Glad you liked the idea!! I've never heard of diner dash before, i watched a gameplay of it and it seems like it's a pretty fun game, maybe I'll give it a go tonight!! (I don't think I'll work on the game after the jam though, but we'll see... :3)

As for the minigames, yes I'm aware of the problem. The minigame is unclear to the player, especially because I never explained how to play :C, probably you already found out how to play, but you need to keep the dots away from each other.

Of course, I'll play your game as soon as i can!! Thanks Your for playing my game and for the kind words!! (^u^)

The dots minigame was just a dummy test minigame i made in 10 minutes to make the minigame feature and work on the input for the minigames. I tought of the minigames as a cooking process for every ingredient that the player must not lose in order to make the tea (Example: pieces of peach are falling from the sky and you must caucht them in a teacup for the square peach), but sadly i didn't managed to finish the minigame feature, so all the ingredients have the same minigame atm :/

Thanks for playing my game!!! (^u^)

Man, even though i can't really call myself a fan of it (i think i played only 1/2 title of the series), i love cooking mama!! It was also a inspiration for this game!! =D

I'm sorry if the game was confusing, l agree: The game needs a better explanation and a lot of polish, to be even considerate as close as playable. I hope it didn't left out of your expectation too much because of it... :/

Thank you for playing my game and for the kind words!! Go make some tea!! (^u^)

I'm glad that you liked the concept!! Thanks for playing my game!! (^D^)

I don't think the visual is that bad :/ I think the game has worst problems than that... (like being hard to understand and confusing)

Still, thanks for the feedback and for playing my game!!!

I can assure you that this will not be my last jam, for sure!! I love partecipating at those!!

I don't think that the problem is really the amont of stats (but it might be, idk really :/), rather the fact that they are not well presented and explained to the player. If i ever decide to continue this game, i'll do some experimentation to see what is the actual problem. Thanks for the feeback btw!! (^u^)

Wow, thanks a lot for the hint on scope management: i'll make sure tu put them at good use (or at least try) in the future!! (^u^)

As for the graphics, when i said ugly looking (I'm assuming you're referring to that) i wasn't really referring from a art perspecting, but i was looking at the project as a whole, and i was meaning that the game didn't turned out as i wanted (especially to the minigmaes part), and therefore i don't like it very much. Clarity should definitevly had been my main focus at the time, altough i have to admit that having a graphics would had been nice too (i'm not saying that the game is ugly, it's quite nice actually). I'm sorry for not explaining myself propelly :C

Thanks for playing my game, and for the kind words!! I hope to improve in the future!! =D

Thank You for playing my game and for the kind words!! (^u^)

To me, the minigame part felt like a core concept to have at the time, because i thought "More mini games to handle at the same time will motivate the player to use less ingredients. Plus less ingredients = more easy to do, right??", but now that some time has passed and i read the feedback i think you're right: i should probably had get rid of the mini games altogether and scrapped them. If only i knew at the time that it was so hard to code them... 

As for the "it doesn't really add to the experience" part, since my games are often unfinished (more than i like to admit, sadly), i prefer to just uploading what i have at hand at the moment without thinking about it, rather than just getting self-conscious about it and cutting a feature, or even worst, not uploading at all,that can maybe be fun just because it's unfinished and/or i don't like it. So often i get in situation like this one, and that's why :/

...aand Hey!!! Thanks for actually taking the time to read my experience with the jams!! From what I've seen, the people that have actually took the time to read it aren't that many!!

Still, Thank You for playing the game!!

Thanks for the feedback!! I wasn't aware that not knowing what ingredients you had selected was a problem (and, to be honest, i should had seen that one coming... :/)

Yep, I Agree: This game needs a good introduction/tutorial and proper feedback (visual and audio), because the one i added right now is definitely not enough... :/

Thanks again for the feedback!! And of course for playing my game!!

Thank you for taking the time to write your thoughts and feedback!! It's always a pleasure for me to receive and read a comment like this one!! Thank you!! (^u^)

I fully understand why you felt the way that you did!! Many things are missing from this game to make it playable (a proper tutorial is just one of them) and for that reason the game feels confusing as it feels!! I think that you shouldn't feel like an idiot imo because that's just my fault for not explaining  well enough how to play, definitely not yours for not being good: nobody is good if they don't know the rules.

Yeah, i had many plans for this game but between that there was somewhat of a time constraints, a poor planning, a lack in motivation (because game dev wasn't going as smoothly as i wanted to be) and an overall big scope, (and maybe other factors that atm I'm ignoring) the game turned out like it did. I'll try to scope better and make a better game next time :/

I  didn't know before that game, but I've gotta say i can see the resemblance from the two. I don't think I'll continue working on this game after the game (most of my games ends up like they entered the jam, at least), but if I'll ver decide to continue working  on the game I'd love to learn and make some pixel art for it!!

Yeah, i was pretty surprised too about the kindness and support of the comments that this game received. I'm usually pretty negative when it comes to my games and this one was no exception, so i wasn't really expecting this much from the comments... I'm just happy i was proven wrong!! =D

Again, Thank you for playing my game, Thank you for the comment and Thank you for the nice words!! Playing your game it's the least i can do to to show my gratitude!! (^u^)

Yeah, i agree: the game needs a tutorial, because as it is it's pretty hard to understand. It's a shame i didn't managed to implement it... :C

Thanks for playing my game!! A tutorial, lile many other things, was originally planned, but i poorly planned my game, and that combined with an overall big scope, sadly made most of the features i wanted to didn't made the cut :/

haha, yeah that's totally my fault for not explaining how the game worked... sorry for that :/

To see what is the right special effect you have to, well... read what special effect a certain ingredients gives (there isn't really any other way sadly), and make sure to put that ingredient first, otherwise it will count you as a failure. And make also sure that the balancing is also right

The dots you're referring to, from how you're describing them it seems like you're talking about the minigame(s) that you need to complete for making the tea. Well, i was intending to make multiple minigames but in the end i didn't managed to do it and now all the minigames are the same: basically your job is to make sure that the circles never touches each other (drag them away with the mouse), otherwise you lose and you have to start the tea process from the start

As for the square, it's the tea you've done... Probably the reason why sometimes you was getting the tea, and why sometimes you was not it's because you triggered one of the cheat keys while button mashing...

Thanks for the feedback. I actually already answered that in MouthHole Games comment, but in short: You move with WASD, interact with E, and your job is to listen to the customer request and select the right ingredients from the counter and go make their tea. (Again, if you want more detail on how to play, please check the answer i left at MouthHole Games. I'm too lazy to rewrite it rn >u< )

Haha, yeah... Go get that tea and stay hydrated, boy!!

Thanks for playing my game and for the nice words!! (^u^)

Wow!! That is a high rating, considering that this is just a prototype and all!! Really!! Thanks a bunch!! :3

Yeah, scope managing is a thing that i always struggled with!! I'll try my best to scope better in the future... Yes, maybe finding a team can be a good idea!!

I'm glad you liked the game, even if it was just a small concept!! Thank you for playing my game!! (^u^)