Play Metaphor
Cake of SPLORR!!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #65 | 2.983 | 3.235 |
| Gameplay | #70 | 2.440 | 2.647 |
| Overall | #74 | 2.050 | 2.224 |
| Fun | #74 | 2.115 | 2.294 |
| Audio | #77 | 1.193 | 1.294 |
| Visuals | #78 | 1.519 | 1.647 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Theme explanation
Cakes have layers. Kinda like ogres. And parfaits.
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Comments
Very well written!
so sickk love a text based adventure awesome job!!
I havn't played a game like this for a long time but it made me happily nostalgic. I do think the colors make it a bit difficult to read though. But i had fun ! I sold a 2-layers cake. Not sure if there is something else to do after that ?
I was not able to figure it out but i guess it has to do something with the recipe you get.
Interesting concept, i like that you allowed players to choose a name.
ooooh love the idea of a text-based adventure game, imo would've been super cool to lean even further into it with a text parser and a more text-only terminal aesthetic and completely unfair actions leading to your untimely demise LOL
Thanks for engaging with the metaphor.
My other games are much as you describe.
Rarely with a brutally picky parser, but not often, because modern players hate that.
It's been ages since I played a game like this. It's about as tedious as I remember it, but has a certain charme
Gotta admit though, after the first cake layer I couldn't keep looking at that colour anymore. It's just a bit too much
Thanks for engaging with the metaphor.
And yeah, by the time you’ve made a layer, yer pretty much endgame.
I had to lose the first two days of this jam.
I had a LOT more tedium planned, but ultimately had to cut.
Potholders/Teatowels, Preheating the oven, washing out the measuring cup/spoon, having to manage another commodity of washing up liquid.
There are a LOT of steps to making a cake, and a lot of steps to cleaning up afterwards. I just captured the bare essence.
Yeah, I kind of expected some "you burned your hands" when I just pulled out the pan.
Though you've reminded me that I've been wanting to make a cake... I'll get to that soon.
If I have inspired a person to make a cake with my game, then as far as I’m concerned… I won this jam.