Brackeys Game Jam 2025.2

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Midnight Kitchen DashView game page

Collect the cookies and avoid the cat

Submitted by PieroK — 40 minutes, 20 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#280	3.706	3.706
Enjoyment	#623	3.353	3.353
Overall	#697	3.176	3.176
Audio	#701	3.059	3.059
Visuals	#770	3.412	3.412
Gameplay	#896	2.882	2.882
Innovation	#1023	2.647	2.647

Ranked from 17 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?
You, as player, need to find the cookies hidden in the dark kitchen. But attention, don't risk to wake the cat.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Main game assets : Modern Farm - RPG Tileset by LimeZu
Cat asset : 2D Pixel Art Cat Sprites by Elthen's Pixel Art Shop

Cookie asset : own creation

Sounds assets : Pixabay

Code : Some inspirations by "Game Code Library" tutorials

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Comments

bitnoSubmitted363 days ago

Simple and fun, great job for your first game! I was so scared of waking the cat lol.

Calum SkinnerSubmitted364 days ago

Very fun little game! While it is short everything is very polished and it's a seriously good job for your first game!

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elifnazlibSubmitted1 year ago

A nice little game and congrats for your first game :) I would like to see this developed further ^^ The cat purring was so calming and I liked the flashlight effect. Keep up the good work! Also I found that you can walk out of the house when you go down at the beginning.

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PikonSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Congrats on your first game. Navigating in the dark with a flash light is fun, the goal is clear, and overall it felt fairly balanced. Visuals, audio, and UI communicated well. I think I found an area you could improve on- prevent the flash light from going beyond a wall- when I was near the wall facing the cat with the light, the cat woke up.

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ZeDaniel06Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Cool game, congrats for your first game and keep going, you have potential. Last cookie was in the cat's face lol, too risky

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PosceSubmitted1 year ago

not bad for your first game, I would make the cookie texture follow the same grid as the other objects. Hope to see you around next jams

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Eye On The Storm

MSolomonSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Had me on my toes, I thought the cat was walking around. Good lighting effect and sounds.

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PieroKDeveloper1 year ago

This might be a feature for a future version - I had it already on my list.

Squiffy121Submitted1 year ago

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PieroKDeveloper1 year ago

Indeed. I noticed it also during the test that most of the cookies spawn near each other. I will put it on my list 🙂

CybernetksSubmitted1 year ago

Congratulations on that first jam! I love stealth games and this one was a good one!
I'm curious on the other mechanics you had in mind :D

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CelestineSeraphSubmitted1 year ago

Cute little game! Congratulations on your first entry! Stealth mechanics are always admired, and the limited view got me to pay attention really hard to my surroundings.

Good job!

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Cléo FontaineSubmitted1 year ago

An accurate experience of looking for midnight snacks in Grandma's home. It was fun to play, and worked well. Congrats on your first game!!

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LekoTopazSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit)

Ok this game makes me unreasonably stressed even if I knew that the out come of a failed run is just to wake up a cat. But otherwise it's a pretty nice game especially if this is your first ever game project. As others said, more levels or random generation would be cool. Good work.

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Cloud Top Bakery

rogueemberlightSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Congrats on your first game! The art style is really cute, the character movement was smooth and the flashlight mechanic worked well (usually I dislike in the dark games but it worked well here). I liked the sound effect of the purring cat getting louder as you got closer. For a game jam first game with a one person team this is absolutely fantastic!

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Biscuit Battler

samoneillSubmitted1 year ago

I like the idea! Controls are very smooth and precise! Nice game all around!

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foxtrot-rogerSubmitted1 year ago

Very nice visual, for a first game, very nice.

The gameplay loop could be better, randomize the places of everything (cookies, rooms, cat, ...), give a motivation to get the cookies (maybe you are a kid and want to eat cookies before the adults wake up or you are a mouse that needs to fill stogare for the winter)

Real cool idea, fits the theme very well

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EmGMSubmitted1 year ago

Cool idea, but there is no pressure to get the cookies in time, especially since the cat location is set, so once you play it once, there is no game left. Just randomizing the cat location would fix this. Loved the purring of the cat tho, so relaxing 😊.

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Trigger, Revolver

PieroKDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. Indeed I wanted to add a random location and also somehow a timer as next step but got caught up in other issues which left no time for implementation.
But I plan to develop further on this little game in the future as it was fun during the game jam.

GabnoisSubmitted1 year ago

You said this is your first game, and because of it this game is amazing. You made a complete game, and that's thie spirit of game jam: MAKE GAME. So simple, so fast, so clear to understand, perfect. Never stop to do games, great idea!

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Jester's Kingdom

PieroKDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback which gives me the necessary push to develop further on it in the future.