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Culinary Arts

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Culinary Arts is a cooking game for Really Needy HUD users who would like to roleplay the art of preparing and serving food and drinks.

âš  CAUTION: This game is currently a beta version. Bugs can be expected and not all features are implemented yet. Play at your own risk.

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GAME RULES

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1. There are 10 fundamental culinary skills. These are unlocked as you advance in level:

  • Level 1: Sauteing                       (Unlock at 1 CXP)             

  • Level 2: Baking                          (Unlock at 20 CXP)

  • Level 3: Knife                             (Unlock at 100 CXP)

  • Level 4: Boiling & Simmering  (Unlock at 200 CXP)

  • Level 5: Steaming                     (Unlock at 300 CXP)

  • Level 6: Deep Frying

  • Level 7: Roasting

  • Level 8: Grilling

  • Level 9: Stir Fry

  • Level 10: Slow Cooking

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2. To advance in level, you need to earn CXP (Culinary Experience Points) from cooking specific items that requires that fundamental skill.
    If you cook an item that requires a fundamental skill you don't have, you can still do so, but you do not earn CXP.

    Your total CXP is the sum of XP for each of the fundamental skills.

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3. To cook an item and earn CXP, you would usually need these 4 things
     i) recipe;

     ii) ingredients;

     iii) fundamental skill;

     iv) utensil

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4. These are various methods to acquire a recipe.

    i) Unlock at new level or specific CXP

    ii) Buy recipe

    iii) Learn from TV (not implemented yet)

    iv) Learn from cooking school (not implemented yet)

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5. If one earns more than 10 CXP in 24 hours, any item cooked after 10 CXP earned will only earn 1 CXP.

    This is to encourage regular play rather than 'binge play'.

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6. Some recipes have a chance of failure that may or may not be linked to your experience for a particular fundamental skill.

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7. More rules will be introduced later, or at any point of time, at the sole discretion of the creator.

GETTING STARTED

1. If you already have the Really Needy Farming HUD v1.2 or earlier, say '/checkupdate2' in chat to receive an upgrade installer.
   If you do not, but own the Really Needy HUD, you can get the Farming & Culinary HUD from my in-world store for free. Skip to step 4.
   If you neither own the Really Needy HUD nor the Farming HUD, you can buy the Farming & Culinary HUD on MP here.

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2. Take off your Really Needy Farming HUD and rez on the ground.

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3. Drag your installer to the ground. Follow the instructions to upgrade your HUD to the Really Needy Farming & Culinary HUD v2.

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4. Wear the Really Needy Farming & Culinary HUD v2.

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5. Click the Culinary Arts icon on your HUD (see picture below). A message will indicate that you have 0 CXP, and no fundamental skills.

    To earn your first CXP and unlock your first skill, follow the instructions in the video below on FRYING AN EGG to make a fried egg.

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Really Needy Farming & Culinary HUD

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6. Once you have made the fried egg, stand directly in front of your fried egg, facing it.

    Click and hold the Culinary Arts icon on the HUD, and a Recipe Menu should pop-up

    after one second. It will show that you already know 1 recipe: Fried egg.

    (As you acquire more recipes later, they will show up in the Recipe Menu.)

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7. Select the Fried egg recipe from the menu and choose Yes within 2 seconds when

    asked to confirm execution of recipe. If successful, the fried egg will disappear from

    in front of you. The fried egg will be delivered to your inventory and you will earn 1

    Sauteing XP, which will also unlock the Sauteing skill.

  • You can choose whether to rez the fried egg to consume it, or pass it to someone else or just save it in your inventory for later.

  • With the Sauteing skill unlocked, you can earn Sauteing XP when you cook recipes requiring the Sauteing skill

  • The Spatula icon will appear on your Culinary HUD. Clicking it will attach/detach the spatula (setup is required).

 

   If you got a warning that some ingredient is missing while trying to execute the recipe,

   it either means you did not have the ingredient in front of your avatar, or you did not

   confirm fast enough. Try again and click Yes faster when asked to confirm.

​​EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

Basic equipment.jpg

Buy the Really Non-Stick Frying Pan (boxed) from the Supermarket and it includes the Spatula and Fire Rune

INTRODUCTION I - FRYING AN EGG

RECIPE: Fried egg

Note: You already have this recipe the first time you wear the Culinary HUD. This is the only recipe you don't need to learn first.
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Ingredients

  • Egg - get this from <Basket of Eggs> harvested from Farming, or buy the <Carton of Dozen Eggs> from Supermarket, or use from your Really Cold Fridge if stocked

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Skill: Sauteing

CXP: 1

Utensil: Really Useful Frying Pan / Really Non-Stick Frying Pan

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INTRODUCTION II - ADDING A NEW RECIPE

This 45-second video shows you how to add (learn) a new recipe you bought or acquired.

 

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RECIPE: Fried bacon & egg

Note: You will receive this recipe when you reach 4 CXP. Watch the video above on how to add the new recipe.

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Ingredients

  • Really Tasty Bacon - buy from Supermarket

  • Egg - get this from <Basket of Eggs> harvested from Farming, or buy the <Carton of Dozen Eggs> from Supermarket, or use from your Really Cold Fridge if stocked

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Skill: Sauteing            

CXP: 2

Utensil: Really Useful Frying Pan / Really Non-Stick Frying Pan

RECIPE: Pancakes with syrup

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Ingredients

  • Pancake mix - buy from Supermarket

  • Milk - use <Bottle of milk> harvested from Farming, or buy the <Quart of milk> from Supermarket, or use from your Really Cold Fridge if stocked

  • Maple Syrup

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Skill: Sauteing            

CXP: 3

Utensils: Mixing Bowl, Really Non-Stick Frying Pan

RECIPE: Pancakes with blueberries & raspberries

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Ingredients

  • Pancake mix - buy from Supermarket

  • Milk - use <Bottle of milk> harvested from Farming, or buy the <Quart of milk> from Supermarket, or use from your Really Cold Fridge if stocked

  • Blueberries - harvested from Farming

  • Raspberries - harvested from Farming

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Skill: Sauteing            

CXP: 3

Utensils: Mixing Bowl, Really Non-Stick Frying Pan

RECIPE: French toast with strawberries and blueberries

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Ingredients

  • Eggs x 2 - buy from Supermarket or harvest from Farming

  • Milk - buy from Supermarket or harvest from Farming

  • Ground Cinnamon - buy from Supermarket

  • Slice of Bread x 3 - buy Loaf of Bread from Supermarket

  • Strawberries - buy from Supermarket or harvest from Farming

  • Blueberries - harvest from Farming

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Skill: Sauteing            

CXP: 3

Utensils: Mixing Bowl, Really Non-Stick Frying Pan

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

RECIPE: Waffles with strawberries

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Ingredients

  • Waffle mix - buy from Supermarket

  • Olive oil - buy from Supermarket

  • Water - from Really Quiet Kettle

  • Strawberries - buy from Supermarket or harvest from Farming​
     

Skill: Baking          

CXP: 3

Utensils: Mixing Bowl, Waffle Iron

CULINARY HUD

Culinary HUD

The Culinary HUD is integrated with the Farming HUD to save you one attachment spot.

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This is what it looks like when you are at Level 1:

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The Culinary HUD refers to the second row of icons, as highlighted in the red box.

  • The first icon "Culinary Arts" will provide you a summary of statistics when clicked on.

  • The second icon "Spatula" will attach / detach the cooking spatula (setup required as described below).

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At Level 2, the "Whisk" icon and the "Rolling Pin" icon appears. Clicking either will attach / detach the whisk and rolling pin (setup required as described below).

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At Level 3, the "Knife" icon appears. Clicking it will attach/detach the knife (setup required as described below.)

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At Level 4, the "Ladle" icon appears. Clicking it will attach/detach the ladle (setup required as described below.)

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At Level 5 to Level 10, more icons in the third row will appear. (Details to be released at a later phase).

RLV

Setting up the RLV folder

To enable the automated attachment/detachment of the tools by clicking the icons on the Culinary HUD, follow these steps:

  1. Create a #NeedyHUD folder structure (under #RLV in Inventory) as per the picture on the right.

  2. Put the cooking tools in the sub-folders as indicated in the picture.

  3. Check that your viewer's RLV mode is enabled. (For Firestorm, put a tick next to "RestrainedLove API" in the Advanced menu).


This makes it easier for you to equip your avatar with the tools with a touch of a button, without having to look for them in your inventory.

Culinary RLV folder structure.jpg

BASIC SKILLS IN THE KITCHEN

Six lessons in under 10 minutes to make yourself useful in the kitchen. (The Culinary HUD is not required for this section.)

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Lesson 1: FRYING AN EGG

What you need

  • Carton of Eggs or Basket of Eggs

  • Really Useful Frying Pan or Really Non-Stick Frying Pan

Lesson 2: MAKING COFFEE

What you need

  • Really Hot Coffee Pot

  • Optional: Mug design HUD (comes with Coffee Pot)

Lesson 3: MAKING SMOOTHIES OR PROTEIN SHAKES

What you need

  • Really Useful Blender (earn it at Level 4 Fitness)

  • Quart of milk (from Supermarket) or Bottle of Milk (from Farming)

  • Bowl of strawberries (from Supermarket or Farming)

Lesson 4: MAKING TEA

What you need

  • Really Quiet Electric Kettle

  • Really Infinite Teapot

  • Box of Earl Grey Tea, or Box of Peppermint Tea, or Box of English Breakfast Tea, or Box of Ginger Tea

Lesson 5: CUTTING MARBLE CAKE

What you need

  • Marble Cake

  • Really Sharp Kitchen Knife / Fruit Knife

Lesson 6: MAKING TOAST

What you need

  • Really Hot Toaster

  • Loaf of Bread

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