Uncle Lee’s Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster

Uncle Lee has done it again. And again. And again. And again. And again. It’s up to you to pick up the pieces.

Join rebellious teen Ines as she deals with the fallout of her uncle Lee’s experiments/inventions/cooking—only you can help her save the universe!

Experience five episodes of reality-bending puzzles, witty dialogues, weird characters, and gorgeous pixel art (no, you are biased) in a wonderful package of point & click gloriousness. You get all of the adventures of Ines and uncle Lee for the first time all together, revised and improved, and most importantly WITH VOICES. What more could you want?

Demo

If you want to try the game you can find the demo version here. It can be downloaded or played in the browser!

Main features

• 5 self-contained episodes of various durations.
• Challenging but fair puzzles with solutions that make sense™.
•  Science! Magic! Science and Magic! So many ways to break the universe…
• Built-in hint system.
• Catchy and dynamic original soundtrack.
• English voices with subtitles in English and Italian.
• Native Linux version that works great on the Steam Deck.

Episode synopses

• Uncle Lee broke quantum mechanics and wavefunction collapse now affects macroscopic objects—Ice cream included.
• A 10-year-old Ines would really, REALLY, like to go to the bathroom this morning, but her whole world is literally upside down.
• A relaxing trip to Lake Fenfef goes all wrong when uncle Lee butt-dials a time machine and leaves Ines stranded in time with nothing but a broken reality-fixing device™.
• An older Ines visits [redacted], uncle Lee’s hometown, to get inspiration for a book she’s writing. On her arrival she finds a mysteriously empty town, and her book-writing plans are derailed as she is recruited to save [redacted] from a paranormal infestation.
• It’s Ines’ 20th birthday. Uncle Lee had the most amazing idea for a birthday present, which can only mean trouble.

Credits

Relatively Painless Games

• Andrea Cerbone (cerbo) - writing, art & animation
• Paolo Cotrone (shamisenorchestra) - writing, original music, sound design
• Giuseppe Sellaroli (apicici) - writing, game and engine programming, additional art & animation, sound design

Voice cast

• Maganda Marie
• Nicholas Camm
• Sally Beaumont (sallybeaumont)
• Brie Pierre
• Patrick Langner

System requirements

• Windows
  • OS: Windows 7+
    
  • Processor: 64-bit, Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3+
• Linux
  • OS:  Ubuntu 19.04+ or equivalent (needs glibc >= 2.29)
    
  • Processor: 64-bit, Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3+
• macOS
  • OS: macOS 10.13+
    
  • Processor: Intel / Apple Silicon
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3+