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The One Fork Restaurant

By drludos

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme44.33
Coolness373
Humor953.44
Fun1203.51
Innovation1593.49
Overall1713.47
Mood3073.06
Graphics3353.24
Audio4382.64

Comments

dsoft20 2013-12-16 13:21

Nice and fun game!
Surely I'll never eat in a restaurant where you have to share the fork :P
I think that will fit perfectly as an iphone/android game :P

majorcrampas 2013-12-16 13:27

Neat game

tonasz 2013-12-16 17:10

I totally love the idea since I saw a post about it in your journal! I laught so hard :) These simply artstyle fit the game perfect. The only thing I miss is propably difficult curve. After that thousand-something points I wasn't sure if it's getting more difficult. But till that I got a fun :) Like dsoft20 said it fits a touch screen good.

gazpachogames 2013-12-16 18:24

Nice, very nice... It's so funny!

grifdail 2013-12-16 18:28

Nice realisation ! I like it !

joeprogram 2013-12-16 18:32

Fantastic! Having worked a time management game myself, its nice to see the core of the medium so elegantly boiled down to its simplest form. The premise is excellent, and could be easily be extended. Maybe the chef needs to use the fork to cook too, or there's also one spoon and one knife going around.

Nice work!

zxeno 2013-12-16 18:47

One fork? Talk about a sanitation issue! :)

This was a really great game. The challenge was awesome, the pacing was really good, and the art style was very consistent. Excellent work!

xrm0 2013-12-16 18:59

I like it! Fun and it's nice that the first screen explains how to play.
The only thing I would have changed is the instructions screen, there is too much text on it.

latfoued 2013-12-16 19:10

Pretty funny idea, it gets a bit hard with 3 hungry people.

drludos 2013-12-16 20:56

Thanks all for playing and for your comments!

@JoeProgram: At first, I had some little variations in mind, such as the fact that some customers would require a clean fork, so you'll have to wash it before sending it to them - sanitation matters after all as ZXeno said ;).

Your comments motivates me to try to extend the game after the compo, and maybe do a mobile version too (I actually tried it on a Flash-capable Android tablet, and you're right, the game is quite a good fit).

static-64 2013-12-17 05:03

Very fun, balanced, and clever. It implements the theme very well.

2013-12-17 12:20

Really nice game, great idea! Bien joué ;)

mnemusyne 2013-12-17 20:00

Funny idea, the green bar is a little hard to see at times.

lorniebear 2013-12-17 20:08

Does the word hygiene come to mind...

badlydrawnrod 2013-12-17 20:38

Original and very playable with crisp, clean graphics. This would make an excellent phone / tablet game.

fmgames 2013-12-17 21:01

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lissar 2013-12-17 23:59

Interesting but simple concept! I bet that fork is disgusting, though.

dalbinblue 2013-12-18 04:32

It's a cool inverted wack-a-mole game. Nice simple, but quite fun.

madball 2013-12-18 14:42

I played it during compo, and this time it's much more balanced. It feels challenging, but you can come out of any situation. It doesn't have a lot of stuff, but what's done is done excellent. Good job!

finefin 2013-12-18 17:06

hehe nice idea and fluid gameplay. well done!

_zulli 2013-12-18 22:15

Great job! Really awesome use of the theme. Simple concept but it works perfectly! :))

_zulli 2013-12-18 22:17

Ooops. I forgot to submit my ratings at first! :P now its rated :P

adamwfindlay 2013-12-18 23:49

Nice take on the concept! Nice and easy to pick up and play but with plenty of fun.

hyde-wyvern 2013-12-19 00:59

WOAAAAA this game is so much fun and so creative! perfect entry I loved it :D Got 1000 points *_*

timkaldor 2013-12-19 10:24

hilarious and complete, a perfect Ludum Dare entry.

jacklehamster 2013-12-19 11:05

At first, I thought "What kind of idea is that?", but the game turned out to be quite addictive.

undonedevs 2013-12-19 19:19

So funny game!! Great mechanics and nice game! :D

supremefist 2013-12-19 21:13

760 points :) Really fun mechanic and very well done! I enjoyed it a lot! Thanks!

lukuluk 2013-12-19 22:13

Really fun to play ! The mood is good, the challenge is interesting and the sound of eating is so cool ! The balance is good, but I was a big master at the first try ^^
Perhaps you could add big eaters or characters who wait less time that the others ! And a funny music too !

venks 2013-12-20 07:29

A very interesting take on the theme. I have to say I really enjoyed it.

zephyr-raine 2013-12-21 12:38

A pretty cool game. Nice idea.

sclark39 2013-12-21 18:54

Fun little mini-game. I'd be so pissed if I had to eat at this place. :)

ehtd 2013-12-22 23:08

Very nice concept and theme, a new mechanic could greatly improve the game, since it is very fun at the start, but It becomes somewhat repetitive.

hamster_mk_4 2013-12-23 00:47

You got quite a bit of depth from such a simple mechanic. Great Job.

liamlime 2013-12-23 12:36

Definitely one of the better games I've seen. At first you get the idea that you just have them eat in the order they come in, but soon realize this is not the optimal strategy, in fact it doesn't work well at all. Very clever, and kinda addictive.

jprogman 2013-12-25 09:17

Plays just like a Game & Watch handheld. Very nice work!

michail 2013-12-25 23:49

What a crazy idea! Pretty cool interpretation of the theme :)

local-minimum 2013-12-26 16:22

Got to 1270pts and if that's not much I'm gonna blame it on being sick while playing. Anyhow, a really nice game. A good introductory difficulty and progression towards harder customers. I wasn't quite understanding when or why I got new stars, but that doesn't matter much. I'm a bit skeptic about the hygiene of that establishment, but the customers seems happy (Washing the fork could of course be an added complexity for later stages).

drludos 2013-12-26 16:34

Thanks to all of you for your feedback!

@localminimum: The actual record for now is 1360 points, so 1270 is a pretty good score! :)

Regarding the new "stars" (lives) you'll get an extra life each time the difficulty level increase in the "latter stages" of the game (e.g. you'll get an extra life after 800 pts, another one after 1200 pts, 1600 pts and 2000 pts)

mmickyman 2013-12-26 20:09

Well done, cool idea, captivating simple game eheh !
My personal high score : 1400 points from 71 happy customers.

kyatric 2013-12-27 14:02

Very nice entry.
It's very simple, yet super effective, perfectly in the theme, well done on the audio/graphic level, and damn "hard"/addicting gameplay.

My customers started to have "bigger bowls" apparently (going from 5 forkful to 6/7) quite soon to my taste, I would have liked a bit more progression before it happened (or maybe I started switching fork too soon before they ate it ?, not sure though, I let some customers finish their bowl just to make sure and they were definitely eating for longer than the very first ones).

Nice mood/humor though, even if, as stated in other comments, I wouldn't go to a restaurant with a single fork ^^

Well made and nice to play, all in 48 hours, congratulations !

kayelgee 2013-12-27 15:33

Fun game got a score of 1630 ^^

goerp 2013-12-28 18:57

Haha the screenshots look like one large diner.
I think this is a good take on the theme. Easy to understand and play.
After playing it for a while I wished you could have something more convenient in stead of a mouse and then I saw there were Android downloads too.
I had a try on my android too. And like other people said: a good game for mobile.

greytram 2013-12-31 19:42

Very simple but very addictive game!
Among all the contributions I've seen so far, it's one of the gameplay ideas that fit most with the LD theme!

nppro93 2014-01-05 19:24

Really great spin on the Diner Dash time-management game type. One of the best uses of theme I've seen in the compo. Great work!

novodantis 2014-01-05 20:18

Hilarious, frustrating and highly playable

rincewind_cz 2014-01-06 02:54

Nice little game :-) Have you ever heard about dining philosophers problem?

pirate-rob 2014-01-06 12:23

"Dude, I walked into a restaurant the other day, they only had one fork and served rice, worst date ever."

Nice, very challenging.

jimmypaulin 2014-01-06 19:19

Love the jolly graphics and animations. The tutorial screen is excellent and the controls were very easy to pick up. There is a well-judged difficulty ramp and a pleasing dash of strategy to be had! I suppose I would like to see a little more variety in the foodstuffs / customers (like a really fat guy or something?) but this is a really great entry

xhunterko 2014-01-07 00:53

This was great! Though I would not eat at this place. Not at all.