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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Playability | #804 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Artistic Style | #970 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Cleverness | #1471 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| Theme | #1934 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- The game works, the gameloop is working, but it is relatively basic at the moment. Right now, you can just stand in the middle of the map and minimally step to left or right to avoid UFOs for a long while. (30k-ish highscore just by doing that on the second attempt) There needs to be more to do on the map. Like raiding dumpster or something else to find ingredients. The art style works for the game. But what absolutely does not work for the game is the theme. Neither is cooking = alchemy a strong enough connection nor the shadowy/shady cooking background. I would change the map to a forest, where you can at night gather ingredients but must avoid ghosts/werewolves/dryads and stuff while going around PoIs to gather specific materials. this would give you a better connection to the theme and make the map more interesting. Overall good basis, but needs more work on and better tie in to the theme.
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
How were you supposed to know that these aliens had come in peace? As a top chef you thought that you had caught and were preparing the biggest pair of frog legs the world had ever seen. Now these frog aliens are all searching for you.
Play as a chef trying to hide from the angry aliens. Move using WASD or the arrow keys and turn into a dumpster using the spacebar.
Our GDD is located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1URKybwT1Iy8ogTZV2RpC0JkjJ65IAv-OJBAAH0d9jHg/edit?usp=sharing
We had to pivot greatly due to time constraints so the GDD is describing a vastly different game that we weren't able to complete.
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Good job on your entry! I like the theme of the game, and I think the hiding mechanics work well. I'd definitely like to see a more fleshed out version like you described in the GDD - I really like the idea of a blacklisted chef dodging cops while grabbing ingredients from dumpsters :D
Thanks so much for checking out our game! We really liked our original concept as well however I'm glad we got something submitted.
27735 score is kinda good right? :D
I feel like this game has a potential - only needs a bit polish. I would love to see this game with some quests, tasks, achievements, more different enemies and maybe different world elements that I could turn into?
Really nice art style and music.
The issues I've found: enemies despawning when they are off the screen shows in light that they have dissappearing and sfx is kinda broken at the level I've reached.
Overall well done and keep working on it ;)
Your score is higher than I've gotten. Thanks for playing and providing feedback!