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The Skullcatcher

By eddy93

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness277
Audio443.83
Graphics574.16
Mood803.75
Overall1673.58
Fun2393.37
Humor2413.23
Innovation3113.25
Theme5393.29

Comments

franklins-ghost 2015-08-24 07:13

Just tried to play but the link isn't working. Will have to come back later and try again cause I like the screenshot provided and want to see how it plays.

daanvanyperen 2015-08-24 08:30

Hope to see a play link later! :)

dkoding 2015-08-24 09:21

Want to play but can't!

jorgemoag 2015-08-24 09:37

I love the graphics but.. where is the link to play?

eddy93 2015-08-24 14:51

Sorry guys! I fixed it! Hope you enjoy my game :D

hyoga-3d 2015-08-24 15:37

Gameplay is good, but the graphics are so nice, well done.

techblogogy 2015-08-24 15:41

I've had quite a bit of fun playing this game. Graphics threw me back to the old gameboy days.

But, at first I was a bit confused with controls. Other than that, it's a nice game!

DIE CATS

Good job!

deadpan-gamez 2015-08-24 22:26

Wife - "Hard day at work ?" husband - "Yeah those can't where relentless today!"... Great Job Loved it :)

9-ar7k 2015-08-24 23:21

great graphics!

tijmentio 2015-08-25 03:43

My girlfriend really likes the kittens! Your games keep getting better :)

ghostbomb 2015-08-27 00:59

Love the graphics and the concept. LIttle death carrying around scrolls in his wagon is too cute.

mahalis 2015-08-27 01:04

Great graphics, cute music and sounds… I found it kinda punishingly difficult, but playing it enough I could probably get the hang of it. Nice job!

fermenter 2015-08-27 01:07

Looks great, has an interesting game mechanic, and was pretty fun for how simple it is. Thanks!

mach60kas 2015-08-27 01:08

Short and sweet, a very nice entry. The cutesy graphics are an odd fit for a game about being the grim reaper, but they're very clean and well drawn. The soundtrack and SFX go very nicely as well, they don't get in the way of the action. The cats' behaviour is a little odd at times, I wasn't sure why they were going full armadillo on me and rolling up into armoured shells. Walking off the left side of the map has interesting effects, I noticed.

Still, fantastic work! keep it up!

brombatti 2015-08-27 01:14

Great gameplay and I love the graphics!

mechanicmoon 2015-08-27 12:57

This game boy style game is pure love. I like the music, graphics, gameplay and general mood of the game. Perfect entry :-)

koneke 2015-08-27 14:03

Really enjoyed both graphics and audio, good quality and fit nicely together and felt cohesive. It felt like the mechanic more or less forced me (or incentivised me) to stay very near the drop off point though, it didn't feel like there was much reason to move away from there, as the cats with come towards me anyways. Altogether well done though, I found it fairly easy, but it was an enjoyable experience.

adsilcott 2015-08-27 14:06

I had to get used to the controls but afterward it was a really fun game. Loved the music. Great job.

oberynmartell 2015-08-27 14:41

The sound and graphics are very good, and the skulls gather mechaninc was pretty clever.
Nice job!

stevenlr 2015-08-27 16:52

Very nice game, there is really not much negative to say about it. The mood is perfect, and it fits the theme perfectly. However the extremely low-res style made animations and scrolling seem not smooth, and kind of gave me motion sickness for some reason. But really good entry anyway.

zampi 2015-08-27 16:54

I like gfx a lot, but i can't understand gameplay :(

mrdude1228 2015-08-27 16:55

I messed up by going left at first and not even seeing the wheelbarrow :( But once I knew what I was doing, it was quite fun. Good use of the theme, graphics, and sound effects. I could listen to those kitties all day.

galanm 2015-08-27 16:58

Evilly cute! Figuring out the switch item mechanic was a bit complicated, but once I figured it out it was entertainingly hectic. A bit hard, but I'm not sure if that's a negative.

coruja 2015-08-27 20:15

Great game, love to play it.

dickpoelen 2015-08-27 20:35

Cute little game. Harder than you'd think at first :)

pi_pi3 2015-08-27 20:40

It took me a while to figure out what I'm supposed to do, but after that it turned out to be fun

skt 2015-08-28 00:35

Graphics are so beautiful and audio goes well with the mood. And kittens are cute ! It's a bit hard but I'll win one day... I hope... ^^

nikteddy92 2015-08-28 01:07

This is great!
I love that color palette, REALLY LOVE!
And a so clean and funny graphic, really great!
Really enjoyable gameplay!
You did a great job!

eingya 2015-08-28 15:09

That's a really good game!

Nitpicky thing, I think the aspect ratio is slightly off for a GB game.

(also I really love the music :D)

congusbongus 2015-08-28 15:12

The graphics and sounds are very cute!

cheesyramen 2015-08-28 15:24

That was fun & cute! Great job! :)

dancingmad 2015-08-28 15:24

this was adorable :)

Shadow 2015-08-30 02:12

Incredibly fun and cute game! LOVED it!
Took me a while to understand what the goal was and how to achieve it, so I think it's lacking a bit of "instructions".
There's a bug when you walk outside the map limits, but it doesn't break the game.

It was hard to collect the required number of skulls (?) but after a few tries I did it and it felt good!

I've seen quite a few incredibly polished entries (like this one) in the Compo this time around (which is amazing, if you ask me), but a lot of them lack an interesting gameplay mechanic, which is something this one has, for sure.

Well done!

killedbyapixel 2015-08-30 03:55

Graphic style looks awesome, great animation, really feels fun to look at. Music was good too and added to the gamboyesque style. The screen panning was a bit jittery in motion. Gameplay needs to ramp in difficulty it never got any harder and actually got kind of easy once i figured out what to do and how to game the ai. Could use a bit more variety also and could have been a bit shorter, but I stuck through till the end. Great work overall!

teesquared 2015-08-30 04:27

Ah death by kittens. Great sound and graphics. Having to switch between weapon and wheelbarrow was an interesting mechanic. Very complete game.

chuigum 2015-08-30 07:22

Perfect mood, loved the audio and graphics. It was fun, original, and awesome-looking! You made killing cats feel very peaceful.

scorched 2015-08-30 10:03

Love the mood and style! Poor cats! :(

francismoy 2015-08-30 11:55

Great graphics!

inbetweengames 2015-08-30 12:43

That was really cute! But you made me kill a bunch of kittens! YOU ARE THE MONSTER! >;)

alxr 2015-08-30 12:58

Lovely pixels! Congrats!

big-cow 2015-09-01 21:16

I really loved this. The pixel art graphics are lovely and the lack of colour is charming as is the soothing music. Every time I picked up or drop the trolley the "wobup" noise made me laugh. Just the right amount of challenge for a short game and satisfying game dynamic. Feels very complete like a short poem very well done!

franklins-ghost 2015-09-04 09:20

I'm back and it's good to see that this is now working. Cute game with the graphics and audio and liked the little details you've added in with the animations e.g the skulls jumping when in the cart was a nice touch.