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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #45 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Visuals | #53 | 4.688 | 4.688 |
| Music | #107 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Overall | #111 | 3.641 | 3.641 |
| Voice Acting | #185 | 1.625 | 1.625 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Content Warnings
Mild horror and gore, character smoking, camera shakes.
Log Line
Help Paddy make breakfast by finding and preparing ingredients, cooking, plating, and finally, serving.
Team Credits & Cast
A solo project by cindercritter.
Is your submission created with the Light.VN visual novel engine?
No
Does your submission contain Boy's Love content?
No
Does your submission contain voice acting?
No
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Comments
This is so good!
I love the point and click elements and the animations. The endings really threw me for a loop!
Great job!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Love the way this story is presented! Not much is said in the dialog at all but we get some glimpse of this world that is showed subtly in each minigame scene. The drawing is simple but charming and a stark contrast to the underlying horror. The ending scene is very well directed and cinematic, I liked it a lot.
One thing I would suggest is adding a Renpy hard pause when the ending scene started, and give it enough time for the whole ending to play out. Because otherwise impatient player can accidentally make a double click and skipped the whole ending back to main menu.
Thank you for playing! And for leaving a comment! I really appreciate it. The accidental click has been patched up in the latest update, so no more missing the scene :)
Oh, that’s good. I downloaded the game first day it came out and forgot to recheck haha.
I am so invested in the world building of this game! I absolutely love the little bits of detail in the background, especially during the first minigame with the eery newspapers! I also absolutely adore Paddy as a character, I found them to be so adorable and their little comments to be so silly! I honestly let out a gasp when I ended up getting the bad ending, poor paddy!!!!!! :( all in all, though! I really enjoyed it! and hope to see more of this creepy, fun world!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you had fun, and sorry if the bad ending pulled on the heartstrings. It did for me when I had to draw poor Paddy like that. Your comments are just lovely, thank you <3
I actually really adore this game! While it doesn't have the polish of other games, what I adore is the premise and writing-- it really lets me ease into horror parts of the game. Something that really stuck out to me was Mrs.Potts because she was the first choice I did to get ingredients, I forgot that I was playing something Spooktober related until I saw her turn around, that and what she said to me was the right amount of unnerving.
The mini games are good and adds to subvert your expectations, though I wish there was some variety to them?
Overall, this game is really promising, something I'd like to see again with more of a polish, especially with the UI, lack of sound design and the like. I can't wait to see more!
Thank you! I'm glad the writing seems to have resonated well with people, especially as it's my main focus and I wasn't very happy with it in submission. I'll be releasing an update which will clean up a few things I haven't had a chance to pre-submission, such as for the play experience around the prep and cooking stages :) Thank you for the feedback, and congrats on your awesome entry!
I loved this story, so well written! I love how it starts off light hearted and gets more interesting but also eerier as it goes. It would have had a different feeling if the narrator didn't engage with the story as much either. I enjoyed finding the hidden objects and cooking too! Everything felt really well balanced, like it had just the right amount of salt. Awesome job!
Thank you so much! It sure was a balancing act, and it didn't come out the way I planned it, but I'm glad it was ultimately enjoyable. :)
Similar to another poster, I skipped the ending accidentally, but it was a cute and funny game, and I always appreciate a unique art style and interactive elements in a VN. Good job!
Hi! Update to fix that is incoming, thank you for playing :) (Edit: fixed!)
What a charming game! The humor was a particular standout - along with the graphics, it had a really great early 2010's internet feel, and the interactions between Paddy and narrator were great. I'm excited to hear you're planning more in a future update, and excite to peel back a few more layers of the world. Also I'm now craving eggs benedict, so well done there. Huge congrats - especially for being a solo dev project, wowee!!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you found it enjoyable :) Your own entry is wonderful, I love it <3
This was such a fun vn~ I loved how the world was gradually shown (not told) to us throughout the game, and the endings had fun variation to them. Super charming art style that's what drew me in initially haha :) if you do ever add additional dishes in the future I'd gladly play through again and see any different reactions, but even as-is it was great!!!
Thanks so much! I'm working on a mini update that will be out soon, but the one after that will have the two recipes I hadn't had time to put in, and extra animations. So glad you enjoyed it! :)
Really enjoyed this one! It was a lot of fun!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Love the MC, super cute! Also like that we are left in the dark about the backstory, adds some mystery.
Thank you! Yep, left hints here and there but still open to interpretation :)
Outright cackled when I got to the end. This is the most adorable-slash-disturbing game I may have ever played. Well done, Paddy. I knew you could do it. 💚
adorable-slash-disturbing is exactly what I was going for, so this comment is bringing me inner peace. Thank you!
I really enjoyed this one, kinda stumbled into the good ending. My only complaint is if you accidentally click past "Good Luck" it skips the whole ending. Otherwise it's great and reminds me a bit of "Harvey's New Eyes".
Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it. Yep, I have my eye on that potential accidental jump past the end scene, will be looking into it as part of the next update. Haven't heard of Harvey's New Eyes, checking it out
Harvey's New Eyes is a point-and-click adventure available on Steam. It has a similar sense of humour.
And cool art style <3
Loved the art style and I am truly amazed by how polished everything is, from the lore you created, to the interface, the puzzle elements and how every element work together to create a fun experience. The music fits perfectly too! Made me a bit hungry too, but definetly not for bacon :) Great job!
Thanks so much, that really means a lot <3 I'm so glad you found it fun (making it also made me hungry quite often). Look forward to playing yours :)
This was really fun! I loved all of the subtle background worldbuilding as you’re collecting ingredients. I hope you expand on it - I’d love to play a longer version!
Thank you :) Doubling up on reply to also say I'm eyeing your game and will play as soon as I recover from post-jam crash <3
Haha yeah, get some rest. It’s been a long month for all of us 😅