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Erratic Equine Extraction

By hwaet and eharp

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10753.2737
Fun9083.2737
Innovation6153.4437
Theme4373.8537
Audio8312.9735
Humor4173.4536
Mood10493.1237

Comments

leyamez 2021-10-05 00:47

Fun but it was really frustrating to control the horse!

malcolm 2021-10-05 00:50

It felt like walking around on the deck of a sailing ship. Is that a bad thing? Neigh, I tell you!

daniel-giorlando 2021-10-05 00:52

This is like single player Twitch plays poke'mon lol

dob 2021-10-05 00:53

I had fun with this! I did a horse-related one too, so kudos on the unstable joke. It took me a little while to realize that gravity was moving outside my control, but once I did, I could control the horse better. Cute graphics and music. Nice job!

turkey 2021-10-05 00:58

"Un-stable the horse"... I see what you did there. Overall fun and challenging game! Controlling was a bit frustrating and getting stuck on the bales was even more so. Still enjoyed it though!

mathemagician 2021-10-05 01:19

Trying this on wobble mode may have been a mistake. Am I right that this was a Labyrinth kind of control, where you tilt the level? It was kind of hard to tell haha

Even with the control frustrations, I quite enjoyed my time with this silly little game

eharp 2021-10-05 01:27

@mathemagician yes, basically your controls move the gravity vector around. We initially envisioned it as a mobile game with controls based on gyroscope but didn't want to spend jam time getting the build to work. We might upload a mobile build later in the week.

glen-chang 2021-10-05 06:37

There is something quite satisfying about having the cow eat they hay. Good work this was fun.

djtequila 2021-10-05 13:45

I made a horse game as well, I really had fun with this one. The rules are simple, but the different puzzles are unique and interesting. I liked the slippery floor, but for me wobble mode was a bit too drastic/random.

jpatchz 2021-10-06 08:14

The most hilarious title so far! LOL The game is very cool and I will love play it on gyroscope.

lunacyecho 2021-10-07 03:11

This was definitely super interesting! It was an interesting process to work out how the game worked, and your comment about arrow key movement affecting gravity illuminated what I thought to be a really novel mechanic. I thought the progression of levels was also quite good, too--the difficulty pacing was appropriate, aside from perhaps a few too many find-your-ass-esque easy levels at the very start. I found the horse movement to be a bit tough to control at times (that horse really retains momentum, and don't even get me started on Wobbly Mode), and there were times when it was perhaps a bit more trivial than intended to bypass the goats. Still, it was a really cool mechanic and I had fun playing it. Respect to your level designer!

heremeus 2021-10-07 16:06

Well, you nailed the theme ;)

It was interesting the first time a new mechanic was introduced (horse controls in level one, hay, goat, cow) but the other levels in the beginning were quite similar. The later levels with the cow were a lot more fun in my opinion. The loading time between levels felt quite long.

mrbell270 2021-10-07 19:26

Wonderful concept and mechanics.

I think this mechanics would fit better in discrete motion, you could make really interesting puzzles out of it.

Gyro-version sounds cool, but less goal-oriented.

But it is only my opinion.

Good work, keep up!

thehansinator 2021-10-08 03:28

Love the concept here! It took a little bit to get used to the controls until I realized that they were like Super Monkey Ball, where everything moves. And there's some really interesting puzzles done with it, too!

chillertyp 2021-10-09 17:09

LOL - un stable... ^^

simonl 2021-10-10 15:57

The game feels cohesive and music, graphics and type of gameplay work really well together. I'm not sure about the physics of moving hay when moving the horse, but yeah:D

The cow is a little buggy, when you move it out of the stable, the screen gets super zoomed out and you can go places with her.

I appreciate, that you crafted a lot of levels, something that gets often neglected in game jams. The music was also well done.

The un-stable pun is really a work of art.

nice entry!

Oh, the eye movement of the horse was quite cool as well

viperux 2021-10-10 16:21

Nice concept, the game is simple but interesting. The music is a bit repetitive but it's ok, I would have liked some sound effects (maybe when you manage to escape or when the cow eat an hay cube). I liked the un-stable joke :-D Well done!

arlwin 2021-10-13 12:15

The game is simple but it made me lose track of time. It was fun! (Wobbly mode was insane though)

valiantsugar 2021-10-19 09:21

Interesting idea, it was fun to play, but it lacks variety, I guess

maximeg 2021-10-20 20:13

Really nice interpretation of the theme