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Minianimalism!

By lorancou

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation124.09
Humor153.87
Coolness1100
Fun363.70
Graphics484.17
Overall683.70
Mood1633.31
Audio2063.10
Theme4112.84

Comments

ataxkt 2013-04-30 10:05

Really nice! Spore mixed with Incredipede. It might be nice if the game showed you the level on the creation screen, otherwise I find there can be a bit of trial/error getting it right. Really nice concept, very impressed you did it in the timeframe!

jacklehamster 2013-04-30 10:24

Oh.. My... God....

airrider3 2013-04-30 10:38

dat ass

freezx 2013-04-30 10:45

Pretty innovative, liked it a lot!

miharbi 2013-04-30 11:13

Really nice concept. Had fun playing with the different body parts.

dohan 2013-04-30 12:51

Pretty fun.

rujomarco 2013-04-30 13:22

uhahah!! possibly the best entry and probably a winner!

mrspeaker 2013-04-30 14:08

So cool. Gotta spend some more time on this one. Though if I make a creature, then remove all the components the screen goes all blurry and never un-blurs.

justinmullin 2013-04-30 14:11

Somehow everything got blurry, and I couldn't figure out how to correct that, but until then I was having a blast. Very funny concept and theme. Execution of the levels was simpler than I hoped, but I still had fun. Good entry!

smilingcat 2013-04-30 14:17

Interesting concept, awesome graphics. Cool use of the theme. Great job!

fysx 2013-04-30 14:32

Fun game and very interesting mechanics! Enjoyed playing it.

badpaul34 2013-04-30 14:41

If it's getting blurry, put back the eyes (top left item) on the grid. Or not, and try to complete the level without eyes. Be minianimalist !

kbm0 2013-04-30 15:09

Really fun concept. Although I could not get the ears to stick with the head. Loved the animations and sounds! Good job!

brassawiking 2013-04-30 15:09

The four assed beast enters the stage

teamsleipnir 2013-04-30 15:11

Great idea, had some frustrating experiences with creating creatures though especially with rotating.

anatolat 2013-04-30 15:13

Cool!

villhest 2013-04-30 15:21

Bwahaha cool!

ithildin 2013-04-30 16:33

Great game. The concept and graphics are awesome! :D

Too bad about the blur bug, I also experienced it and had to reload.

bortstudios 2013-04-30 19:34

This is the funniest game I have played in some time

lorancou 2013-05-01 11:31

Thanks for all the comments! That blur thing is not a bug, just a sloppy feature. This happens if you remove the eyes (obviously), just put them back as Paul said and you'll be good to go. I'll put a note about in the instructions.

The rotations are indeed a bit weird we might fix that in a post-compo version.

lorancou 2013-05-01 17:09

Fixed! Plus the shadows were missing for some reason, that's fixed as well. Use the post-compo link for the FULL SURROUND 3D PREMIUM EXPERIENCE :)

minionstudios 2013-05-01 18:29

hilarious game! My ass never quite got me to the top. I love how if you remove the eyes, it becomes blurry

goerp 2013-05-01 18:47

haha, just like my game this could easily fit with Evolution as well. Really original and good looking game.
I also like Noah at the beginning, very funny.

It sometimes was a bit frustrating to get things right (also because rotating was a bit counterintuitive), but I am very impressed!
Also the score mechanic didn't work for me. I didn't care about highscores but just wanted to make a good looking creature and finish the level :)

meta87 2013-05-02 04:21

Awesome! This is a great concept and the graphics are great. impressive :)

edocentrique 2013-05-02 09:36

It's hard when we don't see anything ! Really good entry !

pixelfan 2013-05-02 13:45

I love the graphics and the game in general, so awesome!!! good job

chaos_viper 2013-05-02 13:54

Amazing!! I laughed so much XD.. My minion have a butt on his head XD.. Very great concept!! Excellent work!!!

ddionisio 2013-05-03 04:30

Wow this is a great entry! I enjoyed just trying to fit as many limbs as I possibly could.

I have to agree that the creature creation needs some more work, but pretty damn impressive for 3 days worth of work!

beerman 2013-05-03 20:02

Amazing - the world needs more games where you can build creatures out of butts :D

cwilloughby 2013-05-04 07:20

Cool mechanic! Liked the ass! Wish the linking was a bit more free form - had troubles sometimes knowing if something would stick.

ohsqueezy 2013-05-04 10:09

Hilarious! I like getting stuck and having to fart or slurp my way to victory

killerstarbunny 2013-05-04 19:09

Coo best rating i've given played the Ludum one and i expect the post fixes all the weird bugs

someone 2013-05-04 19:11

This looks awesome, but I'm on Linux so I cant play the web version.

klianc09 2013-05-04 21:13

Really awesome game, I could play endless with this build your own creature kit. The blurring of the missing eyes was kind of annoying, especially in the editor screen. Having a creature with a lot of mouths is really fun.

split82 2013-05-04 21:42

Very nice and interesting.

mostley 2013-05-04 22:59

o_O

gatechgrad 2013-05-05 09:49

Neat concept. Reminds me of the creature creator in Spore. Interesting use of the body parts to remove various senses.

covenant 2013-05-05 10:25

Awesome work! :)

lorancou 2013-05-05 15:26

There you go, a standalone version (including Linux). Also in teh editor, parts will be grayed out until properly snapped, this should be a bit more intuitive.

loxo 2013-05-05 15:55

This is really great idea and a funny game. It's great to build a creature and test it out. A look at the level before the construction phase would be great, I think.

patrickward 2013-05-05 17:20

This game is hilarious. I laughed out loud the first time I hit the up arrow. I didn't get very far (couldn't get past the 3rd level), but wonderful graphics and gaseous fume effects. Great job!

kyyninen 2013-05-05 17:42

How can you make these animations in such a timeframe?? Brilliant game!

euwaku 2013-05-05 21:13

My ass was not very functional :D
Love this game ;P

larb 2013-05-05 21:22

Great idea. Brilliant. I hope you keep working on it.

tentontoon 2013-05-08 05:36

A nice concept and very strong execution, with a top-notch presentation that would be at home in any AAA game. That makes the plainness of the menus all the more surprising.

Just not very fun for me, nor too funny, with the exception of the introductory text - I must be getting old, but I don't really care about fart jokes. Especially as a game mechanic.
The theme's nowhere to be seen, either.

I'd have liked to be able to visit the levels prior to putting together the creature, and not the other way around. Turning the game into a proper puzzle, rather than an exercise in trial and error.

rafaelsales 2013-05-08 21:42

Funny game. Great avatar editor, creating funny possibilities! Congrats!

joe40001 2013-05-09 01:26

Jam build is a bit buggy, unpolished menus but I'll forgive you because the gameplay is quite clever/nice.

Now I'm going to play the post jam build.

joe40001 2013-05-09 01:33

Even post game build, mouth is very buggy. Do you have mesh colliders on? If you do you might be better off with sphere or capsule colliders, the animation is going to change the geometry and thus colliders otherwise.

catman 2013-05-09 08:50

Really fun and the animations were really good! Too bad for the many placeholder graphics that accompanied them, tho!

tcstyle 2013-05-09 11:47

Great game. A lot of trial and error but also a lot of fun to play.

madball 2013-05-09 19:30

LOL. Funny game, though some parts are useless. I passed most of the game by using nothing but an ass.
Also, what`s up with C1L3?

samoojamies 2013-05-10 14:41

Great game!

ernyz 2013-05-11 15:53

That was so much fun :D definately come back to play again :)

lightnarcissus 2013-05-12 04:43

Solid graphics and it is a pretty neat idea to implement in a game jam. Reminds me of a couple of games but only in a positive manner. :)

my-milked-eek 2013-05-12 22:32

Awesome concept. Loved making a thing with 4 asses and luck my way to victory

johnnysix 2013-05-13 23:49

Took a while to figure how to mash parts together, love the way the different body parts work, and particularly the way they're stitched together. :D

5 stars for humour. :D

sylvain-p 2013-05-14 22:47

The idea look like Incredipede in more vulgare...but it is not minimalist...

voidstar69 2013-05-15 21:23

Brilliant concept - Spore in 72 hours, with working mechanics! Also very funny. :-)

wisegamer 2013-05-16 13:01

New idea but needs development.

roguenoodle 2013-05-16 15:13

Pretty funny game - I liked the idea of blurring the screen when the eyes were removed, but it probably shouldn't happen during the making of the creature. I found it hard to find the eyes again in the editor :P Great job though :)

mortus 2013-05-17 07:47

Great game and pretty fun too! Most of the parts are useless though (except for the hilarious effects), I've completed all levels except one with the one single configuration, which I never edited (only added eyes once for each level to read and then removed again) - just ass and legs, and I even forgot that you can rotate parts, so maybe I could have completed that one level without mouth if I rotated the ass.

phocker 2013-05-18 00:58

not sure how this fit the theme -- fun -- nice butts

codexus 2013-05-18 11:07

Brilliant game! Great graphics, very cool gameplay. Most likely it was hard to tweak but you managed to make interesting levels.

lorancou 2013-05-18 16:13

@Codexus: Our designers went through a solid depression when we decided to go for this concept ;) They had to rush during the last hours to create playable levels, the task wasn't easy but they made it!

Also, yeah @TenTonToon, if you read this: sorry for the fart jokes. This isn't very mature. We know about that. For some reason we were in the mood of "yeah let's do it whatever it's just a jam". Next time we'll do a game with the finest humour, puns, and a deep refection on the things of life. Promised!

martin_monosys 2013-05-19 12:46

Cool game, but would really have been even cooler if you knew beforehand what the requirements for each level are, maybe even only as some cryptic riddle or something like that...

aestheticgamer 2013-05-20 02:34

Had a lot of fun with this. Though maybe a bit too reliant on butts, the mouth was cool to mess with, and the whole idea was quite refreshing. Would be cool to see something like this expanded.

stmatn 2013-05-20 19:27

Very cool idea! The graphics look really nice and its fun to play. Very innovative mechanics. Nice game!

fnkee 2013-05-20 23:34

Wow, amazing! Fun and humorous! Sure took it's time. Still, I enjoyed every minute!