink for the veggies first would be nice xoxo

[calm ore]

Thanks so much for sharing! The food looks amazing! The prepping is really nice! Also, this house is gorgeous!

I would say just improve animations like, food on fork when eating, eating more realistic. The during cooking being more realistic and natural with sounds and visuals, have the Zoi interact to the smells or taste test something and then add salt occasionally.

The option to have a dinner party where you could cook yourself, order catering, or hire a private chef would be great! Maybe chef as a career, and dining out experiences of different levels. Cook with other Zois.

Great start! Looking forward to development after early access!

[indigo knot]

Haven’t read through everyones comments, so sorry if it’s been mentioned, but based on what I did read, most people seem to agree that we’d like to shop for the ingredients. A fun way to integrate that would be a function to make a shopping list for the ingredients you would need for the recipe you want to make! As you shop, the ingredients get checked off. Would be such a fun way to keep track of what you need to buy!

[sleek hamlet]

Love the progress! A couple of thoughts, some of which have already been expressed eloquently:

• I would love if Zois could fail at cooking dishes!

• I would like if ingredients could spoil and/or food quality could decrease based on the ingredients used and the Zoi’s cooking skill. Higher quality ingredients could increase the benefits/bonuses of a meal when eaten.

• More fluid animations that include grabbing appropriate silverware which will be used to eat the prepared dish.

• While I do enjoy the idea of shopping for ingredients, I am lazy and would like a similarly-minded/lazy Zoi to have the option to order ingredients (and even cooked dishes!) online for delivery.

• I like the suggestion made about filtering dishes so desserts do not appear with main course meals or appetizers, for instance.

[simple brook]

I’m genuinely impressed with the progress so far and can’t wait to see how the game evolves. The cooking system has great potential, and I’d like to share ideas to make it even more immersive and enjoyable.

1- Expand Ingredient Variety
It feels like only a few ingredients are needed for dishes, possibly because the Zoi already has access to everything. Adding more variety would make cooking more dynamic and encourage experimentation.

2- Enhance Animations
The current animations feel robotic, slightly detracting from the experience. Adding fluid, natural movements—like picking up utensils or opening cabinets—could make interactions more lifelike and immersive.

3- Integrate Gardening
Combining gardening with cooking could add depth. Homegrown ingredients could have higher quality, resulting in tastier dishes. Cultivating herbs and spices would also add a rewarding personal touch.

4- Introduce a Delivery System
Instead of a click-to-buy mechanic, a delivery app could make ingredient acquisition more interactive. Delivery vehicles could arrive with groceries or meals, and NPCs unloading items from the trunk would add charm and realism.

The progress is fantastic, and the foundation is already exciting. With these additions, the experience could become even more rewarding. Great work so far—I’m excited to see what’s next!

[spark shoal]

Same here I hope there could be a super market in the city to buy groceries and other basic items

[trail wharf]

Hi Kjun! Really great news. Here is my suggestion. I think having a system where you buy individual ingredients for recipes is a good one. However, there is value in a simple model for players who just want to fill up their refrigerator with standard groceries and not go into the details.

This means the player would visit a grocery store and select the amount of “groceries” on a single meter how much of their refrigerator they would like to fill. Behind the scenes, the game would have ingredients be added to the grocery basket corresponding to the amount of groceries they decided to buy. But the player would not have to spend the time selecting and buying ingredients. Once the player brings home their groceries bag and deposits into the fridge the ingredients are available for meals.

I like the idea of letting the player either buy specific ingredients OR buy generic “groceries” which has certain default ingredients contained it that are suitable for most meals.

[oak beacon]

I was thinking that the cooking level would have great influence on the food and process. Lower levels would mean the food doesn't taste good, food gets burnt alot and the like but if they decide to keep cooking and not ordering all the time (if this gets added), they would get better based their level increases.

[rugged orchid]

I love this!

I definitely would love the ability to go grocery shopping for food items or even just be able to order a "grocery delivery" or something similar! If that's not everyone's cup of tea, maybe make it an option we can choose to do or not do?

And the idea of our Zoi being able to work in a restaurant would be the icing on the cake 🎂 🤭

[subtle tree]

I kinda agree just that if you have a low level, all the food the zoi make shouldn't taste bad.
It would be fun if there was something that could decrease the cooking skill (like a minus, because now from what I know we can only increase it). Imagine being horrible at cooking so everything turns bad, that would be kinda fun. Don't really know how that would work though.

[brave vortex]

I would like to have many options of what cooks, could they add the option of making hamburgers, Breads, Pizzas, other types of pasta, Soups, Yakisoba, Ramen, Varieties in Meat in Chickens, I find interesting the idea of fishing fish to make at home, Many options of desserts, sweets, and I love the option of already having Korean foods, but I would like more options, and drinks, milks, drinks such as vitamins, juices, soft drinks, Soju, Teas, Mattes.

I loved how this part of the food is turning out because I value it a lot, and I agree that it would be interesting to see the food that she picks up on the plate that it is on the fork too, I miss knives being used together, and I find interesting the option of being able to have a drink while eating 🥰

[dark tusk]

Ooo would love to have a homestead! Garden animals etc. That would make needing to buy food less as well and they can sustain on there land. Oo and buying land would be amazing too.

[brave vortex]

Could have the option of working in a pastry shop, in a candy store , Be a confectioner 🍰 🎂 🧁 🥮

[valid slate]

Here are a few ideas:
Meal delivery: Allow Zois to order takeaway meals.
Storage of leftovers: Manage leftovers to avoid waste or use them in other recipes.
Dinners and social events: Organize meals to strengthen relationships between Zois.
Food sharing: Offer food to friends or neighbors.

[wooden sand]

Yesssss! You need to buy ingredients!!!! This is all I have wanted for the cooking system. Would be great if you could add group meals as well so zois could eat together. Oh and does this mean we are getting functional grocery stores or will ingredients be bought at the convenience stores?

[sage moon]

AHHH THE FOODS LOOK GOOD!! I can imagine a homebody making food or a mother sim making food for her kids. I would like to take my zoi to the grocery store and cook fresh things instead of a fridge.

I also wish to see many baking in the future, like cakes or pies but with ingredients from the store too.

I also get why the ingredients are there already, you don't always wanna keep going out to the store in case you forget things and that's fine, I just look forward to some grocery shopping alongside the cooking.

[molten pendant]

I know that all of the cooking mechanics are pretty much done, but I would love to see that an experienced chef would do prep work fast, like chopping at ×2 speed would be so fun to see!

[coral leaf]

This looks so amazing!! Absolutely beautiful job! I'm hoping that since you mentioned utensils that means that the zois will/can use chopsticks too?! That would be awesome. Also, is it at all possible or likely we will get to see foods that are really communal? Like it would be really cool if hot pot was brought in or fondue. Something where the zois really get to cook and hangout together. I feel like cooking and food is a good way for zois to get to interact and know each other better. Or just spend some quality time with family and/or friends.
I cannot wait to see all the beautiful foods that the zois can make! 🤤

[wooden sand]

Another idea for foods is if we could have favorite styles of foods for zois. So maybe add tags for foods like American, Korean, Indonesian, etc and then give the zoi a happy buff when they eat their favorite style of food in the game.

Also I don't know if it's been implemented, but please don't lock fancier foods behind a cooking skill level. I think it would be better to be able to try to cook anything, but depending on the zois cooking level would determine the quality of the food cooked. Maybe have it be a mix of how hard a dish is to make plus the zoi's cooking level, determine the quality or outcome of the food.

[icy tangle]

This made me smile especially seeing the zoi getting real food out of the fridge. I hope there will be different ways of eating one day. Also please put food on the fork. Will the zoi have a favorite food or a disliked food?

[stray scarab]

I would be very happy to have to buy the necessary items at a convenience store or supermarket to be able to cook the food. It would also be great for your Zoi to be able to work in a restaurant.

[dull kelp]

i would love see cook book like in sims 3

[stoic orbit]

small thing- the sound for sloshing a liquid around sounds nasty. Is there a better sound? Like the sound of a wooden spoon occasionally bumping into the bottom of a metal bowl?

[stuck thorn]

Better eating animations. When they eat food it feels more like they’re eating a prop and not actual food especially at food stands… little details like that breaks immersion.

Also I would like grocery stores to buy food and maybe a disabled option to buy food from fridge which will force me to actually go out and travel.

Also, if a zoi learns another zois favorite food that zoi will cook that food for that zoi often because maybe they are considerate or care about that zoi.

How about family favorite meals something the entire family loves and gets buffs when eating a family favorite together and maybe even become a family tradition like passing down a family’s favorite recipe.

[solemn gate]

I hope we you guys came make families eat together on holidays or every dinner or breakfast which the sims 4 couldn’t do unless you buy a pack or do some cheats. And can even pass the food around at the table that would be amamzing and cool

[wheat badge]

As someone who likes to cook when I can, having the system be fun is king, but also having it be practical would also be really nice ^_^

Recipes should be something that are learned. Whether it is going to a culinary class, working at a restaurant, finding an ancient cook book that was hidden in an old house, becoming the disciple of a famous/local chef, or befriending another family and learning the recipe from them. Something that makes food discoverable so there is exploration to unlock new foods for making.

I noticed the levels on the UI, so I presume there is a system where the more you make a food the better you become at making it (possibly offering greater benefits as you do better and debuff risks from being a low level). Food level and quality should be a major factor with positive and negative consequences depending on how it is used. A good example here would be you invite a romantic partner on a date and plan to make them their favorite food, however, you only just learned it and it is low level. The low level has a risk of producing a low quality food for the date event and causing some sub-event scene (be it comedic or serious based on personalities) that affects the courting progress. Similarly if you are a high level with that food, it could produce very high quality meals and have greatly positive impact on the relationship.

In the case of using food as a career feature, foods produced should have an effect on the ratings of your business (if the owner) or position (if an employee). These ratings can then impact your work value and income. It can also trigger critic events where major food critics visit and you have to prepare the meals for them. To make it deeper, you can have something where you can research the incoming critic and find what they like and don't like to cater to those variables.

Another note I would like to see is some IRL integration with actual recipes so we can make the foods we see IRL too ^.^

Just a couple of thoughts~

[royal fern]

https://tenor.com/view/gordon-ramsay-gordon-ramsay-hells-kitchen-kitchen-nightmares-gif-14920162685533356658

[crimson flame]

I was just chosen as a option for food

[heady steeple]

All three options is more than perfect! I would love to see these in game.

[flint oasis]

I love to see the improvements! Here are some suggestions:

1. Baking

I would love to see baking and ingredient prepping with a hand or stand mixer in some animations!

Maybe even dessert decorating after baking a base cake, cupcake, cookie, etc.

And speaking of mixers and such…

2. Appliances

Toasters, toaster ovens, waffle makers, blenders, microwaves, kettles, air fryers, at-home deep fryers, slow cookers, pressure cookers, etc-

I would love to see appliances where Zoi can cook different varieties of foods, all with varying cook times relative to the item.

Want fresh, hot food by the time you get home from work? Slow-cook it.

3. Fire cooking

Roasting things over a fire would be a great feature to see added.

4. Favorite food/flavor preferences.

5. Kids could have a sneak food/snack interaction on the fridge and maybe a cookie jar.

If they’re caught, they can get scolded, be told to give up the snack, or the parent may let it slide.

6. Food sharing

Breaking off a piece of sandwich to share, letting others try a bite of your food, sharing small pieces with toddlers, etc.

7. “Cook with Cookbook” interaction + Improving with practice!

Usually, games have cookbooks that you read separately to get skill level up, but when you cook, you’re not seeing the cookbook at all.

I’d love to see Zoi be able to cook with a cookbook, occasionally looking at the recipe while cooking.

It could let Zoi attempt cooking foods higher than their cooking level (with various outcomes), and low level cooks could have a higher chance better outcomes on current level foods.

It would also be great, if the more Zoi cook something new, the better they will be at cooking that food next time.

Once reaching a certain point, they can “experiment with cooking” to create their own spin on recipes (maybe user directed, e.g. “add more [spice]”), write it down, and share it with others to cook.

Maybe also an “add secret ingredient” interaction that affects outcome and response!

[crystal kraken]

I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS:
1- Are all animations inserted correctly? because in the frying pan it seemed to be empty, and when it was time to break the egg, it didn't show
2- Can we sell the food? Maybe set up our restaurant?

[polar granite]

Friendly Reminder to Give Good/Constructive Feedback to the developers. As well as be kind to your fellow server members feedback

[sick berry]

In addition to the cookbook, also it would be nice to have another, more high cooking level zoi to teach low level zoi so allow low level zoi to try higher level dishes more smoothly. It's nice to see a mother cooking with her child, or a friend who is a good cook helping out. (Probably not grammatically correct, im not good at speak english 😅 )

[wary shadow]

NICEE 🥰

[grizzled fossil]

"I like the idea. In the video the animations looked choppy to Me. The Zoi didn't move as smoothly. It would be nice it....

• you can order food
• instacart food
• Food delivery
• a quick meal option
• a multitasking option where you can walk away and the meal can continue to cook, if you don't pay attention it burns. If you take it off early and eat it, you get sick
• a buff if they eat their favorite meal
• Drinks that help them sleep, or give them energy
• If they over eat, they move slower Weight gain, etc."

Thoughts by JOEKERGAMEZ ❤️

[cedar dagger]

The animations and the characters are looking better and better and I'm sure they will improve even more. I'm liking the cooking mechanics so far and I look forward to continued improvements and progress as we move closer to 'early release' gameplay testing. Thank you for sharing. ✨

[stable sand]

Food glorious food hot sausage and mustard

[cloud glade]

Yes!!! I agree with all the proposals and especially the animations!!

[simple valley]

Thank you for posting for Me @grizzled fossil

[dusky yacht]

and working as a waiter too, or cleaning, would be very fun too

[sleek zephyr]

I'm hoping that food shopping is immersive and not "magical". Either shopping in a store location or online and having the groceries delivered would make the cooking process feel more personal!

[whole slate]

I agree with a lot of people, I would love to be able to shop for food, but it would also be amazing to be able to grow some ingredients in your backyard, like tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, diffrent herbs and spices... It would make cooking feel way more fun and creative!

[prisma plume]

I love the idea! Personally I would love it if we could have a career in cooking or make little stands in the street, that could be fun!

[ionic girder]

I hope we have a lot of pasta recipes

[light birch]

maybe let us choose what number of servings our zoi is going to cook (one serving, 2, 5 or 10) and scale the needed ingredients for that

[jade flicker]

PLEASE implement a way to save leftovers in the Refrigerator. 💕

[zinc barn]

Looking good so far!! I would love if not all the recipes are unlocked for every zoi and instead they have to learn some of them one way or another. A game I play has this mechanic where you can find different recipes from reading books, watching cooking shows, surfing the web etc. There could be other ways to learn too like an option to experiment that could result in a new dish learned if successful or bad food if it fails. It just adds a bit more gameplay and progression without being tedious.

It'd also be neat if something like "share family recipe" was a conversation option where zoi can teach eachother a recipe.

[shell oar]

The animations and foods already look sooo good!! I would love the ability to cook a meal together with more than 1 Zoi, create large servings or feast dishes for parties and be able to make school lunches (Ex: pack a lunch box for your child zoi) / work lunches (Ex: bring a paper bagged lunch with you to work). Also, being able to order special dishes and have it delivered to your home (Ex: Pizza, Fast Foods)

[jade flicker]

Also, if food is poorly prepared, could the people eating it, get sick? Get botulism and have to go to the Hospital to get treatment if they don't, they could die? This could be for later game play but consequences and reason to visit a Hospital are very lacking in other games

[deep shell]

love it, let me play

[limber sandal]

has the little bug thing where you can cut stuff up while there’s something on the counter been fixed with this updated food system? other than that, i think it looks great! would love to see vegetarian/lactose free options for a lot of the food

[manic hamlet]

1- the icon in the recipe for when you lack ingredient's or you don't have enough level, should be different's, the lv one could be a lock and the ingredient one could be for example a tomato.
2- i would love if there is different small appliances, like a microwave,rice cooker,etc.
3- there should be food in the fork,spoon,etc.
4- a grocery delivery service would be cool and maybe add the option on the menu to deactivate the need to buy ingredients to cook food, for players that don't like having to buy them.
5- i don't know what that big vertical cutting board thing was, but it doesn't look good, at all.

[sage aurora]

I want more details. Maybe getting the knife out of the drawer grabbing a bowl out the cabinet . I don’t like when utensils just magically appear in zois hand.

[dusky yacht]

Good one, would be cool to see that in future, but InZOI is coming in March 28th, maybe they can do it with time

[gentle light]

THE DETAILS! EVERYTHING WE LOVE MOST IS THE DETAILS!

[tulip elm]

I think it would be cool if your zoi gained weight if they keep eating unhealthy foods. Also it would be cool if they can get food poisoning from rotten foods

[woeful grotto]

Omg utensils have a purpose for different food i thought I'd never see the day 😭😭😭😍

[magic osprey]

Hi, this is a Gorgeous base, thank you!!
Here’s my ideas for improvement

•Very simple but variety of recipes

•Recipe books could be fun

•Food inventory, much like in a cooking game. Depending on what is in your inventory you can make only a certain number of food. You get food at the grocery store, market, harvesting, ordering.

•Ingredients decay. Food decays

•Different levels of recipes for Cooking skills, im not sure if it’s already included

•Ordering food

•Ordering grocery from fridge but limited to 10 items maybe, but ad a sort of limit

•Making up recipes, starting your own business

•Make sure Zois stay seated at table, chair or else while eating in group

[safe trellis]

I love the different animations! It also makes it feel very realistic from all the different ways you can prepare food. I've seen a lot of people complain about buying stuff from the fridge, but I dont think its a good idea to force the player to buy individual items to prepare (I can barely do that in real life). Maybe instead if we run out of food there is the option on the fridge to buy groceries from store, where it will take your inzoi to the store. groceries meaning it will fully stock your fridge of all unlocked recipes ingredients

[fierce tundra]

Wow. I Have to process those Details. ~ I´m getting Hungry now ..

[crimson flame]

Please be reminded that our community is pg13 and so everyone must follow our server rules

[flint oasis]

I’d like to add to the baking idea that maybe in the future we could have a feature where you can decorate sweets directly by drawing/painting on it in a separate mode, and then those decorations show in-game once you are done!

It would be nice to have some customization with foods, but desserts especially.

Not sure if that would be doable, but I thought I’d suggest anyway ☺️

Overall, however, the most important thing is the animations being finished, food actually flipping/moving while you’re cooking it, and being able to shop for groceries in-person and/or online.

[final beacon]

yews chefs

[woeful grotto]

I love how beautiful everything looks and how the team put attention to detail of the different phases of each recipe. Example eggs being cracked into a bowl for pancake batter, being whipped, then transferred to another bowl which gets poured into the frying pan.

I did have some feedback and ideas. My feedback first, One being hopefully we can buy ingredients at a grocery store location vs buying everything from the fridge like Sims. Second, the eating animations and not having characters eat every meal with a fork I noticed this a lot in the demo. The proper silverware per recipe needs to be fixed. Like pizza and hamburgers should be eaten with hands, not a fork, etc. Spoons for soup/ice cream/cereal. And so forth.

IDEAS:
-Since utensils being needed were mentioned I think needing to have to buy a: spice kit, knife kit, basic utensils kit, cake decorating, and pastry making kit would be cool. Before recipes can be made.
-Being able to buy ingredients individually including creating and naming our own recipes by picking out individual ingredients

• Be able to create different dinners that are longer or shorter:

1. Individual meals = 1 serving, 15-30 mins eating
2. Family style = 4+ servings 1 hr to eat
3. Family Gatherings= 10+ servings everyone will take longer to eat and socialize 2 hours to eat
4. Romantic dinner = 2 servings one for each person, will have a romantic table setting

-Make food for others or request a zoi make meals for others (like lunch or to make dinner for that day and it'd be a part of their schedule). Also if you ask others to make meals they can be brought to them at a specific day and time.
-I think having two options for buying ingredients be available one for those who want a full shopping experience, and for those who don't want to buy ingredients at the store can click the fridge and all the ingredients they need will be delivered to their home.

[plush isle]

the realistic look to everything is AMAZING! i do hope that when cooking on the stove it eventually makes it looks like we are cooking something rather than an empty skillet or pot

[supple zodiac]

I think it would be cool if we don’t have the ingredients for the food we can go to the supermarket and buy the ingredients

[tired anvil]

The animations in InZoi could definitely use some refinement—they feel a very stiff and robotic, reminding me a lot of The Sims 4. I think it would also add a lot more depth if we had to go to a store to buy ingredients and then have our Zoi collect them from around the kitchen, instead of starting with a cutting board of pre-prepared ingredients from the refrigerator. It would make the experience feel more immersive and entertaining to watch.

I love the idea of incorporating shopping into InZoi. It would give my Zoi more to do during downtime, like running errands after work or squeezing in a last-minute store run 20 minutes before closing. This kind of feature would really bring the world of InZoi to life and give players more opportunities for interaction.

The more lively and dynamic InZoi feels, the more fun it will be for the community. InZoi's unpredictable-ness is something I'm eagerly waiting for and can't wait to experience for the first time.

But as always, Thank you for taking the time to read my post, and I hope everyone has a great day! ♥️

[storm yacht]

I was thinking like in The Sims 2. Ran out of food. Shop at the local store or order milkrun shopping🫰.

[heady steeple]

I totally agree with your comment! The Sims 2 food purchasing system was something very advanced for its time and I would really like to see that possibility found as an alternative option to give more immersion to the gameplay!:

[hollow silo]

It would be nice to see more movement in the kitchen. I know that when I'm cooking, I'm always shuffling around, getting this or that. Maybe the Zois should retrieve each individual utensil and pot/pan from the cabinets and drawers, kind of like in The Sims 2. Furthermore, I believe that recipes shouldn't be locked by level. Realistically, anyone can try their hand at making something. Instead, attempting to cook a higher-level recipe with a Zoi that has low cooking skills could result in lower-quality dishes. These dishes might not satisfy the hunger need as much, and the Zoi could experience cooking accidents more frequently, like starting fires.

[woeful grotto]

Ancient recipes that get passed down from generations

Some food can make characters' sleepy, nostalgic, bring comfort like foods they had as a child, be gassy,

mutliple cooking steps in different recipes, for example pan frying salmon then a zoi moving it to the oven to finish cooking

Omg please allow side dishes and beverages to accompany meals that we can preselect. Like making pancakes and then selecting a beverage such as a mimosa to be served with it.

Hiring a chef to cook for your home everyday

Holiday foods from different cultures, I really hope we get calendar so the holiday food will be better enjoyed during that time

Being able to garden and use our own produce would be a great addition to the cooking system

[keen pivot]

Thank you, Kjun, for another fun update! Very excited to hear about the effects of foods and utilizing different utensils!

Some thoughts/feedback on the points noted in your message:

🍓 Buying ingredients:
•Allow for using ingredients from our own garden (incidentally, please add the ability to directly sow seeds into the ground without requiring a plant pot)
•Perhaps in the future, allow for purchasing of ingredients from the grocery store
•Allow players to use fish caught from fishing activity for sushi, salmon, and other fish dishes. Can also use fish caught as fertilizer for gardening
•Allow for ordering ingredients on the phone or computer for home delivery (convenience option)
•Lastly, allow for a switch or toggle in game settings so players that do not want to bother with buying ingredients can just get the ingredients from the fridge with no other action required (zero effort option)

🍓 The categories menu:
•I think it’s fine to have salad as its own category as it can be eaten for any meal of the day
•Can we get a separate “snacks” category with options such as cheese sticks, graham crackers, chips, celery sticks, baby carrots, and other popular snacks from other countries?
•Also, can we have a separate dessert category? I noticed you had cake with the dinner category. Maybe that’s something you are already working on, of course.
•Will there be special options for babies and toddlers? Smaller portion meals, simple meals like chicken nuggets, PB&J sandwhich, mac & cheese, mashed peas or purées, etc
•More vegetarian/vegan options

Continued in next post....

[woeful grotto]

@keen pivot I agree we definitely need more snacks and drinks, and it not fill their hunger meter 100% it could fill it 5-10%

[keen pivot]

Part 2:

🍓 Cooking mechanics:
•I know we saw the grill and stovetop/range in action in the video but are we able to use the rice cooker? I remember seeing it in the buy menu. I’d like to use it to make things like plain rice, rice with veggies or meats, congee, yogurt
•Oven: used for cakes, pies, baked fish, ham, turkey, etc. Also, can we add baking breads that includes kneading dough?
•I'll reiterate what someone else said about reaching for cooking tools like a spatula or pots and pans from the cupboards. That would make for more realism.

🍓 Skills:
•Some of the foods shown in the video look like they should have a higher skill level than what is listed (this could just be me, though)
•There should be a chance when cooking a new dish you can burn the food or the quality just won’t be as high. Not saying that every time you cook that dish is horrible, but just a random chance. The higher the cooking skill you gain, the less likely you mess up and the more likely you will have higher quality meals.
•Maybe clumsy zois can make more of a mess when cooking & are more likely to drop ingredients on the floor or drop the pot or pan; they can also be more likely to burn the meal or worst yet cause fires

🍓 Effects from food:
•“Good” effects should scale up with skill level
•Low skill level can give a higher chance of a bad effect. Could also be influenced by the zoi’s traits (ex. authoritarian zoi will be angry if he burns his food and be even more upset if he eats the burnt food)
•Can we add animations for the zois to react to cooked food like the good aromas given off. This should be the other zois in the household as well (not just the chef)
•Food poisoning from spoilt or improperly cooked foods

👉 There should be some remnants of food or sauce left on the plate when done eating.

As always, thank you for asking our feedback and for genuinely considering it. Good luck to your hardworking team! We will continue to patiently await this exciting game. 💗

[misty hazel]

We reallllly need to be able to go buy our food from a supermarket pleaseee and be able to put our groceries in the back of our car boots please this would be sooo funny especially if you forgot to buy something and you have to go back to the shop if you want to ofcourse as a option lol. Just like real life you can call for food deleviers or go there yourself! Please think about this i no for many others would also be excited! Thankyou so much and i cant wait to play in march omgosh!! 🥰🥰🥰

[misty hazel]

I am wondering have use added that we can cook for the hole family and call everyone to eat at the table together!! As i think this would be really great and important to have for fanily gameplay as i noticed in the playtests this wasnt a option yet. I really hope we can cook together and eat together as a family/friends plz 🥰🥰

[true lagoon]

Yes and have like an actusl animation and look at the food we want see the expiry date too and grab it and also check out

[grave nexus]

As a Challenge Player, especially rags to riches, I'd like to ask for a simple recipe that just uses a freshly caught fish. During those first days, when all you have is a few smaller fish you've caught, your Zoi can go hungry. Also, quick question. Will we be able to grill on a community lot without a fridge and counter set-up? It wouldn't be horrible, but it might effect the lots I build in the future, if so.
And again speaking for the challenge players, if you can eventually add a way to cook on a campfire, I will be very happy.

[grave nexus]

Also would like to say that an efficient way to add ingredients to a shopping list would be right off the cooking menu. As the player scrolls through the recipes they want to cook, but don't have the ingredients for, having a quick button on the menu to add it to the list would be easy. Much easier than trusting the player to remember that they need x,y, and z the next time they actually go to the store lot. And I agree with those who ask for a delivery service for groceries. We have several of them in the states in real life, so it shouldn't be too unrealistic to add. You can come up with your own creative name for it too, if you want to.

[ocean frigate]

In one of the walkthroughs i saw in August the player said they could ony cook one meal for one person not for more than 1 person. Is this correct?

[open stag]

They fixed it since then. It’ll be ready for march 28th

[ocean frigate]

Thanks for letting me know @open stag 🙏 I'm excited for the 28th March, my birthday and Inzoi will be the present. 😊

[swift burrow]

This looks so good.

Not directly related to cooking, but I really hope that it will be easy to gather Zois for meals in a natural manner. Sharing a meal should mean quality time for friends and family.

[lament whale]

looks so beautiful! loving everything so far, can't wait for early access :3

[chrome grotto]

This is awersome still missing the food in the fork when they eat. And Will LOVE to see some korean dishes and a Chesse cake my fav.

[light birch]

I think it would be great if we could mark some recipes in the fridge and then when we open the app for buying food/go into the store, all the ingredients we need for the chosen recipes (not have in inventory/fridge) get added to the list automatically. In the shop there could be several stalls: a vegetable stall, a food stall, a meat stall... When we buy from the stall, two windows could open (one for the inventory, one for the stall), the ingredients we marked on the recipes would automatically be transferred to our inventory with one click, but we could also buy additional ingredients if we wanted to. I would love to see the cart being filled in with shopping bags, looking different based on from what stall they were took (like a plant for veggies), but that's a quite a wish, I can imagine.

[summer geode]

Part1; 🧁 Advanced Culinary Customization

The idea is to give the player more freedom in the kitchen! Imagine being able to choose the ingredients with total freedom — even the type of oil you want to use, such as olive oil, butter, or coconut oil. The best part is being able to adjust the quantities, adding more salt, less sugar, or even swapping one ingredient for another, depending on what the ZOI likes or dislikes.

🧁 Preparation Order

One of the things that excites me the most is the possibility of deciding the preparation order of the dishes. For example, the player can sauté the garlic before adding the onion or cook the vegetables before the meat. This freedom could even affect the flavor or quality of the final dish, adding an incredible touch of realism.

🧁 Cooking Styles

Each cooking style would have an impact on the final dish. If the ZOI chooses to bake, grill, fry, or cook, the flavor and even the calories of the dish could change. The most interesting part would be seeing the ZOI react to the dish depending on the chosen style — whether they prefer something healthier or not, and how it might affect their mood.

🧁 ZOI Preferences

To make everything more realistic, ZOIs would have food preferences, such as intolerances or allergies, and even foods they simply dislike. For instance, if a ZOI doesn't like garlic, they would have a negative reaction to eating a dish containing garlic. This would be so fun to explore because tastes and preferences could change over time, based on each ZOI’s life experiences.

[fast valley]

There are a few things I would like to see changed. In need of being able to cook. You should have to go to the grocery store to buy the ingredients. Work on the hair texture and animations. The cleaning should be a bit longer. Working a bit on the animations when they open and close the doors and I would really love if you would add a season system to the game. Like summer, winter Christmas time and valentine. And it should all happen automatically so we don't have to manually change the weather/seasons

[summer geode]

Part2; 🧁 Shopping Carts and Baskets

I imagined that ZOIs could choose between using a shopping cart or a basket. The cart would be ideal for those buying a lot of items, while the basket would be more practical for quick, lighter shopping. Of course, the ZOI would have to push the cart or carry the basket, adding that realistic touch.

🧁 Product Interactivity

One of the coolest parts would be clicking on the shelves in the store and selecting the items we want to buy — from fruits and vegetables to canned goods, and so on. But the coolest part is that when clicking on an item, the player could choose the quantity they want to take, like in the case of fruits, where they can pick the exact weight or number. The ZOI would then pick up the items and place them in the cart manually, with detailed animations, making it feel like we’re actually doing the shopping.

[mint charm]

Yassss i absolutely love this idea

[stable grail]

I just wish there was actually some bits of food on the utensils as you eat.

Otherwise looks good to me!👌🏾

[woeful grotto]

New active careers to choose from:

Become a chef in a restaurant

Become a private chef

Work for a non-profit that makes and delivers meals to the elderly. Zoi could drive around and deliver them

Become a dietician or nutritionist who can help zoi lose weight/gain weight and eat healthy

Side hustle become a meal prep planner. You could get calls to cook meals for different households,deliver it, and get paid for it.

Apply to be a grocery delivery driver

Open a farmers market stand selling your food

Coffee shop and bakery jobs.

Food blogger

Work in a grocery store

[supple zodiac]

Love love this idea hopefully they see it

[subtle tree]

Different cooking style that match skills and personality would make the zois unique and special.

It should include different idle animations to make the characters feel more alive! ❤️ It would be more interesting to watch the zois cook if their personally shines through!

[supple zodiac]

I know this isn’t part of the chat but can we have a coffee shop were we can work or buy coffee and pastries like Starbucks and kinda make our own coffee order

[woeful grotto]

It looks like there is going to be either a coffee shop job or ability own our own cafe. From the last demo of smart zoi with nvidia video

[sick berry]

(as I remember) I know that AI can 3Dobject an image and add the model in game. It would be great to extend this functionality to cooking, allowing users to add their own food.
The order I think :

1. Convert the image into a 3D object with AI.
2. calculate the volume of the created object to limit the amount of recipe ingredients that the user can set. (Also it determines the amount of food)
3. the user creates the recipe ingredients for the dish according to the volume limitations. (Play the animation centred on the ingredients with the most many ingredients)
4. User sets the cooking method and time. (This determines the animation and cooking time when cooking, the cooking level required, and etc ).
5. the user decides the type of food / or automatically decides the type of food. (decide snacks, breakfast, party food, etc.)
   6.Done!
   I don't know if this will work, but it would be fantastic if it did.

[supple zodiac]

Ooo that really nice do you know where I can watch it

[woeful grotto]

I was looking at some pictures and videos on this post and there are a lot of good ideas here the team should look at that can be added to the cooking system: https://discord.com/channels/1162040845181124618/1216556578874986536

One other main idea I had that I feel is needed to make the cooking system more fleshed out, and one that’s never been done before in any game. Letting food actually cook on its own, it should take time; especially given the new manipulation of in-game time we can set to be longer/shorter now. Instead of our character needing to be present while a recipe cooks once it hits the pan. The food should continue to cook for however mins/hours, even if my character steps away, such as noodles in a pot, a roast, ratatouille, cookies in an oven, etc. BUT my character can occasionally come check on the food while it’s baking or cooking. But if they’ve completely forgotten about the food it should either be overcooked or burnt. So this gives us the options to take food out early and late and anything in between the cooking process, then serve it.

Levels on Doneness
I think a level of doneness would be a great idea to apply to meats (rare, medium rare, well done, overcooked).
Including levels of doneness for other foods: raw, undercooked, just right, or overcooked. Everyone can have their preferences and can be turned on/off if meals are cooked a particular way.

We also need various sounds of food cooking/baking and for various appliances:

• from lighting the gas stove,
• lighting fire on a grill
• meat sizzling on a grill
• pan frying food
• food being boiled
• a tea kettle whistling once water has completed boiling

Substitute Ingredients with other Ingredients

• being able to substitute cow milk for almond milk or coconut milk. Or being able to substitute chicken in a recipe with tofu.

Animations needed for the cooking system:
***When baking: ***

• Zoi wearing oven mittens when taking items out of the oven instead of their bare hands 😭
• Have more ingredients on counter relevant to recipes make it feel more realistic, along with different phases of cooking animations that are currently present.
• Spilling and dropping items or dropping finished product
• Kids who are helping can open oven door
  When cooking:
  -Getting burned by steam or grease from a frying pan
  -Cutting fingers for new cooks and wearing bandaid
  -Kids helping cook or mix ingredients standing on a chair
  -When moving food to plate leave room for accidents like dropping finished meal.
• Pots having lids on them when boiling
  **
  Storage in cabinets, dressers, shelves, kitchen islands**
  being able to use these counter spaces to store food/and or objects inside manually or automatically would be a game changer.
• Produce: could be stored in a fruit basket object that serves as inventory to be placed on a counter top
• Perishable items: stored in fridge
• Non-Perishable items (cereal, soup cans, noodles, chips, snacks): stored on shelves or cabinets

Multiple Steps for Cooking Recipes
Not sure if the team would consider this as it might be a lot of work. But if recipes could have more than one step of cooking I think it would bring a lot of fun gameplay. Versus it being a one and done cooking. So as I mentioned above about letting food cook on its own, that would be a part of this process. I'll give an example.
**Baking Bread: **
-step one, would be mixing the ingredients together and letting the dough rise for 2 hours. Our character would not be cooking still and could go do other things around the home, a timer could pop up indicating when it's finished and then they would resume cooking.
-step two, would be plopping this dough into a baking pan and letting it cook. Where the character would occasionally come back and forth to check on the bread,

What i’d love to see for a grocery store: #1216556578874986536 message

[limber thunder]

I understand the appeal of shopping for groceries in the game. However, I believe we should have the option to also directly purchase ingredients from the in-game fridge, especially if it's designed to look like a smart fridge.

This could be implemented as a toggleable setting:

"Smart Fridge" Mode: Players can order ingredients directly from the fridge with a slight delay or by paying extra for express delivery.
(again option to just have food appear instantly, with no monetary setback)
"Traditional Fridge" Mode: Players must manually stock their fridges by purchasing groceries from the store.
This approach would cater to different play styles. Players who enjoy the immersion of shopping can maintain that experience, while those who prefer quicker gameplay can bypass the shopping step.

Essentially, any fridge in the game could function as either a smart fridge with ordering capabilities or a traditional fridge that requires manual stocking.

Another idea I have is cooking mini games, kind of like the game SunnySide by
Aftabi Games.

I really also hope there is farm to table basic homesteading in the game.

[dire yoke]

I love the different meat options. It would be so cool if you could pick the temperature of the meats. For example, steak, if you like it rare your Zoi can cook it for a shorter time and the meat would look different. Another example, if you cook a medium steak you would grill it longer and the meat would look more cooked. I love the work Inzoi is doing and can’t wait for Early Access!

[limber thunder]

I agree this is similar to my cooking mini game idea!

[dire yoke]

HI INZOI COMMUNITY & KJUN,

I just brainstormed a few ideas, that I feel would fit perfectly in the game!

• It would be nice to have a delivery service similar to “Insta Cart” in case it’s too late to go to the market for ingredients or your Zoi is too busy. It would also be cool to have a similar delivery service to “Uber eats” in case your Zoi isn’t a good cook. And then our Zoi would have to wait a certain amount of time for the meal or ingredients to be delivered to their home.

• I also noticed that the Zoi went to the grill to cook the steak which is smart, but it would be nice for that to be optional to make on the stove in case weather conditions don’t permit grilling.

• I would love if Zoi’s could get cut from chopping ingredients, burned, or even oil popped on them while frying foods. Because of course, no Zoi is the perfect chef! Imagine Zoi’s using oven mitts when baking delicious baked goods.

• If multi tasking will be implemented into the game, then it would be cool if the smart refrigerator could play music while Zoi’s are cooking or show the weather forecast. It would also be neat if your Zoi could pull up a recipe on the smart refrigerator and use it while cooking.

• I cook a bit, so I love appliances! It would be nice to incorporate a ton of appliances like a blender, air/deep fryer, toasters, rice cooker, kettles, mixers, microwaves, and more if possible. It just gives so much variety to cooking gameplay!

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I hope that the InZoi community loves my ideas and builds on them, so that we can have an amazing life simulation game!

[mint zinc]

It would be nice if zois could eat properly together, like start sit and eat altogether. life a family dinner or friends dinner idk

[stoic wing]

I honestly feel like its good just how it is.

[woeful grotto]

Agreed there should be two options to cater to both player types. For players who don't want to grocery shop, they can click on fridge and order generalized groceries to be delivered. Then the other players who want to go grocery shopping can in town.

Needing to put groceries away after they've been delivered or bought from store, manually or automatically would be a nice feature too. If manually I hope there's animations that let them store them in cabinets and not just fridge.

[blissful hornet]

If they eat too much of one thing could they get a vitamin deficiency for example???🤭🤭🤭 that would be a nice little side quest, making sure they eat things with more magnesium or vitamin c in it 😂😂😂

[grave nexus]

I think it will be possible to mod custom food dishes into the game. It might be possible to have the AI help with the process too, but more will need to be learned to know for sure how modding is going to work in the game.

[echo obsidian]

It all looks great, but you should remove the fire effect from the grill when you put meat on it, if flames touch your food like that it'll just burn it 👀

[cold quarry]

In Real Life, when BBQ'ing Grilled Food The Charcoal will GlowUp instead of Flame Touching Food

[true lagoon]

Just let us go shopping for groceries and actually push around the cart and pick stuff up and check out put groceries in our car too

[pseudo pivot]

Some random thoughts from me;

• I would love if one could select "make a x course meal" and then pick the options for the different courses, and make the dishes at the same time, like if you have people over and wanna show off your skills. Maybe unlocking this later in your culinary experience. And also if making a multi course experience, those different courses would be smaller, so not to over eat but still get the experience

• Be able to somehow substitute some of the kitchen equipment for something else if needed. Like when making a steak, if no grill is available maybe be able to use the stove, to get a different experience. Less smokey, but still a perfectly good steak. Or say, if one have an electric kettle, use that for boiling water, or if no such thing, use stove top kettle or microwave (I hate myself for even considering a microwave for boiling water, but alas)

[grave nexus]

Yes, I'd love to have the multi course option, at least for higher skilled cooks on special occasions. And maybe they could add an indoor grill, as a countertop appliance too.

I'm still hoping for a functional Toaster too. EVERY real life kitchen has one, and yet in four Sims Versions and countless expansion packs, zero toasters.

[subtle tree]

Omg yes a toaster! Like it's true, everyone I have ever been at has one. It's so common

[grave nexus]

Also on my dream list are wall ovens. I want this game to eventually give me so many goodies that I can build my dream kitchen in it!
If I have to wait a little longer for the cooler appliances and recipes to come out, that's fine.

[mint charm]

Yasss

[flint oasis]

Pizza ovens would also be cool 🤔👀

[pseudo pivot]

Indeed, in fact I would love a lot of kitchen equipment that can easily be substituted if the player can't afford or have room for them, especially single purpose equipment. But having them could be faster or give a boost if used

Oh, and sous vide! I want!

[woeful grotto]

@echo obsidian right unless it's a gas grill then the grease from the meat, will ignite the flames. I hope they had big smokers for cooking meat 😋

[silk skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/czech-republic-flag-gif-europe-gif-27417968

[round wing]

Pleeeease feel free to share some local dishes and other international dishes!! I'd love to see sooo many options from Korea make it in

[woeful grotto]

I'd like to see more cooking ingredients in the category of non perishables. Like soup cans, cereal boxes, packs of dry noodles/beans, canned goods, chocolate chip morsels, bag of walnuts etc. That can be a part of the recipes. But they can also be eaten standalone.

Example: If a character wants to make chili they would need the following ingredients: canned tomatoes, 2 bags of dry kidney beans, water, etc.

Example 2: making chocolate chip walnut cookies. The ingredients would require: a bag of chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, eggs, etc.

Another ingredient requirement should be water. If there is no water available then you could sub for any liquid, it just might have low grade in quality and make other sick.

[lament echo]

I hope our Zoi have the ability to have a favorite food or meal🙏🏾😋

[grave nexus]

If they add canned ingredients to the stores, I hope they add an ability to can the produce yourself. Though this can wait until whatever gardening/farming expansion pack comes out. It's too unrealistic how in TS4 veggies don't have an expiration date. If they did, I'd use the canning feature more.

[lament echo]

I hope Zoi's can serve their family meals by placing plates for each member or guest😊

[indigo moat]

Have you seen what the food is like in Red Redemption 2? It's super realistic, even when he gives in, the amount of food on the plates decreases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEn9UseDl8&t=16s

[sullen nova]

It would perhaps be logical things like that, a Zoi who doesn't like cooking messes up his dishes more often and looks less beautiful.
A Zoi who reacts if he cooks something he doesn't like like vegetables or meat if he is vegetarian.
Perhaps in the future we could choose the ingredients for certain dishes? This or that vegetable/fruit/meat/seafood/fish.
That we can't cook what we didn't buy at the grocery store.
Cut yourself, burn yourself, or injure yourself while cooking?
That a Zoi doesn't like certain types of food, fast food, diet cuisine, pasta, that they have preferences.
Being able to drink while eating and having the choice of various drinks

[indigo moat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6YKa14jBXM All Food and Drinks Animations in Escape from Tarkov

[heady steeple]

The food looks amazing. It would be great to have delicious baked goods and pastries for breakfast. Also, the ability to select the number portions of food to cook or the ability to set daily set menus (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for our household.

[mental sparrow]

I hope we can order pizza or have simple already made food too if I don't always want to cook.

[bold fjord]

I like the food update but would like to see different pastas, hamburgers and pizzas added to the game at some point. And more desserts is always good ☺️

[tough lion]

As it is very late in the development cycle I understand the following might not be something feasible as it might be too much to work with but: it would be nice to see Zoi's actually have the bite as the meal is progressively eaten from the plate. Now it just showed the meal being eaten but no food was shown on the fork going into the mouth. What do you all think about this? 🙂

[stoic orbit]

It would be lovely, but the food models are so high quality you can't jury rig a random chunk and call it the food the way the Sims does, so I think it would take a little more time in the oven (pun intended) for that to be able to work

[tawny jungle]

Speaking of food, can we please have bobba tea shops that we can customize/design ourselves? That would be sooo cute! Then our zois can choose from the many flavors of the menu and toppings! How about 20 flavors of teas?! Also please have the animations of mixing the drinks and adding the toppings to make it feel more authentic!

[tawny jungle]

Aaaah yes yes a TOASTER! We don’t have that in the Sims 4!!

[lucid canyon]

Would be fun to be able to plan a dish schedule for the week and maybe be able to get a grocery list for it...

[lean jungle]

would love to set up a bakery in game

[woeful grotto]

Yesss more takeout where we can order by phone and have it delivered or pick up later. Options: indian, chinese, african, jamacian, japanese, korean. Even equivalent of other Doordash like restaurants.

Itd be nice if we could make our own restaurants and also takeout ones that can be ordered by phone

[woeful grotto]

I agree every mean needs an output. So it definitely makes since to have this process if you're going to include gardening

[noble valve]

I have read through a lot of the comments and it seems that people think up more an more things they want for cooking. But I'm guessing the developers can't implement everything as the game would run very slowly. I wonder if we could have a separate game module just for cooking? This would mean a loading screen, but it would also mean the cooking module is only loaded when needed, and many people just want a quick meal from the fridge or some water from the sink, so have no interest in cooking. But with a cooking module, the game would only load it when required and you would get access to everything in the kitchen - cupboards, drawers, pots and pans, cutlery, knives, cutting boards, stove, pantry, ingredients from the fridge etc. and all of the complex animations that Zois need for cooking. This would allow the game to go into great detail for those that want it, but only when required.

[rain gull]

O, I am in love!! ♥️♥️

[soft sequoia]

Thank you, everyone, for sharing your amazing ideas to improve cooking in inZOI 🍳

We received a variety of suggestions (with some clear favorites!), and we're excited to incorporate as many as we can—some even before Early Access with others to be developed after March 😊

Implemented by Early Access

• No longer spends money on the refrigerator to gather cooking ingredients
• All ingredients are obtained through external means (purchase or gathering)
• Can order food deliveries
• Different effects are applied to Zois after eating certain foods (ex. food coma 💤)
• Quality of cooking animations improved

Planned for after Early Access launch

• Cooking-related jobs, including freelance positions
• Zoi-specific eating patterns, such as preferences to certain ingredients and eating cycles (ex. intermittent fasting)
• Gather ingredients through gardening
• New group activity: Cooking Together

[cobalt pendant]

YIPPIE

[mossy mesa]

Ayy that sounds good

[marble gale]

THANKYOU KJUN. YOUR DOING GODS WORK!!

[storm yacht]

Thank you Kjun!

[hardy vessel]

Hell yeah 👍😀👍

[topaz wharf]

Let's goooo

[wild pagoda]

Are all the foods makeable IRL?

[wet ember]

Thank you Kjun, amazing

[slim flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/payday2-lets-goo-therussianbadger-duke-payday2-duke-gif-24966814

[tepid marten]

This is so amazing thank you Kjun :D

[royal fern]

https://tenor.com/view/uncle-roger-fuiyoh-gif-22798929

[chrome grotto]

Thanks for listening to us as always Kjun

[stray flare]

https://tenor.com/view/harbor-stare-to-had-winner-gif-8393649984959098054

[small bridge]

OMG thank you so much!!! I'm so hyped! It feels so good to be heard of by the devs

[sage moon]

WE LOVE A DEV THAT LISTENS 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Not only we get to order food or buy groceries, we could potentially get a food coma effect after eating excellent food 😂 I love that AND potentially we can open our own freelance food stand or baking company AHHH IM TOO EXCITED FOR THIS GAME!! 66 DAYS LEFT 😭🫶🏽

[heady steeple]

yess gathering ingredients is a must ❤️

[oak sandal]

I'm even more excited for inZOI!

[fast valley]

This sounds really good so far. I would love to hear what kind of ideas/plans you have for season/holidays. Like will you add a summer, Christmas and valentine holidays to the game? Like in the sims 4 with an automatic weather system and automatic season- holiday and I also hope to see a job career like become famous, singing/actor

[gloomy estuary]

This zoi looks sooo cute and happy!

Also I know this is is an INSANE ask but a cute lil cooking mini game would be so fun. Just like for chopping or stirring or something would be a BLAST

[dark plank]

Omg kjun those are fantastic, thank you inzoi team!!

[storm yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/super-bowl-sunday-no-more-milk-dwayne-johnson-gif-13411767

[cerulean umbra]

Wohooooooooooo ❤️ ❤️

[subtle tree]

Wille thats amazing! I hope Kjuns concerns continues after release too❤️

[robust glade]

LET’S GOOOO THIS IS AMAZING

[heady steeple]

This looks warm and happy! And we can collect cooking ingredients from outside without buying a refrigerator. We can also order delivery. I wonder if the effects of certain foods we eat include allergies? The cooking quality can improved😲 Looks like we have more work to do! I think food ingredient preferences are very important because it makes it easier for us to understand what we like to eat and what our food tendencies are. We can lose fat through diet cycles. I am happy that I can collect food through gardening and cook with my friends❤️

[zinc forge]

I've been reading all the latest Kjun updates, they are all fantastic ideas! Can't wait for the release. The potential for this game is huge!🔥 💯

[viscid python]

Excited for this

[quartz spruce]

this is super exciting!!! omggggg cannot wait for early access

[dull kelp]

cant wait till march this so amazing

[grave nexus]

Wow, the idea of a freelance job cooking intreagues me. Will it be, perchance, a hire personal chef service, that you can actually do yourself? This would be nice, and a good time to mention a hire a maid or repairman service would be interesting jobs too.

[summer geode]

I'm super excited!!! Thank youuuu 💖🎉

[jagged ocean]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-snoopy-dance-gif-6346944927236436223

[rugged orchid]

Thank you Kjun!!! It's so nice to see our ideas being taken into account and actually implemented 😭💕 I appreciate you and all of your hard work! 🫰

[mint charm]

THANK YOUUUUU for taking our ideas into account and doing something different then being a sims rip off game I solely appreciate it❤️

[flint stone]

https://tenor.com/view/excited-dog-happy-gif-13976730166168585553

[fluid hedge]

This is getting so insane. Like they actually listen to our feedback! I feel like we are getting spoiled.

[brazen gyro]

Woot woot 👏🏼!!!

[harsh sun]

❤️

[molten wraith]

Chique!

[idle yarrow]

Okay i think i can live with that 🥹🫶🏻 i just want March to come🤣

[pulsar swift]

Nice!!

[hearty sequoia]

I don’t like grocery shopping IRL but love doing it in games even if it is through delivery so thank you for listening to us!

[dusky yacht]

Based update

[heady steeple]

This made my morning🥹

[tawdry crest]

Amazing 🤩

[fleet lichen]

Dsmn I'm so ready

[shell oar]

Omg!!! This is sooo amazing!! Thanks so much for listening to our suggestions!!

[humble acorn]

Thank you for your hard work i can't wait to play

[woeful grotto]

I'm so excited to see this one: preferences to certain ingredients and eating cycles (ex. intermittent fasting)

[wooden sand]

This update got me hyped beyond belief!!!! Woohoo! Grocery shopping for the absolute win

[urban stirrup]

Can we have vegan , vegetarian and allergy traits?

[prisma plume]

OMG ! thank you for your job !

[heady steeple]

i cant wait!!

[weak dune]

They have cooked for cooking

[gentle light]

OMG! I was praying for this mechanic of only getting ingredients through external means! I had even made a post about it on the wishlist lol how perfect Kjun! 😍

[nova sparrow]

maybe out of topic but I would LOVEEE if we are able to move in an apartment that has a bakery/coffee shop/restaurant downstairs. if that lot can be both residential and coffee shop for example

[slim marsh]

Will there be Filipino food in inZoi game?

[mental sparrow]

Thank you!!!! 😊❤️

[heady steeple]

I know this off the topic but will schools be a rabbit hole or can you go in them like with the jobs?

[polar granite]

mm i believe it isnt known yet

[hybrid sphinx]

will zois have like lactose problems or like will spicy foods give them upset tummies? that would be cool af

[misty hazel]

Im soooo excited for march i am sooo happy they added we can buy our groceries yay!!!!!! And deliveries sooo cool and fun!

[storm yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/cereal-meme-gif-5520571570208310404

[plush isle]

This game is gonna BLOW sims socks off their feet for sure.

[lethal vessel]

OMGGG GUYS THE FOOD DELIVERIES AM I TRIPPING OR HE ACTUALLT ADDED THE IDEA I WANRED TO BE ADDED IN THE GAME

[misty hazel]

He sure did!!!! And grocerie shopping im soooooo excited!

[heady steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/jingle-all-the-way-jingle-all-the-way-movie-jingle-all-the-way-the-movie-gif-27266536

[violet patio]

In the game there could be pregnant women who would feel cravings for certain random foods, so-called pregnant cravings.

[ripe birch]

Really love what you have so far, the animations are great and detailed giving us details like the cross section of vegetables as they are chopped.
Completely seperate from the food I did notice there were 2 objects floating very slightly above the metal shelf about head height.
Also there was some clipping of the clothing through the table when standing up from sitting down.
I hope the eating animations become more polished and as real as the food prep side of things!

Overall very excited for this side of it! Attention to detail is amazing!

[woeful grotto]

Yes! We need pregnancy craving foods! Normal and the weird ones like pickles and ice cream 🤮 😂😂

[static merlin]

Hi guys, I saw in an inZOI video that a YouTube was playing, and she was stopping a lot to take pictures of Zoi and she put a reaction to the photo, and it made me think of something that I don't think there is in inOI or The sims, which are the reaction of Zois to everyday life, over time, it would be nice to add these reactions, because from what I've seen in the videos, Zoi always has a neutral face, I don't remember if there was a reaction throughout the videos, but it's something that I and future players would like to see in inZOI.

[subtle tree]

YESS! Please put this on wishlist too❤️ but I so agree! I think zoos should have expressions to things they do depending on how they feel/react to things.

[static merlin]

Yess🥰

[static merlin]

I don't know if this will be in the game, but I would like there to be an AI that builds houses in the game. I can't list all the types of architecture and categories of houses and design. It would be cool if we players had this AI that builds houses in inZoi. We could specify a type of house like Barn House, and if we could combine various categories of houses into one, like a smart house but with the entire structure being a Barn House. If this AI is created, we players could choose the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, whether there's a sauna, pool, or plantation on the property, and the colors of each room, or multiple shades of a color. For example, if someone wants to make a colorful room or a room with two different colors. If this AI is created, it would be great if it had access to all types of existing houses and all designs. The AI could use the canvas and even houses that aren't in the canvas as examples to create its own houses in the game. If someone doesn't know how to build, they could use the canvas option or the game's own AI. When I first heard about inZOI, this was mentioned right at the beginning and it was the thing that caught my attention the most because it didn't exist in any game. But as time went by, I didn't see anyone else talking about it anymore. I really hope this will be implemented. As a future architect, I'm very excited to play inZOI and even more so for the construction mode, which I'm passionate about.🥰❤️

[polar granite]

Please Make use of the wishilst search function or add a new post in #1173546399158243378 !

[unique girder]

I am so excited for this game 😍

[static merlin]

I don't understand

[polar granite]

The wishlist is for ideas like yours. This post is specifically for feedback on the current idea.

[subtle tree]

If you click on the wishlist here then you later click on + mark to post your wish there!❤️

[static merlin]

Me too 🤭❤️

[lusty chasm]

hi as they told you earlier this message should be sent in the #1173546399158243378 not here. If you are having issues with posting, make a ticket to contact mods for help #modmail . This is the incorrect channel to put this in.

[storm shore]

I think a cool thing to add for getting ingredients would be where you can buy them straight from a store and different stores have different prices and quality. Maybe if your zoi works at that store too they can get some kind of discount depending on their store or their position. Also ordering ingredients straight to your door too would be great but it’d just cost more for the delivery fee

[flint oasis]

Thank you so much for updating us! I’m so excited about the culinary career plans ✨

It would be amazing to see baker, pastry chef, food caterer, and other culinary paths that aren’t commonly highlighted in life simulators! 🥹 I hope we will have many food options and fulfilling gameplay to complement our Zoi’s culinary journeys

[woeful grotto]

Someone should pin Kjun's message to this thread!

[lusty chasm]

thats a good idea c:

[violet patio]

If the game has maids, my suggestion is that when hiring a maid, they will arrive at the house at random, and may have different types of cooking skill levels. I believe this could make the game more realistic because sometimes when hiring a maid, that person doesn't always have the desired skills.

[woeful grotto]

Yeah hiring a maid that can cook or clean or just cleans would be really interesting. We can request different skills for hired help

[heady steeple]

I dont think that would be possible without a bunch of glitches and inconsistencies along with a lot of lag

[manic knot]

Hiring a maid who cooks, cleans and frees up my Zoi from all the stuff that I don't like to do would be great. Sims already has that sort of feature and it works reasonably well.

[mint charm]

That’s prob what the new update is

[mint charm]

But we dont need another sims comparable game but I do agree with you on that @manic knot

[vague steeple]

Omg can we assign food to specific cultures? e.g. My korean sims are more likely to eat korean food, etc.

[sharp thistle]

This is basic fonction, lets focus on thing that don't exist

[torn briar]

That would be amazing!

[royal fern]

• add EggFriedRice
• add thai green curry
• add MSG (ingredient)
• Soy Sauce (ingredient)
• Sriracha (ingredient)
• Tofu (ingredient)
  https://tenor.com/view/uncle-roger-nigel-ng-comedian-interesting-thinking-gif-26884932

[shy cradle]

wow the food looks Amazing will it show up on their eating utensils

[true lagoon]

I honestly hope we still get to go buy our groceries from stores

[supple zodiac]

We will kjun said it

[tall charm]

Idk if this is already a thing or not but if not, I would love to ask you to make another job as a chef where we can see our Zoi's cooking for the clients and a way to work and control our Zois as we do on the other job, that would be awesome

[grave nexus]

In Kjun's comment a while back, he confirmed that they will be adding multiple cooking jobs after early access. He even said one would be "Freelance," what he means by this I don't know. I'm thinking it might be some type of work from home thing, catering maybe, or a hirable private chef.

[tall charm]

Oh I didn't know that, I appreciate your comment and I can't wait for this game to come out😍😍🙏

[magic osprey]

just wow!!! thank you so so much

[frigid ingot]

I don’t know if it exists but a way to own your own business and accept its income and pay for your business and your home as well would be really cool. Some type of hiring system to hire staff and to do a life event of having the health inspector drop in or something would be so cool

[exotic stratus]

I will say only thing that was a bit off was that they sometime cook on the sink, other then that love it 🥰

[exotic stratus]

Can we put leftovers in the fridge now?

[nocturne loom]

I just want to firstly say that the foods look amazing! So much details! I love that!
The thing I miss is that they are not eating with anything but a fork, and there is no food on it? Like if you eat a steak you would probably use a knife aswell as a fork. And you would have something on that fork..

[proven snow]

I love cooking in simulations! It's so fun to unlock new recipes as the player's cooking skill/level increases. And yes - the more appetizing the plates look, the better. Lol. Would love to see an option to cook group vs. singular meals. Also like when a lower cooking level means a lower quality meal and/or increases the likelihood of burning a meal. Though, I think you should still have cooking snafus here and there at a higher level - like when cooking a meal for the first time. Because no one gets every meal right the first time.

[wary warren]

Amazing! I can't wait for this game. 😍

[glass thunder]

It would be neat to have a store you have to go to buy your fridge instead of just clicking on the fridge like sims. So when you click on the fridge, you have the food you bought.

[wooden sand]

The devs confirmed they are adding this! 🙂

[royal fern]

• Add Pizza (Various Flavours) (and ingredient)
• Add Calzone (and ingredient)
• Add Cannoli Siciliani (and ingredient)
• Add Suppli (and ingredient)
• Add Pasta (Various Falours) (and ingredient)
• Add Minestrone Soup (and ingredient)
• Add Panzerotti (and ingredient)
• Add Tiramisù cake (and ingredient)

[glass thunder]

Thats awsome!

[woeful grotto]

@royal fern It'd be nice to have different pizza options we can buy for takeout as these you've mentioned.

We need more take out food options where we can buy more than one thing at a time and generate a total of everything and come in bags. Like say we want to order Japanese over the phone we could order all items at once to be delivered:
Fried Rice $10
Panfried Beef Udon Noodles $18
Okonomiyaki
Miso Soup $5

It'd be enough to share with multiple zois and it can appear as an object as multiple take out boxes, that can be placed in the fridge for left over (and reducing spoilage) or placed on countertops to serve. You would then be able to click on this object and select from a list what you want to eat from it: miso soup, fried rice,etc. if a food serving has ran out it'll be greyed out as an option you cannot select. (will tag an image later)

[woeful grotto]

Here's a quick rough concept image for my idea above for Takeout

The first image is being able to order multiple food items from a single restaurant. This would also go for any restaurants and stores in town. But takeout would strictly be in a single bag object vs groceries which would be separated items (like mini inventory) to put in the fridge/shelves/etc.

Second image below, is being able to eat from the takeout bags* (let's pretend the bag of flour is a set of takeout boxes/bags)* you bought that holds multiple foods from this restaurant. Note the fried rice option is invalid because there are no more servings left.
Other Ideas I wanted to showcase were:

• a small indicator to know when a restaurant is open/closed for deliveries.
• Deliver to.. (which would allow you to order food for others across town)

Original photos do not belong to me I took them off a YT video to demonstrate the point as if it were in game.

[royal fern]

https://tenor.com/view/uncle-roger-fuiyoh-gif-22798929

[woeful grotto]

Thanks! lol
I wanted to add more to the first image UI but I was pressed on time. Like a small indicator to know when a restaurant is open/closed for deliveries
Deliver to.. (which would allow you to order food for others across town)

[true lagoon]

Add soul food please and let us go to the store and get the ingredients and get a trolley and walk around with it

[glossy merlin]

I think it will be great if we can do cooking or bakery like in "chef life" game. So kinda mini game like that when we can open restaurant

[subtle tree]

Yesss

[woeful grotto]

Idk if this would be possible but a 3 course meal option to serve guests for events and holiday gatherings, and also ordering this option at fine dining restaurants where the waiter will bring each dish out.

[nocturne blaze]

I vote for a delivery system for one practical reason. I depend on it a lot in real life because I tire easily physically and the noise and people walking on each other feet isn't fun. And I'm only in my thirties 🥲

The possibility to have food already "added" to the list because they're bought each time would be nice. Like two differents categories on the groceries list.

[upper hound]

i strongly agree with this. I would love my Inzoi to drive to the store and buy the ingredients needed to make the dish. Not buy them from the fridge

[upper hound]

Oh how I’ve been waiting for someone to finally teach sims a very valuable lesson!

[shy cradle]

OMG Thank YOU so much Kjun.

[cunning kayak]

oohh yes I'd love too own and run my own bakery

[upper hound]

https://tenor.com/view/girl-same-smile-selfie-gif-13582317

[rancid laurel]

Alongside grocery stores and HAVING ingredients in your fridge = how about a system like console sims 2 ? Where you picked the ingredients / from the stuff you have in your fridge

[cunning kayak]

Omw I completely forgot about that XD that would be awesome.

[upper hound]

Does anyone know if we are able to travel to bakeries, coffee shops or restaurants to buy food and bring them home?

[woeful grotto]

I would love to be able to make food for new neighbors like a pie or other dish and give it to them as a 'welcome to the nieghborhood' gift. Or being able to make food in general and take it to someone else if they're sick, death in family, or just as a kind gesture.

[upper hound]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-peter-griffin-imagine-the-possibilities-possibilities-potential-gif-26899289

[mint charm]

Read the post

[upper hound]

The beginning post?

[mint charm]

Let me find it
Here is what kjun said Thank you, everyone, for sharing your amazing ideas to improve cooking in inZOI 🍳

We received a variety of suggestions (with some clear favorites!), and we're excited to incorporate as many as we can—some even before Early Access with others to be developed after March 😊

Implemented by Early Access

• No longer spends money on the refrigerator to gather cooking ingredients
• All ingredients are obtained through external means (purchase or gathering)
• Can order food deliveries
• Different effects are applied to Zois after eating certain foods (ex. food coma 💤)
• Quality of cooking animations improved

Planned for after Early Access launch

• Cooking-related jobs, including freelance positions
• Zoi-specific eating patterns, such as preferences to certain ingredients and eating cycles (ex. intermittent fasting)
• Gather ingredients through gardening
• New group activity: Cooking Together there you go!

[upper hound]

Thank you so much for resharing this again! I actually missed that post!

[mint charm]

Ofc!

[woeful grotto]

I hope we can have big meals like this we can serve at one time. Like true dinners and even Korean meals where you see multiple dishes on the table to add to your plate.

[mint charm]

Me too

[woeful grotto]

I never seen Sims 4 try to implement this and even if we might not get it in Inzoi I hope someone is able to make a mod. Because I'd love to have my characters living in Dowon go to restaurants or make a proper Korean family meal they can share with others

[mint charm]

Yeah one thing to point out is that this game is gunna outshine sims games for decades nobody wants to play an outdated game when we can play this one instead
#MICDROP
#byebyesimshelloinzoi
#iateandleftnocrumbs

[upper hound]

Agreed. I am so happy that a game like inzoi will put sims down. Greedy developers. Love how they can’t even do anything and it’s been years and inzoi has been in development for 2 something years

[stoic wing]

I'm excited but I really hope that my computer can take it. I am going to delete everything so that it's ready for this game. I honestly always play the same cozy games so I have a lot of space...but still concern

[mint charm]

Yeah ima go through my stuff too tbh

[woeful grotto]

Yes and I appreciate the Inzoi team implementing our ideas. Because I remember for many years Sims would have players participate in these surveys for what we want in the game and they were all ignored. You can't get by doing your fanbase wrong like that karma comes back for ya

[mint charm]

Amen
And tbh I just ate the heck out of that

[upper hound]

That’s because the ideas we give them would be split in a couple of DLCs to make more money. Example how they made vampire dlc in one and ghosts in another. Shame

[mint charm]

Yep and instead of making us pay for the things we want which is unnecessary we get them implemented in game without having to pay another 25 somewhat for the stuff we want witch is an actual game changer

[upper hound]

Agreed. And then say that they are soooo busy working on Project Rene and years later, we don’t hear anything. And from what I see, it’s just lies after lies

[mint charm]

They didn’t even do it they decided to focus on sims 4 it’s shows how afraid they are that this game is better then theirs witch is the truth

[upper hound]

Definitely. Sucks to be them I guess. The sims thought that there were unique. Now it’s time for their downfall. I bet you anything that they haven’t worked on Project Rene at all. They just use it to keep customers interested, keep the players coming back for any news, and invest their energy on what this project Rene is. It will be 3 years (coming this October) and we haven’t received anything from them. Meanwhile, Inzoi developers have built a game from the ground up that looks so realistic, with an open world and is continuously asking their community in what they would like to see in the game.

[woeful grotto]

Didn't they cancel Project Rene? And just mind you re-released the Sims 2...and it's reported to be very buggy

[upper hound]

I’m shocked! A sims game? Buggy? Get out of here!

They cancelled the whole concept of sims 5 which was supposed to be project Rene. But now, they’re changing the story saying project Rene will coexist with sims 4. We drill have no idea what it is

[mint charm]

They don’t tell us a dang thing

[misty hazel]

Yes i think thet added this 🙂 because we cant buy straight from the fridge anymore. I love that soooo much lol 😍

[slate loom]

I suddenly got so scared, why is the detail so insane? 😮

[nocturne blaze]

Because we are insane ? 😎

[slate loom]

dude 😂 😂

[woeful grotto]

**Grocery shopping Ideas: **

• phone or newspaper can alert our zoi of periodic sales happening in grocery stores for different food categories (produce, meats, dairy etc.)
• Ask others to go grocery shopping for you and you'd give them a list of things to buy
• Being able to bring kids or someone else grocery shopping with you

Other Food Related Ideas

• Zois Being able to have a thirst need separate from food
• I never see NPCs and characters share food in life sims games. Sharing food with others including drinks, and being able to ask another zoi if you can have some of their drink or food would be cool,
• Also characters offering others drinks or food when they come to visit each other's home as a good hostess.
• Zois having favorite food and drinks

[scarlet sinew]

can my zoi have an eating disorder

[mint charm]

Love these ideas

[frail pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/omg-excited-jumping-buddy-elf-gif-24139027

[woeful grotto]

After watching some more of the newest gameplay footage. I noticed when some players wanted to do something nice for their partner or roommate, by making them a meal that they weren't going to eat or even making them a cup of coffee. There was no option for them to tell the other they made food for them or made a drink for them. I think adding this interaction would be really nice for increasing relationships and even romance meter with other zois.

There's also no option to make large family meals to serve to everyone or for calling everyone to come eat.

[jade flicker]

Can we use the garden grown veggies yet?

[jade flicker]

and how do you use the chess table? Also my folks keep putting their made food on the Bedroom dresser.. ? lol

[woeful grotto]

I love that there needs to be more than one appliances to make a recipe like making coffee for example needs a grinder and a coffee machine. I'd love to see more of this especially for baking needing a stand mixer or hand mixer before moving to the next step of the process

[vapid token]

same and i wish we could store food as well

[upper hound]

I hope so too! Especially when there may be job opportunities like chef

[woeful grotto]

Same I hope so too. Like in Dowon there's that hotel with the kitchen with the glass wall I'd love to have my zoi become a pastry chef there. But we need more dining experiences too fancy restaurants that need reservations, diners, being a chef in a hotel or lounge. It'd be nice if we could assign our own jobs to public lots though

Edit: Also to be a diner waitress where you could go around and refill coffee and drinks, pick up orders to serve customers at their table