xelphyre 2017-04-25 03:05
Ran into some bugs (input stopped working after a few deaths and died from some falls that didn't kill other times) but great idea overall. Loved the puzzle element while under pressure.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD38 → Hamster, RUN!
By thedoodleguy
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 591 | 3.03 | 35 | |
| Fun | 454 | 3.03 | 34 | |
| Innovation | 567 | 2.78 | 34 | |
| Theme | 208 | 3.75 | 34 | |
| Graphics | 353 | 3.62 | 34 | |
| Audio | 1.00 | 4 | ||
| Humor | 240 | 3.03 | 33 | |
| Mood | 501 | 3.00 | 33 |
Ran into some bugs (input stopped working after a few deaths and died from some falls that didn't kill other times) but great idea overall. Loved the puzzle element while under pressure.
Thank you very much @xelphyre for taking the time to feedback. This is my first game so this is really useful :-)
Fun little game that scored high on the graphics and humour for me, I kept falling outside the level on map2 for some reason, (when dropping from up top) and sometimes I got "That was a nasty fall" when only falling like 1-2 blocks. The gameplay itself is puzzely - you have a limited time to get all the food and crawl into the hamsterhole? Hard to describe - but quite fun and really cute graphics!
wow it's a hard knock hamster life! fun graphics, missing audio in my web player tho :cry: - also fell through the ground of the cage a couple times on level 2. nice little stategy idea, great use of the theme! congrats!
It wasn't immediately clear what the exits were. I also wasted time trying to use wasd. Whoops!
On the second level I somehow managed to fall through the bottom of the cage, thus ending my run.
Thanks for the feedback @khorm, @tweedle and @fireslash. I did a few more tweeks to the fall variable on level 2 so that should be fine now (no idea how I missed that one). Also I think the dying with health bug was due to a missing condition, the hamster has to survive the fall in the first place to earn the hp bonus from a treat caught while falling. I was hoping to have more time to add some UI to help show this, so as it was part of my original plan I won't hack this out but simply fix the bug so it worked as intended. Thanks again for playing and taking the time to feedback. :slight_smile:
Nice little game ! There's an issue with the score who doesn't reset between each play I think ;) Also, I really missed the option to replay a level, I grow tired of having to do the game from start when I failed. The art is great, and god, this cat is really frightening. Great work !
Mmmm im conflicted with this one, i think its fun but at the same time super frustrating having to retry the whole thing every time you die plus the restarting "animation" its pretty slow and you have to take away your hands from keyboard and use the mouse just to start the game it all adds up to making the game frustrating to play for me, also its not clear when is the cat starts to take away your health. Sound is missing in my browser. The graphics were amazing. Solid 3/5
This is a lot of fun - but you have to be quick! Lovely graphics - very cool art style. I really enjoyed the challenge - I had to start over a LOT though :-) I think it's a great little game!
Thanks @tombuston, @sachos345 and @bunnery. more really helpful feedback.
Definitely should have just used a key input to start/restart, and I think enough people have mentioned it to warrant working on an unlockable level select screen.
Thanks again for playing :slight_smile:
had trouble playing would not show anything but cat
Really liked the artwork
@floata-1 that's very strange, was this the web player?
I think this is a game where an extra lives system could be argued for. That would make it less punishing while still keeping that sense of challenge and urgency you might lose if you could restart each level as many times as you want. Maybe picking up more food would grant you more extra lives too as a risk reward system. Anyway, nice little puzzely game. It's just a bit too punishing.
I finished at the 4th attempt. It was'nt clear for me that taking food allow you to survive higher fall. I got a lot of stress playing this game haha good job !
Lol @kasarun, thanks for playing. I did actually created the assets to include visuals to highlight the health bonus/loss but ran out of time to implement 😟
Good idea @silkworm-sweatshop, something to consider. I was aiming to make the player sweat a bit by cutting the time as much as possible, the levels I managed to create were so simple, it was needed to challenge them. Thanks for playing 😊
I think the game starts with a short fuse for the timer. The levels should start a bit easy to teach the mechanics.
I liked the puzzle aspect of trying to get the food and balance health from falls. Some sound would of been nice to add to the mood and capture the player's focus.
Good artwork but I didn't quite understand why is it turn-based. Also I couldn't understand how much exactly time you have and if time is different on different levels.
Nice little game! I liked how actually going for ALL the food was not the correct approach on all levels (at least not for me lol). Missing sounds, but the idea was well execute. Good job!
Input can feel a little clunky at times and I found it frustrating having the restart the game every time I died. Great job with the artwork and polish though!
This little hamster is so cute and just "aww" o^_^o
This game is adorable. Would benefit from a lives system so you don't have to restart from the beginning every time you die. There was a lot of trial and error required because of the timer (no time to think, really), lives are a good way to make that trial and error less taxing without killing the mood the timer imparts.
It was quite fun though. :)
Cute and simple. I just wish it had some audio. Also if it didn't start over after dying it would be better IMO. :hamster:
Nice little game!
Great entry! Simple and fun. I think not restarting from the beginning would be an improvement or some sort of lives. I missed some funky music to go along hhehe Keep rocking!
Nice game. Actually pretty addicting until you beat the whole thing. It'd be cool if there was a level editor for this, imo. Great work!
I played this on Livestream Today at the request of the Developer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCqO_O0iIo
This was pretty well done, I had some issues with falling from very small heights and being annoyed that it took health off for such a small hop down. Also, the character stopped responding to input at the end. Otherwise very well put together and I had a lot of fun figuring out the puzzles.
A nice idea, and the looming cat face really makes you want to rush. Good job!
some interesting ideas make this a fun game - loved the presence of the cat
Your interpretation of the theme is brilliant, but I'm biased because I made a hamster game too ;)
A shame there were no sounds or music. That would have added a lot the the atmosphere and also would have made it much clearer that falling deals damage. I did not realize this at first, but with a fitting sound effect and maybe a graphical hint this would have been instantly clear. Other than that it was a well designed puzzle game. Had to retry a couple of times but made it in the end.
One bug I noticed was that my score was not reset after dying.
A good idea! Limiting time transforms an easy puzzle into a difficult task. Also graphics are good.
I think music would greatly improve mood. Mayby something like in Jaws :shark:
Nice entry! Really liked the graphical style and the puzzle mechanic was well implemented. That cat was very menacing in the background, top marks for mood there :D. Honestly if I was to suggest anything it would be the obvious of sound and animation on the hamster. Great job!
Adorable graphics, working controls and gameplay, what else could one wish? :) I had to play it several times to get past the third level, very good job!
Lovely graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekiortcX84M