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The Canis Incident

By srakowski

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Humor1103.29
Audio4502.74
Fun5053.06
Mood6112.70
Overall6852.94
Graphics7252.53
Theme7982.74
Innovation8202.45

Comments

javabot 2016-04-18 03:05

I come up with an instant "stopped running" error, and I looked at details and system.dll cannot be found? Can't run it.

srakowski 2016-04-18 03:12

Which version? You may need DirectX or OpenAL installed

mf1214 2016-04-18 03:23

Great game! I had fun playing it.

holdmeimscared 2016-04-18 03:26

High marks for humor! :) I like the sparse use of color (I giggled the first time I ran into a unicorn), and your character design for the main character.

The sad music playing as she worries about her kitten and blasts any who would threaten it amused me, too. Nice work :)

dylanwolf 2016-04-18 03:58

A well-done shooter. It took me a few tries, since my instinct is to try to clear rooms, and the randomized levels added to the challenge.

nicotuason 2016-04-18 03:59

Lol that was a lot more fun than I was expecting! The machinegun is awesome. The white flash and sound effect when you hit an enemy is both efficient and satisfying. Good variety of enemies and the way they swarm you makes the game pretty fun!

The hit detection on the bullets seem a bit inconsistent though. If there was some small effect to let me know that the bullet was hitting a wall I think the game would be even better.

cerno_b 2016-04-18 09:47

Brilliant! So you've taken the Vlambeer design approach. Awesome. I laughed out loud at the narwhal unicorns. Very fun game, five stars. Nitpicks include the simplistic music, navigating narrow corridors and coins moving slower than the character, but overall I love it.

cerno_b 2016-04-18 09:59

I had to return to the game to try and finish it. I enjoyed the boss, although it was a bit easy. Overall some status indication would be nice to show how far you have progressed in the game, it made me wonder whether there was an end to it.

aaranos 2016-04-18 11:49

At first I thought the spread and speed of the bullets were excessive, then I saw the horror swarming around. Fun game, but the music didn't feel right for what you are doing.

itay2805 2016-04-19 01:12

From some reason it doesn't run... The openGL version doesn't do anything and the DirectX version just shows a white screen...

srakowski 2016-04-19 01:30

Sorry to hear that Itay, ugh... maybe I need to go back to JavaScript or try Unity >.<

deltaf1 2016-04-19 01:48

It was fun to play, and the ending was very funny. The firing noise was a bit annoying, but overall it was a fun little game :)

lrp 2016-04-21 12:11

fun in a can

paulgami 2016-04-21 12:24

Found it a little unplayable with the ton of enemies and (for me at least) pretty low framerate. Best part hands down was the newspaper pages.

lemmingsurvivor 2016-04-24 16:47

Solid, glitch-free gameplay. Interesting way to present the story.

You sort of fell into a lot of the trappings of this game type though. The shotgun gives way too much coverage vs the rifle's somewhat-higher fire speed and range; the only time I ever even wanted to switch was during the final level, where the rifle simply outranged the boss. Infinite ammo and ridiculously high (infinite) health regen means you can just hold the shot button and run around carelessly. And enemy placement feels, well, random, and aside from the first couple levels, you don't feel any progression in difficulty (or anything, for that matter) from one level to the next. All levels looking exactly the same didn't help on that front either.

Still enjoyed it though. Good job!

thedashdude 2016-04-26 00:43

I liked the game, but the ability to just run through levels without shooting anything made it a little pointless.

2016-04-26 16:54

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

jungle 2016-05-01 14:23

Nice entry. Fits theme very well. Good, sharp (and a bit difficult) shooter. Congratulations

thecain 2016-05-07 02:50

What this game lacks, is character progression.
In Nuclear Throne, or Risk of Rain, as you go deeper, the game changes, and your character changes.
That is what this game is missing.
I just ran past all the enemy's to the exit, because I had no reason to kill them.
I did like that every enemy gave back a little health.
But other than that, it was nice.