Meowdevial Kitchen!

OVERVIEW

This is the page for Meowdevial Kitchen!, submitted as an entry to the 2023 Greenlight Jam, sponsored by Indiecade and UT Austin EGaDs. Meowdevial kitchen is a 2D web-based casual cooking simulator in which players assume the role of a cat in a medieval fantasy world, serving food to all sort of people and creatures via the completion of cooking-themed minigames!

UPDATE LOG

6/24 - Concept document created/uploaded

7/1 - Prototype uploaded

• The prototype includes the core gameplay loop of taking orders, cooking items, placing them on plates and sending them to customers. It also includes a level countdown timer that counts down from 5 minutes, although no event has been created yet to occur at the timer's end
• Systems for points, customer ratings, and multiple levels have not been implemented yet
• Most sprites are placeholders found online, as original artwork will be added later
• There is no audio at the moment and menus are still simplistic, but we expect to add these features fully during the release jam

7/15 - Production Release Uploaded

• The production release refines menus and UI and adds more original sprites and characters
• A slider minigame has been added for entree selection, and a mead refill minigame has been created as well
• Music and sound effects have been added
• Goals for the release jam include: further refining UI, tweaking gameplay to improve fun/playability, adding more sprites and further improving sound design

7/23 - Final Release Uploaded

• The final version of Meowdevial Kitchen refines various elements from the production release
• menus and UI have been refined with better organization and LeanTween animations
• Lighting and post-processing effects have been added
• New and updated sprites have been added
• More music and audio has been added
• General bug-fixing has been performed
• Gameplay elements, such as food timers, have been tweaked
• A pause menu has been added

POST-JAM PLANS

• Fix any bugs that weren't caught in the game jam
• update and refine gameplay/visuals
• Possibly add new game systems, including new minigames, upgrades and a save system

CREDITS

Lead Artist - Abcde Martinez

Lead Programmer - Alex Bush