Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Horse with a Human Mask on A Tightrope
By jefvel
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 87 | 3.88 | 33 | |
| Fun | 99 | 3.79 | 33 | |
| Innovation | 71 | 3.96 | 33 | |
| Theme | 67 | 4.17 | 33 | |
| Graphics | 85 | 3.98 | 33 | |
| Audio | 65 | 3.81 | 32 | |
| Humor | 5 | 4.46 | 33 | |
| Mood | 146 | 3.54 | 33 |
I AM HORSE. I love how chaotic and random this game is. The game is super funny and the amount of details (for example the silent delayed landing sound after falling) are amazing!
I also found out that I am really bad at the game :D
This felt really quite polished. Fun, super challenging, funny take on the theme. Solid all round! Should do well.
Loved the title and the concept, reallyyyy nice game! Congratz :D
Awesome, polished entry. The controls are hectic but manageable and obviously the premise, opening cutscene, and are hilarious.
I did run into a funny bug when the rope and the dude (Not a horse) sunk into the depths of oblivion haha horse.PNG
fun, funny, nice graphics. good work :) i don't think it is possible to crouch with a touchpad though
@swen Thank you, glad you noticed the small things I added! I didn't have time to balance it, so it's a super hard game. A bit too hard I think :)
@indigowolf Thanks for liking and playing it!
@guisado Thank you!
@magnusfurcifer Thanks, glad you found it funny! Oh! That happened to me like once during the weekend, but I didn't have time to find and fix it. Let's say it's an easter egg!
@parafactual Thank you! Yeah, the game relies on being able to press both mouse buttons. Touchpad makes it very hard. I didn't have time fixing alternative controls, but might do it in the future
If I ever need to describe oversteering outside of the context of vehicular control, I am pointing people directly at this game. Well done!
Loved it. Even by reading the description on this page I was already laughing. I won't detail more, everything is perfect.
That was fun. Didn't expect him to jump up and John Wick it up when he got the gun though - crazy!
ohh this is wonderful. really great way to add challenge and mechanics to a balancing game! I also really like the dichotomy between the weapons, they both have their strengths. though, i think the knife's ability to take you all the way to the other end makes it better in my opinion. try as i might, i have been unable to beat your time. and my arm says no more haha
i only have two gripes with the game 1. you cant jump near the edges, which removes the ability to stabilize yourself quickly or get out of the way using the knife (i also kept falling near the edges i think because i kept thinking i'm clicking to lean forward/back instead of left/right. something you can get used to though) 2. landing right as an attack triggers happened a lot for me, and dying without any way to react is never fun. over time it got a little better as i learned the timings, but never fully went away especially when, for instance, keeping yourself in the air with the weapon. an on-screen icon of some sort would have worked ok. nothing to make me quit playing though!
otherwise i found this fantastic. art is charming as always, the sound effects are nice and punchy but not overpowering. lots of gameplay variety. very nice :)
Hectic game. The controls are very awkward and I couldn't move along the tightrope after losing the knife, but that most likely just me using an old mouse. Love the sound effects, the helicopter noise had me in stitches.
A very fun game, and strange controls)
I wish I had seperate button for jumping so I can jump easier. The game is really unstable right off the bat. Had to do alternate clicks between left and right button to be stable.
@kernon thanks! Yeah this horse is swerving like crazy
@rolly Glad you found it funny! And thanks!
@roelosaurus Thank you for playing! Yeah he's definitely not playing around
@torcado Thank you! Yeah the weapons both have their strong sides, the pistol does a lot of damage, but the knife makes you quicker. Did you manage to beat the game? If so, congratulations! I don't know if anyone else has done it yet!
And yeah, that edge jumping thing was one thing I forgot to fix. It now has a minimum jump height, but it's not in the compo version. I also wanted the horse to jump up on the ledge, so when he gets there he'll be completely stable until the user clicks again. But hadn't got the time for that either.
It's not really mentioned anywhere, but if you press the full screen button, you'll have a much bigger field of view. That will make it much more fair. I just got so used to the timings and attacks that I didn't even think about it.
Thanks for the thorough post, and glad you liked the game!
@jammygunns, @bassilij, @bloodbane Thanks for playing! Yeah I agree the controls are sort of awkward. I didn't have time to add alternate controls, with space for jump, and lean left right with A and D. Pressing both the left and right mouse buttons can be finicky in browsers, and also not possible for some users. But I hope you found it a bit fun to play :)
@jefvel I have beat it! my best time is a 2:08
ah, fullscreening is a good idea. I never considered that!
@torcado whoa, great job! You're the first one I know of to actually have done it!
Yeah, I should probably have added a "Fullscreen recommended" prompt at the start of the game. I added that to the description though.
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@torcado hell yeah! You've mastered the game!
I didn't recognize your name when you left a comment on my game. But after cracking up at the hilarity of your game and the familiarity of your graphics, I checked and realized that you're fish punching guy! I should have written your name down last time, but now I can officially say you're on my list to check out your game every jam. Fantastic work as usual. I'm sharing with my friends once again, would you prefer they call you fish punching guy or horse trampoline guy?
I loaded it up determined to take the speedrun record, but boy I was not prepared for the difficulty. An hour and a half later, I finally completed my first run lol. Would've quit much sooner than that, but you made it so damn fun!
@mhorth Ey, yeah I made that game! So glad that you like both of them! And super props to you for finishing this one too! You're the second one who I know has beaten it, well done. I wanted to make a very challenging game this jam, but I might have gone a bit too far.
Do you remember what time you got, so I can document it?
2:40, it wasn't great. I started out trying to go as fast as possible and it just wasn't working out. I ended up playing much more carefully and slower to get the job done.
@mhorth Nice! That's a good way to do it :thumbsup:
Fun game with great humor! I didnt have the patience to make it to the end, but I appreciate the difference between how the 2 weapons worked and the polish of the rope physics!
Also this panel hit me hard haha
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Wow this is absurd in the best way. I am not nearly good enough to beat it, but that didn't stop me from playing like 10+ rounds of failure. Great job!
God damn that was rough! Spent almost an hour trying to beat it and still have not got past the phase 3... Maybe get back to it later :sweat_smile: It's a tough game, but once you get the hang of it, gameplay feels so smooth and fun! Great job!
I am //REALLY REALLY BAD// at this game. But that may have been because I was laughing through most of my playthrough. I thoroughly enjoyed this LOL
I love the plot of the horse pretending to be a human with a human mask to get a job!
The game is well executed and it's easy to understand the mechanics. Maybe it's a bit hard, or maybe I'm just very bad at it.
Overall I enjoyed the mood. This is a fun entry, well done!
Phew, finally beat this game. Took me a while. I had a great time though! You really have to learn this game, but it's really rewarding to do so. I feel like the game could have been a bit more forgiving at times, though. A bit more leeway with falling for instance. It would also be nice if the direction of the fist was telegraphed. Everything else is amazing though, the art, the humor, the sounds, the music. The design also feels very elegant, every element seems like it has multiple purposes. Great entry!
Very cool, moving through the rope was pretty hard for me but loved the feeling of the slash attack. The mood was great.
I enjoyed this entry, cool stuff
Just brilliant
What a great silly game! I absolutely love the humor of it! Sound effects cracked me up too!
It took me a while to understand how to attack. It also was waay too difficult for me to finish. I still had plenty of fun with it! Great job!
I was streaming my playthrough of some games and made a recording of it. I hope it will be helpful for you to see a first-time player's perspective of your game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88rtTOXawsw I'm starting to play your game at 1:22:07
@all: Yeah, the game is way too hard, didn't realize it until I put it out. I noticed that if I cut down the maximum rotation speed of the horse it becomes a lot more fun. Might put out a more accessible post jam version later.
@alec The poor horse had to do what he could to survive. Glad you liked it even if it was so unforgiving!
@nick-rafalski I'm glad you liked it, even if it's absolutely too hard!
@annie-owl wow, you got to the last phase? That's pretty hardcore, not far from actually winning the game! And thanks for liking it and playing it so much!
@megamasterx haha naah, you're not really bad at it, you're good if you can balance for a few seconds. You just have to get really into the game, matrix mode, to win it. I'm glad you enjoyed it even though it being crazy!
@jeremyfa Thanks for liking it! I figured it followed the theme, the horse is unstable on the rope, and he got un-stabled in the intro. And I agree on the difficulty. I just played it so much while making it, and even felt it started to become a bit too easy after a while. I'm just glad I didn't make it even harder!
@thewustache yoo! You're the third person who has beaten the game, that's impressive! Do you remember what time you got? Yeah, I want to add resting places on both sides, so once you reach them the horse will sit down until the player presses a button, and also reduce the max rotation speed of the horse. Thanks for playing and mastering the game! Not many people will hear all the different phases of the music, but I'm glad you did :)
@jvolonte Thank you! Yeah, it's super difficult, way too super difficult. The knife is nice though, since you wont have think about balancing while dashing in the air. I'm glad you liked it!
@juanrod707 Thanks for playing!
@caudatecoder Thanks! That video was very helpful, made me realize over-rotation is the primary obstacle, and that the game is unclear about that you can attack midair. I will definitely fix those problems if I do a post-jam version. Thank you for playing it, and recording while doing so! It's a really good way for seeing what works and what doesn't! You get so blind with your own game when you sit with it for such a long time building it from scratch! Big thank you again!
Welp, my time is trash but i finally did it! That was definitely lots of fun! :smile: hero.png
@annie-owl whoa that's sick, nice job! Really happy you enjoyed it that much!
@jefvel I actually took a screenshot :D Screenshot from 2021-10-06 15-51-30.png I'm surprised that the horse doesn't pause at the sides, I thought that was already the case. Those ideas sound great though, I'd love to bash my head against a postjam version!
Very silly, enjoyed it lots. Good work!
I liked the rope physics! The horse was very unstable (in-theme, I guess :laughing: )and I had to get in a rhytm-game-trance-like state-of-mind to stay up more than 10 seconds. Very fun. I also liked the horse's attitude, don't wallow in desperation! Fake it till you make it :D
As was mentioned, controls a bit weird, but aside from this the game is extremely fun and crazy in the best sense. Gameplay feels very fresh and lively.
@thewustache daang, nice job! The post jam one will be quite a lot easier, so you might ultra win it in no time!
@gus-goucher Thanks, glad you liked it!
@kumber thank you! Yeah, it does require a lot of practice, it's probably a bit too challenging! That horse is really going places.
@lesinvisible Thanks! Yeah, I wanted to make a game with mouse only controls. But the postjam version has mouse+keyboard support. It feels a bit better and easy to play. Glad you liked it!
Fantastic entry! As has been said before the controls are challenging but you get used to them. Though I did find that doing so much clicking did start to cramp my hand so maybe having the option to also use A/D of Left/Right arrow keys for leaning and the mouse for jumping and attacking would be better to ease the stress between both hands. Super fun, though I didn't end up managing to beat the boss I still had a great time.
@rhoka Yeah, I agree the controls are quite unergonomic. I did make a post-jam version I put up on newgrounds, which has alternative control schemes like the one you described.
Thanks for playing and liking it!
@jefvel Oh dope I'll have to try it out. Do you have a link somewhere for that?
@rhoka sure! it's here https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/817197
Yo, this one is crazy fun! I am unfortunately not nearly skilled enough to beat it currently, but the game makes me feel like I can get better at it, which is the important thing. :thumbsup: Very awesome job with this one, man! Definitely one of my favorites so far!
@jefvel It was on the new version but I finally beat it! great job on itHorsewithHumanFace.png
@coleslaughter Thank you! Yeah, it is super challenging, you got to spend a whole weekend with it to win it. The post jam version on the newgrounds link above is a bit more better in that regard. Glad you did like it though!
@rhoka Aw yeah! Nice job, glad you enjoyed it! And thank you!
Brilliant, thank you for this game! Not enough skills to finish, but I had a lot of fun :)