Ramen Master by RowdyGhosts

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made by RowdyGhosts for LD29 (JAM)
Give the customer a delicious bowl of ramen! But beware, you must must make sure the correct ingredients make it BELOW THE SURFACE of the broth or they won't be happy! =(

Have fun! =)

Ratings

Coolness 69% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.68 644
Audio(Jam) 2.76 483
Fun(Jam) 2.37 639
Graphics(Jam) 3.09 482
Humor(Jam) 3.03 203
Innovation(Jam) 2.85 438
Mood(Jam) 2.49 644
Theme(Jam) 1.74 745

Feedback

Cake&Code
29. Apr 2014 路 02:21 UTC
An interesting idea, though the ties to the theme are a bit forced haha.

I was doing pretty horrible before I switched from using a trackpad to using a mouse but then it got interesting. It was till difficult to know if I'd dropped the food in the right spot or not but it was easier than before.
馃帳 RowdyGhosts
29. Apr 2014 路 02:51 UTC
Your comments are very correct! haha
Korwegian
29. Apr 2014 路 03:12 UTC
More vegetableness, some meatiness, and gimme that dang cookie.
Cambrian_Man
29. Apr 2014 路 03:14 UTC
That's quite a title screen you've got! I get that the whole physicsness of it is the point, and it could be cool, but I found it more annoying than funny. I had a hard time knowing what my hand would grab. I think it'd work better if you could sort of fling things around with a flick, that way you could 'dig' through your ingredients and just toss the right ones in. I think that could actually make it into a fun mobile game.
archaeometrician
29. Apr 2014 路 04:12 UTC
Funny game, original and well implemented. The artwork is really well done. Great work !
TeamPurpleDolphins
29. Apr 2014 路 04:12 UTC
Liked the graphics style but I found the controls a bit frustrating
olkeencole
29. Apr 2014 路 04:12 UTC
Fun concept. You probably could've gone 'deeper' with it. Needs a bit more instruction at the beginning, and definitely make sure the drop targets are easily detectable.
TyrusPeace
29. Apr 2014 路 04:15 UTC
I found placing things in the bowl to be more frustrating than not; likely because of the "below the surface of the broth" bit ;).
GrooveMan
29. Apr 2014 路 11:11 UTC
Playing is quite fiddly (partially because the game window is so tall, but it was amusing to play. It might have fit the theme better if the order of the ingredients mattered, so some are BELOW THE SURFACE, and some rise above.
HybridMind
30. Apr 2014 路 02:13 UTC
I had trouble understanding the instructions of what ingredients to place in the soup. The placing mechanic is tough to use (my items regularly missed the bowl), and timing feels very fast. I think the concept is funny and could be fun with a bit more tuning though. I enjoyed the silly music and the graphics. You have also made me crave ramen!
kidder
30. Apr 2014 路 03:43 UTC
Love the graphics and concept. Difficulty curve could use some work, it ramps up pretty slowly.
Coin Flip Games
04. May 2014 路 05:57 UTC
Really creative idea!
Loneshark
06. May 2014 路 02:45 UTC
Screen is a bit too tall for 1600x900...

Man, now I crave Ramen...
VictoryGarden
06. May 2014 路 02:58 UTC
A lovely starting page and nice graphics; however, there's some issues with use of screen real estate. You have all that nice space between bowl and ingredients which doesn't seem to be used for anything, but the ingredients are placed just at the bottom border of the screen--where clicking and dragging is at a maximum likelihood to just deselect the window. I also couldn't understand why I lost the game when I did, so some information on the loss condition would be helpful.
ChuiGum
06. May 2014 路 05:03 UTC
Nice music, graphics, and game!
Nezzhil
06. May 2014 路 15:58 UTC
Hard to understand the instructions, doesn't fill the jam theme
pikkpoiss
07. May 2014 路 06:03 UTC
I like the idea of trying to figure out the ingredients which would suit the customer's request, but got too hung up on the difficulty of dragging items fast enough that I didn't really get to think about what I was doing. Adjusting the timing and accuracy constraints would help I think, but this is a promising start!
DavidErosa
08. May 2014 路 11:56 UTC
Nice idea, but I could barely guess what the clients requested (english is not my main language :( )
randoman
09. May 2014 路 08:34 UTC
I don't see how it fits with the theme but is a very nice game. The only thing I would suggest is to make the 'grab' mora accurate
tchem
09. May 2014 路 17:37 UTC
great,, crazy concept, i like it.
stvr
09. May 2014 路 19:46 UTC
I also ask for my noodles to have fillingness!
XenosNS
10. May 2014 路 02:24 UTC
I love whole pigs in my noodles. Especially ones that smile at me
TobiasW
11. May 2014 路 19:18 UTC
Was it intended that it's hard to grab/drop things at the right position? I often had the feeling that it should've been put into the pot, but missed it anyway.

Apart from that, the gameplay was easy enough to understand and fun. The graphics work fine and the sounds are great.

A bit more feedback would've been nice - I was suddenly game over, which came as a surprise to me.

Here, have some votiness and commentings!

PS: We are not a fast food restaurant! Damn youngsters always in a hurry!