Pig-ment: Eat n Die

kepsert 2022-04-05 17:30

Very cutesy game!

I hope I understood everything right cause I'd been quite confused but I believe I figured it out haha. + I like the mechanic where you shrink in size as you go, using this to get through smaller gaps, then picking up collectables in order to grow again (and thus delay the inevitable?). + The graphics are insanely cute, well done in a pico8 context. I was able to make out the differences between objects without any issues. + Controls feel responsive. + Game is straightforward and it's clear what your objective is.

- For the first while I had no idea that I could move to other screens, so I got stuck for quite a bit trying to make myself small enough to go through the crops at the starting screen. - The restart button doesn't seem to work, I had to restart the game every time I lost.

I did find that I was able to go off the screen on the left side and just walk around the water to victory, so I did win the game!

pureimprov 2022-04-12 00:44

Great game! I assume you ran out of time on some things, so all I can say is to let the player feel the difference between 'grassland' and ice(?) A little gem (:

khaotom 2022-04-12 01:22

Head scratcher at the beginning, got better after I watched the gifs here on the submission page. the sprites are very cute, though I felt bad for devouring the cute bird!

kamranicus 2022-04-12 04:05

Nice game! I do have to admit I did not understand I could go to another screen at first, I guess I thought the "trees" were things I could eat :)

But I did eventually figure it out and it was fun, I like the mechanic of shrinking. I couldn't quite figure out the end, I think I found a house but when I collided with it, it made the same "immovable" noise.

I liked the graphics a lot, great 8-bit vibe!

adobobo 2022-04-12 04:07

Very cute game. There's a lot of things not clear however. At first i didn't know where to go, it wasn't really clear whether I can and cannot go. Some parts have a continuation while some just let you go off screen without any follow up. Maybe it was because you ran out of time. But you could've make it clear on which parts of the map can make you go the succeeding areas. Also some areas don't look connected even tho they do have a transition screen. Controls are quite a bit weird too, i don't know if it was intentional, but I kept sliding a little and the movement has a delay.

Other than that the graphics was really cute, and you had a nice idea and mechanic on movement and size. Thank you for submitting this game!

itskdog 2022-04-13 00:31

The nice art style and neat idea. I liked becoming small to go to certain places. But if you become too small then the game is over. I think it could use more animation, especially with the eating.

automatonvx 2022-04-13 09:35

Cute graphics, always like the pico-8 style, movement feels a bit weird to me, a bit sort of stuttery, but also like i'm on ice or something. Also with the changing size of the character its hard to judge where my hitbox is for intereacting with food, or blocking stuff. Also its not clear which edges on a screen are connected to another area or not sometimes which is quite frustrating given the time limit. Also the restart game doesn't seem to work I had to refresh the browser to restart. All those issues aside though, I liked the concept and cute pig setting and the shrinking mechanic is potentially quite interesting, just need to smooth out some rough edges.

joror 2022-04-13 18:57

Fun pico little runner game! Mr Pig was a bit floating in his running, but it went ok! :smile: Sometimes it was hard to know where to go exactly - and got some strange collisions at the edges of the screen.

catellib 2022-04-13 23:49

Gorgeous graphics

roka-josh 2022-04-17 21:47

Love the art style, I agree with others that the movement feels a little off but with a few tweaks you could have a really fun arcade game. Good job!

tornadopiggie 2022-04-19 21:47

Fun game. The "lose hp to squeeze through gaps" mechanic is really interesting and I think the controls are brilliant (they're intentionally slippery so that movement becomes much more difficult). I enjoyed this PICO-8 Entry.