Culinary Creature Combat

by ygrichman

co-authored: @jamie-slowgrove

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you crossed a Pokémon (RPG) style game with Overcooked (Cooking), of course you haven't but we did it anyway. Prepare to see why these genres combined make a confusing game with far too many systems to build and Art to draw in 72 hours.

Changelog (Post Jam Bug Fixes)

- V1.01 - Hotfix (WebGL build only): Fixed the Web Build requiring the F1 Key to work as that appears impossible in browsers, it now uses H. (Didn't spot this bug as I only tested the web build with a controller)
- V1.02 - (All Builds) Fixed tool attacks names not updating when changing tool, Thanks to @elbcore for catching that. I added the attacks very last minute and didn't put the update call in the right spot, whoops.
Also applied previous hotfix to all builds, so H key is now the help button (in addition to the Start button on a controller)
- V1.02.1 - Linux Only - Rebuilt using Universal (32/64bit) Unity Preset and tested that it runs on Ubuntu (Your mileage may vary).

First game we built in Unity and our first Ludum Dare.
Please mention any issues/bugs, play-testing this type of game is a nightmare and I'm sure someone can break it.
We have mainly tested the Windows Desktop Build any others are at the mercy of Unity. WebGL should work and Linux I've tested on Ubuntu quickly. As for Mac I have no way of testing at all, sorry.

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Instructions

The aim of the game is to complete the orders that appear at the top right of the screen, to get the ingredients you will have to venture into section of the supermarket where you will encounter various ingredients and engage them in combat.
Refer to the help menu for more specific tips on where to find certain ingredients.
Some ingredients have to be attacked with a certain tool for the to be prepared correctly (help menu provides guide), if you use the wrong tool the ingredient is ruined and worthless to you.

Try to capture the ingredients you need and place them in the correct cooking station (Recipe shows which), place any unneeded ingredients into the bin. Keep gathering the correct ingredients until the recipe is complete, then deliver the food to delivery table (Chequered Table).
If you make a mistake placing an ingredient you will need to fill the cooking station first to be able to bin the incorrect mixture (Limitation I was hoping to remove but time ran out).
You can only battle when you are not holding any items (Bottom left corner)
Your tools do get damaged but can be healed at the health station.

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Controls

WASD/Arrow Keys/Left Analogue - Movement
Space/Enter/A Button - Most other functions
Start Button/H Key - Help Screen Toggle
Esc - Exit

Made by

Richard Hancock - Code - http://richardhancock.co.uk
Jamie Slowgrove - Art, Code - http://jamieslowgrove.co.uk

3RD Party Credits

Music/SFX

Font

https://www.dafont.com/paper-cuts.font - Public Domain

Tags: #2d, #casual, #cooking, #unity

Genres: role playing

Tools: Blender, Inkscape, Unity

Comments23

Elbcore24 Apr 2018, 18:34

This was really fun! I had a bug in the WebGL version I played, where all of the attack names on the UI were the Stove ones. But it doesn't hinder the gameplay that much. The idea however is very original! A mix of pokemon and a cooking game works suprizingly well! Well done!

Dragojt24 Apr 2018, 18:41

Funny concept, I thought about pokemon immediately. More animations would have added a better feeling for the user. The idea of having to move through the different food zones is pretty good, but when I captured a bread more enemies didn't appear. Nice job!

Hare Software24 Apr 2018, 18:49

You guys did a great job, seems like you put a lot of work into it. Glad it paid off in the end, hope many people get to enjoy it like I have.

Jamie Slowgrove24 Apr 2018, 19:03

@dragojt Thanks! 😄 Yeah we ran out of time for animations, and the sprites for the left and right movement were literally made the last second (which is why they look so... uh, not good 😅).
As for the enemies not appearing once you had caught the bread, no enemies will spawn again until you have placed the caught ingredient either in a prep station or in the bin, giving you an empty inventory.

Jamie Slowgrove24 Apr 2018, 19:05

@hare-software Thanks for playing it! 😄

ygrichmanauthor24 Apr 2018, 19:22

@elbcore Good catch on that bug, I added the attack names last thing and didn't even notice they didn't change as they had been all the same during development, whoops. Anyway I've patched that now.
Thanks for the feedback, we're enjoying your game as well 🙂.

Lewis Quaife24 Apr 2018, 20:26

Funky concept - I feel like it needs a more balancing, and the font is difficult to read. That aside I really enjoyed playing this, sliding around the kitchen to my next battle 🙃 Neat Game.

wallie24 Apr 2018, 21:50

Nice idea! I like gameplay also! Good job!

geck025 Apr 2018, 15:58

nice theme implementation! good job

freso25 Apr 2018, 17:00

Nice music. Hard to remember what to bash those meat heads with. Some animations in the fight scenes would go a long way also. Pretty good job overall!

Jamie Slowgrove25 Apr 2018, 20:08

@wallie @geck0 Thanks for the nice comments! 😄

Jamie Slowgrove25 Apr 2018, 20:13

@lewis-quaife Thanks! 😄 Yeah, the font does have some issues, (especially the fact n looks like a h 😅) but it was the best copyright free font I could find at the time that matched the style of the art.

Jamie Slowgrove25 Apr 2018, 20:15

@freso Thanks! 😄 We were going to try and add battle animations but we just ran out of time unfortunately 😅

Steffo25 Apr 2018, 21:03

Hahaha! I started and downloaded the game without reading the description, and laughed quite a bit when I got to the first battle.

Then I went back, and actually read the description...

I liked it! Graphics and sound are pretty nice too, so good job!

MartinTristan26 Apr 2018, 01:52

wow this is great!

Jamie Slowgrove26 Apr 2018, 08:30

@steffo @martintristan Thanks for the positive feedback! 😄

Merrow26 Apr 2018, 11:47

Funny idea, nice job. The fights could get a little bit more action, struggling with the food :) Well done!

Darby Costello26 Apr 2018, 11:50

I love the crossover here and the graphics and music are very fitting. Really good solid entry!

Mr. Blue26 Apr 2018, 14:01

Nice! Reminds me of Pokemon, haha.

Jamie Slowgrove27 Apr 2018, 20:23

@merrow @darby-costello @mr-blue Thanks for nice comments! 😄

3 May 2018, 10:31

real nice game. good gameplay even for an unpolished game, neat concept. good execution, the only thing i want to see is more stations/foods/maybe a tool capture mechanic?

if ludum dare let me rate it it'd be 4 stars

MAJORgoose11 May 2018, 16:52

Really funny concept! I was surprised by the first battle screen. I wish I could put items on the counter for later dishes because I'd spend a LOT of time running from various veggies until finding the last one I need. This is a little frustrating because I can't capture them or do anything productive, just run away. Also the battle menu should have a back button. The food items and tools were very cute. Great idea and impressive results!

Jamie Slowgrove14 May 2018, 12:37

@majorgoose Thanks! 😄 Yeah we did initially want to have an inventory system for keeping caught ingredients but we just couldn't manage to make it in the time. However a back button should really have been something we included! 😅

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