The Chef's Shift
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- THE RECIPE -
As written by Chef Lorenzo himself
- INGREDIENTS -
-1 teaspoon of chaotic, fast-paced gameplay
-1 package of easy-to-pickup, hard-to-master typing mechanic
-1 cup of fun time management bits
- UTENSILS -
-3 food-grade programmers:
Ali Jaya Meilio Lie alijaya - itch.io
Roni Setiyawan JungeFuchs - itch.io
Jonathan Franzeli myqpalzm - itch.io
-3 food-grade artists:
Muhamad Fajar Rafif MuhamadMentari - itch.io
Mega Anjani Putri (Hana) Hanassiy - itch.io
Elvira Ayuniar imbearcile/bepolarbear (@beruanglapar)
-and thanks to:
Kuuki Kei teamgehu - itch.io
for participating in the gamejam version.
- DIRECTION -
Serve hungry customers,
get them satisfied — and in return, get their money —
to help you get closer to reaching the minimum sales target.
It requires a good balancing act between cooking, serving,
and managing all kinds of disturbance, all at the same time.
Type words above the dish to prepare 'em up.
Some dish requires additional process,
but more on that later.
Ready-to-serve dish goes to the tray.
Tray can only store limited amount of dish.
Press DELETE to discard a dish on the tray.
Serve dish to your paying customer by typing words above their head with their preferred dish, provided you've already prepared the dish beforehand.
Serve them before they lose interest in consuming Italian cuisine.
When in doubt, press BACKSPACE to reset your typing
(which allows you to choose another word to type).
Occasionally, you’ll meet your official business competitor, Mr. Whisker,
trying to fetch your recipe by sampling the whole thing.
Unfortunately, diplomacy is a strange concept for him,
so the best course of action is
to let your trusty revolver to do the talking.
Type the words above the rat
to let the gun do the gun thing.
Type words on cashier to attain wealth from satisfied customer.
Meet the sales target by the end of the shift to advance
to the next level!
This was a submission for GameJamPlus Indonesia 2022,
a 2-day game jam.
And we are proud to say that our game won several awards on
GameJam+ Indonesia 2022.
This game is like the refined version of it after 2 month-ish of pain development,
though you can still download the game jam version if you choose to do so.
You can check the announcement here:
We're proud to say that our game has also won 'Best Game Asia' on GameJam+
BEST INDIE GAMES IN ASIA AND AFRICA | GJ+ 22/23 Continental Final Asia and Africa - YouTube
We're still developing the game!
While the core gameplay is complete,
we plan to add more contents like additional restaurant (with its own unique dishes) and flesh out more on the story and visual-wise.
Want to stay updated?
You can follow our development progress on our twitter page:
@panitiagamedev
Download
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Development log
- Update v1.0.3 - FMOD, Rebalance, and WishlistMay 23, 2023
- Our steam page is now LIVE!Apr 16, 2023
- Tech Devlog - The ProjectionFeb 13, 2023
- Submission for GameJam+ IncubationFeb 12, 2023
Comments
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Hi there~ I tried out your game several days ago, and kinda dropped it after several levels because I find it hard. But tonight it came across my mind again so I decided to re-download it 🤣
I saw a comment below about typing symbols makes it so hard to keep the flow, as a fellow non-QWERTY user, I gotta agree. I'm using the workman layout. I'll be looking forward to that accessibility update! 👀
Another thing I'd like to request is to display a caps lock indicator on screen. There is a light indicator on my caps lock key, but it's usually covered up by my hands so I can't see it. Sometimes it throws me off cuz my keys stopped typing, apparently it's cuz my capslock is still on :") or skill issue, maybe both.
It's a fantastic game~ feels polished and well made
Hey caramel, thanks for trying our game again despite it's being too hard :').
In our current build, we already have caps lock indicator, and the level is more balanced (read: easier).
For the accessibility function, is not yet implemented, but surely it's on our roadmap :D.
We plan to update the demo soon, after current build is stable enough... please wait a little bit :')
Thanks once again!
hholy crap. that was a fun story and fun gameplay!
Hey! Thank you so much for the kind words! <3
oml this game is so good and so stressful XD looking forward to seeing the full version on steam! (edit: ooo the special characters did throw me off like other said. if there could be an option to remove those, that would be much appreciated!!)
ah yes, thanks for the anticipation :D...
and yes, we will add accessibility option, so the symbol won't appear anymore :')
Very fun game. Can you please make a settings option that eliminates the special characters? ie: (&**^%$#@!?/><)..etc
yes, we would add that option in the future :D, thanks for the feedback! :D
Wonderful little game, with a novel concept.
My one critique is the actions that require symbols (i.e. "*[\" etc.). They disrupt the flow of the game massively, as they can be awkward to write quickly, as opposed to letters which are quickly addressed. Additionally, the symbols posed specific issues for me, as my keyboard layout is Nordic, which means some symbols require even more awkward modifier-keys and double-taps to engage
Thanks for the feedback! Yes several people have issues with the symbol, especially if they don't use QWERTY keyboard layout. We consider to add accessibility settings to disable the symbols input.
And we plan also to support another keyboard, so the set of symbols that is shown will reflect symbol that is common to type in such keyboard :D.
Because I'm not familiar with Nordic keyboard, could you tell me more about it? Like what symbols are difficult to type. And if there's a symbol, which symbol that you prefer to type in such keyboard?
I love this game at first play, but the last level on the third difficulty seems impossible with all the rats
but the rats wont stop me from wishlisting the game on steam, good luck developers!!
Hello @Reru, we've heard you, and all the guys who has been tested our game, we've admitted that the game has difficulty balancing issue, it's too hard for the most people :').
We've planned to update our demo soon with better balance and some other new feature!
If the update come out later, I hope you could give it another try and give us the feedback again! :D
this game is so addicting, I love it so much!!!
Glad that you like it! We plan to release the full version on Steam. It would mean a lot if you wishlist this game on Steam!
Here is the link https://store.steampowered.com/app/2390230/The_Chefs_Shift/
I love this game! The storyline is so cute too, it's quite addicting to play, adding this to my favorites lol
Hahaha thanks! Glad that you enjoy it XD
Hey! Thanks for streaming our game! Glad that you enjoy it :D. We plan to continue this game and release the full version on steam :3.
And yes, in the current demo, the cop or another character in restaurant can't be interacted yet, but we plan they have some interaction in the future :D.
The best typing game I'm ever play (not a fan of typing game). But, dang!!! This version is so hardcore, it really is a maso~~ type of game. I'm playing with the normal difficulty though. The dino and !@#$% language is really argh~~~~
And that mouse, really, can I just buy a cat for the resto?
hahahaha thanks XD... about the cat... might consider as an upgrade 👀... maybe pay2win upgrade lol XD jk...
but yes... I think that's an interesting upgrade to deal with the mouse... either cat or mouse trap XD
Hi, hope you are well and keeping safe.
Have to say, I am insanely impressed by this. Was not expecting one of the Best Typing Games I ever played (sorry Mavis Beacon) when I started. Loving the Art style with the Paper Mario Influence as well as the emotional dynamics between characters.
The typing element alone is a great tool to help kids improve their typing. It made me want to increase the difficulty to the max in order to test my skills.
Only problem, I was not able to play the WebGL version, but I did download the Windows verison. Assuming you can get the WebGL Version to run on other devices like Tablets/iPad with external Keyboards, it can open up a wide player base.
Congrats again on winning Best Asian Game for Game Jam Plus.
I look forward to seeing your future work!
Hey thank you for the kind word! :D
We are really glad that you enjoy it XD
For the WebGL version, we are still not sure what's the problem, some people say that they have problem to run it, but some could run it ==a... we need to investigate it more I guess.
And congrats to you too to win Best Game for Africa Region :D
Keren banget versi terbarunya, sangat-sangat enjoyable pas mainin gamenya, mantap pokoknya!
wihhh tq sangat sudah dicoba lagi XD... doain supaya bisa sampe kelar ini devnya :')
kereeen bang gamenyaaa
yooo thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Dang! this game indeed hard had only one customer but already mess HAHAHA, just sometimes i got confused by which word i currently typed in, maybe highlight the active card can be less confusion.
ah yes thank you for your feedback, indeed the highlight currently is not too obvious, we plan to make it easier to track which word you are currently typing XD
dang.. chaotic serve :D
hahaha, dinner dash is hard, this game is harder
well it's only the first level tho :v... if we go to the incubation, expect it to be harder lol