Gobblin' Goblin by DubiousDuck

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made by DubiousDuck for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

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Goblin: “Aye you there!” Goblin: “We have been waiting all morning! Make haste, our dark overlord will soon wake.” Goblin: “We must prepare a meal befitting His Darkness and his mighty station.” Goblin: “Behold! A tome of great magicks. We call it. Goblin: “Eggs.”

Welcome to Gobblin Goblin! These goblins want to prepare food for their goblin overlord, and they need your help.

Step 1: Get your ingredients: To move a goblin click on a goblin in the standby area, and click again the ingredient you want them to get. Be sure to click finish as soon as the task timer runs out, lest you lose your ingredient and that goblin be banished! After all, nobody likes a slacker. Step 2: Prepare your ingredients Step 3: Cook the food. Bring all ingredients to Chef Gazpacho. Copy his movements exactly, or risk spoiling the whole dish. Step 4: Plate your food. You will require the strength of ALL your goblins to carry the dish with care! One final warning…a shadow grows in the East. When the feathered beast appears to pilfer your ingredients, three goblins are required to defend the kitchen. Act quickly!

Good luck, traveler. Bring glory to the goblin kitchen!

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Ratings

Overall 485th 3.607⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 741th 3.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 586th 3.25⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 346th 3.911⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 79th 4.45⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 126th 3.911⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 35th 4.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 262th 3.87⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

kattraii
08. Oct 2024 · 01:08 UTC
The art style is sooo cute! I love the goblins and the theme! The font is a little hard to read and the game is a bit difficult to get the hang of.
Alyxx116
08. Oct 2024 · 01:24 UTC
the art style is quite nice, over all very good game
hubol
08. Oct 2024 · 01:26 UTC
The art is extremely adorable. I love it very much. The music is cute too.

I cheesed the game on accident by first clicking Victor and then the indicated spot. I'm not sure if this is a debug thing left in or not...

![buggg.png](///raw/5e5/52/z/67a91.png)
Ggross
08. Oct 2024 · 01:28 UTC
I like the art style! But the font is difficult to read and I did not understand the mechanism: I just moved one goblin to the table, and the level is then clear? Is this a bug
Zeq
08. Oct 2024 · 01:29 UTC
Really great artstyle but I'm super confused about it. The starting screen looks cool and the goblins moving to their locations is good but if I move both goblins to the grey squares under the tables for every level it ranks me at 3 stars and I can go to the next level and do the same thing, until at the end I get a win screen. I'm not sure what else was supposed to happen?
Willby
08. Oct 2024 · 01:29 UTC
I feel like I missed something... I just clicked on the goblin then clicked on the table above and won each time.
I do love the chaotic energy of the goblins!
Colombo
08. Oct 2024 · 01:37 UTC
I love the goblins! The theme is great the sound is great! I was not sure what I needed to do, the text was a bit hard to read.
IVEN
08. Oct 2024 · 01:52 UTC
The visuals are super cute, haha, but it seems there's a game-breaking bug that lets you pass through directly. Also, sometimes the little goblins get stuck when both of them are selected at the same time.
unless games
08. Oct 2024 · 02:42 UTC
Cute goblins and a tasty meal!

One goblin got stuck behind the right panel while going up to top floor, couldn't select them afterwards.
rachjn
08. Oct 2024 · 05:22 UTC
LOOOVE the banner so much!! Agreeing with the other comments that gameplay wasn't crystal clear. Goblins had so much pizzaz I quite enjoyed seeing them scurry about
jomnaq
08. Oct 2024 · 06:50 UTC
the art was so cute and the whole vibe of the game was really cozy, i liked it a lot!
emmagsmith
08. Oct 2024 · 08:54 UTC
The goblins are so so cute! The storyline was funny and the game really nailed the vibe of old school cooking games!
Vary
09. Oct 2024 · 00:03 UTC
Super cute art and I like that there are different audio tracks for the different levels. The gameplay was a bit difficult to figure out but once I did it was quite fun and it got pretty hectic. I came across a bug where if you had two gobbos with different ingredients at the prep table, they would both turn into whatever ingredient was prepped first. I also had a case where I had -1 ingredients and it wouldn't go up regardless of how many times I added it to the pot. Otherwise, though, neat entry and really creative idea, great job!

![Screenshot 2024-10-08 190007.jpg](///raw/02e/84/z/6821e.jpg)
Mackelvin
09. Oct 2024 · 09:50 UTC
Love The artstyle, the mood is super cosy!
The result is very cool, Nice job !
LDJam user 277851
09. Oct 2024 · 18:01 UTC
OMG That the most cute goblin I ever seen.

I love your game! nice job!

draw you a fanart!

![goblin.png](///raw/b5d/34/z/68533.png)
gimmefiftybuckos
10. Oct 2024 · 00:59 UTC
Love that cutie guys in your artstyle! Nice job!!
PhoenixStroh
10. Oct 2024 · 01:48 UTC
this game really makes you feel like a goblin. i felt like a puny little creature in the service of an unstoppable force. extremely fun and very charming graphics as well as audio. great goblin names, great job
Boreal
10. Oct 2024 · 02:45 UTC
adorable art <3
Cam Moore
10. Oct 2024 · 03:48 UTC
My oh my another goblin game, I see we have similar taste ;) Speaking of taste, this game was delicious haha the art is really good and I love the intro music. I was able to make devilish dishes.
DavidCode
10. Oct 2024 · 07:43 UTC
Kawaii! indeed, I would balance a bit the music volume, but the melody is on point
quisling.json
11. Oct 2024 · 02:46 UTC
I really enjoyed the graphics!! Great Game :D
benjaminm
11. Oct 2024 · 02:47 UTC
holy shit this is so amazing wow its so well made. only thing is sometimes it feels like food from the pot disappears idk
outstar
16. Oct 2024 · 09:56 UTC
This is SO cute, I loved the intro tutorial goblin poking from behind the text screen like O o O !

The game was surprisingly tricky, and I think I got stuck at some point - after cooking the meal, I did the order wrong and instead of plating, moved all my goblins to the topmost floor and clicked on the door... they disappeared and I ended up alone with the cook :(

Something majority of LD games don't have time for (ours didn't have either :D) but that could improve this game is making the tutorial appear in stages, telling us what to do after we finish a task instead of giving all info t once in the beginning. I found myself going back to the Itch description to see what to do next :D

Amazing job on the graphics, and very cute audio too!