Hot Mama's

VIMJAM 3 GAME JAM SUBMISSION --- Theme: Turn Up the Heat

HOT MAMA'S - You're a chef hamster struggling to run your cajun restaurant all by yourself. You're the sole employee, making you have to take orders, unpack the deliveries, cook the ingredients, and deliver the food to the customers. Work your hardest to fulfill the orders given to you within the week, all while earning some sweet cash!

HOW TO PLAY - Unfortunately we did not have enough time to make a tutorial...

• WASD to move
• Spacebar (E) to pick up items, take orders, interact with appliances, and eat chili peppers
• Left Shift to pick up items, empty appliances, or to clear a whole delivery
• Eating enough chilis will allow you to move faster and let customers wait a little longer for their orders!

 ABOUT HEARTSURGE - We are a team of two members (Jerry and Peter) who love to play and make video games. This is the second game jam we have participated in, and, while our end result was not perfect, we had a blast designing and creating "Hot Mama's." We hope you find at least some enjoyment out of it! 

 THEME - We interpreted the theme "Turn Up the Heat" and made a game utilizing a power meter. When the player consumes enough chili peppers, the player enters the "Turn Up the Heat" mode, where he can move faster and customers don't mind waiting a bit longer to get their order. Also, many of our appliances in the kitchen utilize turning up the heat to cook their ingredients together!

FOCUS - We used the focus "Multi-Use" in many ways throughout our game. Many of our appliances can cook multiple recipes which forces the player to be strategic about where they put what item. Also, the chilis are multiuse, as they can be used to eat or to cook with.

CREDIT - All art was created by Peter, but the audio and sound effects were pulled from the YouTube audio library, with no credit attribution required.