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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme - How well does it incorporate the theme? | #29 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Graphics - Is the game aesthetically pleasing? | #36 | 4.063 | 4.063 |
| Audio - Does the game have nice sfx and music? | #57 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #60 | 3.388 | 3.388 |
| Gameplay - How fun is it to play? | #64 | 3.313 | 3.313 |
| Completeness - Is it an unfinished tech-demo, prototype or a complete game? | #150 | 2.438 | 2.438 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I killed the first boss and fed the little girl, I don't think you can progress further in this version because the portals don't work, but I will certainly get back to the game when the new version is uploaded, the game is both super charming and smooth, presentation and gameplay are both strong and so it's a delight to play.
The visual style for this game is super cool, would absolutely love to see it fully realized! The screen effect was a cool addition too. The movement is pretty nice, and I really like the idea of obtaining ingredients to cook! It seemed like there was more depth to the game that some bugs were stopping, super tragic to hear since I was excited to explore more!
A cute little game! Controls are snappy and satisfying. Monsters are cute, deadly, AND delicious!
UI could use a little work, when the inventory is full items flow out the bottom.
Music was relaxing and fitting. Sound effects felt good and responsive.
Overall, a fun little game! Great work :)
Movement feels great. Quick and easy combat is fun. Art is great. Concept is great.
I got locked during my fifth or sixth fight. Not sure what happened there.
I think it freeze when you die, you can heal yourself with consumables to kill it then get back and cook something to feed the child girl but I don't think there's more in this version, this must be the mentioned portal bug.
Very responsive movement, it was easy to navigate the game with this movement.
I was able to go through the dungeon and kill a monster before a portal. Is that the end in the current version? I was searching for ingredients for the second townfolk, but was unable to find anything.
This game is FUN! I never in a million years expected to play a cooking crawler :)
Movement was quick and responsive. I like the simple yet appropriate graphics style and the switch effect between realms is really cool.
If developed further with more content and less bugs then I think this could be a great game!
It froze for me mid-fight versus something that seemed like a boss enemy.
Well done :)
I think it freeze when you die, you can healyourself with consumables to kill it then get back and cook something to feed the child girl but I don't think there's more in this version, this must be the mentioned portal bug.
Awesome monsters and graphics. The world switching effect is rad and you can move around fast. The game got stuck fighting some monster deep within a dungeon (I had health left but could not input any key). The peaceful music was relaxing. It's still really nice!
oh wow the effect of switching worlds is so cool! I really like the concept of this entry.
One thing I'm not sure of is whether or not you're supposed to be able to go through the purple portals? I couldn't figure out a way (I did see a bug on the itch page, but it said it was fixed), and I couldn't find some of the ingredients to make the salty meaI and couldn't figure out how to finish it. I did beat the monster at the end of the part of the dungeon I could access though, I did have to go back and make some treats to restore my HP during the fight haha
I also appreciate option to view the final story cutscene, thats a nice touch for a jam game.
Nice entry, really cool concept!