What were your inspirations for coming up with this game?
I have a friend States-side who wondered if some of the inspiration for this came from a game, he said, where Malaysian kids play at cooking. He said it's called masak-masak, and I thought I needed to pass the question to you, since I personally know nothing about Malaysian kids games.
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Hey! Thanks for the question! My main inspirations are actually cooking manga like "What Did You Eat Yesterday?" (which this game pays homage to in the name) and "Sweetness and Lightning", and also from my own experiences since I'm the primary cook at home and I'm always thinking and planning what to cook throughout a week, chatting with my wife about her day and adjusting and shifting planned menus around based on how we're both feeling or what needs to get used up soon.
Masak-masak is definitely a part of Malaysian culture, and it's usually a lot more freeform, though my nephews do love looking through cookbooks and pretending to make the meals in them and following some sort of menu since the cookbooks are structured this way (mains, snacks, desserts, drinks etc). It's not dissimilar to "playing house" or just pretending to cook or clean or drive since that's what kids see adults doing :)
Thank you very much for the experience. I took it and ran, doing one day's worth of play for my blog in a three-part series, as I tried to show it off to my (admittedly small) audience, because I thought all of you who supported the flood relief deserved a wider platform to see your games shared and played.
If you're interested in my thoughts and my gameplay, feel free to click through and see what you inspired me to put on the stove.
https://themaddestsailor.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/what-should-we-have-tomorrow-0...
https://themaddestsailor.wordpress.com/2022/02/01/what-should-we-have-tomorrow-02-malaysian-flood-relief/
https://themaddestsailor.wordpress.com/2022/02/03/what-should-we-have-tomorrow-03-malaysian-flood-relief/