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Attack Of The 50ft Snail

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness359
Humor1973.33
Theme2913.67
Audio2953.10
Mood3203.20
Overall3473.26
Innovation3893.13
Graphics4473.13
Fun4723.00

Comments

dosmaen 2015-08-24 04:20

Great entry for your first time! I love crushing building and villagers as a giant snail. Very cartoony style, i love the villager dying sounds.

cynapse 2015-08-24 04:21

Pretty simple, but good for a quick play. I like the graphics, and can honestly say I've never played as a giant snail in a game before. Good work!

bortstudios 2015-08-24 04:30

Having better effects when hitting a building would make this game way fun

9-ar7k 2015-08-24 04:34

my only gripe is that i can't really see in front of me and it makes it hard to see if you are gonna eat a villager or not. still fun. played thru twice ^^

fiveironfanatic 2015-08-24 04:40

First, this game took me a LONG time to download to play on Kongregate. Might just be my connection, but if you can trim any file size, that would help a lot.

Considering it was made in 48 hours, this is solid, but there are some things to work on. You asked for feedback, so here goes:

The view makes it hard to see what I'm hitting, especially villagers. Zooming out to be over the "shoulder" of the snail instead of on top of it would help me see what I'm hitting when I attack.

Speaking of, it was hard to tell when I hit a building/lamp post, since there was no indication from the object in question if it had taken damage unless it was destroyed. A little shake or flash when I hit to show damage would be helpful!

All in all, this is a solid Ludum game! After all, who wouldn't want to be a giant snail crushing a small town?

jezz0r 2015-08-24 06:26

I the way the snail moves

martijn 2015-08-24 08:02

The snake controls feel way too mechenical, adding some speed-up/slowdown when you change direction and the model actually responding to input will go a long way.

It is unfortunate that the model blocks your view of what is in front of you so sometimes you just bash your head without knowing if you are going to hit something.

The lightning is very harsh. Perhaps you could have used more ambient light and darker textures.

It would have been nice to have some animation when you destroy things.

peterthehe 2015-08-24 08:04

Well done for keeping things simple. I really enjoyed the game. Some particle effects and explosions would be cool :P

gafblizzard 2015-08-24 09:06

The snail is very slow, which I suppose is authentic for a giant snail. :P

I like the moonlit village mood! The graphics worked pretty well with it.

mrdave 2015-08-24 09:36

This is a good entry, I really loved the music and the people had good sounds as well.
You should be very happy with this first entry!

grhyll 2015-08-24 09:48

Well first thing: I Love the title :D
It feels good to be that big snail and eat people!
There isn't much to say that others haven't already, the camera is indeed not ideal, and I didn't even understand how to destroy houses, leaving me each time with a big "0" on the scores (tried to eat them, but apparently it's not possible). On my last try I destroyed a lampost without realizing it (made 2685pts, is that good? :p).
The "eating" sfx is quite satisfying, but the people screaming goes from fun to a bit annoying after some minutes ^^'
Also, the end of the game is a bit abrupt, maybe a sound for the final countdown would have attenuated the shock of the score panel interrupting the game!

leopoldine 2015-08-24 10:21

Nice idea, first time i played a snail.
Like u said, to improve your game, u need to work better on animation.
GG

twixtortitan 2015-08-24 10:21

Crushing stuff is always fun.

flygamer101 2015-08-24 12:31

LOL I CRIED XD pretty fun, but I couldn't tell If i ate a villager or not. Very fun overall with nice graphics. I liked the stats thing at the end.

yerghaizverot 2015-08-24 14:45

Wow! This is certainly my favorite Unity submission thus far. Lot of issues, that many others have already addressed, but I got to be a giant snail!

afisicos 2015-08-24 19:13

I love be a giant snail and destroy all.

jeroen-kappe 2015-08-24 20:31

very nice style, nice game

kmiitz 2015-08-25 22:10

Ahah wtf? If I want a dessert can I eat something else than human? Can I crush the trees? Why can't I breathe fire?

jmschrack 2015-08-26 01:40

Felt weird since the villagers could push me around. But I loved the audio for the villagers

triplevisiongames 2015-08-27 20:17

Welcome to Ludum Dare! Good first effort too :)

Difficult, but I like a good challenge. The snail looks really cool and I like what you did with the moon!

Biruts 2015-09-01 22:56

Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.

interface 2015-09-12 05:31

Good stuff for your first entry. Didn't quite get to destroying any houses. Great mood!

jupiter_hadley 2015-10-13 15:42

Wasnt sure how to destroy homes, but good game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/K5Eh9xNFJGY