Cult of the Cook by Don Fouts

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made by Don Fouts for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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Prepare food for your old god! They will ask you for a specific meat using their cryptic language and you will need to grab those ingredients from the corresponding crates. After you have the desired flesh throw it into the summoning circle. Be aware that putting more than one chunk of meat could result in unimaginable horrors, but it's faster than one at a time! After you have dispatched of the summoned beast, you will need to cook it on your cult provided prep station at the top of the room. Once the meat has been burnt sufficiently you will be able to feed it to the old god.

Use WASD to move around, Left Mouse Button is the action key, and pressing Space Bar will make your character dash.

Ratings

Overall 393th 3.739⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 401th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 422th 3.522⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 76th 4.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 66th 4.522⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 507th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 251th 3.63⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 253th 3.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 2🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

Art-Man-Oil
16. Apr 2024 · 02:11 UTC
This pixelart is absolutely ADORABLE
Matt Swieboda
16. Apr 2024 · 02:13 UTC
i really like this style, and honestly the combo arrows to do the task made it a bit more fun
phost.dll
16. Apr 2024 · 02:15 UTC
I loved the theme, the visuals, the way minigames implemented. This is a really cool game! Especially the way UI is laid out, wish we had the same degree of freedom of visual choices, that would be nice for our game. Beautiful work, cheers!
Kevin Ray
16. Apr 2024 · 02:15 UTC
Game kept lagging and crashing but the time I did get to play was fun. I quite like all the animations, especially on the arrow keys when performing the summoning, along with the grunts from the character. And the loop of summoning a monster just to slaughter it for food is so funny. Dungeon Meshi to the extreme!
XXXI_
16. Apr 2024 · 02:17 UTC
pretty juicy and fun!
Tinker1175
16. Apr 2024 · 02:22 UTC
Loved the graphics of the game! It was my favorite part. Needed some background music to really tie all the aspects of the game together. Also, loved having to summon using the arrow keys, really made it seem like casting a spell. Only con I really saw was the mechanics sometimes got me stuck in a corner when trying to grab food and then sometimes I couldn't grab food at all. Had to restart the game at one point to continue playing. Overall, a very fun and interesting game!
nox282
16. Apr 2024 · 02:23 UTC
The art style is crazy good! I couldn't progress past the second spawn though :(
funemaker
16. Apr 2024 · 02:24 UTC
Great art style and character animation!
Lila Pause
16. Apr 2024 · 02:29 UTC
interesting idea.
Unfortunately, i got stuck multiple times in the attack state.
But the fights and summons where funny
FrikiLight8
16. Apr 2024 · 02:30 UTC
It Was fun, but i got bugged like 5 times
andypang1010
16. Apr 2024 · 02:42 UTC
Love the artstyle, but the dashing mechanics feel a bit overpowered
jver422
16. Apr 2024 · 02:58 UTC
the mood and humor is great, I love the take on the theme. the art is greatly stylized. unfortunately I had a pretty buggy experience with my character pretty frequently being in the wrong state
TheDugnutt
16. Apr 2024 · 03:42 UTC
Really nice game! The art is top notch and your concept is super fun!
I had some trouble with the game play and interacting with certain things, but that might have just been on my end.
Love this one though
nymroot
16. Apr 2024 · 04:01 UTC
The gameplay loop is quite captivating, and discovering new combinations of abominable summons is awesome. The idea of having a fleshed out combat system in a cooking simulator is also really cool.
Rogue Tomato
16. Apr 2024 · 08:29 UTC
Clever idea! Summon creatures to feed some more powerful entity - love the loop!
GreenRadiation
16. Apr 2024 · 10:53 UTC
Fun game! Unfortunately, the game often glitched and the enemy wouldn't spawn, but when there were no bugs, it was fun to play. Besides, I really like the concept. Great job!
Pfannkuchen
16. Apr 2024 · 11:24 UTC
A very cute game! I liked the concept, it's fun and simple. Graphics are adorable, though there are often bugs when the monster doesn't move and it's impossible to kill