BurgerBoy

You are the Burger Boy, and those orders just won't stop coming in. How many burgers can you make before time runs out?

This game was created over the course of 3 days for Winter MelonJam 2023.
Gameplay Demo Here

I was inspired to make this game by my experiences working at an ice cream shop as a teenager. We had an older cash register with buttons to key in the price of each item in the order. After some time, I memorized all the prices and where the number keys were so well that I could type prices in without looking at the register at all. It got to be really fun to just pound away at the keys without thinking. I wanted to recreate that experience as a simple arcade game. While prices would be hard for a new player to learn and memorize, I figured keying in the correct ingredients would make for a similar feel.

Winter MelonJam's theme was "Charm." I always struggle with themes, but I feel "Burger Boy" fits this theme well. I've always been a fan of old crummy web browser games, like the ones you would find on addictinggames.com back in the mid 2000's. Most of those games were pretty lame, but every so often you would stumble across one that had a surprising amount of depth, and was actually pretty challenging. I wanted to recreate that feeling with Burger Boy. It's a special kind of charm that can be hard to find nowadays. 

I hope you enjoy Burger Boy. Post your high score in the comments!

This game requires a keyboard to play. Use the following keys to build burgers!

• Enter or Spacebar - Finish Burger
• Tab or Backspace - Remove Ingredient
• Q - Bottom Bun
• W - Patty
• E - Lettuce
• R - Top Bun
• A - Cheese
• S - Tomato
• D - White Onion
• F - Red Onion
• 1 - Ketchup
• 2 - Mustard
• 3 - Mayo
• 4 - Pickles