---
title: "Diet Hard"
subtitle: "Simple game where you collect food, but stay balanced in what you eat!"
date: 2025-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2025/05/diet-hard
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Diet Hard

*Simple game where you collect food, but stay balanced in what you eat!*

![](gamedevjs-jam-2025.png)
![](diet-hard-1.png)
Diet Hard by ncl88 was entered into the [GameDev.js Jam 2025](https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2025) in the **Build it with Phaser** category, where the Phaser team ranked it in 10th place and 180th place overall.

Here is what the Phaser Studio team thought of it:
![](diet-hard-2.png)
Really well polished, diet-balancing game! You have to coordinate with your movement & eating skill while keeping your eye on the diet scale, otherwise if you get all the junk food, becomes harder to jump!
![](diet-hard-3.png)

[Play Diet Hard](https://ncl88.itch.io/diet-hard)

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