The Bun Slinger by BlackCat508

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made by BlackCat508 for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

The Bun Slinger is a fast paced arcade style game, where you must keep your customers happy by delivering food right into their mouths using your Burger-Zooka, earn points by feeding customers, but if the average anger level gets to high... they will burn your restaurant down.

A little bit of a stretch with the "delivery" theme, but you are technically delivering burgers to people ;)

opting out of the audio category because I got my music from fesliyanstudios.com

Screenshot 2023-05-01 161103.png

Ratings

Overall 251th 3.896⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 158th 3.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 130th 3.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 640th 3.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 368th 4.021⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 108th 4⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 501th 3.625⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

stellarnightmare
03. May 2023 · 12:21 UTC
This was one of the best games I've played in the jam. Music was great, gameplay was great, and the rt was great.
Please play more of other peoples games so that this one can be recommended by the smart rating thing.
AsmadiGames
04. May 2023 · 00:14 UTC
This is super cool! Really impressive polish level on the graphics and interface. Moving is smooth, the mouse cursor/targeter is sleek, and it's just fun to play.
🎤 BlackCat508
06. May 2023 · 02:46 UTC
Thanks for the reviews! I haven't had the time to review any other games yet, but I'm going to start today
D3kryption
06. May 2023 · 06:19 UTC
You've picked some epic music.
It works so well.
Game play was really well done.
nice job! :D
SlySeville
07. May 2023 · 06:47 UTC
Awesome work! This is definitely one of the best games I've played so far. Everything fits together really well. I really loved the different things the customers say, I spent a while setting the same sort of thing up in our game and I think it adds so much personality.
1tater_no_tots
07. May 2023 · 06:52 UTC
Fun game with really smooth gameplay! Feels really polished!
Retrisma
08. May 2023 · 00:59 UTC
Cool game! Gameplay was super chaotic and fun! I liked the presentation and music a lot. Hitting the laser burger move felt especially cool. The burger making mechanic was interesting but a bit obtuse, and I think there was too much reading in the beginning. Otherwise, though, great job!
Ricardo Palma
08. May 2023 · 04:59 UTC
This game is literally perfect, 5/5! I love everything, the audio, the graphics, the gameplay, well done!
F1Krazy
10. May 2023 · 18:08 UTC
As I read through the controls, I have to admit I got more and more overwhelmed. Even just the "build and shoot burgers" gameplay aspect felt a bit too complex for me to get my head round, and then there are just so many other mechanics piled on top of it. It's extremely impressive for a Ludum Dare entry, don't get me wrong, but it's also a bit... overwhelming. When I actually tried to play I just ended up wasting all my ingredients in ten seconds flat and then panic-quitting.

I'm gonna come back and try this again when I'm feeling a bit more relaxed.
🎤 BlackCat508
10. May 2023 · 19:40 UTC
Thanks for the review @f1krazy ! I do agree that it could be overwhelming for first timers, and i think thats mainly do to the lack of a proper tutorial. One thing that may help (as you mentioned about wasting ingredients) is that holding right click will cause ingredients that are within your mouse area(that have not formed any type of burger yet) to come back to you and into your inventory, allowing you to shoot them out again.

I hope you give it another try!
Pouyan ShekariKiani
11. May 2023 · 12:09 UTC
Awesome game, the best part for me was the music and the shooting mechanic, i would get so hyped over shooting a burger lol
zantze
11. May 2023 · 12:23 UTC
Managed to get 18859 points! It was fun but at first it was little bit confusing
Russ Moonbase
12. May 2023 · 05:17 UTC
Took me a bit to wrap my head around how to play the game but overall I enjoyed it. It plays well and I had no hang ups with the gameplay. I think I was a little confused about how to make a burger and how to shoot the burgers when I finally did make a burger. I love shooting the burgers and the targeting worked well.

Graphics were super nice. Jumping and shooting were super smooth.

Feeding frenzy was funny.

Nice work!
Cinterre
12. May 2023 · 06:00 UTC
I like the graphics and effects. Gameplay is interesting. It seemed like the ingredients had started to leave my gun as soon as I picked them up, wasn't sure if that was a bug or not. Nice job overall!
Blueanoli
12. May 2023 · 06:30 UTC
Great music! Awesome gameplay! This game was a lot of fun. Great work!
Rakowu
12. May 2023 · 07:06 UTC
Great music, very good tutorial (a bit long but it's ok, better detailed than lacking information). An option to meet several clients at the same time would have been great. In the end there were more and more and you have the feeling that you have no control. It's really fun and has a lot of potential, but getting a line empty would be a great relief and satisfaction. It sometimes feels constricting because you lose control.

![gameover.png](///raw/c44/a/z/5bb57.png)