Too Many Cooks

You're the head chef! Make recipes to upgrade your kitchen. But more kitchen means more cooks... Too Many Cooks!

Controls: Arrows Keys, Space-Bar and 1,2,3,4 keys when a menu appears.

There's no real "end" or win/lose scenario, the last level will continue for ever. Sorry, time, man.

We've updated the Windows link with a proper .exe.

Comments16

jeepracer989 Dec 2014, 07:20
Your game looks really good, but I couldn't figure out how to run it. I downloaded the source from github, but I'm not skilled with python. I was hoping you might tell me how to run it. Thanks.
squeaky-cleanauthor9 Dec 2014, 17:44
Hey jeepracer98, I wasn't actually expecting anyone to play our game. We didn't have time to create a proper installer before the Jam ended, but we will probably add that to the Github tonight or tomorrow.

If you'd like to run it right now, I've updated the github download with installation instructions, and a file you can double click called "game.bat" (if you're on Windows, if you're on Mac/Linux, renaming it to "game.sh" and it should work still).

Thank you for checking us out, I'm downloading your game right now :)
jeepracer9810 Dec 2014, 07:07
Cool, thanks, I'll check it out right now :D
jeepracer9810 Dec 2014, 07:44
Well it looks like I was missing pygame, but I got that installed. However, when I ran it it gave me an error (included below). Thanks for helping me run this. :D

File "game.py", line 5, in <module>
from too_many_cooks import run_game
File "/home/jeepracer98/Downloads/Too-Many-Cooks-master/too_many_cooks/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
from too_many_cooks.kitchen import Kitchen
File "/home/jeepracer98/Downloads/Too-Many-Cooks-master/too_many_cooks/kitchen.py", line 3, in <module>
from too_many_cooks.appliance import Stove, Storage, Fryer, ChoppingBlock, Grill, Oven, CounterTop
File "/home/jeepracer98/Downloads/Too-Many-Cooks-master/too_many_cooks/appliance.py", line 5, in <module>
from too_many_cooks import ingredient
File "/home/jeepracer98/Downloads/Too-Many-Cooks-master/too_many_cooks/ingredient.py", line 21, in <module>
beef_patty = Ingredient('Beef Patty', os.path.join('sprites', 'beef_patty.png'))
File "/home/jeepracer98/Downloads/Too-Many-Cooks-master/too_many_cooks/ingredient.py", line 9, in __init__
super().__init__()
TypeError: super() takes at least 1 argument (0 given)
uberscientist10 Dec 2014, 19:48
jeepracer98, I am also getting the same error, I don't know if it's python2 or python3... I have pygame for python2 installed, but not python3
squeaky-cleanauthor11 Dec 2014, 04:31
Thanks so much, jangler. I've applied and pushed your patch, so it should work with 2/3 now.
uberscientist12 Dec 2014, 00:45
Nice, got it to run today, thanks jangler (it's not in the README.md though, it's some other .txt file)
squeaky-cleanauthor12 Dec 2014, 16:24
Hey everyone, I've been swamped at work, but Pablo managed to put together an exe of the game, which should "just work" (fingers crossed). We've only tested it on our machines, but will test it on friends computers as well.

The Windows download link has been updated with the new link. And the github and readme have also been updated (sorry about that, uberscientist).
thristhart
thristhart14 Dec 2014, 16:10
Innovative concept! The end result isn't too fun, but with polish it could be!
Renaldo14 Dec 2014, 16:41
It's a nice game! The collision detection can be improved and you could add some kind of clients' orders list, with a time limit maybe. I really would like to see a post-compo version for this one.
Victory Garden22 Dec 2014, 05:02
Nice little cooking game. I liked that you could carry around multiple things at a time, and the graphics were pretty cute (as is the title!). As a general pointer, it doesn't make sense to have one-step recipes be worth the same thing as multi-step recipes; and I agree with the previous poster that some kind of simple timer or other sort of failure state would have really helped to add some urgency to the gameplay. Thank you for the game, and good luck next jam!
OttersDen22 Dec 2014, 08:56
Its a little difficult to figure out what to do at first. But the graphics are nice! Those cooks need to get out of my way!
mathmadlen22 Dec 2014, 22:27
Fun game, the idea is clever and pretty original, it's relatively easy to get a hang of it, nice work!
jeepracer981 Mar 2015, 23:20
I finally played this game. I forgot about it. I really like the concept of too many cooks in the kitchen. Really cool!
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