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Kritter Keeper

By archimagus, DangerousFat, Dacri and AlexT_Design

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2903.7169
Fun4693.4269
Innovation6213.1169
Theme244.3169
Graphics4893.6169
Humor4463.1868
Mood4643.4268

Comments

afroant 2017-12-05 04:43

I settled in for a what I thought was going to be a nice, relaxing game, but then the critters kept coming! I was hood-winked, I tells ya!

;) Nice job. Keep up the good work!

zombiefredrik 2017-12-05 07:55

Tamagotchi on speed. Kept tripping me up to have to change back to the "tool" for every critter-click. But it's a design decision I guess. Well done!

thorneto 2017-12-05 07:57

This was really well put together overall great job. The music transitions made all the difference, it made me look forward to going further.

siczech 2017-12-05 07:58

Not bad :)

escape 2017-12-05 08:07

Cute and fun game that starts out slow and ramps up quickly. Every now and then I felt like I had to either click directly on a monster to apply the selected option or click on them multiple times. That aside, this was a fun game with nice graphics, animations, sound and music. Great job! :)

2017-12-05 08:34

Very nice job on the game! Looks really smooth. It was really slow to get going tho :( Got much faster once there were 7 or so monsters, but it felt like it took a long time to get there.

krammetje 2017-12-05 13:39

Great game. Started out quite boring in my opinion, but after the 20k points, it started getting challenging and really fun.

luther 2017-12-05 15:03

This game definitely becomes harder the more you have! The artstyle is really nice and the sounds are very fitting. one little critique: the achievement sound is very loud.

reality-blind 2017-12-05 16:44

Nice concept :D

wdelvi 2017-12-05 20:17

Aww very cute. I wish there was more to it. But solid entry :D

simonthecase 2017-12-05 20:24

Started a bit slow, but really intense when it begun to ramp up! Great entry!

arturasd 2017-12-05 20:28

What a nice little gem! An indicator showing how many times you can fail to look after an alien would be nice, but everything else top notch!

rubixalchemist 2017-12-05 20:33

The ramp up in music is great as you frantically try and take care of your kritters. Nice work!

gwolf86 2017-12-05 20:36

Great work. It's like a turbo charged Tamagotchi! I really like the art and the theme is brilliant.

sun-wukong 2017-12-05 23:10

This looks pretty neat. And becomes really overwhelming the further you play it.

Feels really solid, good job overall.

pablo-abraham 2017-12-06 19:08

Art was very cool, and you can see that you gave a good attention to the details of the game, congratulations.

criggles 2017-12-06 19:20

Hot dam that gets hectic real quick. Fun game! lovely art too. The music ramping up with a game was a real nice touch.

Nice to see a high-score system too.

eraleis 2017-12-06 19:23

Pretty fun game, but take a long time to get started !

lintfordpickle 2017-12-06 19:33

Really enjoyed it, it took a little long to get started (during which time I was wondering if it would be worth the wait). it sure was though :) - the leaderboards were a good idea too

togimaro 2017-12-06 19:58

Fun! Maybe the beginning is too slow but very challenging at the end! The leaderboard is a great idea! I tried the game several times to have a good score x)

Congrats :D

nekoballs 2017-12-06 20:25

Fun game and cute monsters! A bit boring in the beginning but I really enjoyed it when it became more hectic.

Great take on the theme and nice to see a leaderbord!

drazil100 2017-12-07 07:53

Was a good game. Started off a little too slow but it grew out of control eventually! Out group almost made a pet game xD

gruhh 2017-12-07 13:02

An interesting mechanic and a strong concept. With more feedbacks the game could have more feeling, but it's interesting. Congratulations.

Uma mecânica interessante e um conceito forte. Com mais feedbacks o jogo poderia ter mais feeling, mas está interessante. Parabéns. :flag_br:

broccoli 2017-12-07 20:52

Not a novel idea, but still a lot of fun. Definitely captures the idea well. I like that you made the aliens move around. The whole thing becomes chaotic and stressful after the 20K mark. Good job!

pcmxms 2017-12-07 20:58

Interesting concept. It's one of those game that one may spend one afternoon playing it without even notice.

gistnoesis 2017-12-07 21:02

They are really cute. Well done. Reminded me of the tamagochis. The game is rather slow but ramps up. You should add interactions between the kritters.

tempii 2017-12-07 21:04

Fun game, highscores and/or achievements always get me. Healing would be more usable, if every monter had the same comor, when damaged, but I guess this is a deliberate decision.

icxon 2017-12-07 21:42

I think it should have some "relief" moments when number of creatures will decrease (e.g. zookeeper sells a bunch of them or they just become adult and move to another zoo section). Something like levels or just a non-linear difficulty. I like the game appearance and sound effects.

Here is my playtest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6zy5JCkitU

jynspielt 2017-12-09 09:58

Great audio work. Supporting the moode very well with the ramp of the music. Cute Graphics and bouncy animations and fun to play.

serpentworks-games 2017-12-09 09:58

Handles the theme really well! It's a little slow to start but quickly becomes overwhelming. I didn't quite realize I could heal mobs until late, given that there was no indication, like their needs, to do so. The color change was a little lost on me at first. I do really like you have keybindings as well as usable UI buttons.

Cute game though a little more frustrating at the higher scores than fun, per say.

tangiblegames 2017-12-09 10:16

Hey) At first I thought the balance wasn't perfect, as the game starts slow, and then difficulty goes up waaay too fast. But then I understood that you were right, because here at LD people usually get to play each game once, and for this single session you made a good balance. Player will have plenty of time to understand how the game plays, and then - chaos! Also, it pays to learn the keyboard controls from the start.

Nice entry.

likirus 2017-12-12 15:01

really nice and cute game, very relaxing at the beginning and appropriately difficult later. There could have been a "smartcast" option ( e.g. just hover the mouse over the kritter and press q instead of pressing q and then having to click ), which would have made things a little easier I feel.

lexi 2017-12-12 16:56

Great entry, fun to play. I agree with @likirus on the "smartcast" option, that would have been a great addition. I personally would have made the icons on the kritters a bit more visible by giving it a more contrasting colour or animation or something along the line.

kabalatrance 2017-12-12 21:00

Very fun game! Maybe it should be harder at the beginning, but its not big deal.

hydro-games 2017-12-12 21:04

Incredible game! I absolutely love the game and the art style! The art is incredible and the gameplay is amazing!

yohoho-games-2 2017-12-14 05:55

the concept is pretty good and semi cartoon style is also in the topic as I believe)

jonasz999 2017-12-18 18:46

Very nice entry!

The game fits the theme perfectly :slight_smile:

I loved the fact, that you can throw these creatures outside the screen and they would come back every time! :smile:

I was also impressed by the level of refinement of this project.

ohmi 2017-12-18 20:44

Graphics and animations are really neat. Also the fact that they all mace different sounds, so adorable! As others already stated, the pacing of the game needs to be worked on. It just gets harder and harder.

tsukiouji 2017-12-19 21:55

Sooo cute~ :3

callumlturner 2017-12-19 22:50

Great concept that suited the theme well. The art is great and the gameplay is fairly simple but soon became real hectic & fun. Congrats!