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Hell's Gate Café by Beebo Studios

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made by Beebo Studios for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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The cozy café on the edge of hell

You're in hell and you don't like it here at all. Your only way out is to open your own café! Serve various peculiar customers, summon strange creatures to help you brew coffee, bake cookies or punch donuts and find out more about the story behind the café and its owner Baabette ... and make the most important decision of your life!

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Controls 🎮

  • Arrow keys to move.
  • Return oder Space bar to use objects or talk to customers.

Recipes ☕

  • Coffee: Get coffee beans first and bring it to the dragon.
  • Cookies: Get dough from the octopus and bring it to the dragon.
  • Donuts: Get dough from the octopus then bring it to the unicorn and then to the dragon.

Team ♥️

  • Stella and Basti: Game and level design.
  • Eddie and Kamil: Coding.
  • Patrick: Animations and sound effects.
  • Pascal and Mathis: Music.
  • Silvia and Danya: Graphics.
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/hells-gate-cafe
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/hells-gate-cafe
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/hells-gate-cafe
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/hells-gate-cafe
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/hells-gate-cafe

Ratings

Overall 100th 4.109⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 144th 3.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 391th 3.565⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 282th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 169th 4.326⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 158th 3.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 250th 3.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 55th 4.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 47🗨️

Feedback

TheWizardToucan
17. Apr 2024 · 12:08 UTC
Its a fun idea, have a few bugs here and there and it seems to have too much of delay in between a customer arriving and ordering a coffee, specially in the first minutes, feels that take a while until the game starts to be interesting.
But like I said, it does get interesting after a few minutes of game, I liked how you fitted the theme with the whole summoning helpers, also I liked the graphics, really cute, congrats!
p-r
18. Apr 2024 · 14:34 UTC
Hell's Gate cafe looks cozy, well done
Re-Markable
18. Apr 2024 · 14:37 UTC
What a cute little game! I love the idea of running a cafe with the help of summoning mythical creatures hahaha. I'm not that into restaurant tycoon games, so I didn't play all of it, but great work on the overall vibe and artstyle!
kot9
18. Apr 2024 · 15:09 UTC
It`s really cute and music is awesome!
Nicso
18. Apr 2024 · 15:23 UTC
like someone already said, the rythm can be a little bit slow at first.

also got some dishes stuck at some random places, not that it would penalize me tho

Nice entry 👍
RokaDoka
18. Apr 2024 · 15:36 UTC
Deffinetly a very fun and unique spin on the theme, the art style is very cute and simple and the game is also fun,
Blaise Ebuth
18. Apr 2024 · 16:16 UTC
This game is chill... :drooling_face:

And I like your cute interpretation of the theme! ^^

The music and graphics are cool, so is the overall mood. And the gameplay is simple and effective.

There's a few bugs though. Sometimes instead of interacting with a customer or a kitchen element you drop the item you are carrying and can't take it back...

A nice and cozzy game!
Dissonance Generator
18. Apr 2024 · 17:40 UTC
It's absolutely cute, but it's tedious. If there's supposed to be helpers I can summon, it was unclear how to get them after several "days" of play and like 500 currency built up. If they just weren't unlocked yet, then it'd be nice to either see how far I have yet to go before unlocking them, or just unlock them quicker. Three or four days of the same thing with no visible progress got boring.

The "hitboxes" could be a bit bigger, too, just so I don't have to line up exactly with things to get them to work.
Yopin
19. Apr 2024 · 14:13 UTC
This is so enjoyable. Such a simple concept but so much fun. Good job!
LDJam user 355344
19. Apr 2024 · 19:54 UTC
Cool simulator, but as for me, too slow, should have sped up the whole process. But overall, cool
Tryam
19. Apr 2024 · 20:02 UTC
I really like the graphics, all the characters are very cute. But after a few days it got a little boring. I would like more variety in the dishes and more speed. Good job
Pacelin
19. Apr 2024 · 20:05 UTC
I like it, and I so satisfied about full screen button! Good sounds, good visuals! I wait for more recipes and more speed in complete orders!
Coda Highland
20. Apr 2024 · 21:15 UTC
The only complaint I really have is that the hitboxes are a little finicky. I dropped several items inside the tables instead of giving them to the customers, and I couldn't pick them up afterward.

But it was an enjoyable little game! Nice mood, cute graphics.
Jazkottaja
21. Apr 2024 · 17:49 UTC
Could not stop playing! Very cute and addicting little game. The donuts make sense! The unicorn makes the hole, right? The main character is wholesome and the backstory was wholesome.

Good job!
OGma_badparenting101
21. Apr 2024 · 18:38 UTC
I wanted all the graphics to be like the opening scene. It's so cute. The game was really good, a little fussy on where you drop stuff, but really good.
Smidgens
25. Apr 2024 · 13:48 UTC
TIL leaving surplus food spread around on the floors, just in case, is a viable business strategy. Great little game, and incredibly well polished too on all fronts.
Jonathan Fischer
26. Apr 2024 · 18:10 UTC
I love this game! It was a lot of fun and made me think about how to get as many items ready as possible between orders. Keep it up!