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The Stork Purrsuit
The Stork Purrsuit
By SilasFaer, francoisgoret and sailorocean
View on ldjam.com
| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 663 | 3.50 | 34 | |
| Fun | 777 | 3.23 | 34 | |
| Innovation | 503 | 3.45 | 34 | |
| Theme | 1005 | 3.35 | 34 | |
| Humor | 368 | 3.45 | 33 | |
| Mood | 585 | 3.54 | 34 | |
Comments
I think this game has a really good puzzle potential but I had an issue understanding the mechanics at the start, maybe it's just me being a dumdum but the game doesn't really teach you how to use the tiles properly in level 1 by not really challenging your understand, then you get to level 2 and it's suddenly a lot more difficult, I did beat the game but it took sometime to realize how it all works, don't get me wrong, it's a cute looking puzzle game and the animals sight mechanic adds a strategy element to it that I enjoyed the story is also worth mentioning, you don't always get to see a jam game where the devs make a backstory, but the gameplay was a bit rough for me.
Super cute! It took me a second to understand the gameplay, but once it clicked it made a lot of sense and I really enjoyed the gameplay! You guys did a nice job introducing the new mechanics at a good pace. I managed to beat all nine levels, great work!
a-huua
2023-05-02 02:16
I love the art style and mood! The jump from the 2nd level was quite a difficulty gap and a bit unforgiving since it makes you restart the level after doing one confirming one mistake, which makes your brain gears work!
vtranr
2023-05-02 03:20
Love the art and sound, also really great puzzle potential, but figuring out the movement was pretty confuding and could be a bit frustrating in that regard.
z0rg
2023-05-02 11:38
Well done ! I think there is a bug on level 2 ? I can't make it through the bushings ><
hmrpf
2023-05-02 17:02
-spoiler- @zorg Not a bug, just difficult to read. The cat will follow the tile on the bottom left only if you put a diagonal from top to right but careful. There is top right looks really close too left bottom. It becomes clearer after a bit.
Great game ! But as many comments already said, pretty unclear at first. When you get everything, it becomes way better. But the pacing is a bit slow on the bigger level. There is a lot of potential, and the design is really cool. It could really be a good game with only few adjustments ! Great job and entry for this jam ! congratz !
Nice game! I think it would be nice after a while to be able to place multiple tiles before confirming them.
I agree that placing all the tiles at once then confirming would be better and add a more strategic approach to it but overall a great game
Pretty fun to play, However, I found having to click confirm after every placement to be rather cumbersome.
emojibea
2023-05-02 22:24
Super fun and cute game! Like others, I had a bit of trouble with the second level, but once I got my "ah-ha!" moment, it was cruising from there.
argaf
2023-05-02 22:30
Very cute concept and graphics! Although not very much user friendly with the way paws get disposed. Also, I think there's some bug when clicking on the paws and confirming: Screenshot 2023-05-03 at 00-29-23 The Stork Purrsuit by François Goret SilasFaer sailorocean.png
wolfier
2023-05-02 22:31
Game's a bit confusing, I'm not sure how your supposed to get past level.
This game is very cute! I think one way you could solve the issue of some people not understanding gameplay at first is to curve the paw prints so it looks more like a right angle than a diagonal. On the second level I found myself expecting the cat to move diagonally after placing a diagonal track.
shenoit
2023-05-03 10:17
The game is cute! I loved the atmosphere and the gameplay is easy to pick up (although the last level is... difficult, haha). But I will manage to defeat the stork gang!
Yay! Cat delivery!
Cute graphics and cute story. The soundtrack also goes well with the style. The mechanics is a little unclear at the beginning but it feels comfortable when I understood the gameplay. I like the dog puzzles, that players need to count the number of rounds and planning route ahead of time.
Yet there is a small problem that the pixel size is not consistent among sprites, especially for the duck XD. Though the graphics is still great after all. Nice job!
Congrats on delivering 9 levels in such a timeframe! Mechanics are well thought, it was a bit confusing in the first version but the new update made everything much easier to grasp. Having the spawn point randomly being vertical or horizontal is a nice touch.
Thank you all for your feedbacks ! We just released a new version with, we hope, better angles on the paw tiles, please let us know if that's better ! Screenshot 2023-05-03 at 14.44.19.png
Fun game! I think that placing each paw print is simple enough that a confirmation each time feels a little burdensome, but otherwise a nice little puzzle. Graphics and music are fun, well done!
good game! Would be interesting if there where more action blocks to spice things up, maybe a jump or something
Nice game! I like the mechanics and puzzle. Would have been nice if it was faster between the rounds. Felt a little bit boring when I had the whole path to the goal calculated, but needed to wait and place each block. - Maybe a "fast track mode" could have been possible where you place all the pieces at the start ant press confirm. :)
syudzius
2023-05-07 19:28
Nice puzzle game, art is very cute :)
longv
2023-05-08 06:59
It's a cat game so of course it will be good :smile: Anw, the graphics are nice and the gameplay has some nice puzzle as well. Here are just a few small things I notice: - The instruction sometimes overlaps the game in the top left corner. Maybe you can place it somewhere else or have it dismiss after some time. - I think in level 2 or 3, it seems that I made a wrong move and the stork caught me but I didn't see any of them around. Basically I didn't know what I've done wrong. Anw, great efforts!
adjo
2023-05-10 22:12
The game itself is nice, it looks great and the addition of music is nice. I do think having to confirm every tile is a bit annoying. I think either having no confirm or confirm after placing all tiles would feel a bit smoother.
zyrus
2023-05-14 09:17
Aaaw, such a cute idea ^^
It's a really cool puzzle game. The graphics are very cute. The only thing I would like is to be able to set up the entire path at once and start it.
Cute puzzle game, took me a little while to realise that the path parts go in a specific direction i.e. straight up and straight down are different even though the icon in top left of the piece looks the same, just a minor thing. Anyway, liked the theming, pixel art was very cute and tubaey music fit the feel nicely too. Agree with @adjo having to confirm each tile is annoying, anything to speed up the process would make it flow better so you can just enjoy solving the actual puzzle. All felt pretty polished though, Solid Effort.
Very cute art, nice sound design, puzzle/mechanics were a touch simple but I think tastefully implemented. Nice job!
I liked this game! Seems very easy and obvious at first, but when the dog comes everything becomes more challenging! Little downside though, having to validate every turn makes the game a little bit slow to play ^^'