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Villain OS 8

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme44.47
Humor203.89
Coolness1100
Innovation323.96
Mood363.75
Overall693.63
Graphics853.86
Audio1143.24
Fun2103.16

Comments

discofish 2012-12-17 02:00

I love the Cat! Cool Game!

deathray 2012-12-17 02:18

That's one powerful cat! This game made me LOL. Good job.

misson20000 2012-12-17 02:25

Love the evil laugh =]

epiplon 2012-12-17 03:03

A true villain!

deathray 2012-12-17 03:25

That's one powerful cat!
Pro: Lots of fun! I like the controls.
Con: Too short - i want more fun. Also took a while to find and click the first button i needed to push.

falkreon 2012-12-17 03:26

This is a really innovative, funny, quirky game! Exactly what I love about Ludum Dare!

selectricsimian 2012-12-17 03:33

Fantastic! Love the evil laugh from petting the cat game mechanic!

netgrind 2012-12-17 03:33

Loved the cat. Just sat there petting it for ages.

cappelnord 2012-12-17 03:36

Nice :). I like the cat and interface.

spierek 2012-12-17 03:42

A nice idea for the interface, but controlling it wasn't the most comfortable thing.

arakade 2012-12-17 03:46

Nice!

ace 2012-12-17 03:50

Love the art and the fact that you're basically destroying the world through patting a cat, could use a bit more length though.

lando-walters 2012-12-17 03:50

hey, I liked your game. It was short, but funny. Sound would have been nice, but I cant really say much as my game diddnt have music either. I would have liked more content though. For what it is, its well done, but I think that it might have been better suited as a fast paced mini game inside another game.

tommycreo 2012-12-17 03:53

Thanks a lot for your comments, guys!

datw 2012-12-17 03:55

This game is really neat and has a good premise, but the controls are just unreliable.

felix20 2012-12-17 04:01

At first I thought the sound was the cat purring lol.
pretty good overall, would have been more challenging if the satellites didn't have a constant orbit.

caasi 2012-12-17 04:24

Muhahahahahaha...!
Love the cat!

manuel777 2012-12-17 04:30

Great game, I would have loved to see more of this, and maybe keyboard controls, but great anyway :D

monomanio 2012-12-17 04:58

That was awesome. The art is nice, and the cat was awesome!

loren 2012-12-17 07:22

Fantastic, charge that kitty up!

ditto 2012-12-17 07:41

This was cool, especially loved the controls, very good! :D

jmk 2012-12-17 09:20

Haha, great artwork. Love the dual-handed petting. The game itself is a bit too easy, though -- would've loved a bit of a challenge. Literal, but clever take on the theme.

uwap 2012-12-17 10:43

Nice game. Good mood and all. But it was a bit short ;)

cornedor 2012-12-17 11:00

Very nice idea, but very short. Still a nice game to play if you don't have a lot of time.

rasmusrn 2012-12-17 13:24

The best use of the theme I've seen so far. So archetypicall :)

I also like how the mouse movement and hand movement worked together.

coffeeonimal 2012-12-17 13:55

YES! I was waiting for something like this! I loved it!

legomaster181 2012-12-17 15:15

I'm laughing because I played this with a cat in my lap. :3

blockbrains 2012-12-17 15:26

Awesome looking game :) Needs to be longer and the big button bigger! Muahaha well done!

quarry 2012-12-17 15:35

MAX HUMOR POINTS

logun 2012-12-17 15:39

My favorite game right now ! One of the coolest weypon i have ever seen ! + cool cat + cool controls ! great work !

bwdevel 2012-12-17 16:46

OK, this is brilliant.

xgor 2012-12-17 17:02

I really like the idea, kinda awkard to play press all the button with the mouse but otherwise it was a great take on the theme.

emveyh 2012-12-17 17:07

That's awesome. I especially liked how you handeld the input :)

sclark39 2012-12-17 17:32

It is REALLY hard to hit those buttons. I sat at the "press big button to start" screen for way too long trying to press it. I wish it would just do whatever I'm closest to when I click rather than needing to be directly over it. Cool idea, great audio, effective graphics.

madball 2012-12-17 17:40

"Press big button to continue" already made me go LOL.
MWHAHAHAHA!

vennril 2012-12-17 17:55

Very funny idea. Love the cat and evil laugh :)

porpentine 2012-12-17 18:06

fun :3

dom2d 2012-12-17 18:33

Very fun, would be fun to do more!

jhrrsn 2012-12-17 19:04

Love it, innovative, well-executed and fun. Aces.

robashton 2012-12-17 19:07

I can't seem to click the first button?

the-jack 2012-12-17 19:11

Cool. I get what you were going for here but I lack the patience for the control setup. Very nice aesthetic.

dtConfect 2012-12-17 19:52

How creative. I loved petting the cat to charge the laser, and I liked how he used two hands to push buttons. Might have been nicer if the buttons for up and down were closer to the ones for left and right though.

tau7153 2012-12-17 20:00

I found the controls a bit obscure but I like the concept.

jamezogamer101 2012-12-17 20:51

I realy liked the idea and it was realy fun to play! very nice entry

ilo 2012-12-17 21:11

Very creative controls and cool implementation of the theme!

pixelbear 2012-12-17 22:00

Damn, that was awesome! Love the control scheme - it felt very fluid. Sometimes I found it a little difficult to press the buttons, since the finger wasn't quite in the right place. Very easy to get the hang of. Loved it. :)

filtoid 2012-12-17 22:09

Nice game - good concept :)

heroesgravedev 2012-12-17 22:13

Cool game! A bit easy though, but still fun

gesangbaer 2012-12-17 22:28

!!! Amazing!

georgebroussard 2012-12-17 23:10

Solid idea! Loved that you teach the player how to stroke the cat before starting. Wish you'd put the movement controls on WASD or arrows, then you just manage that and petting the cat and click to fire. Could be a lot of fun with some attack on you and shooting ground targets as well. Lot of fun potential. Really like the universal Bond villain vibe.

pinkmonkeyhead 2012-12-17 23:27

Pet, kill bitches, pet, kill bitches, pet, loved it.

sestren 2012-12-17 23:29

Petting the cat while laughing evilly was a nice touch. Great mood and use of the theme!

aare 2012-12-18 00:24

Awesome controls, and very funny game. Made me wish earth was protected by more satelites :P

meep 2012-12-18 00:40

I found myself petting the cat before it told me to. :P

heychinaski 2012-12-18 01:48

I really liked the way I was controlling two hands with one mouse. That worked far more intuitively than I though it possibly could. Nice graphics and sound too!

tcql 2012-12-18 03:34

Wish my cats would charge up evil weapons of mass destruction... Fun game! A little too short though.

I loved the animation/interaction of the hands on the control panel

01010111 2012-12-18 04:42

I loved it! The music at the end is perfect!

brighterorange 2012-12-18 04:49

Hell yes! I loved this simple short game. Petting the cat is a great mechanic, and chasing the satellites down this way is a nice little challenge. Full points for mood and graphics!

kwl_tw 2012-12-18 05:19

Cute!

gdateam 2012-12-18 05:21

top tier theme and art. control scheme is so meta

permanente1600 2012-12-18 05:42

hilarious

tdrgames 2012-12-18 05:48

LOL. Minion is our alternate name for our cat Minnie :)

The controls feel like some sort of ill-conceived contraption out of an Austin Powers movie... so not fun it's funny, I guess?

atrodo 2012-12-18 06:06

A lot of fun, but the controls to move the aim, made it a little more tedious than I would have liked.

jmoraguiard 2012-12-18 06:33

I think this is right now the game that made me feel the most villian in a classic way :) The game was too short, I just sat petting the cat during some time :P I think you have a really nice interface to develop a little managing game. The virtual interface (aka the hands) move really nicely with mouse movement. Sound and graphics really good. I liked the mix of fast interface like mouse, with a old game boy looking graphics (giving the palete of colours).

har_g 2012-12-18 13:45

Wo.. gra.. 5star.. if you can saw the smile on my face, i have no word to say that's the best coolest feeling i got in a game.

munchor 2012-12-18 16:09

I love the controls, super-cat!

matx 2012-12-18 16:54

Awesome idea. I love the cat, I love the stereotype of the evil genius. Incredibly well done!

fireblend 2012-12-18 19:45

I think it was actually a good thing the game had no music. Great graphics, really enjoyable even though it's short, and it's incredibly charming. Great job!

shaneshanekavanagh 2012-12-18 20:31

Muwahaha! Class game, cheers.

biped 2012-12-18 21:16

Great idea. Love the cat.

cryovat 2012-12-18 22:14

This brought back fond memories of Inspector Gadget. :D

The control scheme didn't work out too well for me (I used a mouse), but I have a feeling it would work much better on a tablet. Especially the cat cuddling ^_^

superdisk 2012-12-18 23:09

I liked the monochrome palette and the art. At first though I thought the cat was the guy's hair and we were viewing him from a topdown perspective.

angrygeometry 2012-12-19 00:03

really interesting controls, very cool concept.

juniorus 2012-12-19 00:34

Don't know how you could expand the game (maybe with different buttons mapping...).
Anyway, it's fun. Short for sure, but fun!

pixel_phased 2012-12-19 05:20

Love the cat, and the idea altogether.

bigbadwofl 2012-12-19 07:58

Very cool concept and I enjoyed stroking the cat. But I found the controls a bit difficult.

adventureislands 2012-12-19 08:37

Bit quirky controls, but the idea and execution was really good! Nice evil laugh and cat petting action. I expected it to be a bit longer though.

nitramgc 2012-12-19 10:48

The game is perfect!

It's just hard to understand that the top of your finger must be exactly under a button to be able to press it.
A button won't be pressed if you're not correclty aligned, even if the Villain is playing the "pointing my finger" animation.

gamexcore 2012-12-19 11:45

Fun idea, but far too short.

jaj 2012-12-19 14:31

This is GREAT. Most I-Feel-Like-A-Villain game I've played yet.

tommycreo 2012-12-19 21:09

Hey guys, thanks once again for all your comments.

Original idea was to add few mini-games in Villain OS menu, but it was my first LD and I had big problems with time management (especially on first day), so the game has turned very short and controls are not really perfect.

Don't know when exactly, but there definitely will be post-compo version with bunch of improvements.

ahm99 2012-12-20 02:32

That was short but cool :) good job

kgs0142 2012-12-20 04:44

Fun!
Charging the weapon is caressing the cat is humor lol.
Good idea to play a villain this way :p

faust 2012-12-20 09:13

Muhahahahaha, Muhahahahahah, I love the idea, very unique entry.

zenmumbler 2012-12-20 14:28

It's good and the cat-pet-laughter-charge mechanism is cool. Wasn't sure if something was happen going to happen at some point to the earth or those satellites.

orangeez 2012-12-20 16:27

Brilliant idea, I wish the game was bigger :)

vids 2012-12-20 19:28

Brilliant! Awesome! Want more!

sheep 2012-12-20 20:06

Very annoying controls.

dustystylus 2012-12-20 21:04

A few issues with the controls, but a very nice idea! You can't have a villain without his/her cat. :D

casino-jack 2012-12-20 22:22

I like the petting the cat aspect, but the controls for the weapon are impossible!

vilcans 2012-12-20 22:49

Five stars for theme! Not that fun to PLAY, but great concept and who cares anyway: you get to pat a cat and laugh!

bereuge 2012-12-20 23:08

Nice idea, good job!

illugion 2012-12-21 01:07

The cat is really cool LOL XD i liked the game, it was kinda hard to control the aim but all of the enemies just came to the aim real soon so it was nice XD Good job!

aslai 2012-12-21 03:02

Short and sweet. I love my fluffy little companion!

eraldo 2012-12-21 04:15

I love the idea of cat interaction. :)

dwrensha 2012-12-21 04:23

Good sounds.

claite 2012-12-21 06:02

Great game! I loved petting the kitty :)

blob 2012-12-21 06:57

Petting cats is so evil.

raincole 2012-12-21 07:15

The dashboard control is innovative, but hard to use...

diningphilosopher 2012-12-21 12:08

Haha brilliant! The "web" link leads me to a download though, the alternative one gives me the online version.

william_edwards 2012-12-21 13:55

Short and sweet but very nice concept!

waynetron 2012-12-21 13:56

Love the interface and the visual style. But definitely needs expanded gameplay.
Here's a tip, embed your swf file into a html page, then you can centre it and have it sit nicely on a dark background.

dremelofdeath 2012-12-21 16:32

I love the concept! This is easily one of the most unique approaches to the theme I've seen so far. The controls are a little weird and it seemed too easy, but other than that, great work.

van-merwan 2012-12-21 16:57

Clicking on buttons is hard but very immersive. :)

greenpixeldev 2012-12-21 17:08

Short, with shallow gameplay but you really did set the mood! :D Good take on the theme! Nice job!

killmonday 2012-12-21 20:36

This was awesome! Win8!

revelorenfield 2012-12-21 21:36

What a strange game...
The cat and the evil laugh really makes us a villain.
Good job !

hatscat 2012-12-22 09:33

So funny :D
Great idea and well done, but a little bit too short

edocentrique 2012-12-22 17:06

Really good !

Jeremias 2012-12-22 21:46

Short, but nice. I like the way of pushing the buttons (if the hands of the played character follows the cursor).

cwilloughby 2012-12-22 22:39

Cool concept. Petting the cat was great. Actually taking out the enemy ships was a matter of just waiting for them to cross into the line of fire. A bit more challenge would be awesome.

eni 2012-12-23 08:39

I like that you need to pet the cat to laugh maniacally and charge your laser. Though, if the world is destroyed by the laser, wouldn't the villain be destroyed too? (and his cat)

mesene 2012-12-23 16:59

Great inmersion! I spend a nice time, thanks :D

sonnybone 2012-12-23 18:03

LOL - awesome. The ending is so perfect. The laugh, the note that plays... UGH. So good. Great innovation here.

yakka 2012-12-24 10:09

Short game but excellent direction and idea.

zappi 2012-12-24 16:12

Very hard to control this when using a touchpad, but I like the cat mechanic and the laughter energy :) good thinking!

P.S. Greetings from Omsk Ludum Dare! ;)

simianlogic 2012-12-24 20:06

Excellent work. A little hard to hit the buttons, but loved the control scheme. At first I didn't realize I needed to hold the mouse down to pet the kitty, so I was just shaking my mouse over the top of him.

vrav 2012-12-24 22:39

;D

lotusgame 2012-12-25 11:04

Hahaha :) The cat stuff is brilliant ! And the controls very fun, even if i finished to center the target plot in the middle of earth and wait. A game that will turn you into Blofeld (the greatest villain of James Bond) :)

tomc 2012-12-26 13:24

Controls were very tricky with a laptop touchpad. Art style and sounds were nice and consistent.

krides 2012-12-26 15:26

Muahahahaha

mmorphinee 2012-12-26 18:58

Really funny and great idea, but too short :)

Oreganik 2012-12-27 22:39

My first all-five star rating for this LD. Love the controls, the sounds... I mean, come on, blasting a satellite then chuckling evilly while I pet my cat? Awesome!

philip-wagner 2012-12-28 00:04

This looks cool and plays cool. A weird little game. With some actually evil laughing this would have been perfect.
Reminded me of Enviro Bear 2000.

pl0xz0rz 2012-12-28 15:02

Cool game!

pierrec 2012-12-29 17:09

GREAT JOB SIR!
Reminds me Inspector Gadget ^^
And Enviro-Bear in the Gameplay
It deserves to become a full lenght game (even if it's WAY good enough for 48h)

cakencode 2012-12-30 01:53

Cute interface! I love the graphics work you did for this. I think keyboard controls could've helped, since I had to snipe the buttons a lot of the times. Great work! :)

ddrkirbyisq 2012-12-30 11:50

So great, excellent take on the theme, if a little short.

bentog 2012-12-30 20:41

Short, but cool. Really strange thing is that by petting your cat you also laug AND change the weapon! Just like a villain.

blackbulletiv 2012-12-31 09:41

A pretty decent and amusing game.

wisegamer 2012-12-31 19:47

good game, keep on the great work]

dtg 2013-01-01 07:31

"Your doomsday weapon is powered by your evil laugh" DONE, theme, fun and humor 5 stars.
The hands following the mouse is neat if a little clunky at times, aiming at the satelite things is just tricky enough to give you something to do while you laugh at how funny the idea is.

gamerespect 2013-01-01 10:39

Love the laugh, love the aesthetic, love the concept. The only problem I have with it is it's a little on the short side, but the experience was still awesome.

mase 2013-01-02 01:21

Nice work on the hands & console. I've thought about that sort of display/interface so it's inspiring to see it done.

dr_soda 2013-01-02 02:12

This is utterly, ridiculously brilliant. The only thing I can say was less than fun was the positiioning of the buttons and the difficulty of controling the two hands. As a concept, it's really marvelous.

gornova 2013-01-02 14:51

ld25 best game so far!! :D

impulse9 2013-01-02 18:57

Too bad it's so short. Lovely concept and wonderful polish.

matthias_zarzecki 2013-01-04 01:15

Best use of cat-petting ever.

derosa 2013-01-04 22:03

Loved the idea of petting the cat for empowering the weapon! The aiming controls are a bit unconfortable, but if you manage to get to a certain point, you can just recharge the weapon and fire.

Also, a cool touch would have been a "pressing" animation for the finger. Even a single frame one would have given it a nicer feeling.

dioiminik 2013-01-05 22:57

MUHAHAHAHAHA. No seriously a good game. Made my day ;D

leafo 2013-01-07 08:11

Haha, this is a cool idea. Too bad it's so short.

mistakoo 2013-01-07 16:28

Loved it. Innovative (and great) visuals and badass player character :P

chrismwaite 2013-01-07 19:26

Very interesting idea and well executed. I found the controls a little difficult but got there in the end.

skypirates 2013-01-08 00:45

Very good! I loved the small touches like the cat, but the controls could have been smoother.