The cooking phase is performed by dropping ingredients into the cookware.[2] With the ingredients in the 4x4 cooking zone, the player can rotate them like in Puyo Puyo.[3] When flavor gems of the same colour are aligned, they combine to increase their rank and the quality of the dish.[1] As ingredients are matched and gems rank up, the player's dish increases its quality. Once finished cooking, the player has to deliver the dish to the judge before time runs out.[2]
The cooking gameplay with tile-matching. There is different cookware and a match timer.
Development and release
Battle Chef Brigade was developed by Trinket Studios. In 2014, the developers crowdfunded over US$100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign.[4] The studio was founded by former employees of Wideload Games.[4]
Battle Chef Brigade was published by Adult Swim Games and released for Windows via Steam, GOG.com, and the Microsoft Store and for Nintendo Switch on 20 November 2017. It is currently self-published by Trinket Studios except on the Microsoft Store, where it remains published by Adult Swim Games.[1][5]
Battle Chef Brigade received "generally favorable" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[6][7]GamesRadar+ ranked it 24th on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017.[13]
The game was nominated for "Game, Puzzle" and "Performance in a Comedy, Lead" with Erica Mendez as the character Mina at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.[14][15]
^Ronaghan, Neal (19 November 2017). "Battle Chef Brigade Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^"Nominee List for 2017". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
