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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme Fidelity & Creativity | #4 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| AI Direction & Adaptability | #5 | 3.615 | 3.615 |
| Production Velocity | #7 | 3.615 | 3.615 |
| Overall Enjoyment | #8 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
The Biggest Challenge
The biggest challenge was turning my ideas into an understandable, genuinely interactive cooking game rather than a collection of attractive visual effects. The jam’s time limit was also unreal. I initially worked with Astra but hit my usage limits too quickly, so I moved to Sol. Given the scope of my imagination—and the long waits between prompts—I feel like I’m shipping something a little half-baked. Compared with my previous attempt at making a game with AI, this project made it clear that an ambitious concept like this needs more breathing room. I would have liked to have a deep pass at the writing and will try to polish this game up after the jam. It was really fun and really challenged me!
AI Tools Used
OpenAI Codex: GPT-5.6 Sol and Suno
Areas Where AI Was Used
AI did all the programming, debugging, responsive/mobile implementation, visual asset generation, dialogue and narrative iteration, gameplay prototyping, interface design, and music generation. I supplied the creative direction, themes, characters, references, editorial decisions, and extensive hands-on playtesting.
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Looks very nice.
Thanks so much!
Cyberpunk! I was drawn to this world—it's exactly my beloved style✨
At first, while playing through the opening novel section, I thought, "Is the scene where I make curry also in novel mode?" But then, during the pot scene, I was surprised to find that the gameplay actually involved adding ingredients and cooking them.
And the COOL & SOOTHING MUSIC that sticks in our ears is fantastic. I also love the sound effects, like the sound of a spoon.
Overall, it was a wonderful gaming experience. 🙂
Thank you for you feedback! I am glad you enjoyed it!
The atmosphere is excellent. Both the artwork and the audio are very well crafted.
Making curry in a cyberpunk setting was a unique experience—a series of unpredictable events.
Thank you so much for playing and the kind words!
It was a really unique and wonderful blend of cyberpunk style, stunning and atmospheric graphics, and the action of mixing curry together!
Thanks a lot!
I only had time to play until the first customer showed up, but that cyberpunk atmosphere with the 'end-of-humanity' curry was so cool! Really wish I could've spent more time playing it!
Thanks for playing, I am going to try polishing it up after the jam.
Very nice art. I liked the music and the dialogue. Novel games aren't really my thing, personally, but I can see this was well done and would appeal to a lot of people. Good work!
Thanks a lot!
Loved the art style.
I've tried to make narrative games with AI and it's really hard to get the writing correct. I felt a few of those tell-tale ticks ("mannered prose").
I found this somewhat effective and making AI write like a normal, sane human being:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1w4szvz/anthropics_fable_51_guide_on_...
But I gotta say I really liked the music / radio interraction and the world you're building here.
Oh tell me about it, especially with ChatGPT he is really incapable of unique, interesting, or readably human dialog. I plan to take a pass on the text, the ending also needs a full fleshing out, I just rushed to have a complete package for the jam. I wanted to focus on making the cooking mini game feel good although it also needs loads of work still as well. But thank you for playing! Making the advert/govt sponsored music was my favorite part!
I could really feel the care put into the world and the sound design. The English was also easy to understand, which I appreciated.
I first tried playing on my phone, but some controls were difficult, so I switched to PC. Overall, it had a really nice atmosphere!
Thanks so much for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed the vibes! It was instructed to make it playable on mobile, but I haven't tried it yet so it definitely will need some tweaking on my end. Thanks for the feedback!
The atmosphere was great. It has a really cool cyberpunk vibe.
Thanks so much for playing!