kannas 2012-12-17 13:04
this game is so damn good! xD
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD25 → Critter Criminal
By jaj
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | 9 | 3.94 | ||
| Coolness | 3 | 66 | ||
| Graphics | 41 | 4.12 | ||
| Mood | 59 | 3.55 | ||
| Overall | 62 | 3.67 | ||
| Fun | 162 | 3.28 | ||
| Humor | 237 | 2.93 | ||
| Theme | 392 | 3.15 | ||
| Innovation | 548 | 2.47 |
this game is so damn good! xD
Really nice graphics and very moody! Its like a true Gameboy game too, really well done I like it very much :)
Your critters are very creative
Yes indeed this was way too ambitious, but this is a good start! The main issue I have is I never really felt like a villain... it just felt like I was playing Pokemon with a swapped out script.
Great work! I love the concept and the satirical approach to the theme.
Music and graphics are awesome.
Awesome work
I enjoyed it, but couldn't really figure out how to win or lose, also my critter seemed to start losing every fight, and I was not entirely sure why.
Very nice and with a fitting Game Boy style. I guess the similarities to Pokémon are intentional? But, hey, selling your "Critters" to the Butcher? :D
@ pillbrain:
The critters moves and characters are the biggest factor in winning or losing a fight. Power and defense are a lot less important than they seem at first.
@bipolarmike: The idea was that you use the critters for evil purposes, but in the end I only got to three scripted battles where you actually do something evil.
Graphically very impressive. A shame you didn't have time to flesh it out more - with the limited content, it's rather tricky to stay interested long enough to breed critters that stand a chance against the ones the tougher NPCs have.
Very nice graphics and music! A bit hard to relate to theme and learn how to "beat" the game. Overall a nice entry.
@Smaxx: In the beginning I wasn't really sure if it was going to be a parody or something original, so the graphics were heavily inspired by that other game where you catch and train animals. In the end I do think there was enough to set this apart from that game not to go this route. Most importantly the heavy emphasis on breeding instead of catching.
Really nice
Really nice graphics, music and mood. Pretty funny at times too ("Are you going to kill me for absolutely no reason?" lol). But yea, at times I didn't know what I was doing wrong...
I had fun with this! The walking back and forth was a bit tedious but it was cool to try and get stronger monsters. Your guide helped out a lot too.
I liked it- sorta slow and non-intuitive but the color scheme and the concept, not to mention the resolution, remind me of pokemon (like *that* was ever intended, lol)
Thanks! I noticed I forgot to add breeding mechanics to the guide though. I'll do that tomorrow but here it is in short:
Newborns get each stat from one of their parents (so not an average of the two of them!) This makes it possible to breed critters that have the maximum value of each stat.
They inherit the character of one of their parents, and one skill of each of their parents.
really nice graphics and very addictive. i also like the retro feeling.
Great game. Music is awesome and pokemon-like gameplay is always fun! My favorite character is Silent rock.
Nice pokemon style game. The kids has some funny lines.
It's fun but movement is hard as you have to be on the exact square as the path you want to go on
@MrAmazingSock
I know. It used to be different but that could get your character stuck when going from one room to the other. In the end I didn't have time to fix both. This will be solved in post compo versions
A very cool 'mature' Pokemon! Nice job!
I really enjoyed this entry. I felt in tune with a lot of the humor in the dialogue and chuckled at quite a few parts. Nice work!
Super well done!
Not too well balanced... It feels like I'm a little kitten trying too hard to do evil deeds. :P
That's a great description. I guess being evil shouldn't be this much of a struggle.
Very cool graphics and specially the music - you got yourself a game with a very clear personality!
I didn't "feel the evil" that much, but other than that, the game was fun.
Maybe you should add some transitions between the battle and field screens? The changes were kinda sudden.
Thanks for the game!
And thank you for playing it!
I've added transitions to my to do list.
Thanks for porting it. Maybe a brief gory cutscene for the butchering would be a good foil for the pokemon atmosphere. Would be nice if you could get items from the butchering, such as snacks for your critters.
I liked the talking tree and silent rock; I missed them in the later fields.
Very impressive work!
Like Caranha, I hope to be even more evil, torturing poke...critters and all! Bet seriously, what you did here is quite amazing.
really great work !
Even though that was ambitious you did a lot and the gameboy art and audio are very well done, pretty impressive.
I wish there was more "evilness" in the gameplay itself. The butcher is a really nice idea.
Thank you. I know, I wish that it had more more evil elements too.
(Note however that you can also steal critters from other owners.)
The graphics are great and the game feels complex for this short amount of time. Very pokemon like, but in a good way.
Solid!
A very good retro feel, whith very good music.
Impressive to have done this in so little time.
this was nice! only issues i had is with the web version, sometimes the tracks play twice over each other, the collisions are a little strange etc. but overall, nice job!