Co-op cooking brawler Sedap! dishes out Southeast Asia on Xbox, PC

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Singapore-based indie team kopiforge has launched Sedap! A Culinary Adventure – a cooperative cooking-combat game rooted in Southeast Asian cuisine and folklore. What began as a single-level university project became the studio’s debut release. The team describes a steep learning curve, from design iteration to optimization and funding. Along the way, they refined a menu that showcases regional variety while staying practical for gameplay. The game is available now on PC and Xbox Series X|S.

What Sedap! actually is

Sedap! combines co-op kitchen chaos with action-focused monster hunts. Players control best friends Som and Gon on a culinary journey across the mysterious Khaya Island. Each recipe reimagines real dishes from Southeast Asia, and ingredients are gathered by hunting creatures inspired by the region’s mythologies. The result is a loop of cooking under pressure, gathering resources, and pushing forward to unlock more iconic plates.

From graduation project to shipped game

kopiforge formed just three months after the team finished university, tackling a full production cycle for the first time. Early development leaned heavily on YouTube tutorials, frequent playtests with friends and peers, and continuous design meetings to reduce repetition and improve pacing. The team acknowledges missteps – including an over-ambitious scope and learning optimization on the fly – but says systematic feedback helped course-correct.

Funding and publishing: a fast education

Budget constraints pushed the studio to learn pitching, send out more than one hundred emails to publishers, and juggle meetings with production tasks. kopiforge credits ID@Xbox funding and small investments from friends for keeping development moving until a deal was signed with Isolated Games in late 2024. The process, they note, was both a survival tactic and a crash course in the business side of games.

Designing a menu for play, not just flavor

Choosing what makes it into the cookbook was its own design puzzle. The team drafted roughly 100 candidate dishes with the goal of representing all 11 countries in Southeast Asia, including national staples such as Mohinga (Myanmar) and Chicken Rice (Singapore). For launch, the list was trimmed to 51 dishes so ingredients could be shared across recipes and systems stayed readable under pressure.

• Initial brainstorm: about 100 dishes across the region
• Final selection: 51 dishes at launch for balance and reuse
• Ingredient strategy: common items like eggs support multiple plates – from Khao Jee to Mee Goreng
• Cut during production: Kaipen, Sambal Stingray, and Nam Wan (concept art existed but systems fit took priority)

Key gameplay beats

• Co-op cooking-combat: coordinate in the kitchen while battling for ingredients
• Myth-infused hunts: gather resources from monsters drawn from Southeast Asian folklore
• Progression by tastes: unlock and prepare reimagined regional dishes as you explore Khaya Island
• Duo protagonists: play as Som and Gon on a culinary road trip

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Availability

According to the official announcement, Sedap! is out now on PC and Xbox Series X|S. The release marks kopiforge’s first shipped title soon after the team’s graduation.

Final takeaway – a regional flavor with a clear gameplay spine

Sedap! folds Southeast Asian food culture into a co-op action loop, with development choices driven by playability and scope control. For players, that means a focused set of 51 dishes, a steady cadence of hunts and recipes, and a debut project that tries to honor 11 countries’ cuisines without losing mechanical clarity.