Monster Kitchen Island

Love it! It's got tons of personality, just like all your previous games. The voice acting and the song with actual singing makes all the difference in giving the game character and shows that it was made by real people.

I really like how the music is written to fix the fixed time limit. You can intuitively tell how much time is left just by listening to the music. You can tell even on the first playthrough because the intensity of the music ramps up towards the end.

The game instructions are a lot to take in at first, that's for sure! But the game is actually simple after all and it all makes sense, so I'm not sure how to approach it differently than how you've already done it. Props for taking the time to make two versions of the tutorial (text and video) so people can pick whichever they like! The video was more useful to me personally, at least as the very first introduction.

I hear that you're planning on making a post jam version, so I've passed some more detailed feedback your way in DM! I hope it's useful. I'll be looking forward to the post jam version for sure.

This game is incredible! The learning curve feels really steep, but it's such a great idea with tons of polish, and adorable art!

One of the most polished jam games I've ever played! Super nice art, the music is lovely (especially the menu music) and the gameplay is fun! I don't really play typing games or cooking games so I was terrible at it but I still had a blast playing it. Excellent work!

Great presentation, lots of charm, and a unique scenario. Easily polished enough already to straight be a commercial title. The mechanic is also one I haven't seen before.

On the gameplay side, probably due to the fact I'm not that familiar with cooking games, and only slightly more with typing games (Typing Of The Dead is about it), I found it pretty hard to do what I needed to within the 3 minutes, and the first attempt was chaos. The second attempt was a bit more comprehensible, but it was still a struggle to get everything done within 3 minutes.

If there was a beat-by-beat tutorial that gradually introduces the different elements over a number of levels for the benefit of noobs like myself (skippable for the more initiated, obv), instead of an info dump before gameplay is reached, that would be great. In a sense, I doubyt I'm telling you anything you weren't aware of anyway, as I'm sure the info dump just a result of only having 48 hrs to make it. My game just had a screen of info about controls and mechanics on the title screen, and I guess I'm lucky my game was a lot simpler than this.

there was also what I felt was an odd difference in pace between the main course and dessert parts. Whereas with the main course, the pace was such that you were constantly rushing to do tasks and switching between robots, whereas with dessert, the ice cream machines were so slow that one robot would catch up with the other and have to wait. The latter is a legitimate gameplay variation, as it makes for a different kind of tension, but one I feel would be better introduced after a number of increasingly frantic levels have established the momentum of the chaotic multitasking approach. As it is, I found waiting aspect a bit of a jolt in pace when I was trying to get used to the previous level's style.

There really is tons going for this. If you can nail the difficulty curve, I think it would do damn well.

Good idea, sometimes if you start typing during a transition though it doesn't register the keys. a little annoying but otherwise a fun game.

There's a little too much going on, and has some learning curve though, but otherwise the game is quite polished.

(sorry I lost the text, I'll go to the point)
Game: pretty much perfect. Wish I could skip the dialogs when replaying. Shift / Tab were a little confusing.
Me: extremely bad. Couldn't get to 40 points.
The menu song: love it.

I love typing games! I can type rather fast despite using only 2 fingers and it often makes typing games fun!

The game has so much content! I really didn't expect the singing! All feels appropriate and gives the game a real nice charm! I know you got 6 people on board but it's still impressive to have added this much in 48 hours!

The game did feel a bit overwhelming, I guess it would take several tries to really get it going. Also is there a way to discard dishes we accidentally finished? A few times I added wrong ingredients on the plate, but was unable to remove any of it, so it meant one plate I couldn't use. I also wonder why I can't access previous recipes; I know they're easy to remember but it feels comforting to be able to check! There was a lot of recipes on level 3! ...but I only was asked for the coconut cocktail and mostly had to do sorbet. I mean I just assume it was luck!

Didn't score very highly though cause there is a lot to look at! i kinda wish we had a more simple, level 1 (or maybe a tutorial level); having to read a whole explaination, even if very clear, you would forget a bunch of it; I would have prefered to be able to do it with gameplay one step at a time (explaination, doing a step, another explaination, another step, etc), but I can get it can be difficult to set up when time is a precious ressource!

In any case the game felt very complete and polished, it was really nice to play!

Okay, I really like the world of this! The intro cutscene really does have the same energy as an old wives tale, and connects great to the game and premise it has set up. Definitely a unique gameplay style too-- would not expect to see a resteraunt game combined with a typing game. It does get a little repetitive-- I imagine this becomes less of an issue to a player strategically focused on getting a good score, but for a first-time player like me, it was a noticable issue. The problems though are MORE than made up for with the great theme, art, and very unique gameplay idea! This is certainly a memorable one for me, great job!

I love this game's vibe. The art and sound is great, and the story was so well thought out. Thematically it's perfect. I'm extremely sad that I don't enjoy playing it much :( Maybe I'm bad at multi-tasking or something, but I feel like I immediately get overwhelmed and stressed out lol. I wish this was my type of game because everything else about it is so well done.

Also I was like holy shit how did you do all this in 48 hours, and then I noticed you've got 6 people in your team this time!! Crazy.

snappy and fun to play. Even the simple act of typing felt satisfying with the sound effects and visuals. Simple but elegant in that sense. Had a bit of trouble running the game but once I got it running I found myself cursing as I tried to beat my previous score. I think a game that entices you to get better is a sign of great game design. Been following these devs for a while now and I'm excited to see more!

A typing game was not something I was expecting at all from this jam and not something I'm usually up for playing - but WOW, this is AMAZING! The story telling, the song to go with, it's all really fantastic. I think this could easily be packaged up and sold to schools as a typing tutor game that would actually encourage people to type. I felt switching between tab, esc and shift a little tricky to begin with and it was a lot to take in on my first time around, it's definitely something you can come back to and practice over and over, hence its appeal as an educational game, and for the amount of content, in just two days, it's really incredible! You've got a solid entry here, I'm truly blown away! Great job!

What a crazy beautiful intro! The art, the story, the music! Loved it so much and got me immersed instantly! The game itself was also really nice, once I got the hang of it it felt pretty natural to use typing to control everything. Great job on visual feedback/gamefeel!

The fact that you cannot move your robot to a position another robot is already on did put me in some tough spots. The first days I couldn't figure out how to combine ingredients and on day 1 I didn't even make a single dish (the day was still a great succes though hahah)

I did a lot better on my 2nd playthrough and I spotted a lot of funny word-easter eggs. I even spotted "Bonte"!

The amount of controls felt a bit overwhelming; Escape, Shift, Tab, + all the typing. I think some of it could've been either visible all the time, or be automated in a way? Idk. It didn't bother me too much though, but I think most of the difficulty for me was remembering and coordinating all the tabbing and shifting between characters instead of typing the words correctly and quick. But maybe that was the whole idea.

Loved how there was dialogue between every day, can't wait for a post jam version haha to see how this story continues. I also LOVED that the song came back at the end, listened to it for atleast 5 times hahah so good. Dry 4th wall lyrics about the gameplay are always a big plus for me of course. :)

The presentation of this game is really something for a game jam, so great job on that! The song on the main menu is quite cute, and the story elements really bring the whole game together.

I really like the concept of the game, but the controls didn't feel very intuitive to me. I found myself repeatedly switching to the wrong robot, or pressing tab to look at the front when I didn't want to.

Still, I enjoyed my time with it, and I think you've made a great game, aesthetically. I can't wait to see more next time.

Wow, amazing game! Incredible work for such a small amount of time!

As someone bad at typing games and with no experience with diner-type games, I knew the gameplay would be a bit rough for me. But, I think that that perspective may have helped me notice what I could find frustrating.

The presentation, pretty sick. Saw the sea monster image and right off the bat was into it, and the story leading into the gameplay worked really well. The music was well-fitting, and the jingle during the menu was super cute. Controls acted as they should, and I couldn't find any bugs.

As an audience, I fall into a group of people who probably need their hand held for a game like this. The tutorial was frankly daunting and overwhelming. But, the gameplay loop wasn't particularly hard to get a grasp on. I blanked out during the tutorial and went on to serve two dishes of chopped limes before quickly learning what the game wanted from me. For me the tutorial felt like it detracted from the experience. What I immediately can think of to aid it would be meaningful player actions following instructions so that the player can internalize what it is saying. But, that'd probably be too time intensive for a 48 hour jam. There's probably a quicker solution.

During the first level, I found that my pace was slow enough that I could just get both robots to work on sashimi. Which felt fine at the time, it was nice to be able to develop a weird strategy. The problem I had was when I hit level 2 I couldn't look up how to make the other level 1 dish. Something like a page-flipping mechanic for the recipe book would very likely help, and if this was something expanded upon, I feel that it would be a necessity for playing this over the course of multiple days.

Mmm, that's all I can think of. If expanded upon, difficulty options to adjust word length seem like they'd be a nice plus.

But yeah it was still a fun game, and despite not being a typing game player, I enjoyed it and appreciated it.

Thanks for sharing you work~

WOW, it's amazing how much got done within 48 hours. The music is great, the title screen song is catchy and cute! The monsters are really cute, I love the pixel art!! I'm really bad at typing games and diner games, so I won't share my embarassing score xD I had trouble figuring out how to make some of the dishes, maybe I just needed to experiment more. Overall it was really fun, your team did a really great job on this!

This game is presented super well! I couldn't get robot switching to work... maybe I'm just dumb tho lol. It's neat how you took the idea of a cooking game and added the typing aspect to just add an extra layer of stress and make the controls more interesting. good job!

Very quarkie, lovely looking, and has a playful atmosphere, and the fact that it's a typing game kinda ruined it for me.

So I’ll go over the things I liked the things I didn’t and you can take what you can from that.

I love the intro, the story book folktale intro was lovely. The giggle of the title screen, and how it's the main theme of the game was a great touch.

The different monster types and art work was great, honestly as far as the art and sound goes I have no issues with the game.

The gameplay did bother me a bit though.

Forgetting about my dislike of typing games, there were some issues I had.

1. The wall of text tutorial really didn’t help much. In Fact it kinda overwhelmed me, I think it would have been better to break up the text with bits of real practice. I know this is a jam, but if you go the full game route then tell me about one step, let me do it, then tell me about the next.

2. The fact you can keep typing even if you mess up hurts. I would have my finger slip, but because the game doesn't stop me, or let me know I’ll keep typing and get confused about why the robot is not moving. Having it buzz as soon as I enter a letter that's not on any of the available type trees would be really nice. Maybe give the player one or two slip ups, and then reset the progress on the word after. So don’t accept wrong letters in the type script, and if you mess up 2 or more times it clears the script and you need to retype the work. That would make it more forgiving, and also make it clear when you mess up.

3. I think the difficulty curve needs some adjustments, not including the adding of new recipes. The fact that the letter amount jumps from 3 to 7 without any rhyme or reason kinda messes with me alot. I guess you should add some difficulty settings where the types of words are far more limited. For now I tend to always go for the easiest word to keep it fast. But add on that the increase of recipes I can see this ruining the fun of alot of people.

I deffenly bias on typing games, being forced to play them in school just makes them non fun no matter the context for me.

I hope any of this helps at all. Honestly the gameplay is the only thing I don’t love about this game. Good luck!

Absolutely wonderful little game! It feels really complete, it's shocking to believe it was made in 48 hours when this easily feels like it could be a comfy Nintendo DS game you pick up from a store 15 years ago. The spritework is, detailed, charming, and flat-out beautiful in the opening cutscene, and the gameplay feels polished, especially in how it's able to keep track of its in-game real-time and all the real-time elements such as the robots moving around. The only shortcoming from my perspective is that the first text tutorialization made me feel like I was being introduced to far too many concepts in one go with no opportunity to practically apply them, but it's not like the game is super complicated anyway and that's a gamejam for ya. Excellent work!

I love the contrast between the spooky intro cutscene and the silly title theme! XD This was clearly a labor of love. There is so much soul in everything, from the visuals to the music to the voices to the sounds... I could go on and on. The typing mechanic is a clever twist. This is seriously professional quality, and if you add more levels post-Jam to make it a full-length game, you could give Overcooked a run for its money!

(Sadly I am absolutely terrible at this type of game, so I'm glad the story progressed no matter how poorly I scored!)

Beautiful Beautiful game, lots of interacting systems, great art, great sounds, great L O R E omgjeez the density of cool ideas and character designs and art assets and content and stuff is impressive.

I do have to say I was vveerryy overwhelmed in that kitchen. Even with dishes that had one or two steps, I just couldn't make any of them happen other than randomly. I know I'm intellectually capable of mentally processing a 2-step recipie, and this game is a lot like Overcooked and I was like okay cool sure I can handle that, but for some reason the fact I had two robots right from the beginning made me stresssedd I wasn't using them to their full potential / The immediate queue of murderous monsters and the time limit and threat of death. All the wonderful theming just had my nerves shot :') I think this is more of a me problem though. Well done!

Oh god and the theme song <3

Wow, really impressive how much content is here and how polished everything is. The intro, the music, the titlescreen and that's all before the game even starts. Amazing work!

The colors and the music are so immersive that it sucked me into the game immediately. It took me a few playthroughs to get used to the controls and to be able to memorize the receipes, but afterwards I gradually increased my scores.

First of all let me just say I love the Overcooked games so I had a lot of fun playing this one too. The controls are really crisp with the typing, I wish I had a game like this when I was learning how to type in school. Personally, I thought the ingredient and recipe list was very clear, the only thing that confused me was that I had to move the robot away from plating to combine stuff, but I was able to figure it out fairly quickly. I like how if I wasn't able to interact with something there were no words up there which helped me zone in on the spots I needed to move food too. Coconuts = Bowling Balls

I had a great time playing this game! Upon opening the game the song was very inviting and immediatly put me in a good mood and excited to give the game a whirl. It definitely did not disappoint! The art style and music help put me at ease during the fast paced and challenging gameplay. It did take me a few tries to get into a good groove. This is not a bad thing because seeing my score imrpove after each play was very rewarding. I would consider adding a replay button after the game is over, so one does not have to close, reopen, and go through the story in order to play again. I am eager to see what the team comes out with next!

Really fun idea and great art, but I found myself to be confused on every dish except for line ice cream and chopped fish. A little more explanation would've been great, but it was really well-made nonetheless.

This game is absolutely beautiful. The full intro, sound production, music, even the Animal Crossing Style Voices all culminated in a seriously impressive entry. There is definitely a strong learning curve on navigating around, and some icons to guide the player instead of having to always check the recipe would have really helped me, but that being said, I don't know how you all pulled off such a polished project so quickly. Huge kudos!