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Candy Monster

By berserkerchris

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness369
Humor4102.85
Audio5412.53
Theme5463.28
Fun6482.75
Innovation7302.56
Graphics7482.51
Mood7932.36
Overall8562.58

Comments

gaius-baltar 2015-08-23 22:00

It's a cool concept, but the game just becomes really difficult by level 3 or something, and the collision detection is slightly frustrating. Other than that the game is solid!

misterwalter 2015-08-23 22:22

Very cute, I had fun. The stealth was well done, though I found the difficulty ramp a bit steeper than I expected. I had trouble getting past level 2.

jamestanm 2015-08-23 23:19

The concept is really cool, and I love the sound effects. However, you move too slowly, and it makes it frustrating to play when you get spotted because there is no excape

psyduckfreak 2015-08-23 23:37

nice sound effects yo

digiman572 2015-08-24 01:25

Nice stealth mechanics man. One of the biggest frustrations had a bunch of backtracking I had to do during one of the levels. Other than that, though, I felt like you did an excellent job with this game! 4/5 :D

gene-z 2015-08-24 18:27

Nice sounds, Good work, a little bug, keep working

dedhedzed 2015-08-24 19:11

Challenging little game, with a fun idea. I dunno why these kids are so against me getting some sweet candy. THEY are the real monsters, if you ask me..

sunflower 2015-08-24 20:38

The yay:
- spend a short while switching through menu options because of the selection sound
- somewhat amusing idea

The nay:
- very mistmatched graphics
- slow and clunky gameplay (especially with these collisions)
- level completion menu has hardly readable text
- music is played every time you enter the menu, with old one still in background

Tips for the future:
- consistent graphics, even crude, are better than full HD mismatched ones
- more often than not, slow movement is *not* a good idea
- either align movement to the grid, or make wall collision area not larger than sprite; it's really annoying when character gets blocked on nearby air or something

Good luck with further gamedev~!

akokich 2015-08-25 23:20

Great main character. I don't know why but the eating noise (NOM) was a nice brake from the typical chomp or crunch sound.

purple_pwny 2015-08-25 23:44

Love the sound effects! :x

rotpar 2015-08-26 08:25

Fun!

toni343 2015-08-26 10:20

It's ok, but the girls sprite doesn't really go with the rest, the collisions were shabby and it is really unfairly difficult

collaboration 2015-08-26 21:31

Very funny and rather difficult game. I liked audio and gameplay. Good job.

superfreak 2015-08-26 21:34

Has potential to be fun but found myself getting frustrated with the controls and clipping to the edges of the environments - interesting take on the theme and good effort!

bigbuggames 2015-08-26 21:35

Stolen from little girls, what's more monstrous than that?

jcwelgemoed 2015-08-28 18:58

super fun.monster bit too slow.

granut100 2015-08-29 00:01

Fun! and with a nice GUI.

mubox 2015-08-29 05:17

Good game... :)
Very hard after first stage. ^^'

dregamr 2015-08-29 08:38

Fun, but yes, the collision detection is sometimes frustrating, but I'm happy to have played it. :)

samh 2015-08-29 08:53

I’m sorry, but YOU are the monster for using Comic Sans.

berserker_chris 2015-08-29 08:55

@SamH That was intentional

Dizzly 2015-08-29 11:12

Veery difficult game already at lvl2. It s not bad thing because since mechanics are very simple it s good to have difficult designed games. maybe you could improve the detection with borders because sometimes I get stuck even if I should pass. I guess collider is too big.

hgcummings 2015-09-01 20:39

Fun game; I really liked the stealth mechanic and the graphics were nice. I also liked the SFX but found the background audio a bit grating.

nihilaleph 2015-09-02 00:30

It's a fun concept, and have great audio xp

But we have some issues with the collider, the controls are a bit slow and stiff, it's hard to tell what is the sight range of the girls, and art is not very coherent (although it's nice)

With some polishment I think it would be a fun game

lastleaf 2015-09-11 15:48

Cute and hard game. Overall fun.
Concepts of graphics are nice, but take care of the color of texts. I could hardly read them sometimes.