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Grillmeister by tomdeal

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made by tomdeal for LD 38 (COMPO)

​Grillmeister, made in 48 hours - a LD38 Compo Entry.

You are the grillmeister. Your grill is your world, and only the orders count!

Youtube Trailer/Tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO6hWgks5JY

LINKS:

  • Itch.io Page (WEBGL Version and Windows Download): https://dizelabs.itch.io/grillmeister

  • Alternate Download with Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9hm19zbue4bqjao/grillmeisterldwin.zip?dl=0

  • Source Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oqmokh6u5qt5k31/Grillmeister.zip?dl=0

If you play the WebGL Version, please use fullscreen, otherwise the game will be cropped.

Theme: If you've ever worked in a kitchen, you know it is a micro cosmos, a small world of its own :-)

How to Play:

The game starts with a short tutorial video. Here is a written version:

Left-Click and drag the ingredients from the left on the grill.

Hold-Left Click and press the Right mouse button to flip the meat.

On the top of the screen, orders will appear. If you completed an order, left click and drag the order onto the right service-plate. then drag the grilled meat onto the plate.

Repeat this until all customers are satisfied :-)

You will lose a life if you serve the wrong meat, serve a meat that is raw on both sides or overcooked on both sides (one side of the meat needs to be in the green area), or if you fail to complete the order.

Open the Menu with the ESCAPE key.

You can leave or restart the game there, and toggle the music if you like.

Tools used: - Unity 5.6 - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Premiere - Blender - Audacity - Garageband - Monster Energy Absolute Zero ;-)

If you find a bug, please drop me a dm via twitter (@dizelabs) or on the itch.io page.

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/grillmeister

Ratings

Overall 386th 3.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 224th 3.261⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 407th 2.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 539th 2⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 380th 2.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 200th 3.13⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 212th 2.739⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 322th 2.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

gilborn
02. May 2017 · 17:11 UTC
Man, tough game!
I hated to throw away this perfect grilled steak...
Liked the game very much (although I am a vegetarian), thank you.
mathijs750
02. May 2017 · 17:40 UTC
The game gets hectic fast, and I like it. Nice to have a video tutorial in there. The order system is a bit on the finicky side though.
LeFayGames
02. May 2017 · 17:44 UTC
I only saw your tutorial video after playing so at first I didn't really know what to do and reading the instructions while cooking was too slow so I restarted once I got what to do. Finished the game during that second try.
I really loved the soundeffects, did you record the "zzzsch" yourself? =)
I enjoyed the different kinds of meat and their different timing but the game still has some bugs. One time my fish fell through the grid also on Itch, if you don't play in fullscreen mode, you don't see all of the screen. Maybe consider playing with the settings on Itch, that usually helps =)
Floata_1
02. May 2017 · 18:12 UTC
fun but confusing in a way
Budaniel
02. May 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Interesting concept, it reminded me a bit of an old diner/restaurant cooking game that I can never recall the name of but enjoyed. The controls work fine, but I struggled to figure out exactly what I wanted to do, and I never did see the tutorial video you mentioned. At the start I kept tossing my burgers in the garbage because the holes looked like plates to me at first. The one thing I'd suggest if you continue working on this is a more granular meter for doneness, perhaps three levels of green to indicate perfect doneness.
Piller Yann
02. May 2017 · 18:20 UTC
It's a interesting and stressing game for me. Yet I know that I am a bad chef ;-)
Marccio Silva
02. May 2017 · 18:48 UTC
The instructions were really helpful (even though I noticed they existed after a while of playing and failing).
I felt the music was fitting and added to the stress of cooking the orders, and the raw/overcooked functionality really made the game a challenge.
Scriptorum
02. May 2017 · 18:52 UTC
Nice! Very fun once you get the hang of it. I got 51 stars on my last attempt. Boy I would have appreciated a second serving plate. I'm glad I never had a job as a short order cook! :hamburger: :scream:
Rolle
02. May 2017 · 20:09 UTC
Well done, I enjoyed it! Fun game even though it took a while to understand/get the hang of it.
🎤 tomdeal
02. May 2017 · 22:30 UTC
@budaniel if you time the meat so the indicator is exactly in the middle of the green area, it will add a second star to the sides rating. I just hadn't have the time to include a visual indicator for it, so I left it in as a secret.

@lefaygames yes, that is me doing the sound :-)

I've updated the web version, it now contains a short tutorial image. The downloadble version (the compo version) has the tutorial video integrated, but that was too large for using in the webgl version.

By the way, I do plan to keep working on the game, because I think it has potential, especially as a VR game.
Fouralex
03. May 2017 · 11:27 UTC
It is a very good management game, your game is very complete :clap: but if I had something to add it is to recieve different orders: with several baking stages according to the orders (maybe have several colors on the baking state bar) although the game is already challenging. :bacon:
ragnta
03. May 2017 · 17:53 UTC
I enjoyed it. I think you used a simple gamemechanik in this game, but the result is very good. Great Job! A little bit I am confused, because I didn't find the "small world" in this game but I think you mean kitchen = small world. :)
Samusoidal
03. May 2017 · 22:06 UTC
![Grillmeister by DIZELABS - Mozilla Firefox.png](///raw/9d5/2/z/3d2e.png)
THE GRILLMEISTER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44-RsrF_V_w
In all seriousness, the game was fun, the music was good, the difficulty was perfect (for me), and I liked the concept. Good job!
Evan Minto
04. May 2017 · 04:58 UTC
Oof, this was fun and genuinely kind of difficult and stressful! It took me a bit to figure out the rules despite all of the explanations, but once I did it really opened up. There's a lot of strategy in there with the different kinds of meat and the ability to cook a lot of things in parallel. It reminds me a LOT of Overcooked.

I *did* notice that sometimes it was hard to get the order to "stick" to the plate on the right, but mostly the controls are pretty tight. Great job!
BlackRose
07. May 2017 · 13:49 UTC
Its a good game, fast and entretaining, the dificult its really good. Add a new product to serve it will be perfect. Nice game!
hectigo
07. May 2017 · 21:06 UTC
Well, this was certainly a different game. Pretty smooth controls, liked the physicality.

I may have run into a bug, sometimes orders would not get taken away for me. Though maybe that was related to that I only cooked everything on one side, it didn't seem to matter mostly. So... the flipping mechanic could be more discoverable.
drtizzle
20. May 2017 · 11:10 UTC
A lot of fun to play! Not too original, but it works well and it made me want to play more. It could use some more parameters, for example a penalty for cold food or something. I could put an infinite amount of burgers underneath the serving tray which made it too easy.

Well done!