tad 2017-12-06 03:35
I tried it on linux and unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. I could launch the game to the splashscreen, but attempting to click on the "Start Game" button did nothing. :(
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD40 → Milk Hunt
By Wariashi, weizengaming and tempii
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1010 | 2.91 | 20 | |
| Fun | 988 | 2.73 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 950 | 2.71 | 21 | |
| Theme | 893 | 2.97 | 20 | |
| Graphics | 854 | 2.97 | 22 | |
| Audio | 669 | 2.39 | 21 | |
| Humor | 467 | 3.13 | 20 | |
| Mood | 861 | 2.89 | 21 |
I tried it on linux and unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. I could launch the game to the splashscreen, but attempting to click on the "Start Game" button did nothing. :(
@tad Try to use the arrow keys to switch the buttons and use enter or space instead of clicking.
lots of bugs.... PcKk81J.png
im stucking!
@talisra22 No, No, that's the point of the game and the mechanic of the first type of cow. They WANT you to get stuck.
When I deposited the milk, even though the HUD changed I wasn't able to pick up more bottles. Artwork reminds me of 90s windows games such as the Maxis windows adaptations. :)
@jose-pedro-dias that is probably, because you are only able to carry 8 bottles in total. So if you stack up to 8 filled bottles, you have to bring at least one to an empty carton. After that you can exchange an empty bottle on the ground with a filled one.
I kept dying without a cow in sight. Well, that's not entirely true, I died a couple times because a cow nuzzled me to death, but the other times I just got stuck and the game demanded a restart. I like the top-down perspective, this is exactly the perspective you'd need to avoid a murder cow attack in real life.
Enjoyed myself with this one. I liked being a milkman here. At times because of the AI of the cows (at least the big ones), there was just a horde of cows in one spot, which made things really tough. I couldn't decide if I liked that or not, it's just something to consider. I did like having to decide whether it was better to run back without being full with 8 bottles in order to avoid going into a scary spot with too many cows (with the hope the cows would be gone by the time I got back).
The graphics are simplistic but really in style, I really liked that! The game is nicely polished. I didn't really like the music, it started to annoy me after a while.
Haha this is similiar to the game my team made! But instead of milk its christmas gifts! I like it :)
@scriptorum thanks for the feedback, that you get stuck because the big cows are blocking your way is part of the machanic of them. The press “R” to reset display is another way to tell you that the game is over. And can you describe the scenario, in which you died without a cow in sight? This never happend and I have no idea, what could cause it. Or do you have a video, or screenshot maybe, so we can figure out the problem and fix it.
@aflatthrasher Thanks for your feedback. It’s nice to hear that people start to invent strategies. Thats how we have planned the game to be. Also, right now almost all of the cows have the same (relatively simple) strategy, we plan to implement more different cows with different strategies. The only different strategy right now implemented is for the walking cows in hard mode, maybe you want to try that out :)
@alleskapaul Thanks for your feedback. You can turn off the sound by clicking on the speaker icon in the bottom left corner, but to mute the music and keep playing the soundeffects should probably also be possible.
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I wouldn't say that it's a fun game but perhaps it's a game that accurately portrays the life of a milk deliverer who doesn't have a truck and who has to physically walk back and forth between the factory and the houses where she delivers milk.
I must applaud the huge amount of stuff in the game, and it's kinda funny that there are so many cows, AND I really got the feeling of monotony and hard work, so if that was what you were going for, bravo. Designing with a certain player experience in mind is always great.
something's wrong with the input, I keep getting stuck all the time (OSX)
@wakka2 Thanks for the comment, can you explain how you get stuck and/or maybe post a screenshot, so we can try to fix that?
also always got stuck :(
@jynspielt Do you get stuck due to the cows, or without a noticeable reason? Getting encircled by the first 8 cow is a game element, for which we think about changig it a bit because it seems quite some people don't like it. If you get stuck without a noticeable reason, we would really appreciate some further explanation when and how this happens (maybe vid or screenshot also), so we can try to fix this.
nice background with the appearing baby cows the way the cows walk along houses is a lil awkward but funny :D
Well, it's a good idea, but it does need some improvements. I don't know where to put the full bottles, the character moves absurdly and boringly slow, and the audio does get old after a minute or so. Pretty fun, and a nice idea.
Nice, this was fun. Thanks to me, 40 people can enjoy some fresh milk! :D There were just too many little cows in the end. Good job on this game guys!
Nice concept and take on the theme, I always like this kind of unexpected setting, it's refreshing and the unexpectedness of it makes it funnier, good choice!
It was pretty fun to play, splitting the game in two part was a nice idea. I liked your level design, letting you escape from the cows, planning paths but letting you being cornered if you don't take care.
While being blocked at a doorway, I mind tricked a cow by going to an extend of a portal, making her follow me from the other side and quickly backed and went through the doorway. o// To make it easier for me, I only did 7 bottles rush, to be able to trade the empty one with the filled one with no problems and worry less about cows following me while I look after house I already picked up. Poor cows.. :<
Making the player (and maybe the cows) a little bit faster would make the game a bit more dynamic. Reading other comments, letting the player trade a filled bottle for a empty one could help the intuitiveness (?) of the game.
The controls are correct and the game is smooth. I didn't encounter any bug on the windows build, the only "weird" thing was seeing the "press r to reset" while being in the middle of the road with a cow next to me.
The graphics and music are simple but nice, the sounds are well chosen. Lovely little town. :)
Great job! o/
@ogma Thanks for your feedback. We enjoyed reading your comment. We're also happy that you like our game and had fun with it because that's the most important thing. We will work on the things you have mentioned with the walking speed so the game gets more dynamic and less boring. Also we're trying to implement sprinting and dashing to get some mechanics into the game. We hope that you will have more fun or had enough fun to tell your friends. Thanks you.
@lazzor 40 is a pretty good score(probably even the highest scored since now, I managed to get 37 on hard myself). On which difficulty did you played? If you haven't tried the hard difficulty, this could maybe be interesting for you, since you got a pretty good score.
@tempii I played on the easy difficulty since I wanted to understand the gameplay first. But I'll play another round on hard then even though I guess my score will be lot lower! :)