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HUGO THE LASERCAT KING

By tyruspeace

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme244.23
Humor124.24
Coolness287
Innovation364.06
Overall573.95
Fun723.84
Mood1323.68
Graphics1344.12

Comments

kikijin 2015-04-21 08:38

Great concept I have a lot of fun to play this but you can create a better jump it's the only thing to set up I guess and you add color.
But good work man ^^

pythong 2015-04-21 10:34

Great game! Meow!!! Love the graphics!

madball 2015-04-21 11:31

Nice game! I had so much fun riding on a carpet of cats.
I would like more levels, I think you can find more interesting uses for this ability!

I didn't like cannons though, they rarely hurt you and destroying them takes too much time. Maybe you can make deadlier guns those can be destroying only by pushing them off the map.

ruka 2015-04-21 13:47

Hilarious! an army of cats!! who would think of that~! I like how this game combine 2d sprite with 3d backgrounds, and love those round cats, great work!

2015-04-21 16:59

i want more!

runvs 2015-04-22 11:13

Super nice idea! This is a must-play for all cat-lovers (as i am).
Music is super nice and fits the mood very well. Puzzles are also nice and the graphic style with the painted sprites in the 3D world is great! Love this one! :)

zak-amana 2015-04-22 14:44

Cool stuff. Was waiting for this one.

goblin 2015-04-22 19:16

HAHAHAHAHA great job, was very entertaining, I played a lot. Happiness Is! Look at my game. http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367

drauthius 2015-04-22 21:41

Cute idea! I love them cats. Are the cats used as weapons or is it the bomb dispensers that are the unconventional weapon? The game would have been great with some objective/meaning in it, except just getting to the exit. I can imagine that the time ran out though. Great job anyway! :)

dustoutgames 2015-04-24 00:17

Really cute and really fun! I loved the music, it fit really well!

frenchie 2015-04-24 04:16

Really loved the concept. Very funny sound effects/music. Had a lot of fun :)

sonnybone 2015-04-24 04:18

I'm not a cat person. But as of today I am a HUGO THE LASERCAT KING person. Awesome use of the theme. Really innovative concept. Hilarious gameplay. Memorable look. If it had a unique soundtrack, this would be the total package. Good work! This is a great entry :D

ewchap 2015-04-24 04:19

Great idea. Jump was a bit rough but really neat minion mechanics.

ossi 2015-04-24 04:37

That was hilarious! I love the premise of the laser pointer being the way of controlling a bunch of cats. Perfect use of the theme and incredibly fun and imaginative! Amazing job!

corgicommander 2015-04-24 04:51

This is gold. Definitely bookmarking this one. I love the billboarded sprite artstyle.

camlang 2015-04-24 04:55

Very very nice! Mob control is a great rendering of the theme, especially cat mob. The pointer control needs some tweaking I think, and sometimes I really needed to have a camera control (of some sort).

tmpxyz 2015-04-24 04:55

very stylish graphics, would be better if you texture the environment to fit your style

kabutakogames 2015-04-24 05:01

Awesome! The physics and characters were hilarious! Wish you had more time to do environments - would love to see a full release of this :)

robothobodanceparty 2015-04-24 05:35

This was a REALLY cool, fun and simple game. The graphic are great and simple. Music sounded very upbeat and fun. The gameplay was just hilarious! Good job overall, I really enjoyed this game. :)

suhvan4ik 2015-04-24 05:50

Ahaha great game!

dnateamld32 2015-04-24 08:01

The idea is original, but I missed some environments other than plain boxes though.
I liked the concept of the "ball cats", but I think it missed the point at some time. It's not clear how to use your cats to "attack" the cannons, so I ended up walking calmly past them, and I think that's not what the game looked for.
Still, good work for the jam!

proteinpannkaka 2015-04-24 08:03

I agree with madball about the turrets, And would like to see some more varied puzzles, other than that it's really good!

tuism 2015-04-24 09:02

Fantastic work, great art, music, audio and polish, even with primitives. The pile of cats somehow not breaking everything was a joy to "lead", which was an achievement in and of itself!

Some suggestions - the "damage" your cats are doing are kinda invisible, a better indicator than "stars" of them actually doing something may be better.

The cats got stuck in the hole in the first stage and I have no idea how to get them out, or even if I should/could. Was frustrating.

Good stuff!

tdogandnatedizzleproductions 2015-04-24 10:19

Love the graphical style and music. Looks really cool. Lots of fun leading the cats, more involved puzzles or obstacles would add a lot if you plan on developing it further.

phil-blunt 2015-04-24 10:27

Really nice looking game. Could have done with a restart button though.

unconventionalfusion 2015-04-24 11:52

Awesome game! Really fun, art, animation and music was on point! Good job team!

hexagore 2015-04-24 12:23

This is wonderfully creative and fun. Love the art style. I just can't believe the lasers didn't come out of Hugo's eyes though. :P

pushmepullyu 2015-04-24 14:43

Nice art style and the game was top notch!

daiwen 2015-04-24 16:25

Great concept, loved the art. I don't know if it was a choice but I liked the lack of color !

codecranker 2015-04-24 16:34

Haha. Very nice! Fantastically done!!

I really like how all the asset are 2D sprites but they look like 3D from the camera. Great work!

lucentbeam 2015-04-25 06:19

Fantastic.

iamacoconut 2015-04-26 04:00

So. Much. Fun.

pixel_3 2015-04-26 05:00

Graphics were nice, vaguely reminiscent of Psychonauts. Really neat concept, I thought it was pretty fun.

diningphilosopher 2015-04-26 23:21

Haha, what a great innovative concept. ^^

zkenshin 2015-04-27 18:05

Really nice art style. Well done. :)

2015-04-27 22:41

For your consideration: some research has suggested that by playing with cats (or dogs) using laser pointers, humans can foster the development of certain harmful mental conditions (such as anxiety) in the animals -- in some cases, permanent effects have been recorded. I do not want to be a downer! But it is important to think about the kinds of actions we encourage with the games we make.

emmelineprufrock 2015-04-28 04:00

Very very cute. Love the style and the concept and how well they work together.

franklins-ghost 2015-04-29 14:22

Gorgeous graphics, the drawing style is great. The concept is also pretty hilarous with the cats being controlled with a laser pointer, thought that was clever. Only thing I'd suggest as people have mentioned is to improve the jump.

hadesfury 2015-04-30 14:28

Pretty stupidly funny, I like the characters style and animation !

seconddimension 2015-04-30 16:23

Loved it, such a great idea. I played through twice

nusan 2015-04-30 17:22

Realy cute cats! I like the idea and gameplay. Destroying the bomb shooters with your cats would have been perfect. Keep up the good work !

bendev 2015-04-30 20:12

I never thought I would love so much climbing a ladder of cats.
Sending a massive mob of them into an enemy was very satisfying, even though the cannons weren't very threatening. Enemies with faces would be nice, so we can see some expressions when they are being engulfed by cats.
The jump needs improvement and I also thought it was frustrating to see my cats stuck in the hole in the first level.
It would be brilliant if your mob could move you when you're standing on them.
Great game!

robber 2015-05-03 13:12

just great! so much fun..i tried also to get as many cats as i could to the exit, but it didn't seem to make a difference :) character control could be improved upon, but props for the concept, style and high funfactor

fluffy-tigers-in-the-sky 2015-05-10 11:52

Hehehe, I like the humour and the graphics as well as the cat sounds. The game was really fun with some nice ideas. You could definitely build a bigger game from that <3

mrshoestore 2015-05-11 02:04

lovely animation in this! it's very humorous, but i'd like to see the cats that follow the laser to be more of a puzzle solving element. Like you use them to press buttons and open up pathways.