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Buzzsaw Cat

By dps2004

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall663.8820
Fun44.2220
Innovation3213.0220
Theme4712.5020
Graphics2613.2720
Audio154.1120
Mood1103.6120

Comments

cornettheory 2019-10-06 22:54

I like this a lot. great work.

callavicka 2019-10-07 00:25

Good game! The dash felt super OP, by spamming it I got through almost all of the levels vs. the red cat. Other than that though it was fun.

adliberum 2019-10-07 00:32

Really fun little game, gotta love pico-8. Would love to see more of buzz-saw cat!

bagenzo 2019-10-07 00:32

Really great! The music makes it feel really fast paced. I didn't expect the "boss" but I enjoyed that bit as well.

theseusinabottle 2019-10-07 01:16

Nice. Never played much Pico-8 before, but this was a good experience. Really liked the music and sound effects they had a nice feel to them. Wasn't a huge fan of the battle at the end. Felt a little like I was just doing the same thing over and over again without going anywhere and then the cat died. Dash is definitely a little OP there where times where I should have gotten hit by the saws and passed right though them by dashing.

nachtwitch 2019-10-07 01:33

I love cats

bobotast 2019-10-07 01:33

Great game! Made it in 143 seconds with 14 deaths, probably not very good. But lots and lots of fun!

tarfield 2019-10-07 08:18

Beautiful simple pixels and a classic bullet hell game. I enjoyed it.

thoof 2019-10-07 12:31

With the red cat level I thought going onto the target reset the level, so I was trying to lead the cat onto the target (because I thought that might be the goal). Definitely over thought it, could have used some feedback to show that the cat was losing health. Fun stuff though!

dps2004 2019-10-07 14:39

@thoof I tried to show that with the red cat's meows getting more and more distorted. Would a health bar have helped?

thoof 2019-10-07 15:16

@dps2004 Ahh, probably would have noticed if I'd had my headphones on! (Some visual feedback would have been good too, like a health bar as you said)

refsa 2019-10-07 23:42

Didn't get music the first try, but it worked when I used a different browser. The movement of things also made me a little dizzy, maybe a little less contrast would help.

Other than that it was a fun little game, not too hard and not too easy. Nice and simple art style.

dps2004 2019-10-08 01:31

@refsa what browser were you using?

refsa 2019-10-08 02:33

@dps2004 Brave browser, which is a fork of Chrome. It's just the internal tracker blocker that blocks it.

samh 2019-10-12 22:01

Nice entry. I beat the game in about 210 seconds, with plenty of deaths. Like the other person above I was confused by the red levels, because everything was moving very fast and at times I was not sure whether I had just died or just completed a level.

I enjoyed the fact that blood remained on the buzzsaws in a way reminiscent of Super Meat Boy. The music is really good and adds to the hectic mood. But in general I love PICO-8 games that have cats (and actually we make such games for Ludum Dare) so I was sold immediately. Good job!

lexyvil 2019-10-20 07:40

Fun game! I really love the music too. Kind of wish there were more hard levels~

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blk-dragon 2019-10-21 05:21

Funny sounds and music. Also, genre is more like (hardcore) bullet-hell/puzzle :)

scott-redrup 2019-10-25 16:45

Wow this is such a simple but intense and fun entry. It's not massively innovative but it is incredibly addictive! Great job, the music fits super well too.

takayamushi 2019-10-26 14:48

Lmao well done, this was actually fun, cheers!

ohsqueezy 2019-10-26 19:28

a cat has nine lives... but I had 16 deaths... something doesn't add up here... the cat is a lie