YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT by ratly

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made by ratly for LD35 (JAM)
What if food...ate you? In this game, a routine visit to your favorite restaurant becomes a harrowing existential journey. Your friends and family call you a “good eater.” It’s up to you to decide what that means.


CONTROLS:
Space: open / close mouth
Mouse: pick up food



A game created with Unity by:
Matt Margini (Art+Programming)
Chelsea Tymms (Programming+Art)

Ratings

Coolness 74% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.97 794
Audio(Jam) 3.21 360
Fun(Jam) 2.87 738
Graphics(Jam) 3.00 740
Humor(Jam) 3.72 79
Innovation(Jam) 3.24 392
Mood(Jam) 2.76 791
Theme(Jam) 3.68 271

Feedback

thegoofromspace
19. Apr 2016 · 08:42 UTC
So if you eat junk food, you get Happiness but lose Humanity, and if you eat healthy food, you get Humanity back but lose Happiness. Can't lose too much Happiness OR Humanity, or you lose.

It actually ended up being pretty fun to try to balance those in real-time with randomly-generated food, and I like how the graphics matched up with that mechanic.

Two problems. For one, I'm not sure if there's a way to keep your character alive long-term or not; you seem to have a decreasing pool of Happiness and Humanity no matter how you play it. In a game like this, you should be screwed by the increasing difficulty of the game. Stuff like, "foods with more extreme effects," and "a faster conveyor belt." Not a de-facto timer.

Two, I just don't like the look of it. I get it's tough to do better in the time we have to make these, though, so that's not such a big deal.

A fun little mini-game with a funny concept, done mostly-well. I liked it!
ployer
20. Apr 2016 · 02:25 UTC
very out there in terms of concept. one of the more unique ones i've seen so far! wish it had some type of timer or points so i was working towards something though. great job. cant wait to see what you come up with for next LD
Hankenstien
20. Apr 2016 · 02:32 UTC
Lol, great concept and the music was perfect for it. Very weird game, but fun.
ruchirbapat
20. Apr 2016 · 02:50 UTC
smart game i liked it haha
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Weeping Rupee
20. Apr 2016 · 04:28 UTC
I really like the hook of balancing happiness against humanity. It speaks to me on a very personal level. your game caused me to do some very deep soul searching.
biscuitdough
20. Apr 2016 · 05:08 UTC
fantastic lol. not sure if there's any real 'winning' but fun little toy to mess with.
dylanwolf
21. Apr 2016 · 03:06 UTC
Interesting concept and good graphics. It'd be nice to have a timer/score based on how long you survived or how many things you ate (to compare game-to-game how you were doing), and to make it more obvious how much certain foods cost/gain.
icefallgames
21. Apr 2016 · 03:09 UTC
Nice :-). Takes a while, but not too long to figure out what's going on, then the difficulty ramps up nicely. And it's like... so true.

Love the music.
joemid
21. Apr 2016 · 03:52 UTC
Love the look of the game. Simple and effective! Didn't expect the shapeshifting- duh, really cool! Talk about product placement!
GGAlliance
21. Apr 2016 · 05:22 UTC
Good music and challenge. I liked the game mechanics...

I do not know if you can reach the end of the game.
Healthy foods are not so bad... Hahahahahahahaha.
mayank.technical
21. Apr 2016 · 06:49 UTC
This game will change my eating habbits now.LOL .Nice graphics and concept!
esayitch
22. Apr 2016 · 12:56 UTC
YOU ARE FOOD.

Fine by me!

I liked the humor and the visuals in this one, pretty cool making a game about a popular saying and taking it literally xD.

Cool entry, good luck!
Osaft
22. Apr 2016 · 12:57 UTC
5/5 :D
adsilcott
23. Apr 2016 · 02:07 UTC
Not much depth in terms of gameplay, but great humor and graphics! Good message too.
pixel_maniacs
26. Apr 2016 · 11:50 UTC
Very unique game concept! This is a weird but funny game, I liked it!
ObsessiveNotion
26. Apr 2016 · 11:59 UTC
There needs a scoreboard, and maybe like a list that shows what food gives what bonusses
Four Quarters
04. May 2016 · 16:33 UTC
so lol game! =)
jofra
04. May 2016 · 22:29 UTC
ahah i was not expecting this X) Love the different faces/wierd stuff that each food do the character.
GJ!
medidog
07. May 2016 · 06:04 UTC
Love the audio pick of this game. I thought the balance between happiness and humanity was a little off. I felt that there was no way to maintain both at an acceptable level for a long time. And in the end, it could be nicer if the final results were displayed.