Ludum Dare #37compo

Poultry, Please

by btwj_archived

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.13

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.94

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★26%

I originally intended this to be a Papers, Please parody, about a (silly) dystopian future from a fast food restaurant. Of course, I ran out of time and so I'm left with a basic system without any story or audio. One room, in this case, was interpreted as being stuck working at the counter of a fast food restaurant.

Also, this is the first time I've used GameMaker - I got it from that Humble Bundle :)
No web export yet due to a GameMaker bug that hasn't been patched.

Fonts used -
Pixel Operator, by Jayvee Enaguas
m5x7, by Daniel Linssen (managore.itch.io/m5x7)

Genres: simulation

Comments12

meg13 Dec 2016, 00:59

Reall cute, but how do I open the employee manual? I have no idea how to make any of these burgers, they keep complaining. :P

SeaDads13 Dec 2016, 10:19

Great work! I love being a jerk to customers. Want a double cheeseburger, don't have exact change? GET OUT MY RESTAURANT!

Pierrec13 Dec 2016, 21:37

I was afraid it was another fast food simulator game but it's actually very good. Adding the change mechanic is a very nice idea. I especially love how you can chose to not put the money in the "bank" at the cost of forgetting how much every one has given

foolmoron14 Dec 2016, 16:29

At first I thought it was too simple, trying to be too much like Papers Please, but the burger stacking and change mechanics were really well done and made for interesting gameplay.

MementoGames15 Dec 2016, 01:26

Very solid entry!
Fun and funny with a awesome art.
Too bad you couldn't include some tunes and sound effects. That would be great. Nice job overall!

KunoNoOni15 Dec 2016, 02:19

This was a very humorous game :). I did find it a little confusing at times but with some trial and error I made it through. sound aside, what you have here is really well done. Good Job!

impbox16 Dec 2016, 08:37

Great work! Very challenging but fun. Book was a little hard to turn pages? some clicks didn't seem to work. The money aspect is interesting.

psychomonster17 Dec 2016, 11:50

Hehe very nice game ... was fun to play. great work

TheMonsterFromTheDeep23 Dec 2016, 08:26

I found this game really difficult for some reason. I didn't really understand how the change mechanic worked, and it seemed like it took way too long to build food. Otherwise, it was pretty fun - I just wish I could figure out how to do better in it.

yuigoto26 Dec 2016, 17:09

Visual style is really nice, the pixel art is really well done and the presentation, as a parody of "Papers, Please" really feels nice! :)

Building the lunches and satisfying the clients, or just making hell out of the buttons was really fun! Specially the burger assembly mechanic!

Miss the audio, but it didn't take the fun of the game! :)

Great work! :D

nlbi2128 Dec 2016, 02:13

I do not know how people alone can make these games so pretty graphically, I love pixel art. Very good game, good work.

handoharken30 Dec 2016, 13:10

You've captured the style perfectly and it's definitely a concept that fits the theme very well. Would love to see this developed further personally, You had me at Poultry, please.