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Life & fun · July 5, 2026

I hated how much my 12-year-old played Roblox, so we built our own FPS

I'm a father of two, 7 and 12. They are obsessed with Roblox, especially Rivals. Like a lot of parents, we did not love it. We tried the usual things: block it, limit it, set timers." It became a daily battle, a lose-lose situation. So I flipped the problem. Instead of fighting what they loved, I decided to lean into it, but with a twist. Why just play an FPS when you could build one together? My kids became the PMs. Claude and I became their engineer. I was shocked by how fast we moved. We picked a name, Cooked and started building. Get in. Lock in. Get cooked! In the first 3 hours, we had…

I hated how much my 12-year-old played Roblox, so we built our own FPS launched on July 5, 2026 with 23 votes, #817 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Cooked is a browser-based first-person shooter game that families can build and play together. Created by a father frustrated with his children's Roblox habit, it shifts the dynamic from passive consumption to collaborative creation, with kids serving as project managers and parents as developers. The game supports multiple devices simultaneously, including mobile, allowing family members to play together across laptops, tablets, and phones while customizing features like weapons and gameplay mechanics.

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From the sources

Tell your friends this word — on their home screen they tap Join by word and type it in. No link needed. Fit your face in the circle. Camera stays on your device — the photo is sent only to other players, never a server. Drop into a private range with 10 standing dummies and every weapon unlocked — try them all. Dummies pop back up 5s after they're cooked. Leave anytime. Heavier weapons slow you down; melee is fastest. Pick what fills each of your 4 slots — it carries into every match. Bloom, outlines & shadows — richer look, but uses more GPU/CPU. Off keeps the game light. Reloads to apply. On touch, your gun auto-aims at and fires on an enemy when they're in your sights — so you can keep…from cooked.house

In the maker’s words, at launch

I'm a father of two, 7 and 12. They are obsessed with Roblox, especially Rivals. Like a lot of parents, we did not love it. We tried the usual things: block it, limit it, set timers." It became a daily battle, a lose-lose situation. So I flipped the problem. Instead of fighting what they loved, I decided to lean into…

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