Aroma
A downloadable game for Windows
This game is being developed for our 2026 Capstone Project in the Honours Bachelor of Game Design Program at Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Celebrate with the Eyelipop team!
We took 3rd in the Best Overall and 1st in the Innovating Technology at the 2026 Level - Up Showcase!
Cook to discover — experiment to explore.
Aroma is an isometric adventure-puzzle game where cooking is the core way you interact with the world.
Instead of predefined recipes, players experiment with ingredients to create dishes that grant unique abilities.
Each dish becomes a tool for exploration, puzzle solving, and combat — shaping how you move through and understand the world.
Key Features
- Cooking as Discovery – Learn abilities by experimenting, not by unlocking menus
- System-Driven Puzzles – Dishes directly change how you interact with the environment
- Exploration-Focused Design – Some areas become accessible only after gaining new abilities
- Light Combat, Strong Integration – Abilities affect both puzzles and combat encounters
Current Build
- This demo includes:
- One Large + Four Small Maps
- 3 ingredients & 6 unique abilities
- 2 General Enemies & 2 Boss Fight
- Multiple puzzles requiring flexible use of cooking abilities
Hope you will enjoy :D
Team Introduction - Team Eyelipop
Sheridan College, 4th-year Game Design Students:
- Yuhua Xiao: Project Lead, Level Designer, Sound Designer
- Jiawei Peng: Combat Designer, Lead Programmer, Sound Designer
- Zheyuan Zhang: Lead Level Designer
- Yubing Guo: 3D&2D Art, UI Designer
- Guanrui Zhu: Art Director, 3D&2D Art, Animation, Narrative Designer
- Yanjun Ding: Technical Artist, Environmental Art
Download
Install instructions
- The game currently ONLY supports controllers for the full experience.
- The game currently runs ONLY on Windows systems.
- Once unzip the file, double-click the CookingCombat.exe to start the game.
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Congrats on your achievement at Level Up Showcase.