Squelchies
A downloadable game for Windows
Welcome to your new job at the best burger joint this side of galaxy, Squelchies! Keep up with customer orders and try keep your head on a swivel. Squelchy likes to pinch pennies, so who knows what cost-cutting measure you'll have to deal with next.
Made for the Weight Gaming 2024 Gain Jam.
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Development log
- V1.3.4Aug 30, 2025
- V1.3.3Aug 28, 2025
- V1.3.1Aug 26, 2025
- The Sauce UpdateAug 24, 2025
- V1.2.0Dec 08, 2024
- V1.1.1Sep 14, 2024
- Gain Jam Post-mortemAug 31, 2024
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pls full art of yhe characters edit: i wanna see a c.ai character based on this game
No. Don't use my games for AI.
I like this game and... If someone want to see a walkthrough, here =)
Yeah, it's not too good version of walkthrough, but... I hope it will be useful for all. Thanks to the developer for such a wonderful game! Have a good day =)
I loved playing this game!
I hope we can get more days and stages for the existing characters, and maybe some new ones down the road!
Still waiting for this =)
(Me too)
Loving the game as it is so far!
If I could make some suggestions on things to add:
"Trainee Mode" - Nothing changes about the gameplay, except you get "critique" on what you got wrong with any order (maybe even an "Attaboy!" if you manage to get S rank on an order) so you can note it down and improved. (Maybe played as a grouchy kitchen veteran or something?) You still have to get the orders right and no do-overs without backing out to main menu and restarting the level.
Maybe a challenge mode where either you get a random one of the negative effects OR you get one specific negative effect of your choice over and over? I probably wouldn't use it, but someone might like the extra challenge!
This one's probably a huge stretch, but maybe a new game+ mode if you get an S rank? Either nothing changes except for your customers all starting at max size, or, here's the stretch part, maybe the customers are all swapped out for others- possibly cameos like Spacethumper's Pilot or the Reindeer from that one christmas game jam.
The only critique I have is it's not really clear how much of or IF there's an effect on how "neat" your stack of burger is. Like I understand that everything must be in the right order, but I couldn't tell if it mattered if I, say, made a diagonal burger instead of a straight up and down one until I started experimenting.
Now that I type this that might actually be intentional, lol.
Got an error when I clicked on the arrow that moves makes the player switch from the kitchen to the front counter.
I hit 'reset data' in settings and I got past it.
Thanks, that worked.
Unfortunately, molten cheese still has the fucking adhesion of a wet bar of soap. Meteor shower continues to be an unnecessary ball ache.
If you memorize the ingredients that the customer requests and make the burger before they come. You can instantly give the burger to them. Be warned as this triggers a bug which gives you a bad rank even if you did an S rank if you deliver the food too quickly.
You must make the burger. Let the customer in and take their order. Go back into the kitchen and return to the customer to give them their burger, that way the bug won't trigger... if it triggers close the game and reopen it.
Btw... this game is peak Chubberdy.
Ay, thank you for the kind words! Being able to pre-make a burger wasn't planned but we figured it would be a fun thing to keep in as a little reward for getting to know your customer's preferences.
would be a shame if I had the notepad open...
pretty good, but has some major bugs where perfect orders still result in an F
Anything else weird happening besides the scoring itself, or is that the only sign of a bug?
So far only notable bug
it gives me this error every time i try to press the arrow to go to the ordering station
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ERROR in action number 1
of Step Event0 for object mng_day:
trying to index a variable which is not an array
at gml_Object_mng_day_Step_0
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gml_Object_mng_day_Step_0 (line -1)
After some experimentation the only cause for this I could find is bad save data. Unfortunately you might have to wipe your save data and start from scratch. I am trying to do updates in a way that preserves saves as much as possible, but sometimes thing slip through.
it gives me this error message when in press start:
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ERROR in action number 1
of Draw Event for object menu_level_select:
DoConv :1: illegal array use
at gml_Object_menu_level_select_Draw_64
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gml_Object_menu_level_select_Draw_64 (line -1)
oh ok nevermind i reset the data and its all good now
The bug got fixed and I can see Captain's last 2 forms now and OH MY GOD this was so worth waiting a whole year for zRRGHHH
How the HELL do you satisfy captain. I can get S for every other costumer just fine but he's never happy
Can't believe the game is one year old now!! One of my faves fatfur games like ever, and it's awesome it's still getting updates. Very happy Captain got fixed too :D
Can't wait to see what else you guys put out!!
The first low gravity level is kind of hard to keep the ingredients on the plate.
Yep, it's part of the challenge!
Okay.
Do the characters that show up on a given day randomize each time the game boots up? Because I went back to some of the levels to get S ranks and the characters that showed up feels different than before. On day 8 at least, the No Grav day felt about the same.
Nope, the characters and their orders are the same every time.
Sorry if I'm asking so many questions but, does redoing orders you already had S's on affect the ranks in the gallery at all, because after going through Day 5 and the No Grav level again to get an S on Orva's and the Captain's orders respectively; I got Glorpina up from A to S rank from completing her order too which was already marked as an S rank while Orva and the Captain stayed at B in the gallery.
Edit: Just redid the first two levels which were already both at S's too and now Glubb and Orva are at A instead of B, Captain's still at B though
Edit 2: Redid Lights Out which also was already at S, and now everyone except the Captain is at S whereas he is still at B? Honestly I have no real idea what is going on with the averaging system anymore.
Redoing orders does not matter unless you score higher on them. The characters overall rank depends only on how well you do on their specific orders throughout all the days, the ranks for each day are averaging out the scores every character got on that specific day.
At this point the interaction between the gallery, the levels, and the weights on any particular save file depends on what scores you got on which levels in what order during which version and how many times you visited the gallery in between, which is an unfortunate consequence of me fixing these things over time while people are playing.
That being said, starting from a fresh save is the only thing I can bug test on since I don't have everyone's save files, but as long as you score majority S rank on a character's orders throughout all the days you should be able to see all their weight stages in the gallery.
I see, the fact that I updated the game once and the fact that I kept checking the Gallery before beating all the levels was probably what was causing it then, thanks.
still cant see captain at any higher level than b unless thats just as high as they go
Have you gotten at least an A rank for all his orders?
I have S Ranked every customer on every day (Including Captain). Captain maxes out at Rank B for me.
I also have this bug! S Ranked each and every day! I'll try and redo it tomorrow to see maybe it's just me but yeah Captain maxes out at B for me too.
Aside from that I've been keeping tabs on this game for a whole year now! And it was sooo worth the wait I am SO happy to see it finally updated!
I reset data, got S on every customer and day, go to gallery and get this.
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ERROR in action number 1
of Create Event for object menu_gallery:
Variable <unknown_object>.score_a(100205, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_menu_gallery_Create_0
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gml_Object_menu_gallery_Create_0 (line -1)
Even if I just press play then go back to menu it also causes this error.
Did a quick hotfix, that issue should be resolved now. Not sure how I never ran into it when testing.
Appreciate the speedy fixes, cheers!
engaging, sometimes very difficuly, game. Despite my beef with certain parts it was an overall a fun experience. I do have some issues to report though.
On stage 4, it seems impossible to get an S rating with captain. I have tried many times now. EDIT: i see others have said this, sorry.
When you exit to menu mid game and load a level, the game will sometimes cause the customer to enter while the owner is still talking to you in the kitchen. No idea what causes this, but a reboot is required when it happens.
Captain seems to be glitched; he never has a heart icon, but seemingly gives out random S ranks or A ranks.
I cannot tell if he is a stickler for perfect burger towers or wants me to burn the patties in a certain way.
Either way, very frustrating!
Edit: Day 4 seems to be impossible to get S rank with the captain, highest I can only get is A rank.
I have meticulously gone through and s-ranked every single day (with the exception of zero-g, as others have stated, it seems impossible to get an S on the captains order that day) and yet still two characters havent gotten to their final weight stages. Captain only gets to the third, and Glubb to the fourth. Am I missing something here?
Nvm, I got glub all the way there, but the captain still eludes me yet...
i still cant get s for captains burntger even after making it perfectly
The new update defiantly 'expanded' on a game i already love, the gameplay why yes all be it very slippy is really fun. the characters have a wonderful amount of charm to them which i absolutely adore (Drva is my personal favourite) and the writing feels natural for the limited dialog they all have. my only complaint to say is to do with how slippy everything feels but eventually i got use to it, its just a matter of adapting how i played. if i could make everything just have a tad more friction i would and maybe even a shift lock button to lock the rotation of stuff like the buns. overall i had a absolute BLAST playing this and ill definitely be looking forward to any further updates if it does get updated in the future at all. 10/10 keep up the fab work!!!!!! <3
Edit: just saw the new update fixed the only problem i had and that was the friction, after a quick test this game is practically perfect. no complains here 10/10
(captain needs to be less picky DAMN /jk)
I can't seem to get anything but an F on the very first customer on day 1, even if they give me a smiley face or a heart, the final results say F... weird
That's very odd, does it happen right out of a fresh restart of the game?
yep, it doe
Game's amazing and I could get the hang of it in a matter of a few days, I like the little added challenges but thankfully they all involve dexterity based skills and not additional memorization :D
Yup, I can't seem to get an S-rank on the anti-grav day despite passing Captain's order perfectly, I tried at the least 10 times before giving up, S-ranked all of the other days too
Also, there's another bug when I start a level (I presume any level) where the tray starts shifted to the left side, on top of the grill, and the client's timer and dialogue begin's immediately, overlapping Tentacle's guy's starting dialogue. It happens I'd say 1 in 10 chances.
I have no clue how the heck you are suppose to beat the meteor day
I wish there were a way to disable the timer. Every time I reset a level, it bugs out and keeps the previous time, so if I left the level on red, the next time I start the level again, it's still on red. I need to quit the game every time to reset the timer.
I also have this trouble. Either adding a "reset" option to the menu, fix the bug, or some way to disable the timer would be great. Also, the backround has this weird static look that can be quite painful to look at.
The character art is good, but the gameplay is way too frustrating to put up with to see more of it.
Everything is way too floaty and slippery; could just make it right click to flip or something and reduce how far things slide around by like at least half.
Doing orders perfectly and on time but not getting S ranks because of invisible metrics; cooking, stacking order and time are plenty to grade on, you really don't need anything else.
Losing entire burgers when you switch screens even when they're on the plate, I guess because the game left it floating half a pixel too high; maybe make the 'safe zone' extend all the way up the screen, if there's some issue preventing you from just not deleting stuff that isn't on the plate.
The only less obvious criteria for scoring is how nicely the burger is stacked, mostly to make the optimal strategy not a vague pile of burger ingredients. The plate zone already extends all the way up, so the ingredients not transferring is probably an issue of ingredients moving too fast when you switch screens. I'll probably make the limit on that a little more lenient in the next update though since it's there to stop thrown ingredients from getting caught on the plate.
is there no place i can go to view each characters images super clearly like in files if they were easily accessible?
On the main menu in the lower left there's a button to go to the gallery. Any size you've already seen in the game will be available to view there.
Hmm... Still can't seem to get an S rank on Captian's charburger on the anti-gravity day, even when jumping over the time limit with flying colors. And thusly, Captain's not reaching anything over his base 3 weight stages either... I think he might still be bugged. Or maybe the fix is to have the top and bottom buns be only lightly toasted instead of burnt?
Just heard this game's getting a big update soon and i'm so excited! I really love the Captain guy so i'm hoping he gets more top heavy like the slime dude. Here's hoping!!! Great work on the team though i love this game. I just wanna make the dudes huuuge.
I wonder what I'm doing wrong to only get an A rank for the Captain on Day 4? I arrange it perfectly and burn everything but it stills feels like it's not enough
If I'm remembering the order correctly and that's the burnt burger that is a bug due to the burnt ingredients, that should be resolved in the next update.
i cant play the game and i dont know what to do. the only thing it dose is this
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ERROR in action number 1
of Other Event: Room Start for object game:
max argument 2 incorrect type (undefined) expecting a Number (YYGR)
at gml_Script_load_game
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gml_Script_load_game (line -1)
gml_Object_game_Other_4
and im not good whith this things of the inside of the computer or coding or whatever could somoun please explaind what should i do step by step. please. i use winrar also. i dont know if that helps.
and if somuon explainds it please be really detailld and step by step please =)
Yeah that's the save file from the old version being incompatible with the new version. You can either wait until the new version where I'll have a button to delete old saves to deal with it, or manually delete the save. There's folder with the name of the game in your local app data, a quick google search will tell you how to access it. The file called gamedata.ini is what you need to delete.
thank you alot
Really love the new Qol additions but there’s been a few things I noticed when I played.
For whatever reason I get the angry response from customers despite being in the green time sector. And the customer appearance sector seems to be not working despite having S rank on all of them
Time is only one of the criteria your score, getting the ingredients correct and stacking them neatly also contribute. The viewer only tangentially relates a customer high score with their weight. You still have to see the weight itself for it to unlock in the viewer, but if you've got an S for them they should have gone up in weight at least once and be viewable. What exactly isn't working about the viewer?
Thanks for the help. It helped with my next play through.
can you please fix the error? (tried deleting the data and redownloading it but that had no effect)
You shouldn't have to re-download anything if you're just deleting the save file. What exactly are you deleting?
i cant find the save files in the data and with how big it is..
Are you looking in your local app data folder? It's a default folder on your computer and not the one you downloaded.
i got an error loading the game
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ERROR in action number 1
of Other Event: Room Start for object game:
max argument 2 incorrect type (undefined) expecting a Number (YYGR)
at gml_Script_load_game
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gml_Script_load_game (line -1)
gml_Object_game_Other_4
anyway loved the game played it before the latest update :3
It's possible that your old save file is what's crashing the game. The save file should be located in the local app data folder on your computer, try moving it out of there and see if that fixes it.
thank you that seemed to fix the issue
how many weight gain stages does each character have, since as far as i can see they're not all unlocked in the gallery. Also, do you unlock more weight gain stages with S ranks?
Each character has three stages. Once you see a stage in the game itself it will be unlocked in the viewer.
bet
Characters' names?
Also can u make it for mobile users?
No.
This is a bit of a silly question. Do you think there's just a button I press that ports the game to mobile automatically? It takes time and effort that I would rather not spend to make a worse version of the game on a platform it was not designed for.
"Why aren't you making a version of your free game that's more convenient for me?" Come on, think about what you're saying before you ask questions that make you sound entitled.
They're all in the character viewer, lower left on the main menu.
Omg this game is so cute!!
I would say it is close to perfect. Great characters (if limited) fantastic gameplay that brings such a fresh spin to the classic assembly cooking style game. Having it be physics based is so fun, and the daily gimmicks are too. I would have preferred to have more increments in the weight gain, as well as more skin getting revealed (captain already exibits a bit of that ;)
I am in love with strong snake lady
Good game. I like it. Trying to 100% this game was a little painful and annoying for me, but I (kinda) did it, eventually.
S Ranking Day 4 (Low-Gravity) seems impossible, like someone before me has pointed out, because of Captain. I have, given Captain the straightest, burnt burger three times, with time still in green, and I get an A. Thankfully, you don't have to S Rank every day to get S overall.
Day 5 ending will seemingly always play when beating it, even individually, and, when beaten individually, will always give an F, as it doesn't count your best scores, it counts the entire current run.
For those seeking to S Rank, or just see the customers at their biggest, Tier 3 is the max. Also, my winning attempt looked like: SSSAS (The A is cause of Captain).
So, once again, good game, I do like this game very much, trying to S Rank the game was a little painful, but I'm happy I finally did it.
Yippee!
This game is so goooood! The gameplay is a fun idea executed perfectly, especially since I didn't expect there to be so many combinations that can be ordered on top of the different obstacles. And of course, all the art is wonderful, both the characters and the backgrounds! I would love to see more of a game like this if y'all continue to develop it. The only downside is... I kinda want a burger now...