Bistro Cafard
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Bistro Cafard is a restaurant simulator inspired by Papers Please and Cooking Mama, where you play chef Cafard. He aims to get 3 Michelin stars for his bistro. You have to cook meals with a special kind of ingredient. Without spoiling too much fun, we'll just say that underneath the surface, some things are not quite what it seems.
Run source in Love Framework, which works in Windows, Linux, and OS/X. Get it from https://love2d.org/.
If you want to take a look inside the source and or content, rename the extension ".love" to ".zip" and open it in your favorite archive manager.
Genre: Strategy / Simulation
===FAQ===
Q: Controls?
A: The game is played with the mouse, the only button you need is the left button. Also, you might want to start with clicking on the book in the bottom left. Don't worry, the game is paused when you have the book open.
Q: I placed all ingredients on the middle of the cutting board but nothing happens!
A: Are you sure that you either fried or boiled the ingredients where necessary? Notice the difference between "eggs" and "boiled eggs" for instance! The former needs to be used raw, the latter needs to be boiled first! Also, the hitbox of the cutting board is too small, we had a smaller cutting board in an earlier stage of the game, but we never edited the hitbox, please take this into account and check if the ingredients are really in the middle of the cutting board.
Q: How do I serve food?
A: Drag and drop the dish to the table where it is needed.
Q: Why aren't there more recipes/ingredients?
A: We had more content in mind, but we struggled with the deadline. If you like the concept, but want more content, follow the gamejolt profile as we will add more content in the post-compo version!
Q: Why is the garden scene so boring / Does it do anything at all?
A: We had a a more challenging scene in mind, but we had too many features to complete everything before the deadline, and we had to make priorities on what to make fun. The animals you shoot however, are added to your inventory in the refridgerator.
Q: What happens when the refridgerator says 0 for an item? I can still get it!
A: Maybe you notice that you have to pay for items that aren't in your refridgerator, and you don't have to pay for items that are in your inventory. So when an item has a value higher than 0, it's free.
Every question asked and covered in the FAQ will also be covered in the post-compo version in a tutorial or more descriptive introduction in the handbook. We're still thinking about the best approach for this.
Run source in Love Framework, which works in Windows, Linux, and OS/X. Get it from https://love2d.org/.
If you want to take a look inside the source and or content, rename the extension ".love" to ".zip" and open it in your favorite archive manager.
Genre: Strategy / Simulation
===FAQ===
Q: Controls?
A: The game is played with the mouse, the only button you need is the left button. Also, you might want to start with clicking on the book in the bottom left. Don't worry, the game is paused when you have the book open.
Q: I placed all ingredients on the middle of the cutting board but nothing happens!
A: Are you sure that you either fried or boiled the ingredients where necessary? Notice the difference between "eggs" and "boiled eggs" for instance! The former needs to be used raw, the latter needs to be boiled first! Also, the hitbox of the cutting board is too small, we had a smaller cutting board in an earlier stage of the game, but we never edited the hitbox, please take this into account and check if the ingredients are really in the middle of the cutting board.
Q: How do I serve food?
A: Drag and drop the dish to the table where it is needed.
Q: Why aren't there more recipes/ingredients?
A: We had more content in mind, but we struggled with the deadline. If you like the concept, but want more content, follow the gamejolt profile as we will add more content in the post-compo version!
Q: Why is the garden scene so boring / Does it do anything at all?
A: We had a a more challenging scene in mind, but we had too many features to complete everything before the deadline, and we had to make priorities on what to make fun. The animals you shoot however, are added to your inventory in the refridgerator.
Q: What happens when the refridgerator says 0 for an item? I can still get it!
A: Maybe you notice that you have to pay for items that aren't in your refridgerator, and you don't have to pay for items that are in your inventory. So when an item has a value higher than 0, it's free.
Every question asked and covered in the FAQ will also be covered in the post-compo version in a tutorial or more descriptive introduction in the handbook. We're still thinking about the best approach for this.