This seems really good so far. It's rare that there's a male MC in one of these kinds of games where I actually like them as a character.
My only critique is the the explore system is a little unintuitive for me. The black jack style bust mechanic makes sense, but what makes a good hand for ingredients seems to be more poker-like. I think it's actually really neat as a game mechanic, but just needs a little more explanation. And maybe a way to see what cards you've already flipped in a week without having to track on notepad.
I'll definitely keep check back for updates.
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thank you for checking it out, yeah i wanted people to test the game as soon as possible because i feel it is hard for me to grasp how intuitive it is since i am the one designing, so thank you for the feedback the idea is kinda somewhat a mix between blackjack and poker, but yeah i prob need to first note down all possible combos (also add more) and prob have them handy to the player instead of just guessing what is a valid combo for a bonus, good point on keeping the cards flipped visible to the player i was thinking at first to add cheat recipes to let you do stuff that would kinda do that/help you count cards but the more i think about it the more it makes sense to just let the player see them (since as you noted most would prob count/keep a list anyway)