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It's The Leash I Can Do

By Kurt Roembke, those-30-ninjas, mcovert and hemlocksoames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall27
Fun27
Innovation27
Theme27
Graphics27
Audio27
Humor27

Comments

meek-bits 2020-10-06 11:21

It's a cool idea with cheerful music. Pity you run out of time. I enjoyed playing it :)

stracker 2020-10-07 17:04

Oh that's a fun concept !

The gameplay could use a bit of polish, it was slightly frustrating when someone I was targeting was hanging just next to a rock and just not allowing me to catch them with the leash, for example. Also a weird issue where the fullscreen game would crop out the upper bar, so I couldn't see how much time was left...

Otherwise the art and music make for a nice and funny package, Cool ! :thumbsup:

kurt-roembke 2020-10-07 17:29

@stracker Thanks for playing!! Did you ever bark with "E" or "Spacebar"? If you do it close to people, they run and scatter. That's a good way to get them away from an obstacle and grab them. :D

stracker 2020-10-07 17:50

@kurt-roembke Ooooh, that'll teach me to skim instructions, that does make things a bit better !

ricargoes 2020-10-08 18:23

Funny game! I love how the little doggy runs on the screen. The idea is nice and it is well done but for me it got repetitive after a while. Well done nevertheless!

I laughed with the name of the game :D

gamechoy 2020-10-10 15:37

A fun little entry! Loved the gameplay and your take on the theme! The graphics and music were great too. Good work!

erlioniel 2020-10-10 17:33

I actually love this one :) It deserves more time to polish, but it is very nice and cute idea. My dog is also doing this all the time :)

Only problem is there is no restart button and it's very easy to mess with the leash (like in real life, right?)

cameo_leash.gif

mcovert 2020-10-10 17:49

@erlioniel a restart button as in, to just reset the timer/game and start over? hadn't occurred to us, but definitely something i'll keep in mind for future jams

kushimoto 2020-10-11 07:35

Great use of the theme. I thought your leashing mechanic was very innovative. I think that the bark mechanic could use some refining, but that's a minor blemish on a great jam game. Well done!

zebrainflames 2020-10-11 07:42

The leash mechanic was very well done! Nice, simple gameplay :)

It was a bit easy for me to get stuck (around the rock) in a situation where there was very hard to do anything - a bit faster reset to the people tangled in the leash in a case like that might be nice.

All in all, one of the best games of this jam I've played in my opinion :)

kuro 2020-10-11 08:23

Very innovative, and a great creative use of the theme. And so cute .)

I didn't see the timer anywhere on the screen. Was it supoosed to be theer?

Anyway, good job!

beatrice 2020-10-11 10:02

Super funny concept!

alpacalypse 2020-10-11 11:22

This is a really nice concept executed well, it's simple, complete and polished which is a great approach to take to LD imo.

Bug report: I had the game freeze after restarting after my first completed round.

freshd 2020-10-11 11:58

A really cute and fun game. The leash physics are great! Good job!

mcovert 2020-10-11 18:16

@kuro timer should have been in the top HUD bar; interesting that you didn't see it. Any idea what aspect ratio you played at? Did you play at the default size or scale it up?

@erlioniel love the art added in that edit!

erlioniel 2020-10-11 18:22

@mcovert actually I hope that [it helped](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/cycloop/its-the-leash-i-can-do) to get more attention :) As I see you almost received 20 reviews! Congrats ;)

patrikherman 2020-10-11 19:08

That was such a fun and a really enjoyable game! One might say the graphics are simple, but I actually have no idea how you did the physics of the leash :) Best of luck, team, you did great!

doot 2020-10-11 19:47

Haha this was so good!

The art is readable, the music is nice and the sounds are so funny. The chore mechanic is very smart and feels really good, too bad you couldn't do it in time!

Thanks for the game I loved it 💕

toccio94 2020-10-12 13:08

I liked the music, and the rope gameplay worked well and was intuitive. The bark was a nice addition but I used it only once to make a group of people on my way run somewhere else (I think it was to be used this way, just not very useful).

I've read your post about the palette and I'm sorry you couldn't solve the issue in time, though you made me notice the natural queerness of the game. Being a gay man I appreciate you thought about it!

Sadly, fullscreen you lose a portion of the game, so I couldn't see the timer while playing! But it adds those blue square that may be not intended but I found cool ahah

It is cheerful, nice work =) I'm sad you had problems with being in the jam, hope you manage to solve th issue!

kurt-roembke 2020-10-12 14:32

A new version of the game with fixed Palette Swapping can be found here:

https://trollgames.net/game-data/leash-i-can-do-updated/index.html

garet 2020-10-13 10:49

Fun little game with really cute music ! The physics of the leash is working really nicely too.

I can really see a competitive two-player game out of it !

noam-blei 2020-10-14 05:27

Loved the concept, so simple and yet fun to play. Cute and also cute graphics and music

noam-blei 2020-10-14 05:27

Good name for the game as well hahahaha

elysiagriffin 2020-10-16 20:31

Hi, I played your game on my livestream today!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/772381107?t=0h15m33s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

kurt-roembke 2020-10-17 16:34

@elysiagriffin Thanks for playing!!