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A jam submission

Grim Baker: Maker of Eldritch DelightsView game page

make a deal with death to chase your passion
Submitted by Tower Illusion II, ScurvyD — 8 hours, 30 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#1403.7213.721
Theme#3173.6513.651
Overall#4103.4463.446
Visuals#4473.8143.814
Audio#4583.3023.302
Gameplay#6763.1163.116
Enjoyment#8973.0703.070

Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
The Baker risked making a final biscuit with some questionable ingredients. Now he gambles against the will of Death.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
An OFL font; Micro5-Regular

How many people worked on the game?
2

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Submitted(+1)

I’m not a fan of pixel art, but objectively, I recognize this as a great effort. Impressive job.

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Hey, I've played T.W.H.E.A.I.W.T.G.H in another jam! This is another very cool and distinctive game, with a creative take on the theme and great art! I believe at least some of my good recipes pushed me toward death instead of health, so I was unsure how to advance. Nevertheless, I had fun discovering recipes and squashing monsters in the basement. Maybe in a future version, some recipes could give us monster-squashing powers? Congratulations!

Developer(+1)

Good to see you again! Thanks for playing!

In theory making enough good recipes will make you good enough to fight Death. In theory...
(the game needs some post-jam balancing)

Submitted(+1)

Hi! 👋

We played this game and we think it’s really amazing! Great work on the story, graphics, and everything 👍🎮

If you have a moment, it would be awesome if you could also check out our game and leave a rating, not just a comment. It would mean a lot and help us keep improving it! 🙏

Thanks so much to everyone reading this! 😄

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!

(+1)

this is really great, the visuals are awesome, and concept is fun

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Nice mix and match of genres. Very interesting idea, you could prob develop further. Not much of a fan of that kind of 8-bit music, but I get it's in line with the overall art direction. 

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun take on the theme. Well done!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting idea. I liked how the cooking menu looked and controlled.I think you should increase how far the player can jump in the combat section, as i got stuck when two enemies spawned on a platform that was too far for me to jump to.

Developer

There is a double jump, if that helps at all...

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I've tried your web version. It's really creative with its mix-and-match ideas when creating recipes. One thing I can say is that the game gets stuck when the player dies from a monster before entering the back door. The game quality is excellent.

Developer

Yeah, that kitchen bug needs to be fixed. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Really cool looking game! It immediately gave me FNAF vibes and the art and music really fits into that genre well (not sure if you're going for that intentionally but definitely a cool retro spooky feel). Some things I noticed were that the inventory wasn't super clear at the beginning since I wasn't too sure what to do off the start but after a minute or so I was able to find the other ingredients tabs (minor UI thing). Overall I like the concept and where you're going with it just feels that it needs to be flushed out more - seems like death is here to save your bakery but then it doesnt seem clear to me why after I bake something creepy, I need to go into the back room and kill it? And wasn't too sure what the bar at top of the screen meant, seems like if I'm trending towards death or happy/healthy version but unsure how to work towards the heart. I really liked the resource management part of the game where you have to use ingredients at certain stages to complete the goal. Took me a while and a lot of disappointing lumps to discover it XD. Overall really great work, loved the concept and congrats on the submission!

Developer

This is very comprehensive feedback; thank you! I'm looking forward to rolling this into version 2, post-jam.

Submitted(+1)

ITS THE GUY FROM CHILI JAM!!!!!!!! havent even played and its a banger

Developer

Woah! I've been recognized in the wild!

Developer

You made Deep Sound! That game is so cool!

Submitted

Thank you, thank you.Did you like my new one, For The Chocolate Covered Biscuit

Developer

Yes! It has strong Super Meatboy vibes and is fun in spite of the punishing difficulty. Great work!

Submitted(+1)

Awesome gameplay, loved the themed enemies and the player death animation is crazy.

Developer

Thank you for the kind words! Eldritch desserts are fun to create 

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the retro style music :D Nice work!

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you enjoyed the music. I sat down at the sequencer and felt like I was having a moment.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Seems like im disappointing in the bakery^^ 

Cool Idea! Love the visuals tho. 

Developer

There are 729 possible combinations. I had time to map out maybe 10% of them. With that in mind, we are all disappointing in the bakery. :)

Submitted(+1)

Fun mechanics, nice!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Love this game the music and visuals are amazing and the gameplay is fun

Developer

Thank you for playing! Glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

really cool game !!!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

That’s a nice game loop and the art+movement give me nice gameboy vibes!
The mini game in the kitchen is also a very good idea with potential
I would also add the pixel art font to the cooking result to fit the theme!

Congrats

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing and excellent feedback!

Submitted(+1)

You literally risk it for your biscuits jeje, let me tell you i did really really enjoyed it, It is really ominus and dark, but that makes it great, althought i end up making almost exclusively dissapontment lumps :/ jaja

(Just a small thing, i think a found a bug. When the evil creatures are entering the back room you can walk, so if touch them before entering the room you die, and thegame gets stuck there)

However, great game, congrats

Developer(+1)

Ooooh. Congratulations! You have found the first confirmed game breaking bug!

Adding it to the post-jam cleanup log.


Thanks for playing and providing feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Pretty surreal, good art and music. Though after the first bounty I wans't quite sure what to cook, and even if I did manage to defeat more enemies the bar at the top didn't move

Developer

Thanks for playing! The game loop is about recipe discovery, so it does get pretty open ended pretty quickly. In theory "good" recipes will increase the heart bar, evil recipes will decrease the heart bar.

In theory because I now have reason to believe there's a bug...

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