kivelocity 2019-04-30 01:10
Well, a nice fun game with good style. I would recommend more graphical effects such as screen shake on death, and shaded pixel art maybe. That was just nitpicking, this was fun.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Don't Die, Dumpstercat!
By trifectuh, TheDecider, ChuckD, Polkadotbot and Bridge_the_Midge
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 544 | 3.45 | 34 | |
| Fun | 508 | 3.32 | 34 | |
| Innovation | 770 | 2.90 | 34 | |
| Theme | 207 | 3.78 | 34 | |
| Graphics | 520 | 3.57 | 34 | |
| Audio | 420 | 3.22 | 33 | |
| Humor | 188 | 3.50 | 32 | |
| Mood | 654 | 3.20 | 32 |
Well, a nice fun game with good style. I would recommend more graphical effects such as screen shake on death, and shaded pixel art maybe. That was just nitpicking, this was fun.
Cute idea. I did enjoy the aesthetic you had too. The item balance was a bit off, but a nice idea either way. :)
That's a cute cat :cat2: Anyway, maybe it's my screen but sometimes birds were too similar with the background. Probably it's me that i'm blind :smile: Love the sprite!
thanks @kivelocity @eggplant891 @vinegarlove for the feedback! glad you all enjoyed it
Interesting entry, took me a few runs to figure out the controls, and sometimes I couldn't get a laser to shoot when I was jumping. Liked the graphics style and audio. Good job!
Thanks for playing @doug-graham I think a bit of tutorial would have been good, but there's only so much time in a weekend. Glad you liked it!
Purrfect use of the theme! Very short game, but consequently has a high amount of replay value; *of course* I had to try it with all the different powerups!
Nice game overall, the graphics are nice and with some improved animations and some more polishing this can became a really good game.
I just kind of jumped into the game all gungho and didn't realize that you had to move forward until the third attempt. Boy that was stupid of me. But anyway, the sounds were great and the game is good. Not much of a challenge since you can just dash to the end without thinking much BUT it did go along with the theme! Good work!
@killscreen +1 for cat puns! @samueldeboni and @no-grapes-games thanks for playing! I appreciate the feedback and agree with both of you. We plan on going back to add all the stuff we didn't have time for to sharpen our dev skills for next ime.
Fun little game! Very short, but as others said it's replayable. Also always appreciate seeing retro-esque entries :D
This brought back alley cat memories <3
Thanks @cppchriscpp and @grllle for playing and for the feedback!
The main issues I had with this one was that it was fairly short and it was a bit too easy to the point that I didn't need to use items. Like I could beat it with nine lives at the end pretty easily. If the items actually made the game significantly easier and the cost was less, I could see how choosing your item set would basically be like setting the difficulty. But it doesn't really work that way here. Honestly, that's a balancing issue I've seen in several games, including the one I worked on. Other than, it had decent graphics and sound and everything about it made sense, so that's definitely important.
@royalsoup Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback. Item balance is something we ran out of time to really dedicate resources to (unfortunately). Shortly before submission we had a brief playtest and could barely finish the game with the most powerful items, so we bumped the difficulty down. We were maybe a bit too heavy handed and I'm sure we would have noticed given more time to test, but that's the way of the jam. Thanks again for taking the time to play and write!
Nice game, I really wanted to play more levels
Thanks for playing @miu !
@trifectuh Indeed, that's definitely the nature of the beast. Well done again and thanks for the reply.
Cute game, love the idea to use PICO-8 as your engine, which I haven't seen for an entry yet. The game is a little too simplistic and easy, but the mechanics and presentation are solid. It's a good foundation for a larger game with more levels and balanced gameplay. Great job!
Thanks for the feedback @ryan-brenner ! I love PICO-8, it's such a fun little machine.
You don't see many LD games with intros and instructions, and this game presented both very well. I loved the cat puns, and the music fit the game and style well. The different items each changed up the gameplay quite a bit, which was for a shorter game. I do wish there were some additional levels, but it's tough to fit in a lot of content during a game jam. Really nice entry - thanks for the submission!
I beat it! I liked how easy it was to try the different options. The platform was a bit difficult, but I realized I could actually traverse most things on the ground so that made it a bit easier for me. keep up the good work!
@ropedog and @aeveis thank you for the detailed feedback. Very helpful :)
Ha, you used the same idea as I did. But with a better game as result. Maybe some tweaking of the cost could make it better, but easy is good for a Ludum Dare. And cat puns are always a plus of course!