donut panic

Category	Rank	Score
Humor	214	2.74
Audio	451	2.14
Innovation	491	2.42
Mood	495	2.25
Graphics	528	2.36
Theme	559	2.25
Fun	575	2.04
Overall	583	2.31
Coolness	1281	45

drachlen 2013-08-27 05:10

I tried out the multiplayer version of this with a friend. I really like the idea, but unfortunately I couldn't figure out what exactly to do to protect my donuts. With a bit of polish I think this could be a fun little web game.

vaughn 2013-08-27 05:15

Tried out a bit of single player and multiplayer, but unfortunately couldn't figure out any of the game mechanics like stopping monsters from getting donuts. I also was lagging pretty bad, like maybe 2-4 FPS - not sure what that was about. Any hints?

Otherwise, props for trying out some multiplayer development!

dlowe 2013-08-27 06:48

Thanks for the feedback!

I've updated the description with a bit more detail about the gameplay: you can stop the monsters by stomping on them, until they eat a donut, after which they stomp you. And there's no winning condition.

@Vaughn: 2-4 FPS: ouch. I'd assume the network was to blame -- I basically didn't do any work on optimizing what goes over the wire (e.g. delta compression) or compensating for bad network latency (e.g. client-side prediction). If you want to give it another shot, installing it locally should be reasonably easy....

Thanks again!

xrm0 2013-08-27 12:34

I've used singleplayer and it was really slow to move

archaeometrician 2013-08-28 03:04

Cute graphic, i like the little pig. Nice game, need a little bit of polish but this is a fun mini game !

tifu 2013-08-28 13:49

You probably shouldn't put "multiplayer arcade-style game" in the first line of the description when the game has a single player mode, that made me skip this game when I first looked at it cos I had no one to play with and assumed it meant ONLY multiplayer.

dlowe 2013-08-28 17:36

@Tifu: Good point. Fixing.

@archaeometrician: Thank you!

dekart 2013-08-28 17:48

I didn't manage to reach donuts before monsters ate them :(

lcarpentier 2013-08-30 11:48

I can't play it. Your web page is not loading :(. Not error, just a timeout.

sanojian 2013-08-30 17:28

Getting timeout. Can't play it.

manuq 2013-09-06 19:04

Is loading for me. Just a bit slow.

qaterknan 2013-09-15 19:41

Shame there isn't more game mechanics or score (or just I couldn't find it). But funny graphics.

hardgrafter 2013-09-15 20:14

Good little game, need more to make it look pretty but good attempt!