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A weapon for our freedom
A weapon for our freedom
By polegar
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 3 | 56 | | |
| Humor | 630 | 2.58 | | |
| Theme | 792 | 3.05 | | |
| Audio | 803 | 1.85 | | |
| Innovation | 1003 | 2.30 | | |
| Mood | 1021 | 1.88 | | |
| Fun | 1030 | 2.24 | | |
| Graphics | 1042 | 2.03 | | |
| Overall | 1122 | 2.22 | | |
Comments
Looks like fun! Very respectable first JavaScript game.
I can't escape the G man long enough to destroy all the records. Be nice if there was a way to slow the G man down, maybe if the vomit made him slower for a bit or something.
Holding the key down moves, pauses, then moves in a sustained fashion; this is an artifact of how the keydown event works in JavaScript, but you could work around that by setting a flag when keydown is fired, and removing the flag when keyup is fired, and checking that flag in the main loop/timeout callback instead of calling a function directly from the keydown handler.
Nice job!
polegar
2015-04-20 10:34
Thank you for the advice, I couldn't figure out what was wrong on my key handler management.
Yes I thought about this feature but I didn't have enough time to implement it. I lost too much time with my lack of JS knowledge, but it was worth it :)
mrdave
2015-04-20 11:46
I couldn’t work out how to continue when on the game over page so I kept refreshing.
I liked that you had to pick up the ammo but I wish it had of told me this as I thought at the start it wasn’t working.
Building games in JS is hard so this is a solid entry.
Are you a New Zealander?
borkleby
2015-04-20 13:40
It took me a while to get the controls down, or the fact that you need ammo. After I got it down I liked the game quite a bit! If you are looking for a good JS engine, I am making one. It isn't tippity-top right now, but I made my compo entry with it.
No cursor key repeat! much frustrating!
Graphics are glitched on Chrome but works well on firefox.
Great for first attempt at HTML5 + JS
conk
2015-04-20 15:19
I managed to complete it! The controls did make it quite difficult, I also never read the description, the grass just looked like a background so it took me a while :P
Movement is really janky. Certainly is an unconventional weapon, though!
sanojian
2015-04-21 16:52
Could be really funny if you fix the controls. I like the puking sound effects.
gnx
2015-04-21 18:07
Nice game for a first try. I really got interested reading the description and your inspiration for this game.
Controls are a bit unusual as they have a fair bit of "startup" to them, but I managed to beat the game after a couple of tries.
The self-recorded sounds were also a nice bonus :)
I really liked the unique/original idea of this game, and the cat vomiting sound. :-D
2015-04-22 00:22
I found this charming. Like the others said, the controls were odd, but it looks like you've got advice on how to fix that. surprisingly hard and enjoyable. Great first game!
Controls were wonky, but a nice idea
frosty
2015-04-22 03:18
Nice! Took a few tries to finally win. Interesting combination of themes that worked surprisingly well in a small game like this.
prowler
2015-04-22 06:36
Nice code! I wished my usual JS-Code would look like this :D
I missed the instruction, that you have to eat the grass to vomit but I found it in the Sourcecode ;).
So, an unusual weapon indeed! How long did it took to pixel and code it?
Greetings!
Pat
Cool concept
controls for cat movement needed smoothness
Level is very tough, i think enemy ai is advance level. Cant escape the govt guy.
But it is fun to play.
polegar
2015-04-22 08:00
Thank you everybody for the motivating comments :). As micahcowan said, my key handling management wasn't good due to my lack of knowledge in JS, i will upload a post compo with this fix.
@Prowler, I would say 4 hours to draw and 10/12 to code.
2015-04-22 12:37
Quite a quick and easy game. Controls were a bit problematic at the begining. As others wrote you could find a workaround for that issue.
It is a very unconventional weapon indeed :D Good for the first JS game. Luck with future games!
pythong
2015-04-22 17:43
your game doesn't load for me? all i have is a white screen
mac mavericks with newest firefox
jakob37
2015-05-10 09:12
Nice little game, I enjoyed it :) It took a while for me to get the cat moving when pressing the arrows, otherwise it worked fine!