Eating Sim by robochase6000
Compete in a realistic speed eating competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh54V_VIUKc
Using the theme Running out of space we thought it would be fun to play with the idea of filling up your stomach. So we took the idea of a food eating competition and all the things you have to physically manage in order to be successful at it. Like chewing, swallowing, managing mouth moisture, gas, etc.
There's a single player high score mode, and a local versus mode where you share a keyboard with another player.
Features 4 types of foods that react to the body in unique ways. Burp and vomit to clear you esophagus and keep going!





Small Edit: I fixed up some webgl & controller bugs that were plaguing me before submission, so it should now be a lot easier to dive in and try versus mode.
| Windows | https://robochase6000.itch.io/eating-sim |
| HTML5 (web) | https://robochase6000.itch.io/eating-sim |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/eating-sim |
Ratings
| Overall | 199th | 3.778⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 133th | 3.77⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 8th | 4.216⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 466th | 3.649⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 875th | 3⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 409th | 3.222⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 15th | 4.257⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 373th | 3.368⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 8🗨️ |
Very innovative idea for sure and fitting for the theme. You have to juggle with the different actions of your body in order to survive the ordeal of eating. Puke is kind of a panic action when everything goes horribly wrong. Just like in real life.
Graphics do the bare minimum, but it might be best that this kind of action is not drawn in more detail. My esophagus is already starting to react to the sound effects. I played alone, which is quite boring. To get most of the fun you might need a friend to play against.
Great entry (thanks for the coop too)
also in versus mode, you can totally end up spitting grubs into the opponents mouth to mess with them :D
Thanks for playing!
I couldn't play the Versus mode, but I imagine this would be pretty dang funny with a friend - so long as they too would find this type of humor funny.
It's an interesting take on the theme, and running with a QWOP style party game makes for a unique entry.
The sounds were executed perfectly, but I would like to see a more consistent style for the graphics.
errrrrrr---- errrrrrrrrrrrr errr
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297889760
Thanks for playing!
Having said all of that, it's a unique and fun take on the theme with some original ideas going on here, it just fails a little in the execution of those ideas. Keep developing games, hopefully you'll continue to learn from this jam and will return for the next one with something even better!
I agree a proper tutorial system would be nice in a more polished release. I was primarily focused on layering all the mechanics I wanted. In a more complete game, I would probably introduce the food types one by one (I've already implemented a few new types and have more planned), and also have more refined UI & tips for when the player should increase their stomach acid or digest their calories.
food dissolves in your throat as well, but it's a slow process. Burping/Puking sometimes helps to dislodge things faster. I thought it would add a little tension (ugh I'm choking!) but I think most people just get frustrated after 8 seconds and see it as a bug :)
Pretty hilarious in general though.