cituchi 2021-10-05 14:00
very atmospheric game, cool pixel art.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Cynthia and the Forest Restaurant
By cloudlunar
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 551 | 3.66 | 36 | |
| Fun | 968 | 3.22 | 36 | |
| Innovation | 663 | 3.39 | 36 | |
| Theme | 1307 | 2.83 | 35 | |
| Graphics | 275 | 4.16 | 36 | |
| Audio | 207 | 3.86 | 36 | |
| Humor | 579 | 3.20 | 32 | |
| Mood | 226 | 3.92 | 36 |
very atmospheric game, cool pixel art.
Сool game
I like this game! I overcooked my first meat soup, yay! ^_^ I really like the sound and this cat Amon is so cute!
I loved the art and the mood of the game !
This game felt really cute and enjoyable! I really liked the aesthetics and the way that the map looked. The setting felt very cozy, and like a place where you have a fun adventure. The music was lovely and fitted very well. The game mechanics seemed fun! Whilst playing the game, I had some issues. When the cat came back, information popped up on the right of the screen, but the highest box of information was half outside of the window for the game, so I couldn't read it. Also, sometimes when it said I could do something by pressing F, it didn't work immediately. Also, it was a bit hard to click the button that goes to the next message in dialogue, so sometimes I got stuck trying to press the arrow. I feel like I want to come back and explore this game more ^^
Chill game, nice looking art style and enjoyed the relaxed mood. The gameplay is perhaps a bit too complicated, felt like there was a lot to do, but sadly then the game "broke", the cat got stuck in the roof when it was supposed to deliver food.
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@hanna404 - Yes. It should be better to separate important and unimportant pop-up messages - About pressing the arrow, it may be a bug. In fact, just click the blank part of the dialog box. However, clicking on the arrow and text may just block the button. I'll fix it later
@stoffe - Aha This is the first time this happened... I should add an impassable collision to the roof.
I really liked the look and sound of the game. Nice and relaxing, although i got a bit obsessive checking th status of the soup every couple of seconds xD. Unfortunately i also encouted the stuck cat bug mentioned above, but still, great job! =D
Lovely art style, was a little confused about the objective.
@sexganon Thank you for playing 1. In fact, you can observe the color change of the soup without opening the menu frequently 2. Aha Let me add a collision for this cat problem... The web version and PC v1.0.8 has been updated !
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Nice art and atmosphere. I found the game mechanics a bit confusing, maybe important messages don't read very well. But overall very well done! Always add points there is a cat in the game xD
Fun game! Art is wonderful! Nice tone overall. Would love to see more detail in some of the dark areas along the top and bottom of the screen. Would also be nice if F would close the open window instead of opening it again. Feeling very relaxed after playing. Thank you.
Wow, I loved the mood and RPG-like mechanics in this! I've completed one playthrough but I feel like I've just scratched the surface, considering there's a whole quality system and seemingly many mission dishes. The art and music is also really nice. I would play an expanded version of this game - well done!
Great game! I love the art, and the music is truly incredible. Together they create a great chill vibe. Good gameplay loop and I like the achievements and unlocks system. I got stuck on the cat breeder mission because I couldn't figure out what dish it wanted (tried ordinary and delicious fish soup), so I would recommend making the missions a little more clear. Lots of little details in the game, the way the fire in the cooking pot lights up & the subtle character animations are really well done. Good job!
@emaigualmc2-art @nathant @brainloaf-studio @chairshot-games Thanks for your feedback. I’m glad you enjoyed the game.:smile: @chairshot-games In fact, just "fish", uncooked one, is acceptable. Haha, the goal of this mission may be a little bit... brain-teaser-like. Because in my perception, people rarely give cats cooked food.
I am wondering if this game was done by a big team, because everything looks so well done. The atmosphere (background, particles), the UI and all the prompts windows showing up, someone even took the time to make the whole story behind the game, the theme is there and the gameplay is amazing!
Lovely art style！！！
It reminded me of "dont starve together" i loved cooking there. Nice Game.
Games are cool! I love the light and shadow effects in the background and the swaying particles, they are dreamy, the effect is fantastic!
The setting for the cat to find/transport food materials is also interesting. While waiting for the cat to return, I tried some cooking and found that the color of the soup would change with time (I didn't notice this detail at the beginning, so it burned), very meticulous
I felt the jumping sound was a bit jarring, and I was a bit unsure about where to find what ingredients, so I wasted some of my travel.Like making a fire potion, but I don't know where to find fire
游戏很酷！我喜欢背景朦胧的光影效果和摇曳的粒子，它们很梦幻，效果真的很棒~
小猫猫找寻/传送食材的设定也很有意思（我也想要这样的猫.jpg），在等猫咪回来的过程中尝试了一些烹饪，发现随着时间的变化汤的颜色也会改变（一开始没有注意到这个细节结果糊了），很细致
就是我感觉跳跃的音效有点突兀（频繁按键会有些鬼畜），另外对于去哪里能找到什么食材有些不确定，因此白跑了一些路程。比如说要制作火焰药剂，但是我不知道在哪里能找到火
The atmosphere and mood of the game are awesome, super chill and satisfying. I liked unlocking progressively more complex recipes and figuring out how to make them well.
It's a little hard to see what's happening at night since everythingg is so dark, and the interactables can stack in a way that makes it hard to select the one you want (like when the cat walks in front of the storage cabinet). Also, I wish there was a consistent way to exit the current menu - right now it's usually the last number in a list, but that is different depending on what you interact with, which can be confusing. Making the controls a bit more consistent and simple would really amplify the sit-back-and-relax vibe that the game already excels at!
@zet @jinghuang @Falawiska Thank you for playing.
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To @zet:
In fact, apart from the use of some 3-party audio (mentioned in the description) and small number of VFXs that Unity comes with, all gameplay design, stories, programs and art are done by myself.
Originally, I wanted to participate in the compo, but I accidentally designed it to be a bit big. It is indeed impossible to finish it in 48 hours, and it is still in a hurry in 72 hours.
In fact, I didn't finish it until the last minute. At that time, I had finished the writing of all my tasks but I had even not played them once, so I fixed a lot of bugs post-jam.
Here are things I done:
-Try to make everything happen in one room to decrease the scene painting workload
-Use pixel art, which can be drawn very quickly
-In order to reduce the workload of the UI, most systems reuse a dialog box and a notification box (actually just two simple rectangular boxes)
-Actually, the length of the story is not big, with a total of ~100 sentences of dialogue in total (I haven't calculated the specifics). Most of the tasks are interesting little ideas. My main idea is to use some random mechanisms to break up the story, so as to make the entire game experience rich enough
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To @Falawiska
Haha yes, Don’t Starve Together is also one of my favorite games, I was inspired by it
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To @GuinyTime
（剧透预警）
哈哈，确实音效加的太仓促了，食材其实本来想加两本区域食材介绍书，也没时间加了。
顺便…其实所有材料再煮糊一点就能得到火元素了:) 然后后面有个有趣的玩火任务
但感觉藏的有点深，也加了火焰花和火焰史莱姆作为备选(南部丛林会刷)
@rumor Thanks for playing and providing useful suggestions
Yes, item interaction and dialogue options really need to be improved.
The jam time is too short. In order to make one less interface, so I deal with it simply. Making the options clickable should make the experience better
i loved the game , it was really fun playing it
Nice loop, very clean.
I liked the pot changing colour to give you a concept of time passing - I missed it the first time around so kept opening and closing the pot to check. Music is good, but now I want more food.
I liked the arts and the atmosphere, but the excess of text makes the game boring
The gameplay was a bit slow for my taste, but the pixel art was really good and the music was nice and soothing
You have managed to create great atmosphere. I enjoyed playing it. I don't know if I pressed sth, but at a certain point the game just reloaded from start. Overall good entry I liked it.
画风很可爱啊，玩起来很轻松的小游戏~不过很多成就没有解锁，藏得太深了
A beautiful and atmospheric game. Very nice music and well done day and night. It is very pleasant to be in the restaurant at night. the character animation is good too. But it seems to me that some of the sounds during actions are too harsh.
I like the pixel art and the overall atmosphere. At first the gameplay was a little bit confusing for me, but it got better the longer I played. Overall I enjoyed the game.
what a lovely game ! Warm atmoshpere nice sounds and insane pixel art . The concept is pretty good and the unstable factor is scaling nicely . Great job !