Time for Pie! by isayneigh
Time for Pie is our entry for the theme of summoning for LD55! The idea is to "summon" a recipe by "summoning" ingredients. Life got in the way with this game jam and we couldn't complete as much as we wanted, but we're happy with the outcome! We think it's well suited as the type of game that sells itself on aesthetic rather than unique and original gameplay. See below for restrictions and a play guide.
Restrictions
- Time constraints required we make concessions, as such there are some things required to fully enjoy the game. First, the game is outfitted for a 1920x1080 screen. We chose to forgo optimizing for all screen sizes and catered to the most common.
- Second, the controls are specialized for the xbox controller. TECHNICALLY, it would work for any gamepad, but the icons used are for an xbox controller and using anything different may create a bit of cognitive dissonance.
- Some intricacies of the game were left out of the game itself to save time (instructions, end conditions, etc), so we've opted to include that in the How-to-play below.
- This has only been verified to work on Windows. The HTML5 version is too slow, presumably because it needs to map the xbox controller to the browser. A *.zip file has been included for Mac, but it is untested. All of this is available on itch.io and here on the listing.
How-To-Play
- Complete the button combos beside each ingredient to add the ingredient to your recipe! Complete a full pie to achieve bonus points.
- Ingredients: 10 points
- Recipe: 120 points
- Each time you complete a button combo for an ingredient it will change.
Nice to Haves
- Too many to list. Missing audio queues, animations, UX, and bonus items (such as whipped cream and ice cream).
- Okay, not too many to list.
Overall, we're happy with the result. We can see it as something that could be a fun puzzle game for friends to compete with each other on. We hope you enjoy it.
| itch.io | https://isayneigh.itch.io/time-for-pie |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/time-for-pie |
Ratings
| Given | 7🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
It worked, though I felt a bit confused about controls. It doesn't really say which button I have to press on d-pad, for example. Just the whole d-pad. *UPD: I noticed one direction is slightly more gray than others. It helped. But for the future I suggest making it more obvious, maybe highlighting in colour?
Also, I found it peculiar that main menu doesn't seem to respond to any controller input, and there I have to click with a mouse ^^'
On my third try, I managed to make 1 pie but it disappeared so quickly I didn't have time to screenshot :')
Actually, I found the game very fun. I am very biased because I love baking, but the fact the I had to challenge myself a bit, click the combinations fast (especially when I am used to nintendo switch layout now and not xbox one!) - that was really fun! Thank you for the game <3
I enjoyed my time playing your game, and reminded me all the time I've spent on Cook, Serve, Delicious ^^. I achieved to summon a pie on second try, and that's all I needed!
I agree with the feedback about dpad and clicking :wink:, and I'll add the loud audio level even though it's very common on jam entries ^^
I hope you enjoyed your time making it, you did good!