The Secret Ingredient is Love by Miqui Gaud

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made by Miqui Gaud for LD 41 (JAM)

heart.gif Slice.png During this #LD41 we made a horror cooking sim... But it's a musical. Cook the finest meal in The Secret Ingredient is Love!! An enhanced Cooking Mama experience, with a disheartening mood and lots of gore. DISCLAIMER: you will feel a bit wierd after playing!

Our team:

Miguel Sánchez Santos-Olmo - Programmer @Srciruelo
Jesús Fermín Villar aka 'Pokoi' - Programmer @pokoidev + Web
Miguel García Cebrián - Lead 2D Artist @tremulo
dev + Artstation
Jose A. Jimenez Lanzas - 3D Artist & 2D/3D Animation @JoseJJ333
Ana Castro Puebla - Sound and Music & UI Artist @pollosauriox

//WARNING// Our game contains explicit violent content and strong visuals.

Ratings

Overall 410th 3.6⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Fun 483th 3.412⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 521th 3.426⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Theme 654th 3.518⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 200th 4.114⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Audio 172th 3.75⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Humor 67th 4.045⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Mood 239th 3.709⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 81🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

Blinkenlights
23. Apr 2018 · 21:47 UTC
Oh dear, I think I'm going to...wait, this is BRILLIANT!
ildfuglen
23. Apr 2018 · 21:48 UTC
That was... I'm not really sure where to begin. What the actual f is this game? Anyway, great work on this. It was an amazing mix of dark, creepy and hilarious. Not really a game and more of an interactive experience. Great entry guys and gals!
masterkrepta
23. Apr 2018 · 21:51 UTC
Well done. my overall impression was that the Combination of horror and upbeat music combined with the cutesy visual very well. Almost a surreal experience. im not sure if it was just a html bug or not, but the actual slicing was unresponsive at times, where it looked like it should have worked just fine but didnt. Refreshing worked in those instances
Nehvis
23. Apr 2018 · 21:54 UTC
Very weird, but kinda cool! Very polished art style! Had problems to understand the controls though
RustyMonky
23. Apr 2018 · 21:55 UTC
Aw this is cu ---- OMG WAIT NO AAAAH! Haha, what a hilariously unpredictable game. Every choice I made ended up with a more than amusing result. I was a tad confused on the controls but once I got that down, it was quite the trip. The game's art and audio are also superb. What a marvelous idea this was! Great job!
Toulou
23. Apr 2018 · 22:03 UTC
This is the shortest yet the best gamme I've played so far ! The creepy themes with the cute visuals and music works so well to deliver an unsettling feeling. Congratulations, this game is definitely my favorite !
23. Apr 2018 · 22:22 UTC
this is my new fetish
Kusaihana
23. Apr 2018 · 22:25 UTC
I am so confused!!! I am scared to continue playing but so cool. great job!
slunkey
23. Apr 2018 · 22:38 UTC
Can see the incompatible themes is cute cuddly music + art and the horror + grotesque. I dig it! My first game played and rated this jam and it is definitely off to a great start haha. As others have noted, I was confused about controls at first, the slicing was not responsive at first until I understood what was going on.
BSanchez
23. Apr 2018 · 22:39 UTC
Who gives a fuck about ratings, eh ? Anyway, I've rated you, cause it's a brilliant game :)
Danny88881
23. Apr 2018 · 22:39 UTC
Very nice graphics and audio! Controls are sort of confusing though.
sndr
23. Apr 2018 · 23:16 UTC
"Who gives a f*** about the score" 😂 Didn't expect any of it. Was surprised all the way through. Bizarre, but nonetheless cool. Wished there was more to see!
Jaa
24. Apr 2018 · 10:49 UTC
not bad)))
DUUUUDE
24. Apr 2018 · 10:49 UTC
10/10 masterpice!
Saering
24. Apr 2018 · 10:53 UTC
Funny game, it was too short ! Wanted to play more !
Lucnatber
24. Apr 2018 · 10:53 UTC
I'm laughing. Good job
Hanra
24. Apr 2018 · 11:00 UTC
I lol'd and the content warning is very well earned. Nice game.
Chema Esteo
24. Apr 2018 · 11:02 UTC
Not so funny to "play", but great artistic job.
Anyway, the "vegan" theme is treated in a subtle and elegant way.
Good overall job!
Raindrinker
24. Apr 2018 · 11:07 UTC
What the hell I just played. Artistically top notch, and really good in the abstract weird creepy department. I dont even feel like Im qualified to rate this.
ramon15749
24. Apr 2018 · 11:07 UTC
Very nice graphics and dialogue. The 'gameplay' is really short though, I wish it was longer. Took me really long to understand the controls for the first scene. BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THE SCORE!! hahahaha.
pixelstuff
24. Apr 2018 · 11:48 UTC
Nice use of the theme, the graphics, the music and the humor compliments the game perfectly. “Who gives a f* about the score” was a genius idea x)
Great idea and nice polishing even though I had a bit of trouble in using some controls to cut through meat at first, great job!
Ama
24. Apr 2018 · 11:54 UTC
Really didn't expect that, but... It was really... Interesting I guess ? Not really a game, but... Yeah. Great graphics and interesting. Well done!
Mr.MadCat
24. Apr 2018 · 12:48 UTC
What did I just play? Well, who gives a f* about that anyway?

Pretty short and not much gameplay, but well polished and disturbingly funny.
Well done.
Kubenexion
24. Apr 2018 · 15:14 UTC
Good graphics and interesting experience, make me laugh.
🎤 Miqui Gaud
24. Apr 2018 · 15:37 UTC
Thank you all for your awesome comments!! We're sorry the controls get messy sometimes, but hearing your suprise and fun playing is so great! Good luck with your games x)
Rawrasaur
24. Apr 2018 · 22:28 UTC
At first I tried the second meat choice, second play through I tried the first meat choice.. oh.. Great job, really weird - but that's the charm of this game.
Gonz0
25. Apr 2018 · 00:57 UTC
Ahaahaha creepy as . Funny stuff . nicely done I'd say you've successfully creeped a lot of people out. love the tune at the end!
fasterthanlime
25. Apr 2018 · 07:44 UTC
I... what?
ExiA
25. Apr 2018 · 14:13 UTC
What a masterpiece. Way too short tho, I'd gladly pay for a extended version of this game.
Fernando Labarta
25. Apr 2018 · 17:25 UTC
Made in ESNE?
Jesus Fermin Villar
25. Apr 2018 · 20:26 UTC
Yeah, @fernando-labarta we made this at ESNE for this Ludum Dare! 3 of us are students in ESNE
Fernando Labarta
26. Apr 2018 · 00:25 UTC
jeje que bueno
Nicolas Tapia
26. Apr 2018 · 11:31 UTC
Funny and interesting game! Greetings from ESNE!
Jupiter_Hadley
27. Apr 2018 · 15:07 UTC
Lovely art, interesting game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 41 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cwbDpVj28g
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2018 · 10:51 UTC
Haha, wow I dind't expect that when I launched it ! I found your entry super funny and well put together. Love all the creep stuff in it, this a great genre mashup idea and I really enjoyed playing it.
bitsandcrafts
01. May 2018 · 16:01 UTC
ahhhhhhhhhhhh! what a good moment of gaming! thanks. made my day!
Rodrigo Denúbila
03. May 2018 · 13:37 UTC
Wow, this is creepy and funny! I never thought this would be possible.
The art style is awesome and the music is great! Good job!

Please, take a look at my game too: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/confessional
MaikelOrtega
03. May 2018 · 14:09 UTC
I don't even
Lotus
03. May 2018 · 15:00 UTC
I don't know what to say QuQ
jamfella
03. May 2018 · 16:45 UTC
Oh maaan that was creepy game. I hoped whistling could be turned off :) Funny entry. Congraz to the team.
SecretPocketCat
03. May 2018 · 23:25 UTC
What the? I'm feeling uneasy about actually liking this. Should I be?
cristiano.m.garcia
06. May 2018 · 21:01 UTC
Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
Psychedelia
08. May 2018 · 01:10 UTC
wow, the visuals are great and the music is awesome, but...did you have to? :D
Gaming Night
15. May 2018 · 09:07 UTC
Great game and great art direction, it's just too short :)
shubart
15. May 2018 · 09:13 UTC
Excellent ! I cannot figure out how such an idea can comes into a human's mind
Querk
15. May 2018 · 09:20 UTC
Wtf ? this game is too creepy for me, but graphics is really pretty
elHombreBanana
15. May 2018 · 09:48 UTC
I... I don't know what to think...

Graphics and sounds were pretty cool! I laughed a bit with the option selection parts, but I felt uneasy. I think that's the point, huh?

Great job! :3
larzan
15. May 2018 · 10:36 UTC
This is... What? I ... it is ...
:rofl: not sure what my emotions were, but they definately were intense.
Insane entry.
No other entry made me smile and cringe like that, you certainly evoked a lot of emotions here.
Great entry, love it, my only five out of all fives game.
A bit buggy when trying to select the 'food' and a bit more 'game' would be good (just let users slice a bit more meat before starting for real, maybe collecting points when done well to pretend to have a normal game here, jeje), but what the hell, i was mightily entertained.

Now please excuse me, i am still feeling a tiny bit queasy :D
MichiPantera
15. May 2018 · 10:36 UTC
Fuck! This game is quiet unquieting. I like the crescendo, how it gets wickeder and wickeder. I really fell kind of scared when the organs were dancing on the pan with that creepy music. Very good idea to place the credits on them. I also like the cutting mechanic.

Congratulations!!! ^^
See you tomorrow at ESNE!

Here's ours in case you might give it a try: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/survaby
Shess
15. May 2018 · 10:37 UTC
This was definitely beyond anyone's expectations... but god am I entertained! Those little quirky responses to my choices were the absolute best. Spectacular job guys :)
Jackson Frankland
15. May 2018 · 11:54 UTC
I've got no idea what I just played but I'm glad I did