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CORNERED

By markais and tsukrus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall514.2238
Fun214.3138
Innovation834.1036
Theme154.6238
Graphics1174.3438
Humor2183.6535
Mood2243.9436

Comments

lorddaniel 2023-10-03 10:12

I think it is bugged at level 4, I can't place the last piece on each attempts, the rat just jumps around. But good idea and implementation

tsukrus 2023-10-03 10:16

@lorddaniel the win/lose screens are bugged xD. If the mouse jumps around, it means that it has escaped. The level should restart after that :D

beats 2023-10-03 10:17

An aesthetically polished puzzle game, the way the mouse moved felt a bit random, wasn't always sure how it would respond when placing the pieces down in the later levels so a lot of trial and error involved but great job overall.

juyr 2023-10-03 10:21

Got to level 6 before I gave up. Was fun and fit the theme well. Seemed like the rat had repeatable behaviour but I wasn't sure what it would do on each level so I had to figure that out before I could solve it. Perhaps a directional indicator of some kind could have helped a lot?

dixma 2023-10-03 10:22

Nice graphics and music. But i cant pass the level 4

tsukrus 2023-10-03 10:24

I guess we will have to upload a walkthrough:D

ofiro 2023-10-03 10:24

Fellow rodent game :) I like it but I too couldn't place the last object on level 4.

The music really hyped me up, and I enjoyed the rat moving to the beat :) since the first few levels are short, I think the tune should have kept playing instead of restarted.

Good job!

barbabulle 2023-10-03 10:25

Love it !

rongon 2023-10-03 10:25

Amazing entry, although I couldn't pass level 4 (i'm too tired for this). It's really polished, the transitions, the rat animation and bouncing around when it escapes, the music and sounds - everything is top notch, you can release it immediately :)

gorglomux 2023-10-03 10:28

Very cute puzzle game, the graphics are astonishingly good, a way to display the mouse next movement would have been lovely !

soot-potato 2023-10-03 10:28

Niiiiiice and well polished !!

tsukrus 2023-10-03 10:33

@gorglomux, @juyr Mouse has it's own AI and it only moves after the player places an object:)

jadener 2023-10-03 10:37

Absolutely amazing!!! The rat is really well animated and with so much character! Its also so hateable, in a good way, for acting in a clever way :D The music is catchy, the puzzles hard enough so its fun and its overall well balanced. Probably my favourite game so far in this jam, I really hope it does well.

falestress 2023-10-03 13:03

The mouse is so cuute ! Very nice and and good polish ! GG

byzilio 2023-10-03 22:15

AMAZING!

fusionnist 2023-10-04 00:21

Really good entry! I got to beat all ten levels too! Because you can't always guess where the rat might move, there's a bit of guessing and trial and error to gameplay. Which wasn't too bad, but I did complete a few levels by luck. Still had fun playing this, and really liked the music and graphics. (Cute!!!)

markais 2023-10-04 00:36

@fusionnist Thanks for playing! The rat always makes the best moves to survive as long as possible - so you have to think a couple of moves in advance (like finding a checkmate in a game of chess)

fusionnist 2023-10-04 02:52

@markais I did notice that- darn that rat! It's smarter than me! I assume as the developer you had a way clearer approach to visualizing it. Maybe I'd get the hang of it too, after a while :D

haywirejo 2023-10-04 06:27

Super challenging and with some charm and polish as well, overall super enjoyed this, It was frustrating that I couldn't anticipate the rats movement, spent maybe an hour to complete this! Good job​

ategon 2023-10-04 06:55

Thanks for submitting your game to the stream! If you wanted to watch it again in the future heres the vod timestamped to your game

https://youtu.be/09NnjP74yFU?si=LZ0fMRYfVoAOiyKe&t=3735

yammming 2023-10-04 19:42

really fun and charming game!!! the rat is definitely smarter than i am. it feels like chess for sure. My only nitpick is that the music changes are a bit abrupt, I kept on wanting to hear the theme play on because it got really catchy and fun, but when I finished the level it would play it back to the beginning. Overall amazing though, and the graphics and tutorial level are all gorgeous + very much appreciated >:)

pro4 2023-10-04 21:41

Really enjoyed playing through these puzzles. I think there is a pretty good build up of difficulty, with the final puzzle reach a fitting pinnacle of complexity. Great job constructing these puzzles and making the rat smart enough to avoid obvious situations it could lose.

boyar 2023-10-04 21:48

Amazing game, very hard pazzles, loved the art, hate the rat, stuck on the 9th level.

upd

i understand the way of the mouse now

i've beaten all 10 of them

praise for the rat king

snikur 2023-10-04 22:38

Beat all 10 levels! Great game, fun graphics, wish it had a volume/music slider.

markais 2023-10-04 23:05

@boyar @snikur thats hype, the rat is not an easy one to fool :D

euler-moises 2023-10-05 02:00

I loved it! Everything about it is good!

I see the seed of a game that could become bigger and bear good fruit.

Congratulations!

iron-head 2023-10-05 17:54

I couldn't beat it. The game looks amazing, the sound is right. The idea is clever. Good job.

yndajas 2023-10-06 00:40

Poor rat 😢 fun idea and nice presentation and animations! I also couldn't work out how to get past level 4 (I think it was 4), but I enjoyed the experience!

jagman 2023-10-06 10:26

The absolute most popular LD54 game. The music is great, the idea is good. You are really catching a mouse!

krassenstein 2023-10-06 17:22

Thanks for letting me play this! Excellent job!

Here's the VOD on YouTube to watch the gameplay, just skip to your chapter on the video! https://youtu.be/-eCnQ8GAhN8

ausstein 2023-10-09 21:13

Thank you for submitting this to my stream. Had my problem solving abilities tested to the limit!

ausstein 2023-10-11 12:17

I found the Vod! I thought it was lost but turns out it was just not published!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1946756082?t=1h32m26s

jadener 2023-10-24 10:57

This was my absolute favourite game this jam ^^ Came to say this after just so it feels more sincere :D I also wanted to ask if theres a way how to get the main music track? Its absolutely awesome and my team couldnt get it out of their heads ^^

markais 2023-10-25 03:33

@jadener I'm really glad you liked it! We're considering turning this into a full game (mobile probably)! The song is called "You Tried" by "Eggy Toast", it's really hard to find, but you can see it here (7th one): https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eggy-toast/redaction :smile: