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# Yes, Chef! (AI-Powered Cooking Sim) 👨‍🍳✨

**Yes, Chef!** is an experimental, procedural cooking simulation game powered by Google's latest Gemini models. Players must satisfy the cravings of bizarre, multidimensional guests by combining ingredients and techniques, earning money to unlock new rare items from the shop.

The game is built with a **React** (Vite) frontend and a **Python** (FastAPI) backend.

![Gameplay Screenshot](sprites/placeholder_dish_1765632023576.png)

## 🚀 Key Features

*   **Procedural Guests**: Guests are generated on the fly with unique personalities, visual styles, and dietary restrictions (e.g., "Byte-Biter Bartholomew", a glitchy wolf who eats JPEG artifacts).
*   **Creative Cooking**: Combine standard ingredients (Steak, Tomato) with sci-fi oddities (Plasma Melon, Chrono-berries) using tools like **Lasers**, **Time Dilators**, and **Freeze Rays**.
*   **AI Reaction Cards**: The final dish is judged by the guest, generating a unique **"Vertical Trading Card"** image that composites the guest, the dish, and their facial reaction based on the verdict.
*   **Shop & Mini-Games**: Buy "Blind Boxes" to unlock new AI-generated ingredients. While the item generates, play one of 5 random mini-games (Bubble Popper, Rhythm Chop, etc.).
*   **Gallery**: A persistent history of all your past services, preserving the generated guest bios and dish outcomes.

## 🤖 AI Models Used

This project heavily relies on Google's Gemini API for dynamic content:

*   **Gemini