Meal Melee was a food themed survival combat game started as a semester long game development project. Developement of the project was done by the students of Ms.Hopkins' Advanced Game Development class.

Meal Melee follows the story of Gerry Gelato, a young man who dreams of becoming a world famous chef. One day, a mysterious figures drops a spell book in front of Gerry on his way to his job. However, Gerry mistakes the spell book for a cook book and takes it to the restaurant his works at. While Gerry is using the book, he's suddenly spooked by his boss. The scare causes him to drop the book into the pot he was using. The magic of the spell book creates a massive explosion, causing debris to crash into the surrounding restaurants. Gerry's boss later receives a call from the restaurants saying their ingredients have come to life and are terrorizing the owners. In order to fix his mistake, Gerry must venture out to these restaurants and defeat the evil food.

In Meal Melee, the player (Gerry Gelato), must use Gerry's frying pan and various items and power-ups to battle the sentient ingredients of a dish that matches the theme of the level. The dish being made serves as the boss of the level. When the player has killed a certain number of each ingredient, the boss appears. For example, in level 1, the dish is a cheeseburger and therefore the ingredients are:

• Sesame seed buns
• Raw ground beef patties
• Tomatoes
• Blocks of cheese

As the game progesses, new enemy types and hazards provide an increase in difficulty for the player.