barkingcat 2016-04-19 00:01
This is cute, very cute! The shifting terrain reminds me of solipskier (could be sure used for reference). It took me a while to figure out what to do tho. Other than that, it IS a fun game!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD35 → Cataway
By justacookie
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 53 | ||
| Innovation | 28 | 4.19 | ||
| Theme | 81 | 4.03 | ||
| Fun | 128 | 3.68 | ||
| Humor | 152 | 3.41 | ||
| Overall | 222 | 3.61 | ||
| Mood | 404 | 3.27 | ||
| Graphics | 512 | 3.39 |
This is cute, very cute! The shifting terrain reminds me of solipskier (could be sure used for reference). It took me a while to figure out what to do tho. Other than that, it IS a fun game!
Cute little game. Would have liked to see it expanded a little bit more, but I like what you've got.
A very very nice game. We just streamed it for you on our Twitch channel andiFromPixelManiacs and showed it to our fans too!
Great game! I really like the way shaping the terrain works. It's a lot of fun to make ramps for the cat and launch it in the air. Good job on the dinosaur and cat animations. The controls are really smooth and responsive, and I also like that you don't get to shape the terrain to the whole height of the screen, forcing you to learn to make jumps. My recommendations would go into two categories (don't take them too seriously - it's my first successful game jam entry too! but i like when people give me ideas and so i try to come up with some for those i review for too):
1.) Theme-related: To match the theme better, maybe different kinds of terrain could change the cat/dinosaur to a different creature. Imagine say it changed to a cave, then instead of shaping the ground on the bottom half of the screen, you shape it down from the top. The dragon could turn into a snake and try to jump at you from the bottom. Or, maybe there could be pickups that would change the cat or dinosaur to something else.
2.) Gameplay-related: For the pickups in the air, it can be hard to time your jumps. Maybe you could fix that by being able to change the middle of the screen instead so that you could see the pickups coming a little further in advance. I would also recommend making it so that you can more actively control the distance between you and the dinosaur, like in SkiFree.
Overall I had a blast playing your game, I had a great laugh launching the cat in the air and tripping up the dinosaur. Congrats on your first entry and thank you for your submission! Hope you had a lot of fun! :D
We love the car!
Simple and fun :) It's funny that cat use only one leg to run XD
Interesting concept. A bit to easy at the moment. This game could surely be expanded into something fun. Right now I'm also missing some music or sound effects.
Cute little game!
I also had a little trouble with the flying fish, maybe the cat should be more in the center of the screen so one can estimate the distance to the next one better.
Lot's of fun. The threat of the dinosaur was pretty much zero once I got moving but the challenge of reaching the fish was still fun. Simple to learn, hard to perfect. ice work.
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
Wow, this is a great idea for game mechanics, never saw anything like it, very innovative!
Love the style you used, very cute :)
wow! very funny use of the theme, and sooo cute gfx! would love to hear some music (even a silly short loop).
nice idea! I really liked the graphics :)
I'm not sure i understood how to not let the dinosaur catch you. also it was a bit hard anticipating when the fish comes to change the terrain to catch them.
also, I'm sure some music would made the game even more fun to play :)
Fun and interesting game. Reminded me of making ExciteBike levels, and how certain shapes either did or did not go well back-to-back. It was satisfying to see the cat take a hill well and launch himself into the air. Good job.
Very Innovative! Well done! :)
Good fun game with a simple yet interesting mechanic. Great work! Audio would be nice though.
great gameplay and the concept is pretty funny. My only regret would be that it is hard to anticipate the distance of the fishes to jump at the right time (maybe a meter counter for the next one could have been the solution). Good job !
Fun and cute game, what else do we need
Cool entry! I like the way you control the terrain and indirect control the way the cat on the run :)
Just one thing: when you run too far from the dinosaur, it's practically impossible to the enemy catch you. Maybe adding some obstacles, or something being dropped from the sky can add a new level of difficult, so the player should care more about the terrain ;)
See ya
Loved the game and loved the idea! GJ!
I really like the mechanic. It made for a fun play.
Great idea to use the terrain as part of the game play. The game had a nice feel to it, the characters were cute and the graphics were very bright and appealing. Enjoyable game.
Nice and original! Interesting and different mechanic. GG
This game is funny in many ways: story, graphics and especially physics. There seem to be some complex mechanics behind the cat's movement which I couldn't quite figure out. I guess, if you don't lag as much as I do, it can be an enjoyable and challenging game. (I don't see a lot of lagging people in the comments...)
It's a really nice and cute game. However, I think it lack difficulty or, I don't really know, but to be honest, I had a hard time trying to kill myself because the dino was too slow trying to catch me XD
Anyway, I had a very good time playing your game. This is a really cool game. Keep doing fun games ;)
Great game :D i like the idea but it was hard to grasp at the start.. overall good art and fun to play ... all the best :D
It's the 1st time i see an arcade game when you build in time-real the level. Great innovation. But to be honest, the games goes infinity when the cat is on the right of the screen. It's impossible to get aught bu the dinosaur at this moment, or maybe i don't gone too far in the game.
Great entry ;)