Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD32 → Dim Sum Fusion Assassin
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Innovation | 285 | 3.45 | ||
| Theme | 358 | 3.58 | ||
| Humor | 587 | 2.70 | ||
| Overall | 651 | 3.06 | ||
| Fun | 669 | 2.82 | ||
| Graphics | 710 | 2.90 | ||
| Mood | 880 | 2.45 |
Really interesting, if a bit simple. I liked the premise so I gave it a try =). I like the graphical ambiance you got, too bad you didn't put any sound, it could have really added to the immersion (restaurant and chomping sounds, you know ;)).
Thanks for trying it out. I 100% agree about the sound... it's a definite weak point of mine that I want to get better at.
Took me a few rounds to get the hang of it, but after I did pretty well playing the game. I could see this game working pretty well with touch controls. The interface had a bit too much negative space and could have been tightened up. I could see this on a mobile device with some sounds added. Neat idea!
Thanks for playing and the insight on the negative space. The reason for that was I started off with 8 potential customers and had to remove a bunch near the end of the jam so that even I could play it.
It took a few rounds to fully understand everything. One thing that was unclear to me was that I presumed customers would not take food that wasn't given to them in the order on their preferences. Once I figured everything out, though, the game was actually pretty fun. The interface is otherwise simple and easy to use, and the graphics are all consistent.
My first time through the game, I slid a bowl of poison rice to the targeted rabbit when a berserk cat kicked the door to my restaurant in, ran to the counter, and began eating the poison rice. I feel I should have gotten bonus points for assassinating the kind of jerk that stole someone else's order.
Overall, I had fun with this game, and I think it was a good entry.
I hate those berserk cats too. Thanks for playing. And I'll think about if there's a better way to communicate that the food preference order doesn't matter.
Just like everyone else, it took a while for me to pick up on how the game works. Very nice concept, decent implementation. I would have played more if it were a bit more fleshed out.
Not very forgiving. I can understand the instant game-over for poisoning the wrong customer. But for having a customer leave, or failing to poison the target, game-over felt harsh. I would have preferred to see a point system, or some other means of penalizing the player or making the game harder due to those mistakes, without instantly slamming them with the worst possible penalty.
I liked the art style, though the target icon at the bottom was a little hard to see and match up to the larger icons of actual customers.
And naturally, sound effects could have gone a long way to enhancing the experience and mood.
I feel bad about poisoning animals :P but overall good game
Even after reading your instructions it took a while to work out how to play. I like your take on the theme.
simple game but very effective, i really like the idea and the aestetic work really well. Sound and little bobbling movement to the head should help with feedbacks.
Falling behind on my acknowledgements. But thanks to all for trying it out and for the helpful critiques. I'll try to think of ways to implement these.
I could understand the game on first play because I read the how to play before start. I failed on lvl4-5 (monkey target) because of some bug : When the level start my previous customers was still there then the customers reseted and I was serving two non-targets customer when the game gave me the gameover message for no apparent reasons.
Apart of that I found the concept quite interesting and fun to play. The game would have been a lot better with some graphics + sfx feedback.
@Benjamin: Unfortunately you discovered the killer bug that I spent 2 hours on before the deadline, but it was elusive. I have a strategy now for finding/fixing it, but sorry it's not in yet. Glad it was fun until that.
I've fixed the critical bug where the ui misses a number of seats update from the backend, and have updated the download link to v1.0.1.
Sorry if I sound annoying, please be careful when using elements of a foreign culture. Please don't name your game "Dim Sum" Fusion Assassin when your restaurant is not a dimsum restaurant. We don't eat bowls of rice, bowls of noodles, or dango at a dimsum, we eat a large variety of foods, mostly dumplings. Dimsum restaurants are structured completely differently as well- Dimsums are more similar to eating at an airplane than at a restaurant - you order many small pieces of many kinds of food from servers walking around with carts full of steamed food.
That aside, the layout is clean and effective, and I can figure out the game pretty quickly. Always good to have a game that can easily be picked up.
@Pix3M: Thanks for the feedback. I had hoped the "Fusion" would cover the foods that are not served at Dim Sum. (also I was limited by existing emoji... Hamburgers and pizza show up at higher levels). And I was thinking of the style of Dim Sum where the carts come around with food and you take them if you're interested rather than the style where you order. my sincere thanks for your honesty.
Cool! It could use an introduction level where you play without poisoning, just to get the hang of things.
@Dietrich Epp: I totally agree. If I continue with it a period of just serving customers is totally on my to do list. Thanks for playing.
Haha, interesting entry. Got a lot of fun playing this one, although took me a while to understand how to play (I read the description :p)
Maybe a better way to show the customer have eat it's food to send the next one could be nice ;)
@deadbodyoutline: Thanks for playing. Thanks for pointing out that it's not clear. A "currently eating" timer animation was one of the last things I had to cut before submitting. Any future version will certainly have some changed animation / sounds / etc.
A little confusing to begin with but a pretty cool idea overall. Great Job!
@RobotHoboDanceParty: Thanks for playing! Appreciate that.
Super neat idea. Have to be both sharp assassin and attentive server at the same time.
Pretty nice concept!
I really like this premise. Kinda has a cool puzzle game feel to it. If you were to give a little more feedback to how long they are eating for, the player could then line up a few more combos. Combo's being the timing on getting food to the customers. Could even do a more open floor plan kinda like Diner Dash and make a neat puzzler out of it.
Great start!
@A Flat Miner Studios: That's exactly what I was going for. Although in my head it played a lot faster.
@Stending: Thanks.
@broknecho: The combos is something I hadn't thought of. But I definitely like the idea of a bit more planning being worth something (because the time limit encourages no planning :-)). Thanks for that feedback.
Really cool concept and neatly done. Would be good with a lot of cool ambient sound like you're really there - worth working on after the jam I reckon!
Very funny, and the title is good.
Pretty simple in a good way.
@tripleVisionGames: Thanks for the encouragement. I've been trying to figure out what kind of ambient sound I want (music or actual restaurant) for a post-jam version.
@PaperBlurt: Thanks for playing. Glad you enjoyed it.
Very innovative, a unique take on those diner-dash-like games where you need to manage your customers while focusing on one to kill at the same time. I think the presentation could have used a little help, especially audio, but I liked what I played.
The mechanic is simple and it makes the game easy to understand. The graphics are nice and I'll only echo other comments mentioning the lack of sounds that could have added a lot to the ambience. Maybe an indicator on how much time is left for a customer to finish the food ther're currently eating would be nice.
Needs more tactic as i thought :) And pretty cute graphics
@Omiya Games, @Tselmek, @Wayward: Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.