Order Up! by Fractal Flower Girl

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made by Fractal Flower Girl for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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You're a waiter at a busy restaurant. Your job is to move order slips to the kitchen counter, then deliver cooked food back to the correct tables. Click order slips and plates of cooked food to pick them up or put them down. Simple, right?

But watch out... cooked food will be delivered to the first table it touches, even if it's the wrong one! And don't forget which table is the right one. And don't go too slow; undelivered orders will be cancelled after a while. Be aware that the kitchen staff really don't like it if you pull the order slips off the kitchen counter before the food is ready. And you really shouldn't drop any food on the floor - you gave that up years ago, right? Right?

After you deliver enough orders, you'll be assigned to more tables; see if you can get to all 9 levels. The last level continues so you can keep going for a high score. Good luck, and we hope you enjoy playing!

Click the green flag in the top left corner to restart, and click the arrows in the top right corner for fullscreen.

(We ran out of time to make audio, so we're using some built-in Scratch sounds.)

Ratings

Overall 955th 3.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 760th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 726th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 610th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 775th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1021th 2.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1154th 2.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 245740
02. May 2023 · 05:00 UTC
My goodness, the first couple levels made me think I was hot shit! The real killer was not accidentally brushing a table on your way to the right one. I loved the art style, it was so charming.
Ryabchik
02. May 2023 · 21:36 UTC
Good time killer, and as I understand, it on the logic engine! Like
Demigris
03. May 2023 · 05:50 UTC
I am trying not to send the food to the wrong table by accident but haha thats the difficult part, Fun and chill game!
![score.PNG](///raw/b3c/95/z/5af23.png)
Lisek Gagatek
03. May 2023 · 14:23 UTC
Very cool execution of a good idea. For me the first two levels were way to easy, although next ones were really enjoyable. The idea is here, I think that with more levels and maybe extended interface (like some level tree to choose from and unlock more levels) it could be a nice little game that I would like to spend some more time with.
GJ!
leking
04. May 2023 · 04:08 UTC
It's an interesting game, and the hand-drawn art style is very charming.
AndyGates01
04. May 2023 · 04:39 UTC
Simple concept but executed quite well. The hand drawn art was great!

It could be cool to see the difficulty increase in different ways as the levels progress, maybe multiple dishes appearing at the same time or varying amounts of time to cook the food so it is less predictable.

Good job!
Apple Dash
06. May 2023 · 19:28 UTC
It's very unwieldy on the laptop's touchpad, so I'm quite terrible at it, but I do like the concept regardless. It is a fun little arcade game that was pretty nicely executed. And the hand drawn art and Scratch sounds make it kinda endearing in a way.
TobiasD
07. May 2023 · 08:46 UTC
Really like the hand-drawn aesthetic! Took me a while to work out what was going on, but once I did I got quite into it! Hi-score of 68. Cool that you did multiple levels. I wanted more of a feeling of "juggling" and remembering dishes - probably better to balance it so there are more orders at once, but longer wait times. Very nice game :)
BmanStudio
07. May 2023 · 08:52 UTC
Awesome game! Loved the simplicity and the smart use of the plates positions to make it harder. I think at some level there should be multiple orders at once to make it more challenging (maybe it's the case and I didn't played long enough). Great entry!

![Screenshot 2023-05-07 115149.png](///raw/7c1/82/z/5b871.png)
Likirus
12. May 2023 · 10:46 UTC
Very nice game. I love the hand-drawn artstyle. The only minor improvement could be changing the delivery to a drag and drop method too, to avoid hitting the wrong plate by accident, i.e. only check whether it's on the correct plate when the player lets go of the mouse button.
Francis
12. May 2023 · 17:30 UTC
Simple, cute game! I like that the arrangement of the tables presents a challenge to navigate them with the mouse, it's reminiscent of the old 'mouse maze' type games. I did think it was a little easy though, with only one order at a time. It got repetitive pretty quickly.

Love the hand-drawn aesthetic, and the idea of the orders starting out as grey turning into colored :)
drazil100
12. May 2023 · 21:47 UTC
Well exceeded my expectations! Enjoy your 20th rating. This game has earned it!
Stephen Kyranakis
19. May 2023 · 05:27 UTC
Well done! I particularly liked the hand-drawn art.