FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD51 → My Rotten Soldier

My Rotten Soldier

By misfire-dev

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7213.3853
Fun10892.7250
Innovation9662.8653
Theme12052.1847
Graphics934.3953
Humor7522.5141
Mood124.5452

Comments

faust-mi 2022-10-04 12:51

Very atmospheric! Light, color, sound and music are beautiful! All glory to the Cat =^.^=

misfire-dev 2022-10-04 19:12

@faust-mi thanks, there was a lot of programmer art that I spent today replacing, so its a bit more a full experience now.

mortiss 2022-10-05 12:38

You've got me crying...

makemakemake 2022-10-05 12:39

Lovely atmosphere! good mechanic with the cat sidekick. :)

misfire-dev 2022-10-05 12:44

@mortiss we crying together

hydezeke 2022-10-05 13:22

The atmosphere is absolutely top notch, wow

amarokczukay 2022-10-05 13:26

animations and overall atmosphere are awesome!

stefan-ciobanu 2022-10-05 13:33

I loved the mood in the initial few seconds, until it started spinning into oblivion and everything turned white. Only music kept playing. Looks like a great game, so I'm bookmarking this.

If it helps, I'm running firefox 91.13.0esr (64-bit). Console output:

``` Entering main loop... LUDUMDARE51.js:830:371 Application Surface created: w=1024, h=576 LUDUMDARE51.js:830:371 Application Surface resized: w=512, h=288 LUDUMDARE51.js:830:371 Source map error: Error: request failed with status 403 Resource URL: https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/6610122/html5game/LUDUMDARE51.js?ZFYXB=1637683510 Source Map URL: inflate.min.js.map ```

misfire-dev 2022-10-05 13:52

@stefan-ciobanu ummm, im going to download firefox and try and recreate it, maybe it could be the screen shake, but thats my only idea D: otherwise...have yoooou maybe got another browser.. :D

misfire-dev 2022-10-05 13:56

@makemakemake I felt like, I should do something in her name you know?

@hydezeke Thanks, the vibe was really important

@amarokczukay thankyou, I didn't really want so much of a game more of a playable scene, so animations where important

stefan-ciobanu 2022-10-05 13:58

@misfire-dev Yeah, I was trying to avoid it for now since my internet connection is super slow atm. I'll check it out later then!

Also, don't worry too much about fixing it, apparently nobody else experienced it. Just sent that in case it's an easy fix.

finde 2022-10-05 17:43

Visually very impressive! :)

josephwalker 2022-10-05 17:44

Super atmospheric game, really good art and vibe.

I did get stuck in the wall when moving the push block from the right hand side meaning I had to restart the game but that wasn't much.

Slight stretching of the theme but overall really cute game

flying-dog-fish 2022-10-05 17:49

Nice atmosphere but it's hard to see anything. Some instructions on how to play would improve the experience a lot and a screenshot or two would make this description more appealing.

labtoast 2022-10-05 23:29

What an experience. I'm sorry for the loss of your cat, she was clearly very loved.

Excellent animation and atmosphere! I think my only qualm is that the lighting impacts the click prompts for the cat behavior, so they're kinda hard to see sometimes.

misfire-dev 2022-10-06 09:51

@finde thanks the art was definitely important here

@josephwalker thankyou, yeh the mechanics did get away from me a bit, I think I got a bit too emotionally invested tbh. The theme this year really didn't sit with me so you're right, it was a stretch :D

@flying-dog-fish the description is honestly not meant to be appealing and the general idea is that u figure it out as you go because its a very short experience, but I guess that's not for everyone.

misfire-dev 2022-10-06 09:53

@labtoast Thankyou <3 I really appreciate that, I actually meant to add a light bubble to the click prompt! but it completely slipped my mind and by the time everything was done I was a bit exhausted so called it a day, but I'm glad you enjoyed it though and that's for playing.

hagamosvideojuegos 2022-10-06 11:39

Please, put your "jam version" too to vote it, your "post jam version" it's cool but it's not the game to rank here :(

By the way, interesting experience.

misfire-dev 2022-10-06 13:17

@hagamosvideojuegos not sure what you mean, I only used the 24 hours to fix bugs etc. that is allowed

hagamosvideojuegos 2022-10-06 13:33

Wow it's true! Excuse me! I don't know it and i don't fix my little bugs after that :face_palm:

Rated this version in this case!

misfire-dev 2022-10-06 13:34

@hagamosvideojuegos no problem lol, thanks for playing

chingle 2022-10-07 16:14

Very atmospheric and as a cat person myself, I felt crying at the end :crying_cat_face:

misfire-dev 2022-10-07 16:35

@chingle thank you, making it was a lot harder than I thought it would be so I know what you mean

thatzniko 2022-10-08 10:34

I really liked it, so deep and the art style is amazing. Thanks to the developer and Mystie <3

misfire-dev 2022-10-08 10:45

@thatzniko thankyou man, I really appreciate that and thanks for playing <3

jonrei 2022-10-08 14:16

Wow! Top marks for graphics and mood, what an absolutely stunning game. Thanks a lot for the link :)

P.S: I miss my cat too. She was an old and mean bastard, but i loved her <3

vetche-studio 2022-10-08 17:18

I really liked the atmosphere, and the graphics were nice!

misfire-dev 2022-10-08 18:35

@jonrei thankyou so much I'm glad you enjoyed it you and I'm sorry to hear about your cat :(

misfire-dev 2022-10-08 18:36

@vetche-studio thankyou for playing I'm glad you liked it

figadei 2022-10-09 20:02

The atmosphere is so on point and the animation is great and a stunning experience. great work

misfire-dev 2022-10-09 20:49

@figadei thankyou :) i'm glad you liked it

cookie-chr 2022-10-10 21:46

Great job on the atmosphere! My game started spinning into oblivion too, and I also was playing it on Firefox. Seems like a Firefox issue...

sheldonzs 2022-10-10 21:55

Amazing graphics and mood. Unfortunately, I got stuck on a ladder climbing up towards the first feather. The game stopped taking inputs and I couldn't play further. Not sure how the game ties in to the theme.

sailors 2022-10-10 21:56

Absolutely loved the game and the atmosphere. Well done!

nickpick 2022-10-10 22:01

atmosphere is amazing. i hugged both my cats after that game (not sure if they liked it) :D there were 2 times i stuck in game and cannot move and have to reload the game. once it was on ladder (i come down then up and then stuck on it). second time it was with tank that i need to move in the beginning of the game. if you grab it and will continue to move to wall sometimes you can be stuck between wall and the tank.

diego-escalante 2022-10-11 00:42

Rest in peace, kitty. I loved the atmosphere of this game. The world feels rich and full; it feels lived in and alive. Huge points in mood. The movement felt a little clunky and non-responsive at first, but that was before I noticed that I was waiting for my cat to hop on my back first. After that realization, it felt pretty natural. Really well done, great work!

georgy16 2022-10-11 23:56

Atmospheric and cool game!

broodjethomaat 2022-10-12 08:30

Great sound, good music, fun game, just missing the Theme

misfire-dev 2022-10-12 09:50

@cookie-chr hey I'm glad you liked the game, I'm sorry about the firefox issue I really don't know what's happening, if it makes it any better I would fix it if knew how?

misfire-dev 2022-10-12 09:54

@sheldonzs the theme I found a bit tough, I just wanted some atmospheric effects every ten seconds, but I honestly ran out of time adding any more than I have. Glad you liked the atmosphere tho.

@sailors Thankyou! :D the atmosphere was really what I wanted to focus on, so I'm glad it worked!

misfire-dev 2022-10-12 09:58

@nickpick haha I'm sure they loved it :D Yeh some of the mechanics started to get away from me as I started getting more emotional, I don't really know if it makes sense, but I was a bit scrambled and I couldn't focus. Not an excuse and I understand it totally messes with the overall experience. But I'm glad you liked the overall atmosphere :D

misfire-dev 2022-10-12 10:01

@diego-escalante ty for nice words about Mystie (my kitten)! I really didnt know how to explain the 'wait for cat' without a UI overlay and i reaaaaaly didnt want one, so im glad you got it after a while and im glad you liked it :D

misfire-dev 2022-10-12 10:02

@georgy16 thankyou glad you liked it!

@broodjethomaat I did have a plan to add the theme, but honestly it kinda got away from me,

ninjavitis 2022-10-13 02:59

Very atmospheric, and really enjoyed the interactions with the cat (even if you had to wait for it a few times.) Didn't fully understand the ending, though I made it to it!

ambear 2022-10-13 10:05

Wow this is nicely done! So many things that interact with the player and this is really cool stuff to see Music and sounds are adding atmosphere too, I was shaking when thunder striked haha Very nice job, love it

kaech 2022-10-13 10:13

Very great atmosphere, it's very easy to get stuck on a ladder though

baconinvader 2022-10-13 21:02

Interesting game, I liked the aesthetic and music a lot. Not sure what it had to do with the theme but I still really liked the overall experience. My only complaint is the mixture of the graphical style and color palette sometimes made it hard to see where the character "was" in 3D space, but that is only a minor nitpick.

sheol 2022-10-15 01:24

Oh wow, very atmospheric. RIP kitty ;__; aaa this game really tugs at my heart strings. Overall great job!! I'm gonna go hug my cats now

tattomoosa 2022-10-15 08:26

Atmosphere is great but it took me a long time to figure out I could jump and climb on stuff, then I walked off the screen from the ladder and the screen stayed behind so I didn't get very far. Great graphics and sound though

purpledartfrog 2022-10-16 08:29

Very very moody entry... seemed to play very well .. good job at establishing the atmosphere :thumbsup_tone1:

lincolnsalles 2022-10-20 15:09

Atmosphere and sounds very good, but I got stuck when I finish pushing the box, I get stuck between the box and the wall twice and I can't get out. Good graphics and music, but the gameplay is heavy and difficult. I also didn't understand where it would be related to the topic.

darzu 2022-10-20 16:34

Great environment, great art, loved the cat! I got stuck pushing the box however, not quite sure what I was supposed to do there. Maybe put a note on your LDJam page to help players through?