Go! Go! Hamster Chef!
A downloadable game for Windows
Help Hamster Chef cook yummy dishes for his animal pals! This is a fun, innocent game which does not contain ANY dark twist.
This game was created between March 10 - April 20, 2023 for the Spring N64 Style Graphics Jam #2 (which it won!) The jam's constraint was "incompatible genres." The genres are cooking and... well, you'll have to play it. ;)
Stay Updated
For the latest on Hamster Chef and all his creepy pals, check out the official site.
Let's Plays
A number of you have been so kind to play this game and record your reactions. Thank you so much! I've compiled the videos that I've found so far in this playlist. If you make one of your own, be sure to post a comment so I can add it to the playlist!
Staff
- Harrison Gardner
- Programming, Modeling
- metaarcade.itch.io
- Matt Henry
- Game Design, Story, Programming
- fancymatt.com
- Jaron Frost
- Modeling, Animation, Programming
- @Fridgecrisis
- Liam Higley
- UI Design
- liamiscreative.com
- Ed Johnson
- Music
- edjohnson.carrd.co
- Ken Hoffmann
- Additional Modeling, Animation
- kineticvideoproductions.com
- Helen B Dinh
- Modeling, Animation
- helen-dinh.artstation.com
Soundtrack
Download the OST here on itch.io!
Listen to the Go! Go! Hamster Chef! OST on SoundCloud
Control Help
If you are using mouse/keyboard, moving your mouse will adjust the camera angle. In v1.0.2 we made some adjustments to the camera's default position.
You can run in windowed mode by pressing Alt + Enter.
We recommend using an Xbox controller for that classic console feel!
Download
Development log
- Go! Go! Hamster Chef! OST Available Now!72 days ago
- Go! Go! Hamster Chef! v1.1.291 days ago
- GO! GO! Hamster Chef! v1.1.0, Now on Steam!97 days ago
- Go! Go! Hamster Chef! Whistle While You Work!Jun 21, 2023
- Go! Go! Hamster Chef! v1.0.3May 17, 2023
- Go! Go! Hamster Chef! v1.0.2May 11, 2023
Comments
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Me gustó mucho. Mi amigo casi muere xd dice que esta noche no duerme
I really dig this game 😄 From the cutesy art style to the weird, creepy characters & atmosphere. I think this is great lil indie horror game 😁
I had a blast playing this & I hope to see more of Hamster Chef & "friends" in the future 😉 Keep up the awesome work!
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Gave it a Let's Play, cute game, nice relaxing music, big cheeks.
This game is so lovely and scary:
Absolutely loved the whistle while traveling feature.
Hey, I really enjoyed the game! It was a really calming and cozy experience! 🥰
W game played for a stream :)
i LOVE this game omg. it's so cute and nostalgic and creepy in the right ways. The only complaint I have is that it's not longer! (I did experience some weird camera problems that turned out to NOT be the game's fault. oops)
if you dont know about this game i will warn you that its a horror game
brah its supposed to be secret
yo! This was absolutely fantastic! I appreciated its length, coupled with its charming N64-style graphics and addictive arcade gameplay. It's a fantastic package that's perfect for replaying. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Hamster Chef has in store for us next! I've recorded my initial thoughts for a let's play! If you're interested in this game, I think you might enjoy watching it! lmk!
https://youtu.be/hYeei85LzwQ?si=1ueAoZDfGDP0MZHI
So yeah I found out about this game because of uhhh fanart and so I had to look it up and find out what it was about! Neat!
Honestly, this game was such a vibe! Delivering food to the villagers felt like a whole experience.
I was totally immersed in it. Can't wait for the sequel to drop!
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Love, love, LOVED seeing Hamtaro becoming the little master chef that he is and developing very /close/ relationships with his friends around the totally and completely safe village. I DEFINITELY don't feel like I was the accomplice to anything except having fun obviously!
This game made me so happy <3
Especially loved the little humming animations and effects. Heckin' adorable :D
Oh, what a cute hamster! It was so healthy and fun to see him work so hard for his friends.
However, the quietness and darkness of the first night with almost no visibility heightened my anxiety, and I almost peed my pants when I stepped outside the fence because I was so scared.
meow~!
I love this game. My favorite. 10 star.
10/10 game , first time i think it's like animal crossing , but after playing 15mins it's so horror .
This is probably one of my favourite games. I love the soundtrack and cute aesthetic :D
aight guys i didn't know why does this game show up when i search "horrors" but then i read the comments
This game is AMAZING
the game is VERY good. but I would love for there to be a version without the horror part Xd
A clever cooking game that took me back to my youth playing the N64 at my friend's house :) I enjoyed the twist and epic conclusion.
Lol why do I feel like there is going to be a dark twist? o.o
Awesome! Loved the style and how it didn't take itself to seriously.
This was so awesome! I can't wait to see more Hamster Chef!
Love the vibe, I thought It would be more gore but this is also pretty neat!
This new version of the game is best. Btw, your game became The 100th indie horror game I finished!
Absolutely amazingly adorable and the not so adorable sequences were great. Subversive horror is my favorite genre and you nailed the creepy build up with a really solid payoff.
Cool and cute game :) There's nothing terrible about it! Yes, yes!!! Just nothing! It's just a cute game. :3 there was a moment where I got stuck, but starting all over again everything fell into place :)
Just finished it, love the graphics and gameplay. I haven't seen any story explanation but my take on this (spoilers ahead) is that the missingno monster is able to kill and replace other animals. I think the day you discover the corpse of the frog is the day it kills/replaces the bunny. Missingno can control multiple animals at once which explains the ending scene. A plot hole however is that in the day you go out by yourself for the onions you cant find the corpse of the frog, but when you go there the next day to discover it, it is implied that its been there for a while. Im probably wrong but this is just my take.
edit: maybe the missingno's ability also could be to turn other animals crazy, but that wouldnt explain the frog that has been dead for a while which was thought to be alive.
so PS1, so cute, but it’s gonna be scary though
I knew going in that this was a horror game, thanks to ToadBup's video on Kitty Kart 64. But even so, I was kinda surprised by what I saw, both in a positive and negative way. On a positive note, I appreciate the gradual buildup to the whole town desiring Hamtaro's flesh, as the static infects their minds...
But on the other hand... why is the monster just...MissingNo.? I think you could have come up with some other glitch-themed creature to serve as the villain, because it being MissingNo. just feels off to me.
And speaking of glitches, there is this one glitch if you get near a bridge on your scooter, resulting in Hamtaro and the scooter splitting from each other until you get off the scooter. And worse, at one point during play, I got stuck in a corner between a hill and a bridge, meaning I had to start a whole new game because of how this game saves wherever you chose to quit.
Everything else, I appreciate. I enjoy zipping around and bouncing off of hills, and the bonus of the scooter time trial was nice. I just wish there was more to it. I even enjoya engaging with the dialogue, including with Bunjamin. I hate that guy.
Actually, hear me out: what if instead of the villagers getting a craving for flesh, it's Hamtaro who does?
In a remake by your team or someone else, instead of the game revolving around MissingNo., have that line about Hamtaro deciding to not eat that first day have more significance. Give us the option of whether Hamtaro should eat any of the meals he cooks, or just gives them to the villagers.
Give us a happy ending if the player can satiate both the village and Hamtaro himself, throughout the game. Give us a bad ending if we either keep all the food to ourselves, or only feed the town. And it could all be done with an alteration of the canonical ending:
When Bunjamin invites Hamtaro over, the result depends on how you played. Have Bunjamin try to be nice if you did everything right. Have Bunjamin get angry at you if you deprived the village. Have Hamtaro have a bad feeling about this, if you deprived Hamtaro, leading to two different scenarios: 1. If you choose not to go, Hamtaro will die of starvation. 2. If you do go, Hamtaro will end up eating Bunjamin, and maybe three different paths could occur: Hamtaro loses it and goes on a killing spree, Hamtaro simply covers up what he did and moves on, or Hamtaro admits to his guilt and is punished.