Hey everyone! We’re back with another Soup Showdown update. Week 11 was full of finishing up features as we inch closer to the finish line.

Pressure is on! (literally—there’s a lid now) Here’s what we got done:

Art

• Built the outside environment

• Revamped the lobby layout and visuals

• Rearranged the win screen to feel more celebratory

• Created fire FX, splash FX, and a lid for the cauldron

• Made progress on animation states

• Implemented last week’s UI work

• Added utensil stats UI to the lobby

• Updated thought bubble visuals for the guide

• Added controller button visuals

• Modeled spice bottles for lobby decoration

Programming

• Finished the highlight shader

• Remade the win screen logic and added animations

• Animated the cauldron lid to press players to deliver soup

• Added aim direction indicator

• Implemented ghost pepper splash and ingredient bouncing

• Made utensil cleaning more obvious

• Crushed a bunch of bugs

Sound

• Finished and implemented all remaining SFX

• Rewrote the music manager for smoother transitions

• Added sounds for:

• Lobby interactions (utensil swap, add player)

• Environment ambience

• Cleaning/washing

• Power-ups: butter, mushroom, snail, squid, bomb

• Cauldron lid closing

• Delivery bubble popup

• “Press to stir” indicator

That’s it for this week! We’re getting hyped to wrap things up—thanks for sticking with us!