dish o'clock 食刻

Dish O'Clock is a deduction puzzle about running a restaurant kitchen against the clock.

Every dish on the stove is counting down. Every action you take — moving a chef, waiting — ticks the whole kitchen forward by one. Serve every course exactly on cue, in menu order.

🍳 Two chefs, two effects

- The Master rushes whatever pot he watches (cooks twice as fast).

- The Apprentice freezes his pot completely — the only way to hold a dish back.

🕰 Guests book ahead

Each guest tells you their arrival time and how they like the first course: ready *before* they arrive, *right as* they arrive, or *one tick after*. That's your anchor — deduce the rest of the timetable from each pot's countdown.

👨‍🍳 The puzzle

Chefs keep working wherever you leave them, and every move costs a tick. Read the menu, count the beats, and route both chefs across the kitchen. 8 levels in 3 chapters, 3 stars for perfect timing, unlimited undo.

Controls: drag a chef onto a pot / the break area · Wait passes one tick · R restart · U / Ctrl+Z  undo

Made for GMTK Game Jam 2026 (theme:  Count Down ) with Godot 4. English & 中文.

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食刻是一款厨房推理解谜：灶上每道菜都在倒数，你每动一次手，全场就走一拍。

- 老师傅催菜（看住的锅快一倍），学徒看住菜（一拍都不走）——只有他们能改变火候

- 每位预约客人都会告诉你到店时间和喜好，首道菜的三星时机就藏在里面

- 照菜单的顺序，把每道菜不多不少地端上桌。8 关 3 章，无限撤销

操作：拖动厨师到锅上或休息区 ｜ 等待 = 空走一拍 ｜ R 重开 ｜ U / Ctrl+Z 撤销

为GMTK Game Jam 2026（主题：Count Down）而作，Godot 4 开发，支持中英文。