Here’s a thing that’s now on my radar,thanks to Twitter—Haymaker Games‘Ghost Chef.

Scheduled as an Xbox LIVE Arcade release, the game puts spectres in the kitchen, in what the indie developer calls a “revolution in interactive spectral cooking.”Ghost Chefwill feature solo, cooperative, and campaign modes, with players using their spirits to stir, cook, and otherwise tend kitchen. That will involve fighting off a giant squid, and avoiding the hazards of slipping on syrup. Because these are the things ghost chefs worry about, of course.

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The game currently has no publisher, apparently being entirely funded out-of-pocket by Haymaker at this point. But considering the public outcry for more ghost cooking games (and the fact that this trailer has sold me on the concept when I know very little about the actual game) bodes well for its future. Anyone out there want to throw some money at ’em?

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