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The Catnip Sniper

By skullpixel and Clockwise2000

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall754.0164
Fun683.9864
Innovation2213.6264
Theme714.1763
Graphics814.4364
Audio664.0163
Humor524.0862
Mood943.9761

Comments

kobi-hawk 2017-12-05 02:22

This game is amazing! Very clever use of the theme, loads of fun to play, looks and sounds great. Me and a friend played it together and we couldn't stop laughing. Easy 5/5.

finntastico 2017-12-05 02:24

What a cute game! I just die way to quickly haha

brimz 2017-12-05 02:26

Never before have I thought of shooting a cat with a catnip gun, but I thought this was a really fun change from the more typical room survival games. Also I am awful at it, it is super hard. Great job

bwalter 2017-12-05 02:35

fun game! :D super cute!

dibu13 2017-12-05 03:18

I love this game! The only thing that would improve is the increase in difficulty, I would do it more slowly to make the games a little longer

seconddimension 2017-12-05 17:35

Feel very solid as usual, and looks/sounds great. A bit too hard for me, but I can forgive that because those cat sprites were just so damn adorable

gruhh 2017-12-05 21:56

Very beautiful game with a great design! Congratulations on your approach to the theme.

Jogo muito bonito e com um ótimo design! Parabéns pela abordagem ao tema.

merrol 2017-12-05 23:58

I loved it. I really liked the sound of the gun. I am also curious, what's your best score?

skullpixel 2017-12-06 00:03

@merrol it's actually 42, but that was before the addition of cats with guns. ;) Now? 28 or so.

elendow 2017-12-06 00:04

Well, I love everything. The art is very cute, I love the cat animations, really. The gameplay is just fun and it seems very polished and challenging. The music is catchy (pun intended). And well, cats and catnip, thats a thumbs up.

merrol 2017-12-06 00:10

@skullpixel I just managed to score 32 after some tries. The game is great, really. Maybe a online highscore would improve it, just to make it more competitive .

clockwise2000 2017-12-06 01:50

Wow. This game has great music...

sebastian-lague 2017-12-06 08:21

Cute game, and I like that it doesn't make the mistake of starting out too easy. However, maybe the cats with guns could be introduced a bit later on as part of the difficulty increase? Maybe the non-crazy cats could pick up the fallen guns, unless you walk over them to pick them up? Anyway, was pretty fun! I managed a 22.

cremagames 2017-12-06 08:33

So cute, everything in this game just fits perfectly.

tomer-cool 2017-12-06 15:34

I love the pixel art, it's so cute. Great game, very fun.

lumous 2017-12-06 17:46

Lol great idea! Die so easily though! =O

move127 2017-12-06 17:49

This is a great game. I love the feeling of playing this game. The mixture of the music, pixel art, and camera shake just feel incredibly satisfying. The use of the theme is perfect as well.

lunardust 2017-12-06 17:51

great mechanic. i really love the design of mouse and door! nice work! it's too hard for me.

pablocg 2017-12-06 17:54

This game has engagement, nice idea, great art!

devsaur 2017-12-06 17:59

Very nice game! Feels very polished, the music is great, one of my favourite entries so far!

x-budsterized-x 2017-12-06 18:04

Very good game, I enjoyed playing it. Do you have any tips on how to play the game to get the most out of it ? :D I only managed to get a score of 17 at my best :D

skullpixel 2017-12-06 18:11

@x-budsterized_x I usually focus on hitting the gun-cats first, and make sure to toss the toy/flare into a place where I can easily swing back through and pick it up again later.

julia 2017-12-06 18:11

Nice game! It's very fun and cute at the same time.

r3l0ad1 2017-12-06 19:18

Lovely Pixel art, Amazing Game

pablo-abraham 2017-12-06 19:50

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

I just loved this game, very cool!

robert-newman 2017-12-06 20:59

Very cool idea and concept. Well executed, once you get the hang on how the cats move the game becomes much more addictive. Trying to shut the doors have perfect risk vs reward. great job

nivbeth 2017-12-06 22:23

I'm impressed by the art, concept and gameplay! Such a brilliant and yet simple idea. LOVED IT! The only thing to mention is: it took me 3 times to figure out how the questlog worked. I thought of dragging it down or clicking it, but failed (obviously xD) For all those who don't know: The log shows the bunny you have to create! After I figured that out the game worked pretty well for me :) So damn cute and amazing. Such a great job, guys!

oldpeculier 2017-12-07 01:21

This is two inches from being a really outstanding game, but I found that death was just too random and unpredictable to enjoy myself. Music is tops, however.

skullpixel 2017-12-07 18:22

@nivbeth Bunnies?

nokusu 2017-12-07 20:09

I liked it and i love the fact that you see the cats go nuts with the catnip even with the tiny sprites, it's well done visually, the music is nice and chill, the controls felt tight, the spawnrate + avoiding the cats gone crazy is kind of hard though.

other than that i didn't see any particular issues with the game, points for humour !

good job guys :)

potti 2017-12-07 23:08

Looks and feels amazing, seemed to be inspired by enter the gungeon. Is a blast to play and has interesting mechanics. Top notch.

arly 2017-12-08 06:55

Very cute and plays well! Solid art and audio, I was a little confused though as to the overall goal of the game - was the counter at the end how many cats I angered? I wasn't really sure what I was playing towards the whole time - closing the doors, or shooting lots of cats, or just staying alive as long as possible? I think some more UI feedback on this end could have been helpful. Love the small details like the screenshake, and the angry cats rolling is adorable!

automatonvx 2017-12-08 21:05

insanely cute, fun, nice music, loved the little 'meow' sound effect. Maybe a touch hard, i couldn't get past 10, as someone else said an online high score would have been a nice feature.

dx0ne 2017-12-09 11:44

Top notch execution but it's too hard. Overall fun.

saintheiser 2017-12-09 17:12

Very interesting game mechanics. Smart idea to give score only for crazy cats. Very good thing is animated tutorial on game page! Respect, man! Without it too hard to understand how to play it =)

rodobodolfo 2017-12-10 16:43

Good game! visuals are awesome, and the gun is oddly satisfying to shoot. A little hard for me though.

tulipekoni 2017-12-10 16:47

Nice entry! It was a bit difficult (highscore 21). Good graphics and audio. Well polished game. good job!

lex 2017-12-12 02:33

The first cat that got through the door pulled a gun and shot me. It was so unsuspected it was love at first sight. Great game, just awesome!

patrick-woodcock 2017-12-12 22:52

Love the pixel art, very cute.

derr 2017-12-13 09:24

I recently played all your other games with my spouse and was excited when I found you made one for LD40. I loved the game, it was super cute and a ton of fun. :D Good idea with the toy and having to pick it back up.

ayame9joe 2017-12-24 09:23

I love the game. It is very solid, both in development and design. Congras for your work. And thanks for the tutorial!

2018-01-09 20:03

Very challenging game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdKV67omDA