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You Are The (Loch Ness) Monster!

By architect404

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness363
Theme404.22
Fun1373.64
Innovation2023.45
Humor2133.44
Overall2913.50
Graphics5593.33
Mood5623.06

Comments

armanb21 2015-08-24 09:02

Just a tip, when you want to create sound effects, I recommend using BFXR. You can get it at 'bfxr.net!' Good job on the game, though! I really like the art.

tfrodrigues 2015-08-24 12:52

Very good! I really liked the art style and sounds. Very fun to play.

deadeyejoe 2015-08-24 12:54

Very interesting game , now i understand why we never find the loch ness monster ! great job :)

gravitygames 2015-08-24 12:56

I actually had a lot of fun with this one. I will admit, I wasn't really able to get past level 2 (I know, I suck), but I can't really think of anything that I would improve outside of the graphics. Nice job, and I feel you on having to submit a compo game to the jam (it happened to me before).

guoboism 2015-08-24 13:09

Theme 5/5
It's really interesting idea, really fits the theme!
Though I wish, it would be better to have tourist behavior more predictable.

hexabeast 2015-08-24 13:10

Really fun game

moon519 2015-08-24 14:50

I like the concept. However, I find the keyboard control a bit difficult, not always responding. The graphics and the music are good, especially if you made everything yourself.

Great job!

architect404 2015-08-24 15:05

@moon519 I wonder if the seemingly unresponsive controls are actually the mechanic of having a slight pause between each swim stroke so that you can't spam it? if so then it's intentional, but cheers for the feedback

fallenthief 2015-08-24 16:10

Wow this game is really fun, well done!

rudra 2015-08-24 16:22

Very Good ! Great use of the theme, very well polished. I think the other good aspects were mentioned in the comments, so I may not need to repeat it :D .

qkerguelen 2015-08-24 16:27

Wow that was hard, I didn't pass the third level. But i enjoyed it. Music, sound effects and graphics work really well together and the idea is cool :)

architect404 2015-08-24 17:12

cheers all

as for the difficulty; when I was playtesting the game it originally started with just one tourist on level 1, two on level 2 etc, but those first two levels were too easy and boring, so I decided to just jump straight to the more engaging gameplay. if you're having difficulty, I found praying to the gods of RNG and holding my breath in real life really helped :P

deusopus 2015-08-24 18:35

An interesting take on the theme. Not very many games can pull off non-combat play very well, so good job.

dyafimau 2015-08-24 21:10

Good job!!!

leekanarchism 2015-08-24 21:22

Really nice idea! (Also, very similar to mine :))

This feels like a really polished game -- the little touches like the fish make it feel very complete.

The difficulty feels just about right too -- I managed the first few levels, but you have to get very sneaky once you get to 5+ tourists.

The music is pretty rockin' too!

antokolos 2015-08-25 00:01

Nice, fun game, I liked it, thanks!
Things that potentially can be improved: graphics and level design (i.e., it will be good if levels were different, not only increasing number of tourists)

turtlep 2015-08-25 01:53

Very well made, loved the smile the Loch Ness has on its face after clearing a level and when tourists are confused when they miss a shot. Audio is also very nice!

lucho9 2015-08-25 03:00

it was a lot of fun!! :D one of my favourites

lucho9 2015-08-25 03:01

really funny :D

kerdelos 2015-08-25 09:10

The graphics are simple but enjoyable (i think animations contributes à lot to it). The concept is really cool and funny. It's nice picturing myself as this sooo adorable lochness monster. I had a hard time figuring the control. I couldn't understand that i needed to press up and swin at the same time to go up. Maybe some indications in the description ? I would prevent the frustration i had.

manuelgf 2015-08-25 11:14

Nice game, it is fun and the theme is lovely. Graphics are cool, too.

oxygamer 2015-08-25 11:34

:) Fun but hard enough

rocketship 2015-08-25 11:41

Fun idea well executed. Great use of the theme too! I found it quite difficult, would've liked for the tourists to spend a bit more time grabbing their cameras before taking a photo.

zccc 2015-08-25 11:59

This was so fun ahah I could only reach level 5! One thing that bothered me is that the monster got stuck on the walls to the side, they should be smooth!

dragongino 2015-08-25 12:01

playing hide and seek with the monster.

soulgame 2015-08-25 12:02

Well inspired monster game. This is a cute interpretation which doesn't involve blood and guts and that's fun! I actually wanted to make a mini-game using Loch ness but failed to find a concept, yours work well ^^ I only regret that sometimes tourist behavior is a bit unstable and hard to anticipate, other than that, solid entry.

fantasieleben 2015-08-25 12:07

Well done, fun game, good you added the sound effects!

rhy3756547 2015-08-25 12:07

Really fun, and cool idea. Graphics were pretty charming, and the music was both appropriate and well made. The people flipping instantly caught me out a few times though, it's just like eyes appeared on the back of their head or something... Really fantastic tho.

huo-cuo 2015-08-25 12:36

The controls were a bit tough to handle, but it was fun.
Thx for the game.

mach60kas 2015-08-25 12:47

I only made it to level 3 since people catch you so quickly, but I really liked the game! The art was pretty sweet and the music fit the game nicely. I'd maybe make it so that people couldn't see you while they were turning to give players a little more warning though. You can also get caught just as the level ends, which is harmless but pretty funny. Great work, keep it up!

fubenalvo 2015-08-25 12:55

Very funny game, just tooo simple and short.

ajopart 2015-08-25 14:11

Very nice idea and execution ! Brilliant. And fun !

fullmontis 2015-08-25 15:47

Nice game! The concept is funny and fun to play. It can also get quite hard with the later levels. I thought the controls were good, didn't have any problems.

kai20 2015-08-25 16:31

Great Game overall i really enjoyed being the monster. stealth and get to the air great idea

local-minimum 2015-08-25 16:36

Hello fellow Nessie-monster maker! Hope you had a fun first Ludum. It took me a while to understand that the arrows only directed her and space made her swim. I found it a bit too hard even on the first level, but that might have been because I tried to stay out of sight entirely. So maybe at least the first level should be easier, or it should be made clearer that it's OK to be seen a little while (if that was the case), just not photoed. Good entry though and quite similar, yet very different from my own take on being Nessie.

corgicommander 2015-08-25 16:46

Great Job, especially for your first LD (and solo). The style overall won me over.

louis-denizet 2015-08-25 20:50

That was a great idea for the theme, really innovant and funny ;)

bloodyaugust 2015-08-26 05:06

We liked the graphics, they were awfully cute. :D BUT, mashing A was a total pain in the ass, you should look into using the joystick for movement, at least underwater. Maybe a dive and surface button so you keep the snappy avoid movements? :D Good entry. :)

squarepug 2015-08-26 10:19

After 5 seconds of seeing this I really liked the use of the theme! A monster, yet a monster people like so you could still make a friendly game, clever. Graphics are cool and sound effects as well.

jordinuco 2015-08-26 10:33

It´s simple, but complete. Maybe a little easier than it should. Congratulations!

maniulo 2015-08-26 16:48

Surprisingly fun to play! I loved how the tourists actually come back to the bus after the tour finishes, and the fact that they act surprised when you escape from the shot. Good game!

alarisilver 2015-08-26 17:17

Fun game! Though I could never get past the first level. :)

jsmars 2015-08-26 22:33

Really nice and challanging mechanic, nice work! :)

nikb 2015-08-27 12:21

Fun, challenging and innovative! The visuals are great as well. Good luck with this one!

rfgpfeiffer 2015-08-27 15:13

More Nessie games! :)
I think a stealth game is a good fit for the theme. Also like the sunken bus. I guess maybe Nessie had something to do with that one...

diningphilosopher 2015-08-28 10:53

Nice game! We had the same Loch Ness idea for a while, but we eventually switched to something else. The game is a bit hard at first, I had to get used to the swim controls. It took a while to get through the first level, but then the sound of finishing a level was very satisfying. ;) I noticed that sometimes I also hold my breath IRL. ^^ Well done!

rafaella 2015-08-28 19:38

Great concept! Good job!

clurect 2015-08-29 02:50

Very cool game, with some work you might have a great mobile game :)