Felt like you tried a lot of interesting mechanics with this game! Needing to complete a different mini-game for each item is a cool idea for a Diner Dash style game. The Internet Aesthetic is also really cool, I had a nice "Aha!" moment when I figured out I could multi-task with the minigames (Letting the fries or coffee go while I do other stuff). And with that said, the internet ads popping up really added to the charm and aesthetic this game has (Along with its hectic nature). The fact you were able to make this many minigames in a jam as quick as this one is also really cool!
If it's ok to offer a bit of constructive criticism- I would love to have a chance to learn some of the mini-games & get an order or 2 out before 4 of the Customers run it at once 😅 I had to restart a few times, as I write this I realize I wasn't sure if there was a lose condition but the sort of vibe I got from it was that I was doing something wrong. I think it might also be cool if we started off with orders that asked for 1 or 2 items, to ease into some of the more abstract mini-games. I was confused on the infinite donut hole because it seemed like the most "out there" game, with the changing numbers. Once I figured it out I realized it wasn't so bad, I just originally thought I had to keep going down.
Thank you so much for submitting this game! I think you've got a really cool concept on your hands & I'd love to see you explore it more! :)
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Thank you for playing! It were originally intended for costumers to order less itens, but at some point I forgot to implement it lol
And yeah, the game has no tutorials unfortunately nor pratice functionalities, which is a big flaw.
I tried to mend it with the bold texts on the background, and accidentally loved the aesthetic lmao
About the defeat flag, the game checks how many costumers remain on the cafe every 10 or so seconds, when everyone leaves the day ends!
And about the donut minigame, I wanted to implement the functionality of having to dig deeper to find donuts but I often found it impossible to get donuts! You can get donuts very easily aside from the "???????" because it is intentionally impossible(I made the screen close after 5 or so seconds as a hint).
If I ever revisit Cafe Couteau, I will take your criticism into consideration and maybe add a tolerance limit for the costumers, where they only leave after getting considerably mad at your service instead of imediatelly leaving lol
Thanks again!