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Cooking Simulator is a simulation game which allows to get to know what it is to work in a
What you learn: restaurant’s kitchen. From attending cooking school to managing a restaurant, customers’ or-
ders must be fulfilled within a given time.

This app places the player in an autonomous situation that allows training in the management
How you learn: of stock and equipment, organizing the work space, carrying out a recipe, but also improving
time management when it comes to preparing the ordered menus

User-friendliness Pedagogic orientation Applicability potential
 Visuals are simple but  It is game-oriented and  Motivation for the students
nice, layout and instruc- gives the player chal-  Allows teachers to diversity
tions are clear lenges their teaching materials
 Prepares for professional  It allows to become famil-  Provides material for the use
situations that are not al- iar with the fast pace of a of a game in training/lessons
ways pleasant (scathing restaurant kitchen  Contents connected to a vo-
STRENGTHS: comments)  Put us in a specific situa- cational training
 Possibility to set the speed tion, to take into account
of execution and the several parameters
sound  It offers training situations
 It allows us to visualize
professional situations
that can be analysed

! Requires enough RAM to ! No possibility to to mod- ! Requires a powerful com-
operate ify game paths or propose puter and gaming habits us-
! Gamer skills are expected your own recipes or in- ing keyboard / mouse.
structions.
to move forward in the ! Time-consuming to get used
game ! Single player game that to
! Unpleasant comments if does not take into ac- ! Difficult levels available only
WEAKNESSES: count the interactions
the player takes a long according to the length of
that go on in a restaurant
time to complete the task the game and the results
kitchen
or fails to do so
! Visuals of dishes bear little ! It does not allow the
resemblance to real player to make mistakes
by visualizing their conse-
dishes
quences
 Highlights the qualities  Allows for pedagogical dif-  To be used as an example of
and evolution of the ferentiation by proposing game proposing a vocational
player by proposing more fun teaching material· training field.
and more difficult situa-  Offers contracts and moti-  To work on elements that
tions vating challenges must come naturally (such as
OPPORTUNITIES:  Different playing modes  Allows for training and im- inventory monitoring and
are offered depending on proving certain actions management, equipment sta-
the player’s level tus...)
 To be tested in “meta”
timeslots (outside of training
time)

! Risk of stigmatization: ! Risk of confinement· ! Complicated to use in train-
THREATS: may highlight motor diffi- ! Limited activities that ing because it takes a long
culties, slowness of time to learn and use
may become repetitive

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