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Disco Kitty Nightmare

By alendro

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio1233.66
Humor3192.95
Mood6792.80
Fun7382.73
Overall7642.89
Innovation8052.52
Graphics8552.46
Theme9652.56

Comments

cheshyr 2014-12-09 06:27

Hehe... digging the music and them. Nice work.

rnd 2014-12-09 06:28

nice job man.. but I think you need to rethinking the object. its a bit ambigous :-s

topaz-studios 2014-12-09 06:31

Really love that music hehe. Very CATchy ;)

evergreen-games-ludum-dare 2014-12-09 06:33

surprisingly good. great music and mood. quite hardcore.

barry-p-evans 2014-12-09 06:33

nice job keeping to the theme! the music is jammin but the incentive to play is kinda lost.

alendro 2014-12-09 06:34

Thanks for the feedback. The object is to survive the nightmare as long as you can. Try different strategies and see what works best. We want people to play a few times until they figure out the best combo for upgrades and weapon types. We plan on refining and polishing the game more in the next few weeks.

andrewkennedy 2014-12-09 06:37

Hah, that was a pretty funny game. Disco music was nice. I thought it was pretty difficult to tell what was going to hurt me and what wasn't.

The disco colors were great. We could all use a little more neon in our lives :)

wampus 2014-12-09 06:37

I love that the "quit" button doesn't work. I played about four billion times.

watercressstudios 2014-12-09 06:59

Fun little game! Controlling the cat's movements feels a bit sluggish, though.

alendro 2014-12-09 07:06

Appreciate the feedback everyone!

@andrewkennedy - Pretty much everything hurts you.
@Wampus - One cannot simply "Quit" a nightmare.
@WatercressStudios - Try buying the movement speed upgrades when you see them, they help. :)

tater_hater 2014-12-09 07:18

Made me lol

spacedoubt 2014-12-09 07:22

Love the music!

c63industries 2014-12-09 08:16

This game promises disco kitties, and it delivers.

rocketship 2014-12-09 09:45

Whoa this is difficult. The music and aesthetic fit together well though, I just never got very far to enjoy them further.

rainshapes 2014-12-09 17:14

This is really fun! It's a little hard to see your shots when you are on dance floors though...

error031 2014-12-09 17:57

Music is incredible :D

domicuc 2014-12-09 18:04

HUH. Mate.. Im feelin like a Disco Kitty.. XD nice/cute job! .. what cutejob.. ok.. XD check my projec too mate x)

alendro 2014-12-09 18:11

Thank you for all your feedback! For anyone who is up to the challenge try to beat our high score!

http://ludumdare.com/compo/2014/12/09/disco-kitty-nightmare-post/

Post your high scores and follow us on twitter! @DiscoKittyNight

hotboxgames 2014-12-09 19:36

Haha, brilliant!

aare 2014-12-09 20:52

Nice graphics, very stylish

dusho 2014-12-09 20:57

very nice music..
game really hard, also better feedback when loosing life would be nice

crocantidepollo 2014-12-09 21:00

That music is fantastic!

twick 2014-12-09 21:11

Awesome

robotloveskitty 2014-12-09 21:55

We also made a Disco game, so I had to check yours out!

I'm generally bad at games like this, so I died a lot!

I love that the words were all obstacles. and the music is groovy!
-Kitty

rabbit 2014-12-09 22:02

Bullets are nearly impossible to see and the controls are really floaty.

Shooting/hitting enemies feels really soft and unresponsive.

Rad music though.

hbocao 2014-12-09 22:44

The music is really something haha
Good job!

vanaficionado 2014-12-09 23:03

Sort of funny. Off-Theme, but that's alright. It would be better if it wasnt so hard right off the bat.

endesga 2014-12-09 23:16

Awesome game :) love it

fil00dl 2014-12-09 23:18

very nice soundtrack!

spartanicecream 2014-12-09 23:27

Pretty funny.

lereveur 2014-12-10 00:47

I like meow-disco ! XD Just for that, you got a good rate ! :D

belowzerogames 2014-12-10 01:30

Good Job but I had a hard time seeing just the eyes in the dark areas :) But the music and concept very good

pjimmy 2014-12-10 01:58

nice, very funny game :D love the audio

ky533541 2014-12-10 02:59

Fantastic mood and music! The gameplay was kind of confusing and the menus are a bit unpolished but overall this is awesome

hitchh1k3r 2014-12-10 03:25

I liked the music, well done.

banestar007 2014-12-10 03:36

well done, establishing the game is in one screen, and the zooming in. 5 stars.

toadfrogs 2014-12-10 03:41

Excellent audio to my ears, fun game at the same time :)
The transition of going to the gameplay screen lags a litte for me though but the rest of it are smooth :D

ossi 2014-12-10 03:48

Cool disco theme with really good music! It was really challenging as you stated in your description. I found it difficult to purchase the right upgrades since the enemies are so relentless and there are obstacles randomly everywhere. I just ended up picking up the closest thing to me. Good job!

daviosmash 2014-12-10 04:24

The music was fun. It was hard to tell what was dangerous, though.

bthedestroyermc 2014-12-10 05:26

Had a few problems with the cat rotating when my mouse was close, other than that good.

ams 2014-12-10 06:51

Haha, I loved the mood, the music is really catching and I enjoyed the game, good job!

myyyvothrr 2014-12-10 07:09

Got 7750 after a few tries. Great music, liked the theme use!

murchurl 2014-12-10 08:37

Nice game, the music is quite funky haha!

spazzarama 2014-12-10 09:06

Liked it, even with my terrible dancing skills.

deyteris_team 2014-12-10 10:02

Great dance music in the game. I dancing a little when playing it

fergusontv_ld31 2014-12-10 10:51

pretty funny, cool music too

raincole 2014-12-10 10:58

Ha, cool game. I like the disco music.
UI looks a bit crude, but it's okay.

drtizzle 2014-12-10 11:17

I don't think limited information is a feature in a fast reaction, hardcore shooter. The game is hard enough as it is.

Really like the disco-cat theme and the music! :)

yarek 2014-12-10 14:37

Nice disco game :)

alendro 2014-12-10 17:17

Thanks for the feedback everyone! We really appreciate all your comments and were taking all of it into account. We definitely plan on polishing this game and releasing it at some point in the future.

Follow us on twitter @DiscoKittyNight to stay updated on everything Disco Kitty Related!

5k0d 2014-12-10 17:23

freakin crazy this game ;-)...love the music

hippolyta 2014-12-10 17:47

Great music (yeah, I'm thinking of "Saturday Night Fever") and engaging gameplay :-)

Well done!

greenyuk 2014-12-10 17:55

Music is really good, but gameplay is lacking for me. I found it all very weird for the sake of being weird. Solid controls and shooting etc, but I don't have a desire to keep playing. Solid entry, but not for me. :)

ams 2014-12-10 18:15

Cool music x3 I like that the fish are following the cat and not the other way round!!

It can be slightly confusing to know which are "good" or "bad" items.

atombrot 2014-12-10 19:14

Fun game but I don't see the connection to the theme. It was somewhat hard at first but once you get used to the controls and the enemies it gets a bit easier.

realbogart 2014-12-10 19:51

Kick-ass soundtrack

rupert 2014-12-10 19:52

Awesome music :)

tritegames 2014-12-10 20:06

I think it's a good interpretation of the theme + disco + kitty + shooter = strange but fun game. A little difficult to stay alive for long, but maybe I need more practice :)

scam 2014-12-10 20:10

Grooviest music I've encountered in this LD so far. :)

madlee 2014-12-10 20:10

Fun and challenging! My main suggestion would be to have the 'replay' button on the game over screen immediately start a new game, and have the 'quit' button return to the main menu. Music is awesome! Good job!

badlydrawnrod 2014-12-10 20:17

The music is good, but the gameplay could do with being a bit tighter. Also, putting it all on the player to figure out what is going on might not be the best strategy.

madcapacity 2014-12-10 20:26

Played a few times and really enjoyed it even though I couldn't really figure out exactly how you upgrade. Wished it was a little more clear. The game's a little hard, I could never have time to heal as I had to keep moving and kiting the enemies.

I thought it was great that the fish were faster then you, but you could move to the side and they were not the best at turning.

I think the cat should of not been black, you completely disappear into the void of space XD

Great job guys!

murdersantateam 2014-12-10 20:42

Pretty interesting game.We like the music.The graphics are funny too, but you could made a larger disco floor.

snowwars 2014-12-10 22:28

Quit does not work.

mechamew 2014-12-10 23:22

This is awesome!

sushin 2014-12-10 23:26

Nice idea reminds me the 90s hehehe. congratulations on finishing LD

trisquare 2014-12-11 00:17

I really, really like the disco. also nice job making a good game that follows the theme, and not like a game with a snowman :)

papacheech 2014-12-11 01:54

The music is great in this!

thiaguera 2014-12-11 02:00

Great music! But I had no idea of what was happening. I just kept moving an shooting until I died.

code-medicine 2014-12-11 04:23

Great entry, thanks for sharing this. I would add a crosshair, make it clearer how the gold mechanic works. Punishing, and thats good! Keep it up guys.

2bit 2014-12-11 05:03

The music was great.

hobomechanistic 2014-12-11 07:08

Love the colours and the audio :D

krz 2014-12-11 09:35

Didn't really know what was going on most of the time. Also I'm not sure the screen moving around really counts as fitting on one screen, even if it did the whole zooming in thing at the start, just my opinion thought.

vaclav 2014-12-11 10:26

Aaaah I'm gone crazy :D This is cool.

yosh 2014-12-11 17:31

Wow that was so hard... but who cares cause' DISCO KITTY!

robustinteractive 2014-12-11 18:17

wow that was a nice one. great job !

local-minimum 2014-12-11 19:03

Great music! I liked the little cat too. Sometimes it felt as it had two heads when moving through the dark areas. I think those dark areas need to be much less dark so that you can see the area around you. Maybe have a light source over the cat or something.

The game was quite too hard for me, got to 1k as a record. So I think the mines and such were too many, at least in the beginning.

Never saw any recharge either, so I think the disco floors should recharge health much faster and as a counter effect they could themselves have a timeout so that they go dark after a while and you have to get to the next floor. That would also better justify the whole reason for moving around. Top that off with some killer cat dance moves if player stands still on a dance floor.

Difficulty can be successively increased with denser enemy spawns the longer the cat survives.

I think that could make for an interesting dynamics. Good start for a game though.

skulioskarsson 2014-12-11 23:28

Well done :)

team-myopia 2014-12-12 07:05

Nice music ofc... pretty hilarious and odd.

The map / game world didnt really feel like it had any markers or ways to get a sense of where i was or what i was doing too much.

noahbrocz 2014-12-12 07:10

Very good game, addictive music. Check my game too: President's bodygurad simulator.

ynots 2014-12-12 17:58

gud music ..lol

mrbadivan 2014-12-12 18:30

Great music! And visual is cool, good job =)

ceosol 2014-12-12 21:26

I too think the music is amazing - obviously it is perfect for a disco kitty :)

I have absolutely no clue how to play. For me, only two direction keys seemed to work. I shot a bunch of guys and nobody seemed to die (except for me). That being said, I still really enjoyed this game... wait the music just changed while I was typing this... just awesome! :)

gamepopper 2014-12-12 22:24

Really enjoying the music selection. :D

johnro 2014-12-13 00:32

Fun game! Not sure how it fits with the theme, though; the entire game isn't on one screen any more than any other scrolling shooter.

tanner101010 2014-12-13 01:11

Interesting game! I feel like the cat has too much stuff coming at it on the first level, so it was a little challenging, but still fun!

brainstorm 2014-12-13 07:51

Innovation n/a: The game isn't innovative.

Fun 3/5: Its too difficult.

Theme n/a: I can't find any useof the theme.

Graphics 4/5: Great disco colors.

Audio 5/5: Best aspect of the game!!!

Humor 5/5: A cat on a disco? REALLY??

Mood 5/5: FREAK OUT TIME, PEOPLE!!!

Overall 3/5: Not a bad game, but it needs to be easier.

indie4fun 2014-12-13 11:05

The music is funny, and also the idea. When playing is quite difficult to understand the things you have to avoid and the objects you need to collect for upgrades, I think you should make that visually more clear.

pulsartronic 2014-12-13 13:47

jeje, i had fun playing it ... i love the music and it is quiet playable ... it has all things needed to be a solid entry .... then, solid entry :)

incredible-ape 2014-12-13 19:47

Disco Kitties? Mew've cat to be kitten me right meow.

susanthecat 2014-12-14 02:24

Dah mew-sic is groovy, man. My kitty likes to dance.

drilltail 2014-12-14 03:24

I like that there's quite a variety in the songs. Fun game! Pretty difficult, and it's cool that you can aim for completely different upgrade paths in different play sessions.

I felt that speed upgrades were a bit too necessary though, and I never could figure out what exactly the "FPS" upgrade did.

diegohenriquez 2014-12-14 19:03

Man I loved this very innovative and fun. Fits the theme very well. Didn't notice it after playing a while the whole game in the start screen haha :D. Good job.

riocide 2014-12-15 09:09

wayyy too hard!

jjevil 2014-12-15 15:03

Not going to lie. As a logo designer I was expecting this game to be a train wreck based on that alone. Was pleasantly surprised. Fun game.

theunderminor 2014-12-15 17:07

Damn, that's some groovy music, well done!
If you were to continue with the game I'd recommend that you up the graphics and take some time making the enemies behave differently. I'm all for this, so send me a message or something if you are gonna continue : )

asobitech 2014-12-16 09:10

70s Disco-tastic!!!

alsweigart 2014-12-17 07:51

Good music.

01rafael 2014-12-17 08:47

LOL ))

nonobattle 2014-12-17 12:54

Well, gotta say this is a pretty fun game! Nice mood and music, challenging but fun and last but not least: UPGRADES! gotta love upgrades.
Only minor critique: black cat on black background, little hard to see^^

mrhill 2014-12-18 22:28

such sexy music, wow

snickersnacks 2014-12-21 23:36

Odd little game, but I had fun with it. :) Love the disco tiles. The wobbly movements of the cat made me laugh. Good job!

jukimv1986 2014-12-22 20:29

good audio, very difficult game. good work!

gana0 2014-12-23 17:47

Excellent music, keeps well with the disco theme. I also liked how the blocks changed color to the beat of the music; it was a nice touch. The cat was very hard to see against the black background, and it was hard to maneuver around obstacles while still shooting the enemies. I think I found items and health up, but for some reason couldn't use them. Some directions on this could have been more clear. All in all, loved the disco theme and music, but gameplay could have been tightened up to make a better overall experience.

poupi 2014-12-25 02:01

Very nice ;)

eskivor 2014-12-25 22:05

A button to quit the game is useless for a web version of your game.

makatak 2014-12-27 16:14

Very interesting take on the genre, and very challenging!

paffe 2014-12-27 22:51

Great!!

jupiter_hadley 2014-12-28 15:33

Quite the confusing game, but I like the music! I Included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/hTIxzyGfxwg

xanjos 2014-12-30 01:51

Pretty fun and addictive game plus I'm really digging the disco music (sometimes I like to move backwards and pretend the kitty is moonwalking :D).