FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD32 → Cat

Cat

By thijs-tak

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness275
Audio2373.26
Mood4253.08
Fun4383.18
Overall5763.15
Humor6452.55
Graphics7592.70
Innovation8932.58
Theme9552.68

Comments

szrapnel 2015-04-20 12:39

If this is your music theme than WOW! Nice concept.
Evil cat rox :) I like the mystery climat of the game!

dalbinblue 2015-04-20 12:47

Sorry you weren't able to finish your game. It was a very solid platformer with good controls and an interesting start to a story. Unfortunately I was able to jump off the world midway through level two (I glided off the edge to the right after getting the glide ability), and at some point the audio just cut off. There were a lot of leaps of faith in this game or open areas to jump over. some background cues would help, but as you said, you ran out of time.

holyblackcat 2015-04-20 12:48

Nice texts and controls are smooth.
More levels and better graphics would be nice.

Also, you can't use music made by someone else. If you didn't make this song, you should remove it.

stechas 2015-04-20 12:50

I have enjoyed the game, sometimes it was quite challenging to jump to next platform guarded by monsters, but who are they to resist the power of black cat :D Nice work.

multiplexor 2015-04-20 12:52

Hey, nice Entry, I played until i got the glide power, then i jumped forward and I think that i went outside the world limits.

I like the controls, and the level is quite big, also the enemies are nice, I learned today that the porcupine is the worst enemy of the cats :P

ThijsTak 2015-04-20 13:02

@HolyBlackCat
Both songs where made during the Ludum Dare in Music Maker. If I'm not mistaken, creating music from samples (1-4 sec long) was allowed in the compo, as specified in the Special Exemptions for the Compo part of the rules.

But if I'm mistaken about this please inform me and I'll remove the music.

holyblackcat 2015-04-20 14:03

You can music like this. I just thought that you took it somewhere because it's so very good. :D If you made it by yourself, you can use it.

Also, looks like you tried to load my game when I was reuploading it, now links should work.

ilseroth 2015-04-20 14:16

Fun platformer, though I think the camera is zoomed in a little too far, as it requires a lot of blind jumps (jumping when you can't see where you are jumping to.

Gotta remember when you are making a game, you placed the platform so you know it is there, as a player, I don't.

borkleby 2015-04-20 14:16

The story/monologue really makes this game awesome. There's a lot of stuff in this game, I'm surprised. I like it!

leon75 2015-04-20 15:50

Well playable, I was afraid this might get confusing with annoying backtracking, but neither happened in the game.

Jumping over the map edges doesnt bring you back home, had to restart game and do game again. Music doesnt loop, but the song itself is very good. No sound effects ingame is a shame.

petehuf 2015-04-21 06:34

Pretty cool, I love metroidvanias.

pixzleone 2015-04-22 05:42

Good job! i enjoyed it. Keep it up!

richiebranson 2015-04-22 05:45

The music has a nice Hans Zimmer percussive vibe to it. Love the text captions. Good stuff!

andrewkschwartz 2015-04-22 05:47

I am into this

indiestry 2015-04-22 05:50

Liked the metroidvania approach and the cat animation, it was really enjoyable

goadrich 2015-04-22 05:53

Nice work! I liked the gradual expansion of your powers in the game. The text was helpful, but I found it hard to read with it centered on the screen, maybe left-justified would look better?

gormed 2015-04-23 12:51

Solid one, respecting that you switched to this later on. Cool jump'n'run with some mood, but not that innovative

guigrillo13 2015-04-24 00:03

hahaha such a fun game!!!

borgi 2015-04-27 10:39

Interesting concept, the controls were a bit odd to me, for example when you wanted to doublejump when being next to a wall, I did not double jump. But anyways, nice implementation!

jumpalottahigh 2015-04-27 10:41

Lovely text captions/story, smooth controls and amazing music. Gj!

flayk 2015-04-27 14:03

I'm a sucker for games about cats. This game is no exception. Fantastic mood. I feel like the controls are spot on, I actually feel like a magical cat. The audio gets me in the mood to figure out who this nemesis is. I like the simplistic style of the graphics, though I would revisit it and add some finishing touches like shading. I had a lot of fun playing, as it had an innovative narrative. However, besides the main character being a cat, it's weapons don't feel unconventional (as far as video-games go). However I feel that is a trivial complaint, and that on it's own I think you have a franchise in the making. I highly suggest you read the junior fantasy novel series, "Warriors" by Erin Hunter. Great job, and good idea!

ThijsTak 2015-04-27 17:06

@Flayk,

Thanks for the booklink. I'll have a look at it.