Cooking....hmmm, countless posts on this I know, and I\'ve read them, really, but this one\'s too specific to add at the end of another post.
I was thinking that cooking should be ingredient based, with optional complexity, which makes thousands of possibilities. It should be similar to the Rune system, but instead of runes you have ingredients and when you make a proper food item using a combination of utensils, spices and food items, you get a \"recipie\". This is similar to the cooking in Harvest Moon, but it was a little shallow and not very useful except once or twice a year in the game.
I imagine that in PS, it would allow a player with zero knowlage of how to cook to be able to make something to eat by randomly throwing together things until it doesn\'t \"fail\" but someone who is dedicated to the art would be able to make much more complicated things if he/she/it put their mind to it.
Example:
these are recipies that are used while at a Kitchen, or a Campfire, the utensils you would carry with you
Mixing Bowl (utensil) + Grain + Water = Bread (using it at a kitchen\'s Oven though)
Egg + Water + Pot (utensil) = Boiled Egg
Fish + Frying Pan (utensil) + Flour + Oil = Fried Fish
Spider Meat + Frying Pan = Spider Steak
Simple things right? Not too many ingredients, but simple foods like these will only give you so much health and stamina and money if you\'re willing to sell
Bread + Vegetables + Cheese + Meat + Knife = Sandwich
Spider Steak + Pepper (seasoning) + Baked Potato (Potato + Butter + Oven) = Pepper Steak and Potatoes
so the more ingredients and the more utensils the better the meal you\'re bound to get, when you complete a meal, a recipie entry is added to your recipie book, which you either have to buy, or it works like your spell book in the game. You can freely tell people your recipies, and they\'ll get their ingredients and do it themselves, but you\'ll prolly still keep them to yourselves, better for business I reckon
Sandwich + Poison = Poisoned Sandwich (for some poisoned food post I posted in once)
Sandwich + Fried Potatoes + Juice = Lunch Special
Putting finished items together like this is great for a restaurant owner to stock his npc waiter up with, not only does it mean a bigger profit for the seller, but more food for the buyer, that he/she/ can eat as a whole or maybe seperate it and save it for later. I think the creator of the meal should be able to name it whatever they wish, but a simple rule should be followed for such meals, Entree, Side, Drink/Beverage
