Cooking (by the) Numbers
Made in 96 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2025.
Theme: LOOP
Robots need to eat too.
Create an interconnected machine that will produce the perfect numbered meal for your hungry robotic clients. Insert a starter number and watch it get modified by nodes using mathematical equations.
It's a puzzle game in which levels have multiple solutions. You construct your answer!
Controls:
Left Mouse Button - grab and move nodes and number balls.
Right Mouse Button - delete nodes and lines.
(To delete a placed connection point, aim at the tile's edge and press RMB)
Comments
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Cool idea. The last level is a bit too easy to see a simple solution where most of the tools aren't required.
Easily the best game of the jam. I love a good number puzzle, and this is possibly the best I've ever seen. 10/10.
Fantastic concept, but in my opinion there are too many elements that simply do not need to be used. However, I do love the design, sound, artwork and overall charm of the game! Well done!
The last three puzzles, despite containing many more tools, were all solvable in a single trivial for-loop. I know games in this genre usually have multiple solutions, but this felt less like being given the tools to build my own solution and more like the dev underestimated how powerful those tools actually were. Is that an unfair criticism of a game made in three days? Almost certainly, but It was nonetheless my immediate takeaway.
Why was level 7 so easy ? Spoiler alert, but you only need the X2 and the <20...
I thought in the last level you need to make it work for both numbers.
Came here from Mark's video... congrats on getting his attention and good luck with this concept if you take it forward! Loved the first 7 levels, you're onto something!
what do the black, red and green dots mean?
Brilliant, very fun!!
download version please? my lagy computer can't play this game
Great game!
make it a full game and i will buy it! fantastic work.
So freaking good!
Add 50 to 100 levels and make it a Android/steam game.
Both work well! (Would love apk build & willing to help test)
*Played on Android through browser*
Extremely interested in a long version of this to give to my kids. Really great execution of a simple but powerful concept.
Niiice, fun to play around with nodes! Plenty of ways to experiment with puzzles aswell, since even the simple ones can be revisited in refreshing ways if you change the available options. Could even be pushed as an intersting math teaching tool.
If you were to continue this one, I think the starting tutorial could be more dynamic.
Good stuff!
the vibe of the game and gameplay are great
Nice game. Would definately play a longer version.
Very good concept and charming art style! Loved the puzzles, though some things could have been explained better. Great job!
This was amazing experience! Best puzzle from this jam