truck 2017-07-31 15:21

So ... and WHY is this light grey on white? Seriously, why is this light grey on white.

I THE ENTRY

- I had a birthday in the middle of this and it involved beer, thus jam - This is very silly. - It basically just was the 'Obvious' game to be made. So I made it. - I am making gameply now. GFX mostly done. SFX/Muzak: OMG BECKY LOOK AT HER BUTT

- I don't know if these are to be blog entries or not. I submit actual game SOON.

truck 2017-08-01 01:12

So, here it is, and I'll write up the postmortem part 1 (how to play / what is missing) in a bit.

Right now, I had better get the GAME file online. source is up. It's wildly ... yeah more on that in postmortem 2.

- this edit box is STILL light grey on white. WHY?

pov 2017-08-01 02:49

Could you list the controls somewhere? :smile:

Also you probably want to remove the `s` from `https` in the game link (errors).

truck 2017-08-01 13:08

Aha! That would explain it, I forgot to get the certificate! And yes, the game controls are... yes. letś do that. Wanted to put them in game, but, will cover in postmortem.

gwinnell 2017-08-01 14:24

Nice art, and idea, and good effort using PICO-8.

The ui is quite esoteric and could use some explaining. All round, the game needed more visual/audio cues - I had no idea what I was doing for the most part. Perhaps starting the player off with just one worm/hamster would have made the initial interactions more intuitive.

Can see what you were going for though. Better luck next time! :thumbsup:

gwinnell 2017-08-01 14:24

Nice art, and idea, and good effort using PICO-8.

The ui is quite esoteric and could use some explaining. All round, the game needed more visual/audio cues - I had no idea what I was doing for the most part. Perhaps starting the player off with just one worm/hamster would have made the initial interactions more intuitive.

Can see what you were going for though. Better luck next time! :thumbsup:

udo 2017-08-01 19:55

I love the idea, and good job on the graphics! I couldn't QUITE figure out how to play though, maybe you could give a more detailed introduction, I'd be happy to come back and try again. So when I go to the merchant screen and buy something, nothing seems to happen. I don't know whether I successfully bought some critter food or not. Likewise, trying to drop food on the critter didn't seem to do anything... What am I doing wrong?

truck 2017-08-01 21:33

Thanks for the feedback, especially on the graphics - sadly some of the graphics you cannot see due to running out of time (the ferrets, for example, are rotating 90 degrees in the wrong direction, which I thought was ... well _I_ liked the joke.)

Starting off with money and needing to buy an animal - that is a good suggestion, that would definately reduce the learning curve. Of course, that would MAINLY be due to having that code in the game and working!

I will be definately adding a 'sound' cue in the next game for such things as dropping food on the critters - that would help. Essentially you do get a visual cue when it works, but it was a very last-minute-rush "ok just take 20 pixels from the center of where it is that's good enough I only have an hour" so it really is very hit and miss. When you do succeed, the 'food' in front of pov dissappears.

Unfortunately, buying critters only subtracts the money - it doesn't actually trigger an upgrade, as you should have also been able to carry a critter, not just food.

I'll detail this more in the post-mortem. And I'll ... I think I'll release a final after this coming weekend (the Assembly demoparty in Finland.)

Again, very much appreciate the feedback. Glad you liked some part of the game, means I did the right thing releasing it 'as is' and not 'hiding it until finished' (:

nintendoeats 2017-08-02 16:26

The graphics look nice, if a bit busy. I'm having trouble differentiating between things that aren't in the game and things that I just don't understand. As such I don't feel able to give any useful feedback.

bombjack 2017-08-06 20:17

It was a bit hard to determine what to do. The art is simple but I liked it.

eremiell 2017-08-08 16:01

If this game worked better, I'd have so much fun with it. It's fun at core, and it's PICO-8 too. :) If you polish this, I'm certainly gonna play again.

tijmentio 2017-08-16 20:59

I WANT TO UPGRADE MY CRITTER PLEASE D':

truck 2018-11-30 19:20

Ok, I seem to need to get this darn thing back up, and... finish it.

Sadly the server is offline, because we moved it physically. Luckily, source! So I put it online soon.