Neon Noodles

A colorful, cyberpunky zach-like where you program robots to make food. Only major flaws are that it uses histograms instead of level goals and doesn't have a progress reset. Runs great on Linux.

Neon Noodles is a remarkably creative automation puzzle game that takes the familiar act of cooking and transforms it into a complex exercise in programming, logistics, and efficiency. Developed and published by Vivid Helix, the game places players in a futuristic cyberpunk society where food production has become heavily automated and culinary expertise is intertwined with advanced technology. What initially appears to be a quirky cooking simulator quickly reveals itself as a sophisticated puzzle experience that challenges players to think like engineers rather than chefs. The game's most distinctive feature is its innovative approach to automation. Instead of directly preparing dishes, players program robotic workers to handle every step of the cooking process. Ingredients must be collected, processed, transported, and assembled according to precise recipes, with every movement carefully planned. The recording-based programming system is particularly impressive because it allows players to teach robots actions through demonstration rather than requiring knowledge of actual coding. This creates an accessible entry point while still offering an enormous amount of strategic depth f…

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i have to use my brain to much halp

Fun, whimsical, smart

It is a decent game, it has some non-critical bugs later on. Once you can edit loop start of a bot there are issues editing the bot instructions after changing its loop start. At some point the area gets larger, but placing things on the ends can cause the place dialog to overlap with the left panel, and even though the dialog shows on top clicks register through to the left panel.