dylan-ellis 2017-12-03 22:10
I really enjoy this game! It's gets incredibly hectic at the end and I found myself hilariously smacking sous chefs away left and right. Very enjoyable
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD40 → Too Many Cooks!
By bocodillo
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 127 | 3.75 | 34 | |
| Fun | 225 | 3.51 | 35 | |
| Innovation | 46 | 3.92 | 34 | |
| Theme | 42 | 4.21 | 35 | |
| Graphics | 146 | 3.82 | 34 | |
| Audio | 181 | 3.35 | 34 | |
| Humor | 40 | 3.92 | 34 |
I really enjoy this game! It's gets incredibly hectic at the end and I found myself hilariously smacking sous chefs away left and right. Very enjoyable
The end of each round got a little out of hand and it was hard to keep track of what was going in and what was happening to the flavor bars but I love the style and idea! Very fun!
Great work. Very hectic! I couldn't quite work out what some of the ingredients would do until they were dropped in the pot and my sous chefs loved fish for some reason... By they end I was just slapping away sous chefs left and right to try and preserve the broth I had.
This is a nice take on the theme. However, as I burn salad in real life, I had no chance in the game. My wife, however, was given a 10 from one of the judges.
I love the idea of swatting away pesky cooks that try to ruin your work, and the graphics fit the concept nicely.
The controls could use some work though. I played around with the game and I tried to prevent all chefs from adding stuff but some always came through no matter what I tried. This makes the game very tough to control later on when there is a lot going on. Also, color-coding the food may have helped, as sometimes it's tough to react quickly and figure out the flavor of each food at the same time.
When it comes to audio, I wish you would have opted for a more crunchy slapping sound and maybe a slight screenshake. Slapping the chefs is the core mechanic around which the whole game pivots and I think it may have become much more tangible by adding some more heft to the slaps.
Overall I liked the premise a lot and would return to give it another spin should decide to make a post-compo version.
Starts off manageable and spirals into a chaotic mess. A nice tasting chaotic mess. Good job!
They say too many cooks spoil the broth... Loved the organised chaos! Ended up with some super spicy soup.
lol too many cooks, it takes a lot to make a stew.
The second I've seen called "Too Many Cook!" that becomes crazier the longer it goes on.
love this game! Maybe I'm playing Whac-A-Mole at the end of this game. So funny!
God, it's difficult... :D
Overall a great game, the graphics work well and the concept felt original, which I always like
The pixel art is solid and the idea is quite innovative. Love the tension and desperation when all chefs are holding up their boards - it's the same feeling when all stakeholders are telling me how to make a product at my daily work XD
This game is almost complete. The critics part in the end is so immersive that make me want to play it again.
Congrats
Just a quick edit to add some basic (not all) the info about the ingredients to the above description (same info as the itch.io page), as it was requested by a few people. The game is unchanged.
Also massive thanks to the comments so far, I'm doing my best to play all of your games too, and your comments will help me balance & update a post-jam version!
Wow! That's an impressive amount of asprite work for a compo, and it's really good too! I'm impressed! The game is also really fun! Nailed the theme.
This game instantly grabbed my attention. I liked the innovative idea and the humor in slapping away the cooks. Sadly I could play for only about a minute before the game would crash on Windows, didn't matter the quality or resolution. Also liked the pixel art, specialy the stove.
I found the result of your action (or inaction) a bit slow to appear, since it takes some seconds after you choose what to do with an ingredient to see the effect, while there are other decisions to make.
Overall,good work. Would like to see an improved versionof this. ^^
Nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxcULPo0hyk
Loved the programmer art! I also liked the mechanic and the concept, it fit the theme well. The addition of a +, - or * next to each category in the HUD was a nice touch. Good job!
Haha great and unique entry! Perfect theme use! Really hard though especially towards the end when they really start to pile up. Got a 9 my first go but only because of luck. I'm torn about if it should be explained what each ingredient adds at the start as some are less obvious than others. But on the other hand it might be part of the challenge to figure it out as well.
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Loved this game. great use of the theme!
Hey great having you on stream! This was great fun to play!
Those nosey little cooks! Leave me alone lol :yum:
It would be great to have feedback when the bars are just right (maybe like a godly "AWWWWW" with the flavour bar when it gets to the "gold zone" score with a shining indication)
For added difficulty it would be great to use the spatula to taste test the broth (you don't know the flavours till you try it, and with each new ingridient added it changed the recipe and you have to taste again!!! :yum:)
If you have the time this would be great in a masterchef kind of style - With scores and rankings depending on AI (There could be a bad chef, decent chef and gordan ramsey) to face off against for each difficulty level and the weakest one gets chucked out of the process!
:yum: Great game!! Thank you for making it!! :yum:
Pretty funny, haha. I think the hitboxes for the cooks could be a little bigger though.
I like idea , but it hard for me :P i also like music and graphics. very good job :D