Dinner Hunter - Cook Or Die

Go butcher some living ingredients in your cellar to craft meals for your customers.
Controls
- ZQSD to move- Arrow keys to attack
- O to open recipe book (Arrow keys to move, space to add ingredient, enter to validate recipe)
- P to open your *Cookédex*
- F, G, and H to craft your 1st, 2nd and 3rd recipe respectively
The game is a bit broken, sometimes you will have no orders coming at all. If that's the case, a simple restart should fix it.
Credits
- Lucas Tixier - Programming- Grégoire Gicquel - Programming
- Guillaume Ambrois - Programming
- Maxime Comptier - Music & SFX
- Thomas Fantino - Art
Made with:
- HaxeFlixel & CastleDB: Programming- Ableton & Audacity: Music & SFX
- Photoshop & Aseprite: Art
- *Anger for veggies*
- Octopeek's office
Comments21

Articulated924 Apr 2018, 16:33
Like the look of this one though I struggled with the controls in the web version! Is there a way to toggle the controls to WASD?
Moontigr24 Apr 2018, 16:38
The controls are very weird.
Epono24 Apr 2018, 18:36
@Articulated9 & @Moontigr, oh thanks for the info, we left controls for the french keyboard, fixing it now, sorry :)

gamepopper24 Apr 2018, 19:59
Fun idea, but agree the control scheme is weird. It probably make more sense if there was controller support.
Epono24 Apr 2018, 20:19
@gamepopper, @Moontigr, @Articulated9, my bad, fixed to quickly, inverted Down and Left keys, it's working now, sorry again!

Evil Brain25 Apr 2018, 09:57
Great idea! now it just needs to be a local co-op indie sensation! ;)

Iluvatar25 Apr 2018, 09:59
Interesting idea, the graphics are really beautiful, and gameplay is rather smooth. Not my cup of tea, but still enjoyable entry.

croewens25 Apr 2018, 09:59
I felt like the the dimensions of the game were a little to big (as I had to zoom out in order to play on my laptop :smile: ) but overal great submission!
I’d love for you to review my submission as well.
I’d love for you to review my submission as well.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/keyboard-warrior

nidup25 Apr 2018, 10:04
Good concept, lovely pixel art & animations, well integrated with music and sounds to create an immersive ambiance, great job :thumbsup:

Centauri25 Apr 2018, 10:23
Seems funny. but i couldnt go out of the kitchen

La mecanique du plastique25 Apr 2018, 14:48
Aujourd'hui j'ai conçu le riz au lait le plus bizarre du monde.
I didn't succeeded to cook a dish though. Wasn't expecting the whole level/hunting side of the game, and the wild vegetables with special attacks ! I got `-154%` health at some time, it didn't finished well for me :)
Bravo les mecs !
I didn't succeeded to cook a dish though. Wasn't expecting the whole level/hunting side of the game, and the wild vegetables with special attacks ! I got `-154%` health at some time, it didn't finished well for me :)
Bravo les mecs !

Klerembot25 Apr 2018, 16:50
Was this in any case inspired by Battle Chef Brigade? If not (and don't know what it is), you should check it out!

microwerx26 Apr 2018, 06:06
Wow, that was ridiculous. Very fun! This game felt very big and you could get lost playing it for a while. Good job!
Aaron Nemoyten26 Apr 2018, 07:01
I like the idea, I like the graphics, the sounds are okay, the samples in the music remind me of some tracker music I probably have but I can't put my finger on it... the game is just too damn hard though! The chef's weapons' hit areas are so tiny and the ingredients are constantly bum-rushing me. Without any kind of healing, shield, roll mechanic, nothing defense, it's just... insanely too hard.
Pimpampoum26 Apr 2018, 09:03
@aaron-nemoyten I did every music and sfx sound and I used Korg legacy with ableton and my voice or object I found in the office. This game is pure orignal content, every design,music, special effect... have been conceived during the JAM.
About the balance you probably right, but try to come back in the kitchen with food to answer to customer request.
About the balance you probably right, but try to come back in the kitchen with food to answer to customer request.

geck026 Apr 2018, 16:24
A bit confused at start but was funny, good job!

arche-san28 Apr 2018, 12:38
Love the mix between cooking and dungeon crawler. Great music atmosphere. Good job! :)

PeachTreeOath29 Apr 2018, 03:40
Very nice Hotline Miami paced game. I thought the twin stick controls felt pretty intuitive though I'm glad you gave the player a lot of health to make it a bit more forgiving. The enemies move quite quickly, which is fine once you learn their patterns after a while, but there's so many thrown at you in the beginning it's hard to keep track. I'm sure in a full version you'd have a slower ramp up of enemies so that's understandable. Like someone mentioned, this kinda reminded me of Battle Chef Brigade which I really liked, so seeing another entry into the cooking brawler genre is great to see.
alterkot29 Apr 2018, 15:37
Love the look, and creating your own recipes is a great touch. I wish the gameplay was a little less rough.

JackLeHamster1 May 2018, 15:13
In environment très interessant, avec des fruits et légumes qui te sautent dessus. C'est comme un cauchemar de cuisinier!
Voilà ma video qui couvre le jeu:
Voilà ma video qui couvre le jeu:





really liked it