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Diner Dash

By snotax and Mesaying

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8303.3425
Fun9283.0425
Innovation5843.3425
Theme1944.2825
Graphics9642.9125
Humor9792.3123
Mood10022.9724

Comments

adam-jenness 2023-05-01 14:03

I like it, little confused in the beginning what i was supposed to do but figured it out, great game

leo-barber-dev 2023-05-01 14:13

1850, its an interesting concept but I dont know if im a good enough micromanager to manage all of the waiters at once. also sometimes id get an item that i didnt need and not the items i needed like no pizza spawning when there are multiple orders for it but the counter has a bunch of cake and coffee on it

snotax 2023-05-01 14:16

@leo-barber-dev Thanks for the feedback. The prepared foods get replaced randomly over time :D Thanks for playing!

kgurniak91 2023-05-01 14:20

Nice game, really like the splash screen and sound effects. Would be cool if there was a way to move the servers with the keyboard (for example WSAD, IKJL and arrow keys) but maybe then it would be too easy.

snotax 2023-05-01 14:27

@kgurniak91 Yes, maybe we could have added keyboard support. The way it is now, it's easy to play on mobile aswell, so we thought we let it this way :D

evelyne-lb 2023-05-01 14:39

I found the introduction picture really nice, and I liked the gameplay idea! It was hard to manage all those clients at once, but I enjoyed playing it. Congrats!

tildecat 2023-05-01 20:29

Great game mechanism! Animations are really nice. It was fun to play!

pauljs 2023-05-02 08:52

Neat little! Maybe a bit too much waiter more than we can handle simutaniously but aside fromt that it works well!

3mpty 2023-05-02 12:48

Really weird but superbly novel puzzle type game. I really really like positioning my guys to access different areas they can't get to alone, I think theres lots of potential there but I don't think its a good fit for a harsh timer based game, feels more like a game you calculate and think about each move with to solve the puzzle.

But I really really like it, I was thinking hard the whole time and that was awesome, it really tickled my brain with how interesting the idea was, despite the fact that it's pretty simple conceptually it felt like there was loads of depth there.

jonrei 2023-05-02 13:09

I was such an awful waiter until i learned how to make them crash into eachother in order to make a perfect path. Teamwork makes the dream work!

anchry 2023-05-03 08:15

Running headfirst into each other for optimal service. This is true realism, fun little entry with some interesting ideas!

jaxah 2023-05-03 13:16

This is an interesting idea, but it needs some sort of tutorial level so we understand what we are supposed to do

nivbeth 2023-05-03 22:19

I think my score is not that high, but I had a lot of fun! :smile: Bildschirmfoto 2023-05-04 um 00.18.44.png

drainkid 2023-05-04 00:45

Surprising how giving you multiple characters makes sliding puzzles way more fun! At first I was kinda overwhelmed, but once I figured out I could swap my food between waiters everything sorta fell into place and became super satisfying. Great job :)

clarkdjent 2023-05-04 09:12

I really enjoyed this game. The switching food between waiters added a lot of fun, as well as the puzzle aspect to the game. I also really liked the art including the cover image which was very cool. A tutorial might be nice to know what to do, but I still had fun regardless.

poppy-entertainment 2023-05-04 10:44

i had a "hard" time undetranding what to do at first, bot then the game was fun

francis 2023-05-12 21:35

**For anyone confused: You need to pick up food at the counter at the top of the screen.** It took me a while to understand how to play, but I after I got it, I thought it was pretty fun. There seems to be quite a bit of depth to this game. Very creative mechanics, well done :)

I do agree with the person that said a tutorial level would be nice, if you had time. Perhaps just a smaller, simple level so the player isn't immediately overwhelmed with a ton of stuff on the screen.

Also I saw you added some screenshots on your itch page, but you should also do that with your LDJam page.

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sleepystudios 2023-05-14 16:54

This is a really elegant puzzle game nice work! I loved all the little details like being able to bin stuff and swap stuff between waiters. I liked that it all just worked and didn't need lots of explanations. My one problem with it was not being able to choose what to pick up, it added a layer of difficulty that was obviously avoidable by swapping with other waiters but that lack of control went against the puzzle aspect (in my opinion).

snotax 2023-05-15 11:08

@sleepystudios Thank you very much for the feedback. Yes we would have to work on the pickup logic if we would develop a new version.