Burger Ritual by meylish

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made by meylish for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Satan got bored and decided to develop his own business! Pay people for their work? Ha! It's easier to take the souls of your sinners and send them to work for free! What will they do? Die and end up in hell again? You're one of those sinners who was allowed to live in the human world again in exchange for just your 7/0 job at the diner! Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a medieval diner and try to survive the day!

Ratings

Overall 717th 3.451⭐ 114🧑‍⚖️
Fun 982th 3.027⭐ 114🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 964th 2.928⭐ 113🧑‍⚖️
Theme 502th 3.774⭐ 115🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 143th 4.372⭐ 115🧑‍⚖️
Audio 410th 3.509⭐ 115🧑‍⚖️
Humor 289th 3.564⭐ 111🧑‍⚖️
Mood 487th 3.661⭐ 114🧑‍⚖️
Given 46🗳️ 221🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 376284
15. Apr 2024 · 20:25 UTC
Hey, I can't see the link to the game. Is this supposed to be published already?
tstapely07
15. Apr 2024 · 20:38 UTC
Hmm, might just be me, but seems like itch.io is cropping your game weirdly, I can't see the bottom portion of the screen.
Tollona
15. Apr 2024 · 20:55 UTC
Enjoyed the setting and Dommy Nunny :smile: The art is beautiful and gameplay is smooth. The summoning scrolls could close on summon but I can see it being an executive decision to make the kitchen management more demanding. The game didn't load on this page for me but I got to play it on itch.
LDJam user 391120
15. Apr 2024 · 20:57 UTC
Same as @tstapely07, it's sad, the game looks amazing :slight_smile:
derllie
15. Apr 2024 · 21:05 UTC
@jack728 its published already on itch.io, you can play it there now!
Ian Ouellette
15. Apr 2024 · 21:32 UTC
Very fun concept! The art and sound were really good, and having a tutorial like that for a jam is great. Nicely polished other than the scrolls summoning dozens of ratburgers for a single click, but that's funny and pretty thematic anyway. Having a more intricate process for summoning ingredients would have made it more fun but I can see why you'd keep that part simple for now, great work overall!
Literally Void
15. Apr 2024 · 22:00 UTC
Gave everyone the "nothing but rat burgers" special. 10/10 no notes.

The music is a little jarring when it starts---maybe there could've been some sort of music from the start? But when it does play, it's *incredible!*

Awesome art and sound effects too!
TheDugnutt
16. Apr 2024 · 01:33 UTC
This is great, I love the art and the different ingredients are super fun! Nice job :)
Ulziton
16. Apr 2024 · 02:14 UTC
Very cool idea and realisation
Darallchii
16. Apr 2024 · 09:49 UTC
idea is very interesing, but resolution of the game is really strange.. Art is really great, i love the concept of unusual ingredients, that really matches the idea of the game :))
Fenix131113
16. Apr 2024 · 13:39 UTC
Great art, but need more customers and they generation
Kseniya
16. Apr 2024 · 13:39 UTC
very beautiful visual, creative!
Melissa Stodolnik
16. Apr 2024 · 13:48 UTC
cool atmosphere!
F13
16. Apr 2024 · 14:15 UTC
Very cool visual
viscera
16. Apr 2024 · 14:58 UTC
нам понравилась игра, арт великолепен, как и идея игры!)
vincenttt
16. Apr 2024 · 15:21 UTC
круто
lipr
16. Apr 2024 · 17:20 UTC
Игра целом простая, но в данном случае это даже хорошо! Мне нравится простая гениальность задумки. Это забавно, как мы призываем рецепты из другого мира, чтобы собрать для каждого клиента свой предпочитаемый бургер). Процесс игры расслабляющий с удовольствием поиграла в него!
В целом стилистика арта тоже соблюдена. В нём ничего не нагружено, всё понятно разложено, стиль подходит под саму игру и это круто. Мой глаз порадовался)
Буду ждать ваших следующих игр
AFK_Shark
16. Apr 2024 · 17:40 UTC
Omg, I saw the development of the game and knew that it would be very cool! And so it turned out, the game is insanely interesting and funny! The visual part complements the game very well! Great job! <3
Kashagotova
16. Apr 2024 · 18:41 UTC
I love the art! it makes waterfalls in my mouth!! Intresting mechanics, playing this game relaxed me a little bit
hlebnay_kroshka
16. Apr 2024 · 18:46 UTC
Очень классный концепт!
Aaron Hart
16. Apr 2024 · 19:45 UTC
This is good! I love the art/character designs and the music fits perfectly. But seriously dude, beets on a burger? Sickening :)
Kate.Izym
16. Apr 2024 · 20:46 UTC
Why do squashed rats look so... delicious? I like the idea of summoning burgers)
Dywanix
16. Apr 2024 · 20:52 UTC
Artstyle is great!
Kirass
16. Apr 2024 · 22:59 UTC
I like this game! You guys are great!
Sslleepwalker
17. Apr 2024 · 10:20 UTC
Очень приятная игра и задумка.Лично для меня было неудобно не видеть ингредиенты и были проблемы с пролистыванием вниз экрана, часто не видела, какие ингредиенты добавляются.
the4thcircle
17. Apr 2024 · 10:42 UTC
This looks cool and seemed likea fun idea but I couldn't seem to get the resolution right on any of my devices, it always cut off part of the interface, making it unusable.
LJay
17. Apr 2024 · 10:43 UTC
Не сразу понял геймплей, но в целом интересно получилось! Понравился арт и юмор)
rewquji
17. Apr 2024 · 11:15 UTC
блин сразу вспоминаются игры с готовкой в которые играла лет 5 назад)) очень крута!
LDJam user 355344
17. Apr 2024 · 11:19 UTC
It's a fun little game. I think more levels could have been made. Also could have made the ingredient selection a single click instead of two. And so, quite good, or as we say in Russia, Zayebis'
MathieuSpooky
17. Apr 2024 · 11:29 UTC
The game seems nice, but I can't scroll down (I see white bars appearing upwards). I'm playing on macOS in the Arc browser (Chromium).
LDJam user 282870
17. Apr 2024 · 11:30 UTC
The sound and the music were very good. The game concept is excellent.

That being said, I could not see the place where the burger was being made. Also, once the item is picked it should AUTOMATICALLY close the scroll

Thanks for the fun play.
Sozey
17. Apr 2024 · 11:39 UTC
That was really funny, I can see it being made into a full game! That also made me hungry...
LDJam user 375281
17. Apr 2024 · 11:40 UTC
It is a bit annoying to have to click one time to open the scroll, a second to summon the ingredient and a third time to close the scroll. Otherwise, nice game.
edali
17. Apr 2024 · 11:41 UTC
The game was fun to play although I couldn't see the bottom of the kitchen at first. I really like the art and the character great job! The music is great as well. Overall it looks clean and it is fun. ^^
Neod
17. Apr 2024 · 12:06 UTC
Cool art! It took me a while to figure out how to summon the ingredients. It's a little inconvenient that you need to switch between ordering and cooking with arrows. For some reason, I always wanted to see who you were cooking for. :-) But when I got used to it, I liked the process itself, it turned out interesting!
D0vid
17. Apr 2024 · 12:31 UTC
Very nice visuals and polished gameplay, great job !
PatateNouille
17. Apr 2024 · 12:40 UTC
Really cool ! Great looking and sounding !

> You don't need to know what will happen if you don't [serve the customers properly]

Well, you were wrong, I had to try again after winning to see what'd happen hehehe :P

In terms of gameplay it's quite simple and trivial. I was surprised you couldn't send the order if all the required ingredients weren't present, or that there doesn't seem to be a time limit, so you really have to try to lose in order not to win which is a little odd.

Usually this kind of game gets some challenge from either a time limit, relying on player skills to improve to use the interface/controls faster, or using some random/uncontrollable elements, things like physics making the stacked order fall or some other disturbance that has to be dealt with, or by using confusion with the interface mixing up some information, playing tricks or requiring the player to remember things properly.

Although I'm guessing with this game you went for the chill and casual vibe (which you nailed btw), I still think a little bit of challenge would make for an even better experience. It doesn't have to be hard but I think it's when your efforts allow you to avoid failure that they become meaningful.

Overall this is a very solid entry, casual but effective, my highest rated yet ! Congrats !
thiago neumann
17. Apr 2024 · 12:42 UTC
I loved the crossover between hamburgers and Satanism!! but I couldn't play
beauchama
17. Apr 2024 · 12:51 UTC
Love the game. Love theses weird recipes :D
thiago neumann
17. Apr 2024 · 12:52 UTC
Now I can play!! very fun and the visual decision was really cool.
Sodoj
17. Apr 2024 · 12:53 UTC
Cooking games are my guilty pleasure and this is a good one. As others have noted, there is an issue with cropping on itch version once you go to full screen and it took me a bit of time to figure out how to send the first order, but once I got hang of it I had a great time!
Wakobu
17. Apr 2024 · 12:54 UTC
Awesome ambiance and graphics! The gameplay is quite basic, but it does the job.
thiago neumann
17. Apr 2024 · 12:56 UTC
@patatenouille wow, what a profound assessment! Take a look at my team's project, please!! Your analysis is great!
Antti Haavikko
17. Apr 2024 · 13:09 UTC
Tried it twice and keep getting a "bad ending"? Am I constantly getting screwed by the ingredients not correctly stacking to the burger or is there even a non fail ending?

![Screenshot 2024-04-17 at 15.51.53.png](///raw/1e4/3/z/64136.png)

Well, third time the charm I guess. Was extra careful now with my ingredient draggings...

![Screenshot 2024-04-17 at 16.09.10.png](///raw/1e4/3/z/64142.png)

The gameplay itself was kinda boring and clunky. As I already eluded above, the ingredients sometimes didn't stick to the burger itself when dragging them on place but just stayed there on the area beneath. Especially happened to me when the burger was getting tall enough and I instinctually dragged the ingredients near the top, not to the bottom where I think the hit area was no matter what.

Having to close the scroll each time was a bit annoying. Felt like an unnecessary extra step now that there was no time limit or anything. Would make a lot more sense if there was time constraint so that you would need to flex your memory or waste time toggling them on and off again. But right now it felt like and extra step. Just extra clicks that were already a bit too plentiful. But of course removing/automating those would make the game very thin.

Art looked great! Adding even a bit of movement would have really livened it up though. The sounds and music served their purpose, though nothing too amazing, it still felt really silent and monotonous.

Anyways, good job! 👍
MartenJ
17. Apr 2024 · 13:11 UTC
I always wanted to be a burger boy like Sponge Bob and in this game I am a Statan Sponge Bob in a really great Art Style! The Art is really on point and and everything is pretty smooth and solid for a 3 days, great work!
Would love to see more, so that the game get more depth, to play it again and again!
p-r
17. Apr 2024 · 13:11 UTC
what's the "Mkhomt" sauce?
derllie
17. Apr 2024 · 13:12 UTC
@p-r our special sauce with bugs:)
Roman Dubrovin
17. Apr 2024 · 13:15 UTC
I like the graphics and sound.
nusan
17. Apr 2024 · 13:41 UTC
I love the mood of this game, and the dialogue are super cute. It's a bit short and the game is easy but I like the art a lot, now I want a burger... The music works well, the ending one might be a bit too upbeat for the setting ahah. I had some trouble playing the game, it doesn't load here and on itch.io I first tried putting it in fullscreen and has it has an unusual screen ratio I couldn't see everything, and then even when not in fullscreen it was broken somehow and I couldn't see the "send order" button. After a reload of the page and no attempt to put in fullscreen, it finally worked correctly. Anyway, really cool entry, keep up the good work!
K-toll
17. Apr 2024 · 14:17 UTC
I like the atmosphere and the design of the game, good job!
Deborah Messaoudene
17. Apr 2024 · 14:37 UTC
First of all the graphics are really good, music and environnement are cool! Also, really good job on tutorial and explanation also, it really helps start playing easily. I had some problem with the size of the screen, i couldn't see everything in my window so I couldn't send my burger. I don't really know how to fix this but I'd love to play again :)
Baluj
17. Apr 2024 · 14:47 UTC
I like the music and it is a complete game. However, I have had problems being able to send orders to clients.
lobbienjonsjii
17. Apr 2024 · 14:55 UTC
I love all the ominous ingredients as well as the bizarre requests by the customers. The graphics were fantastic! The process of summoning the ingredients was a little annoying, with the scroll obscuring the ingredient below.
Pigeonic
17. Apr 2024 · 15:18 UTC
The art is beautiful! It did feel like it was a bit too easy, maybe a timer on each order would work? Good job!
duvdvan
17. Apr 2024 · 15:25 UTC
Дико понравилось то, как все отрисовано, особенно дизайны персонажей. Из минусов выделю то, что после призыва ингредиента свиток не сворачивается обратно, и частенько происходит так, что ,при попытке закрыть его, снова призывается ингредиент, и приходится его сжигать. Вообще, игра очень классная, прям вайб Папы Луи и подобных игр. Вы большие молодцы, ребят, удачи вам!
rensun
17. Apr 2024 · 17:01 UTC
Beautiful game! And the mechanics are cool
Ruslana
17. Apr 2024 · 17:34 UTC
Nice art!
firellon
17. Apr 2024 · 17:45 UTC
There's some insane production value here!
Scrolls would be great to not have open/close all the time and the length could be a bit more, with maybe the speed being an additional factor?
Gabriel Bissonnette
18. Apr 2024 · 01:23 UTC
I like the concept and the art style! Great job on the music too.

Also I feel like clicking the ingredient could spawn it without the need of another click, but great game anyway
SoBad
18. Apr 2024 · 03:01 UTC
As far as the presentation goes, your team knocked it out of the park. You have good sound, a really nice, cohesive visual style, and a fun universe to set the game in. Working at a fast food restaurant that serves disgusting food to evil characters is funny, and I was drawn in immediately!

From a gameplay perspective, this submission is missing its core mechanic, in my opinion. I'm not quite sure it's a game yet. The current loop is following simple instructions under no time pressure or compounding mechanic of any kind, which I think is a shame since every other aspect of this project is fantastic.
NaPlz98
18. Apr 2024 · 03:21 UTC
It took me a while to understand how to assemble the burgers and I read the tutorial 3 times xd. Finally I understood it and I was able to play it well! I still got the bad ending, I've been sent back to hell :(.
Very good idea adapted to the theme of the jam, I loved the art and very fun gameplay!
![image.png](///raw/e7b/e5/z/64435.png)
Euler Moises
18. Apr 2024 · 05:29 UTC
The art is very beautiful!

The game is easy. Think about creating something that makes it harder as the level goes up.

Congratulations for the game!
Ziggy
18. Apr 2024 · 07:23 UTC
Very nice game! Such amazing art and funny story. The game could have just a bit of progression but i enjoyed it nonetheless. Good work!
Castitatis
18. Apr 2024 · 08:30 UTC
the game has such an amazing art and atmosphere, I really liked it :)
Sariiger
18. Apr 2024 · 08:37 UTC
I was a fun game! Got the good ending on the first try!

![burger.png](///raw/564/b2/z/644a4.png)
Jean-Francois
18. Apr 2024 · 17:33 UTC
Verry funny it was one of our idea during the brainstormong ^^' the game is clean well done, but cropped :/ I was impossible to see the bottom of the game :/
mumu
18. Apr 2024 · 19:18 UTC
I unfortunately couldn't get it to launch on here and it was cropping weirdly on itch. I wasn't a fan of the controls and the gameplay could be better tbh like the scrolls were annoying and it could be cooler to figure out the ingredients yourself or to cook some of them instead of going through a list but I definitely was a fan of the art!
Tommy
18. Apr 2024 · 22:34 UTC
Really strong graphics, and a simple mechanic which is polished enough to be very nice to play. On Linux it did not load properly here (worked fine on itch.io but not in fullscreen, where it was cropped).
player04
19. Apr 2024 · 03:25 UTC
top notch art. the concept was cool.
would have liked better scroll closing logic and a way to get to the tutorial/controls page without restarting the game.
overall a consistent and solid game, nice work!
Pusheeneiro
19. Apr 2024 · 12:51 UTC
Beautiful graphics and from what I see, inspired by Potion Craft
Dimi Kaye
19. Apr 2024 · 15:45 UTC
Fantastic visuals and art, fantastic music, funny dialogue, it took me a bit to understand how the screen works but super well done!
BauBau
19. Apr 2024 · 16:19 UTC
Burgers be looking kinda good! Well done! Gotta have some cucaracha spice, mmm
JOrbits
19. Apr 2024 · 16:57 UTC
The art is really good and the burgers look really demonic.
Interesting that another group made a game about burgers, because we also made a game called "Demon Burger" :hamburger:
TheGreatCarpet
19. Apr 2024 · 18:38 UTC
@pusheeneiro And you're absolutely right! I was inspired by potion craft and the suffering Middle Ages.
khofez
19. Apr 2024 · 18:55 UTC
Lol! Fun game! Great work
Retrific
19. Apr 2024 · 19:39 UTC
Beautiful but I had problems with the HTML5 version where I was not able to see the Send order button. I think the screen at the bottom was cut off or something
asfdfdfd
19. Apr 2024 · 19:51 UTC
Unfortunately game was cropped for me on html5 and windows builds. :(
Paul Maaswinkel
19. Apr 2024 · 21:06 UTC
Awesome art and music! Nice and creepy. As others mentioned as well: less clicking would make it even more fun I think. Great job overall.
GoBigRedFan
20. Apr 2024 · 16:14 UTC
Gorgeous art, not the only take on this concept I've seen in this jam but definitely the cleanest execution of it. I also had issues with the embedded player of itch unfortunately.
LiquidFunk
20. Apr 2024 · 18:15 UTC
Very interesting take on theme, I thought this was great! However I couldn't see the bottom 33% of the screen, it was cut off on the itch page...idk why :( I could barely see the burger or anything below where you select your ingredients!
pres2300
21. Apr 2024 · 17:51 UTC
Well done! The music and art on this were great. One mark against the music is that the replay loop could be a bit jarring, otherwise it was great! Like others, I got a bad ending and didn't really understand why. I was probably messing something up I didn't realize, but I could have sworn I did it all correctly. I also felt the summoning scrolls could be a bit clunky as you would have to unroll a scroll and then click on it again to get an ingredient to appear. Other than that, I thought it was a interesting take on the theme and a funny food making game. Nice job!
recursiveanomaly
22. Apr 2024 · 03:45 UTC
It was great to see someone else make a cooking game. The art is simply fantastic. Thanks for the game.
OldManJoe9
22. Apr 2024 · 04:10 UTC
One thing that I would recommend improving is the amount of arbitrary waiting in the game. I like the type effect for dialog, but it took a long time to be fully typed in and then the ingredients were added to your list. If those could have been done together the player wouldn't be waiting too long before getting started

The art and sound was very atmospheric, definitely fit the theme, and this is a really good start to a more fully fleshed out cooking game design, add in a few minigames or drawing out some designs and a couple extra reasons to switch back and forth between the top and bottom screens and you've got a decent game
Yasgal
22. Apr 2024 · 10:25 UTC
Really funny, but sadly I've lost
osh.studio
26. Apr 2024 · 03:37 UTC
Beautiful art ! Loved the medieval demon style, and the blob fish burger. It would be great if the dialogue was a little bit quicker! Great submission
Burns
27. Apr 2024 · 23:10 UTC
well done. i enjoyed the art.
Sheol
01. May 2024 · 04:35 UTC
I really adore the artstyle for the game and I like that the characters sort of have some personality to them and their orders. Overall great job!
Niighty.nine
01. May 2024 · 17:57 UTC
Nice art and music. Might be better if the texts popping faster, and have 16:9 resolution and rearrange the layout to not have the up and down buttons. Overall is great. :D