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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1905 | 3.816 | 3.816 |
| Audio | #1983 | 3.316 | 3.316 |
| Artwork | #2912 | 3.447 | 3.447 |
| Enjoyment | #4008 | 3.053 | 3.053 |
| Narrative | #4827 | 2.395 | 2.395 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Countdown the time of the hot pot, count down the time the toppings burn in your hotpot, it's clear as day!
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B8Studio
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This game takes a lot of risk artistically and I think they all payed off. To use real images for the hand and food and make it work in any game is hard, you did it so well. The audio is a master class too. I love the music. Awesome game!
fellow hotpot gamejammer!
im a sucker for using real pictures in games (couldnt find copyright free ones for my game) and you nailed the sfx and getting the right bgm to make the game come together, so i score the audiovisual pretty high!
the gameloop was pretty simple and made me think of stuff that could be added if this was ever worked on more, i think having the ingredients have some effect when they're in the hotpot and not just as the final result would add more variety in gameplay (like certain ingredients shouldnt be nearby other ingredients)
otherwise i would like to see this game be expanded upon if ever, good job!
Really fun and cozy idea! Tossing ingredients into the pot was weirdly satisfying, and the cursor made me laugh. The game could use clearer cooked/burnt feedback and a smoother tutorial, though, and ingredients getting stuck in the pot made things difficult sometimes.
Fun idea and definitely has potential! found it pretty cathartic putting things in the pot and seeing the icons change, especially the hotdog octopus :D the cursor sent me, that is hilarious
I think making the ready/burnt indicators a bit clearer and maybe adding some juicy SFX when something is cooked/burnt and also collecting combos would make the game feel a lot more satisfying too!
This game definitely has potential!
This game looks like it has potential and some good ideas, but it just went over my head. I couldn't figure out how the ingredients worked together, though I got the timing and burning right. I wasn't quite sure how the broths and things on the top (sides?) worked either, but managed to stumble my way through. I encountered a bug where some ingredients remained in the pot and I couldn't get rid of them, which lowered the number of ingredients I could put in the next round (unless that was intentional, in which case a different filter or UI element would have worked nicely there.) Good use of the theme, though!
I feel there's a cool and fun game concept here to be had, especially once I understood the mechanics. The picture explaining the mechanics on the game's page is nice but I wish the game itself did a better onboarding process as while it's not a particularly complicated game, the various modifiers you grab inbetween "levels" can be fairly overwhelming. More than anything tho, the ingredients getting stuck in the pot is a bit gamebreaking and makes it hard to properly judge the gameplay as you might not get a chance to go deep enough. I enjoy the cozy aesthetics and it really gives me the vibes of one of those classic cooking/management games.
VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2831897489
Thanks alots, really like your stream tho! Hope you have a great time jamming
The game has a fun concept, but i think it need a tutorial.
Nontheless, amazing game!
This felt like a nice cozy game. I was pretty confused with how the cooking mechanic worked at first but after I got it, I almost got into the zone of cooking and eating. The upgrade bowl system also did seem confusing, I wasn't really sure what it was doing. Could jam to that music.
Very cozy game! I want some hot pot now haha
Fun game, chill vibes. I ate too much
omg i love the music so much!
I'm so damn hungry now
The idea is super interesting, I just wished there was a tutorial on how everything workrs. Maybe it would have helped if whnever you cashed in a plate it would show above each toping how much score it gave you + a message that tells you what level of cooking the toping was at.
The game is pretty cool but the controls are pretty funky and hard to tell what I'm doing half the time. Neat idea though full points on creativity.
ate an insane amount of food...
Took me a couple of tries to fully get what was going on, but reading the other comments here made me take another look, and I'm glad I did! As someone else said, that +500 base from the anchovy sauce is killer! Really fun and creative, and the art is pretty sweet too :)
I have never played a game that could make me this hungry ToT. Also a very interesting combinations of 2D artwork and images that work surprisingly well and I love the audio too, very satisfying!
oh also itch won't link my submission so here it is /jam/gmtk-jam-2026/rate/4829252
Your game is very fun ! I had a hard time figuring out what to do to score points (I found on my second attempt the combo list) but it's a very unique experience ! The anchovy sauce is very OP :)
MIAM!NOW I CRAVE HOTPOT!