Into the Oven by limerish
Into the oven is a game in which you play as a demon chef that creates otherworldly pizzas and summons those pizzas as a weapon in battle.
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/into-the-oven |
Ratings
| Overall | 562th | 3.579⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 382th | 3.667⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 338th | 3.639⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 766th | 3.444⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 858th | 3.25⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 255th | 3.618⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 707th | 3.444⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 5🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
And in a fight with kobolds, you can simply go off the map, and they will never get you.
But the idea is cool and fun! Good luck!
A really creative and well-rounded pizza game, topped off with stylized art and delivered with a cheesy personality. I can only imagine how crazy this would be with even more combos. For now, though, landmine pizza for the win!

(A chef establishing dominance)
For me, this is a thing of expectations when learning a new game. Since most of the spots I can interact with with "E" have a clear indication that they are interactable (by having a message next to them), I as a player expect that every interactable component is marked as such in some way. Since the black pizza spots are not marked, it is at least not obvious at first, that you have to interact with them.
But other than that, I like your combination of different concepts and gameplay! Also it's cool that you managed to add music and sound effects. Those are things that unfortunately always have the lowest priority in my own games, so it's nice that you found the time to make the game feel complete with audio! Overall, nicely done! :)
After spawning with the pizzas it was a bit unclear which of the three buttons would correspond with the pizzas I created earlier, and I also forgot which combinations I made (my fault of course, but a little UI entry on that would've helped greatly!). So it ended up with me just spamming the strongest pizza I found. Because of this, the game didn't really pose a challenge, as others have mentioned as well.
The graphics were nice, though, and the effects looked funky, I liked the explosions! The audio was great, even though not created by yourself, but it added a nice touch.
Overall nice entry, and good job on it.