As more and more streamers broadcast Overcooked and video creators made content about it,
more and more players came into contact with the game.
Community forums were filled with discussions about it.
"Breakup" and "friendship ending" had also become the game's keywords.
Especially as the game's popularity continued to rise,
forums, discussion boards, and various Q&A communities
became filled with stories players had made up on the spot.
For example: My girlfriend and I were so loving, but after playing Overcooked, our friendship ended and we broke up.
Of course, there really were some cases like that. But for couples who genuinely broke up because of Overcooked, the game had really only been the fuse that lit the fire.
Their relationship itself had already been like gunpowder, ready to explode at the slightest spark.
Still, that did nothing to stop the spread of Overcooked memes.
After Valentine's Day, Overcooked's popularity rose exponentially with each passing day.
Every major community was filled with players laughing and discussing it.
And in livestreams, whenever streamers and video creators got red-faced arguing over something in the game, countless viewers would promptly flood the chat with comments like "break up" and "go solo."
After all, enjoying a spectacle was human instinct.
But while players were busy making memes and personally experiencing what Breakup Kitchen really meant,
a trending topic on the Official Blog was pushed to the front page of the PC game category.
"How do you evaluate game designer Chen Xu, who calls himself a Warrior of Love, choosing to release Overcooked on Valentine's Day and producing such a beautiful, heartwarming promotional video?"
The replies beneath the post were filled with all kinds of player responses.
"Don't talk to me about any Warrior of Love! Naive me actually thought Chen Xu had made