BALA!!! by DSK
This is a game about dealing with the mess for the egotistical chef.
The player acts as a food quality inspector, who needs to ensure that the food meets the needs of customers while checking the quality of the food. In the game, you need to decide whether to deliver food to customers by using props and checking food ingredients. Please pay attention to the requirements of different customers. Wish you a happy game!
https://youtu.be/mJBfJpKHYOE
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| Link | https://autumnwater.itch.io/bala |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/bala |
Ratings
| Overall | 247th | 3.9⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 430th | 3.6⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 219th | 3.8⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 565th | 3.94⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 58th | 4.558⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 109th | 4.083⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 162th | 3.854⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 244th | 3.94⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 38🗳️ | 36🗨️ |
Is there ever a win condition? Or is it just fail at the end? Either way, ended hard mode with a score of 140, so I'm happy.
But bit too realistic in customers requirements. :P

### What I like:
- Simple but interesting gameplay.
- The art style is amazing. Don't know how your team did that, I noticed that it's a blend of pixel art and hand drawings, but they just compliments each other so well, instead of conflicting.
- Good and suitable music.
- SFX are on point.
- Nice UI. The buttons got audio feedback for clicking? Such an attention to detail, in a jam game.
The overall presentation of the game is done very well.
### What could be better:
- I wish that there's some audio indicator when the dish I delivered/remaked is a success or fail. I had to rely on looking at chef's face to know so. That requires a lot of vision attention, especially when the player should have their eyes on the customer/meal details most of the time.
- As some have mentioned, the fonts are hard to read sometimes.
Next, I would like to say something on a personal note. I will be participating in many GameJam competitions in the future, and I would love to share the games I develop with you and receive your valuable feedback. If you're interested, could you please DM me on itch.io or YouTube to stay in touch?