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Pack Goat Hero

By runningopenloop

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7093.4627
Fun8203.2027
Innovation7033.2427
Theme9643.1325
Graphics7193.5328
Audio3793.5528
Humor6762.8624
Mood8013.3526

Comments

javid-ladhani 2024-04-15 18:43

I really like the 8bit style of the game. Good job!

leorean 2024-04-16 08:32

Yay, another pico-8 entry :) Well done!

shaneshanekavanagh 2024-04-16 10:41

Nice one. Always liked the look of Pico-8.

zklau 2024-04-16 15:34

Pico-8 brings everyone together :smile: You guys made a nice game.

helviett 2024-04-16 16:31

Congrats on submission and keep it up! Graphics is awesome :fire:

alxje 2024-04-17 03:16

I really love the pixle style and your gameplay, very cool.

semenov 2024-04-17 18:38

Takes me back to my childhood! You and your children did a wonderful job!

jcoates 2024-04-17 22:11

Very cute, I love the music! I like all the different mission texts, too. I was a little confused by the combat mechanics at first, but I got it after a bit.

braktheman 2024-04-21 05:03

It felt like a real unique and interesting game to me! Congrats on what you did here. I was pretty lost the first few attempts but then I started completing some summons. Loved the audio and the atmosphere.

Great job to the whole family!

tucan 2024-04-22 00:00

This is a pretty cool game! It feels nostalgic! I hope you had lots of fun with your kids! Your game makes me really curious about the pico-8! Have a great jam!

bloodbane 2024-04-22 09:27

I can see the idea here but it's hard to win in this game if I keep getting attacked by wolves without any chance to recover. I won once because I choose easy tasks but if I had chosen harder tasks, I'm guaranteed to fail.

runningopenloop 2024-04-27 09:13

Thanks for the input @bloodbane , one of the things we need to figure out is how to handle encounters in the world map. (1) random encounters like we have now... but I think there needs to be a time-out to prevent repeat attacks. (2) icon of enemies on world map you can attempt to run away from. (3) safe havens / places to buy replenish.

True, as you play - you get an idea of where you are and were the summons are and can learn to pick the easy ones.

Upon completing a summons, you do get 3x goats. One of each attack goat, normal goat, pack goat. Ultimately I wanted to pack goats to be the keys to completing many of the quests... you have to pack the medicine/water/food/etc to destination.

captaindreamcast 2024-04-27 10:15

I protected the king as my third summon and I won the game! A beautiful perfect ending. I had a couple of runs, I think near the end my optimal strategy was to always go straight to the mission objective and ignore the roads, and try my best to eliminate all wolves before the attack goats die, as long as those goats (greatest of all times) are still around, everything is going well. And it worked out for the most part! I think I only lost one during my winning round.

Very fun game, I like the missions giving a lot of context to the world we are traversing. The fighting is cool too, I liked the way slashing the wolves felt, I think that was designed pretty well, both animation/art-wise and SFX-wise. Your kids did well creating the sounds and graphics! I had a lot of fun playing this game, great job!

bimbim 2024-04-28 20:52

pico-8 NICE !!!!!

cursedembassy 2024-05-01 19:01

chaos lol