A cake from beyond by Nuanda79
"Sometimes you can't help but question a person. At all costs." A short point-and-click adventure about summoning Grandma.

| Link | https://nuanda79.itch.io/a-cake-from-beyond |
| Link | https://nuanda79.itch.io/a-cake-from-beyond |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/a-cake-from-beyond |
Ratings
| Overall | 208th | 3.946⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 227th | 3.851⭐ | 49🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 729th | 3.213⭐ | 49🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 67th | 4.372⭐ | 49🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 111th | 4.415⭐ | 49🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 253th | 3.756⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 27th | 4.37⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 168th | 4.044⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 32🗳️ | 68🗨️ |
At some point I did use google translate though, especially to be sure I would understand the ending (nice plot twist haha)
Loved the old school point and click style, the visuals and basically everything made sense. Really good job!
A personal preference for me would be if the text would appear faster. For me it was a bit too slow, especially on the longer lines.
But great effort people, loved it!

no recipe, no grandma?
Everything is ok, let's summoning!

Nah better summon her instead!
The dialog was funny, the ending in particular had me laughing, it was pretty good ngl. I also like how the character ignores the one book that literally tells them how to bake a cake lol
it was pretty simple finding all the objects needed and it kept things enjoyable.
The only thing that could improve the experience for me is if the game had some original music but the music that is there is fine too!
great entry!
https://youtu.be/c9SO3tlrBa0
And I'm the host for the ludum dare score chasers tournament this Ludum Dare. Wanted to ask if youre fine if I put some gameplay of the game in an intermission video. Last year for reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_eIvjBmIQ
The art and music... just perfect. :ok_hand: They set the tone so well. And overall nod to Day of the Tentacle feel... SO GOOD. Wow. Super impressive. That is so much work too. :open_mouth: Really great job.
My only notes would be:
- Dialogue would be nice if you could click to speed up?
- I realize for a jam timeline, this might make it too easy, (and maybe not enough time to implement) but I do wish I could do things out of order a bit. Some of the best things about those old games was doing the wrong thing, or picking up random stuff and the characters saying funny things about it. "I'm not putting my lips on that." etc :rofl:
I refrained from rating audio, as all the songs are pre-existing songs.
Great work!
Excellent visuals inspired by Day of the Tentacle style (nothing wrong being inspire by the best after all ;-) )
Perfect duration for a weekend jam entry.
Nice story with a fun little twist at the end.
Great job!
Comments/small nitpicks:
- In the beginning, I think moving "she is dead" to the next dialogue would have a bit more punch.
- Would be good to have a different cursor or a highlight with the change room arrows.
- Why doesn't the rubber chicken have a pulley in the middle?