Meet the protagonist of our game Kiyoaki! Kiyoaki got into Pawsington Culinary School at their family’s behest as he was a highly talented pastry chef in Japan. #game #indiegame #indiedev #sushi

We are hosting an art competition! As part of our game, we have a calendar system that keeps track of the player’s progress throughout their runs. We would love to feature our players art here to see more details: arecipeforsurvival.com/competition #artcompetition #gamedev #indiegame

WOW it's been a week since our team attended @tothemoonexpo with our game A Recipe For Survival! Thank you to everyone who came to play our game and had a chat with us it was lovely meeting you! Don't forget our playtest is now live on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #indiegame #dev

OUR PUBLIC PLAYTEST IS READY ON STEAM! Thank you all for being so patient and I can't wait to hear what you guys think! Go to our 'A Recipe For Survival' steam page to find it! store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #gamedev #indiedev #playtest #steam #deckbuilder #roguelike

Meet one of our Lead Music Composer Aidan! #gamemusic #gamedev #indiedev #cardgame #composer #gamesoundtrack

Meet one of our Lead Music Composer Aidan! #gamemusic #gamedev #indiedev #cardgame #composer #gamesoundtrack

Todorat is based on a mythical creature from Balkan Folklore! She will come and visit your resturant. #characterdesign #game #gamedev #indiedev

You can get to know your customers in our game and learn things about them as you serve them food! Wishlist on steam now store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #gamedev #indiedev #game

We will be rocketing to Nec Birmingham to exhibit at the @tothemoonexpo.bsky.social on the 12th -13th November! Come find us here and talk to us! #tothemoonexpo #indiedev #gamedev

Thank you to the streamers who have played our game so far! Its great to see people playing and we appreciate all the feedback. m.twitch.tv/indiianab/home m.twitch.tv/rivington/home m.twitch.tv/rufoxtv/home m.twitch.tv/shrekiliciio...

Our first Comic panel is ready! More to come soon...

Thank you for all the support for our game so far!! Dont forget to wishlist our game on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #game #steam #indiegame #indiedev #shypenguin #cats #chefs #cookinggame #deckbuilder #roguelike

Apep is based in a mythical creature from Egyptian Folklore! He will come and visit your resturant. #characterdesign #game #gamedev #indiedev

The cats chefs in our game are based on our game dev teams real cats! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #cats

The cats chefs in our game are based on our game dev teams real cats! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #cats

Here's a teaser of some card art that will be featured in our game! Don't forget to wishlist on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/A_

So much has changed since we started creating 'A Recipe for Survival'. Here's just some of the changes we have made in order to make the best game possible! #indiedev #gamedev

We had a great time at Develop: Brighton! As always don't forget to wishlist A Recipe for Survival on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #developbrighton #game #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevteam

Our first page of our new comic will be ready soon! Its been illustrated by our wonderful illustrator Layla and will give insight into one of the chefs in our game Kiyoaki.

Oni is based in a mythical creature from Japanese Folklore! He will come and visit your resturant. #characterdesign #game #gamedev #indiedev

Meet one of our Animators Louise! #gamedev #indiedev

Here's a teaser of some card art that will be featured in our game! Don't forget to wishlist on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/...

Meet our new trash monster blorg! He will be eating all the food and cards you burn! #indiegame #gamedev #gameart

Here's a teaser of some card art that will be featured in our game! Don't forget to wishlist our game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #indiegame #indiedev

Our Loch Ness Monster is based of the legendary creature said to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness! She is one of the customers that will visit your resturant. #indiedev #indiegame

We’re thrilled to share that our very first Comic is in the works! Set in the whimsical world of cat chefs and hungry monsters, this comic will serve as a charming companion to the universe we’ve all come to love. Stay tuned for sneak peeks and updates! 🐱✨ #comicart #gamedev #indiedev

We just got back from showcasing A Recipe for Survival at Reboot Develop in Dubrovnik! Lots of people got to try our game and we recieved some wonderful feedback! We will next be at Twitch con in Rotterdam, feel free to come and have a chat to us if you see us! #indiedev #indiegame #reboot

We just reached 100 wishlist on Steam! Thank you for all the support! We look forward to seeing this number climb even higher :) If you haven't already go wishlist A Recipe for Survival on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3499430/... #game #steam #indiegame

We are starting community game nights hosted on our discord server! The first one is tomorow at 18.00 (BST), we'd love to see you there. discord.gg/cF9PGAaMka #gamesnight #game

Our next tester build will be ready tomorow! Interested in testing? Join our discord server! discord.gg/k6F4TDHEdB #gamedev #indiedev

We just released a short story about Kiyoaki's first day in Whiskerwell! arecipeforsurvival.com/2025/03/16/f... #shortstory #gamedev #indiedev

Serpopard is based on the mythical creature from Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt that will visit your restaurant! Don't forget to wishlist our game on steam now! #indiegame #gamedev #lore

One of the customers that will visit your restaurant is Alp from German Folktale. #lore #game #gamedev

Exciting news! Our Steam Page is now live 🎉 We wanted to thank everyone for your continued support and we can't wait to share more with you all! Please wishlist our game it would help us greatly and could make the difference in the game getting funding! #gamedev #roguelike

Introducing some of the chefs and cats that will feature in our game! #gamedev #gamelore

A critical part of the game is our Minion Cards like the ones below: Our current cards for the Sushi are: - Samurai - Ninja - Sashimi - Karate We would love for you to drop some more ideas for what costumes the cats could have in game in the comments! :)) #gamedev #indiedev

Meet our Narrative Lead Alex #Lore #gamedev

Meet our Head of Marketing Molly! #IndieGameDev #roguelike

A Recipe for Survival is Shy Penguin's debut game. It is a roguelike deckbuilder with a focus on bringing new innovation to the genre! You run your restaurant through day and protect it at night! Also there's cats! Lots of cats! #indiegame #deckbuilder

Meet our Head Artist Annie! #gameart #indiegame

Meet our Project Manager Robert! #gamedev #indiedev

Shy Penguin Studio’s are thrilled to announce that we are working on our first game A Recipe For Survival! It’s a deckbuilder roguelike with a theme of cats and cooking. Our dedicated team can’t wait to show more so follow to see our progress!

We’re a UK based Indie game development studio comprised of a core team of 5. Our aim is to create an innovative, repayable game that captivates players through unique and meaningful art, storyline and gameplay. All while building a passionate, supportive community.