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Cosmic Jianbing is an alien cooking simulator inspired by the experience of trying to recreate Asian food with American ingredients. Players make jianbing guozi using unfamiliar but comparable alien ingredients, turning substitution and experimentation into a playful system of discovery. The game is designed to encourage curiosity by placing players in an unfamiliar environment, giving them freedom to explore and create, and rewarding experimentation.

Role: Director & Engineer
Platform: PC | Unity
Genre: 2D Cooking Sim
Team: 2 students in 2 days

Contribution

  • Came up with the original concept, inspired by the experience of recreating Asian food with substitute ingredients
  • Designed and implemented 3 distinct cooking tool systems that supported the core cooking interactions

  • Built 4 interactive alien ingredients, each designed to support experimentation and playful discovery

  • Served as the sole engineer on the project, collaborating closely with an artist to bring the game’s mechanics and visual direction together

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