Orders rush in. Your hand is clumsy. Plate it anyway.
You are the short-order cook. Spin the order wheel, build each plate from the pans, sear the patty, crack the egg, squeeze the sauce, and ring the bell. Everything slides, tips and sizzles like the real thing, only sillier.
In development for iPhone, iPad, Android and the web. No account, no ads.
A kitchen where everything is a real object
No menus to tap. You grab, carry and drop, and the physics does the rest.
A clumsy, honest hand
Slices slide, stacks lean, a loaded plate wants a steady carry. Rush it and the lettuce goes over the edge.
A whole line to cook on
A grooved grill, a flat top with a dial for each half, a toaster, a knife, and a fryer with baskets you hang in the oil.
The order wheel and the bell
Orders hang on a silver wheel. Pull a slip, read it, build the plate, set it on the pass and ring the bell to be scored.
How a rush goes
Read the order
Turn the wheel, pull a slip and read it. A late order stays on the wheel; you just lose the speed points.
Build it
Take a plate from the shelf, grab bread, ham, cheese and more from the pans, toast bread, and cut the sandwich with a wiggle of the knife.
Cook it
Switch a dial on, lay a patty on the grill or crack an egg onto the flat top, and watch the ring: it pulses green when it is ready to come off.
Sauce and season
Lift a squeeze bottle from its hole in the tray and hold it over the food. Salt and pepper shakers work the same way. Put the bottle back when you are done.
Go to the pass
Carry the plate (or a to-go box, when the slip says so) to the window and set it down gently.
Ring the bell
The plate is scored on the spot: the right food, a neat stack, speed and a clean counter. Spike the slip and take the next one.
Look closely
These are stills from the game itself.
Four things get scored
When the bell rings, the plate gets up to 100 points.
What is in the kitchen
Sandwiches, burgers and eggs
Stack whatever the slip says, in order, and the burger needs a seared patty with grill marks.
Fries and nuggets
Take a serving from the freezer, put it in a fry basket and hang the basket in the oil. Sides go on the plate beside the sandwich.
To-go orders
Some slips want a to-go box. The box opens when you set it down. The wrong container costs points.
Real cracking eggs
Drag a whole egg onto the flat top. It cracks, the shell halves fly off with real physics, and the white spreads.
Sauces and seasoning
Ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, BBQ, salt and pepper, each in its own bottle in a tray with bottle-sized holes.
More kitchens to come
The Diner comes first. Other kitchens are planned, each with its own tools.
Questions
What is Slapdash Kitchen?
A cooking game with a clumsy physics hand. Orders hang on a wheel; you build each one on a plate from the pans, the toaster, the grill, the flat top and the fryer, then carry it to the pass and ring the bell. Everything you touch is a real object: slices stack and slide, bottles tip, eggs crack and shells fly.
When can I play it?
It's in development and in early testing. We'll announce it here when it's on the App Store and Google Play.
Where will I be able to play?
The plan is iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and the web. It is made for touch first: one finger moves the hand.
Is it free?
We'll say exactly what is free and what costs anything before it launches, here and in the stores. There won't be ads.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no account or sign-in.
How is a plate scored?
Out of 100: 50 for the right ingredients in the right order, 25 for a neat stack, 15 for speed and 10 for a clean counter. The wrong container (a plate for a to-go order, or a to-go box for a dine-in one) costs a share of the score, and so does food that is still raw. An order that runs out of time stays on the wheel; you just lose the speed points.
Who makes it?
Spaikz LLC, a small studio that makes games and apps. Questions and ideas go to support@spaikz.com.
Coming soon
Slapdash Kitchen is in testing. We will post the release here. Ideas for what should sizzle next are welcome.