Snack & Slash by Gumboot
Play Here ! https://gumboot.itch.io/cook-em-up
Snack & Slash is a cooking-brawler game made for Ludum Dare 41. You are a chef, a serious, super serious chef. Your job is to create the most delicious dishes, with the finest ingredients, and these ingredients just happen to be ultra cute and sentient.
After you start the game you will be tasked with gathering ingredients that need to be prepped a specific way. For example, if you are tasked with getting 3 whipped eggs you need to grab the whisk from the kitchen, head to the fridge area, and attack some egg guys. You need to optimize your route to complete each order on time for your guests!
You can be asked to whip an enemy (use the whisk), fry an enemy (use the pan), scoop the enemy (use the scoop), or chop the enemy (use the knife). At the end of the order you need to return to the counter and interact to deliver your meal.
PC Controls-
Attack/Change Recipe/Pick up Weapon/Deliver Order- Left Mouse Button
Rotate Camera - Mouse Position
Move - WASD
Xbox Controller
Attack/Change Recipe/Pick up Weapon/Deliver Order- A
Rotate Camera - Mouse Position - Right Stick
Move - Left Stick
Update 1- Named the game and placed it in game.
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cook-em-up |
Ratings
| Overall | 58th | 4.115⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 104th | 3.961⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 210th | 3.781⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 198th | 4.078⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 25th | 4.577⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 55th | 4.063⭐ | 65🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 55th | 4.105⭐ | 64🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
Art style and direction is super cute and super well done, that's a lot of modelling for not a lot of time and it came out great. The Gameplay is fun once you figure out how it works, and the A.I of each ingredient is well written, they can really get around those rooms. My only complaint is that it could be a little more challenging, the time limit is high enough that I never need to rush to make a recipe, and hitting the wrong ingredient doesn't give enough of a penalty to be a challenge.
Overall this is quite possibly the best game game I've ever seen and it deserves a top spot, well done!
I absolutely LOVE your models, they are the pinacle of cuteness and the sound effects make it perfect. I adore your artstyle, you managed to keep a consistant style through-out all your models and they all look amazing. The gameplay worked fantastically, I love that you can alter the angle a bit mid hit so that you hit your target and the animations are spot-on.
I felt like we were rivals before, since we were making the same kind of game, but now I feel like your an inspiration to us all.
Also: I added you to the "Favourite Picks Ludum Dare 41" list on my profile, just so you know.
I am super excited to play your game, from what I have seen there are some really interesting differences that I am excited to discover! Thanks for being so so nice :')
It plays very well; the movement is very pleasant.
Awesome art!
This is a great jam entry, it has its concept and it's implemented very well!
The game also looks very polished.
There's nothing negative I can think of, great job!
The 3D models and animations are impressive! (3d animator here :P) The audio is nice and soothing, definitely an unusual theme, for sure!
I did have problems with the camera facing, it's a bit too smooth and kinda hard to control, and chopped nuts is the worst dual combo i had - tiny nut, small hit point (knife), lol.
Also, the randomized cooking technique + food has also got me LOL'ing - Chopped pasta?! An Italian out there is sobbing violently XD Whisked fish/steak? LOL LOL!
11/10!
Great job, congrats for an excellent entry!
And also about the randomized cooking technique, originally we were going to make sense of it but it was so funny that we just left it in. Love getting whisked nuts and a scoop of egg :' )
@infinitycore yeah, we got some feedback on it also being too easy so it's going to be interesting to find that balance. It could be that some of the ingredients are harder to hit since they are so small, so maybe we need to up the time for the harder ingredients. Thanks for the feedback!
Bonus points of the excellent punny title!
The gameplay reminds me a little of overcooked but with alive ingredients XD Maybe it needs to be a little more challenging, but overall it's very well done!
Good job!
If you polish up the controls and maybe include a sprint button, you've got a piece of art here. Well done.
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
I loved the art style, that steak looked so cute! Plus the giant utensils were really fun!
One thing I would add would be splitting the sections up into levels, it was alot to take in at the start.
Another thing which is basically just polish is a resteraunt to the other side of the dishes, probably with simple ai/customers and waiters so I feel my work getting the dish cut up/scooped up can be seen :yum:
A real treat to play, you should be proud :smiley: