gaalsien 2024-10-07 19:21
Cute game, nice audio, but beginning is very slow
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD56 → Slimeow Game
By quan-ran, YaYaGame and dennis112
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 159 | 3.97 | 121 | |
| Fun | 195 | 3.82 | 121 | |
| Innovation | 577 | 3.26 | 121 | |
| Theme | 354 | 3.90 | 121 | |
| Graphics | 155 | 4.31 | 121 | |
| Humor | 313 | 3.46 | 112 | |
| Mood | 158 | 4.02 | 121 |
Cute game, nice audio, but beginning is very slow
Cuteee retro
Graphics are amazing, good sound choice, and the overall mood is fun and engaging. Gameplay looks cool, but I gave up after a while cause it's way, way too long to gather fishes imo. I click once, then wait a minute or more before doing anything else. So looks like a fun game, but can't really tell atm. Other than that, it's very well made. Great work!
I'm just obsessed with this game! The art, the music, the vibe, it's all just delightful. Maybe sometimes the balance seems unstable, as I devote the whole game to just food and minimum for ammo, and still constantly have problems with food and never with defence, which seems weird. But still - I can't stop playing!
Nice graphics, very stylish. It feels like a classic retro game. I might want to be a bit more involved in the defense, rather than just managing it. It was enjoyable to play =)
It's unfortunate that the pacing is so slow, because it does look really cute. I feel like with these types of games you can't have the player wait for longer than 20 seconds, especially in the beginning. The graphics are simple, but they work really well with the CRT filter.
Super polished little game! Quite a nicely balanced loop. Well done :)
love it
Nice character design, art and music! I would definitely buy it if it expands to a full idle game and I can watch my cat realm grow larger.
The style of this game is super awesome! Super cute!
One of my favorites! Really love the whole retro aesthetic going on here, animations while tiny, feel so alive and impactful, nice sounds, good music, and I loved about everything about it. Though it felt extremely slow, I kept it running for a while and it seemed to not get that much more difficult. Perfect for keeping this on and just switching to it once in a while. :)
Thank you all for your feedback, it is very helpful!
Our original plan was to implement auto-saving, which would allow players to enjoy the game at a slower pace. However, implementing this feature on hosting platforms like itch.io turned out to be somewhat complicated, and we eventually didn't manage to do it in time
Pace at the start is quite slow, but the graphics, sound fx are great to watch/listen while you wait :smile: Very cool entry though.
really good game with nice graphic and music performance, love it
Just an update, this is after ~50 minutes of playing :smile: there's a 125k upgrade?aaaaaaaa.png
@merdeboi Indeed, maybe we should provide separate upgrade options for each weapon.
Seems like I'm not the first one noticing, that the graphics are really amazing. Everything is super clean, sound design is nice and it's a lot of fun. The slow pace is a little unfortunate since I'd spend a lot of time waiting for the next upgrade and the enemies aren't that big of a challenge. I did the 25k Upgrade and quit when seeing the 125k one but couldn't resist the urge to ask our friend and helper Cheat Engine to show me what was coming...
This is some pro game dev at work, incredibly cute graphics, nice retro sounds and look overall, very VERY polished, the game feels intuitive, and the tooltips very very useful. Really impressed by the game. I reached the third fishy research, but it didn't seem to start firing for a long time? Couldn't figure out to make it fire, it seems random?
@magopian Thanks for playing! It's a close range turret, so it becomes useful when there are more enemies and they get closer
This is so cute, the graphics and music are very addictive, i could have played all day waiting to get enough fish for the next update !
ooooooh right, makes sense now that you're explaining it ;) (i rarely had close ennemies yet, at that point in the game). Did leave it on auto-play for a long time, and managed to unlock the 4th fishy reserch, that's some big fish :D
Very nice I lost some time to this! It feels super polished and has a great cohesive style.
Good gameplay, the balance feels really nice but it's a slow start waiting to build up the initial fish! Maybe a 2x speed or some balancing.
The sfx were all great and fitting, the track is cool even after looping a few times!
Really cool Gnorp-inspired idler take! I think if you added a couple different ways/buildings to spend fish and slimes, you could totally make this into a full-fledged thing - great work!
Enjoyed this, but it sits somewhere on the boundary between idle game and tower defence. Maybe a bit too slow in the beginning, but fun nonetheless. Plus the art is great!
The presentation is fantastic! The game is also pretty clear. It needs some balancing so the player doesn't have to wait so long. The game also doesn't feel very 'tiny creatures' to me, it seems more like a coat of paint over the game.
I really liked this game! It's awesome!
so cute, and just my type of game!
The game I spent the most time in at this jam.
Feels really polished, the music and SFX are SO good.
Slick and fun game. I love the little cats. I only wish it ramped up a bit faster!
ЭТО ПРОСТО НЕРЕАЛЬНО КРУТО! ОБОЖАЮ КОТОВ И ПИКСЕЛЬНЫЕ ИГРЫ. Я В ВОСТОРГЕ!
Really cute. Graphics are simple but right where they need to be. Slow burn but fun.
OMG I can't believe that three people made an automation tower defense in just 72 hours, it's absolutely incredible, and on top of that, with kawaii slime kittens, amazing! The theme was very well applied, I love it
Very impressive retro monochrome pixel style! Who can resist a cat army? The idea of an automated idle tower defense is great. Everything is good except the pace is a bit slow!
Fun little idle game, I love the art style with these cute blobby cats. :smile:
Although I found either the pace too slow or the fact that you can loose an issue. It cannot really be "idle" or you risk of loosing and there are times where you have to wait a lot before being able to unlock something. So moving it one way or the other would improve the game I think !
I fell in love with this art style. Music and SFX so good, oh my...
I played your game for about an hour and a half :) Very cool retro art and sound, a special plus for the cats, about whom we also made a game :) Among the minuses - it often turns out that you sit for a long time and do nothing, while resources accumulate and some improvements are noticeably more important than others. Overall - a great game!
Enjoyed it quite a bit!
My only complaint would be that it's slow to advance and you lack means to accelerate time or repair your tower... and then suddenly there is an endless line of enemies that you are not prepared to and need 5k$ to be prepared.
Still, very nice entry!
This game is really fun! I really loved the art style and the music, they set up a really nice atmosphere for the game! It was a really fun little management sim to pop people back and forth.
I will say that at times the balancing seems a little bit odd, since you tend to be really pressed to get to the next fishy upgrade if you upgrade anything else, but all in all it was a great jam game!
Really cute game with great art. It's a little slow but I've been playing it as an idle game in the background and it's working pretty well
This is a neat game with a cute atmosphere! I think it's a neat idea to make an idle tower defense fishing simulator game haha. I noticed you opted out of audio, so I won't let this affect any scoring but I did think the music had maybe too short of a loop for this game. Something longer and more chill would fit the vibe a bit better I think. I also thought the progression was a bit slow, but perhaps that was intentional for the idle-ness of the game. The graphics were great though, love the 2-bit visuals with the CRT filter on top! Ultimately, easy to understand and a fun idle game to have running while I do other things. Good work!
Simple, but good looking visuals! Fun idea, even if it could be a little faster. Cute cats! :cat:
What a game! Quite fun, well done with the gameplay, art and balance. With a bit of more balancing you might just have the next big hit :) Woul've been nice to have had a wave counter so you could compare with people, but other than that you guys did an amazing job with this one! Skärmklipp.PNG
Love the art style, and the incremental upgrades kept me interested for longer than I'd expected. I wish there was a way to speed up/slow down time though. Great entry!
The visual is absolutely amazing! Love the art and graphics. Gaming mechanics wise, it can get a bit repetitive as time goes on. I believe adding bosses and stuff could make the game juicier.
Overall a great game! Hope to see more from you later on!
This escalated to WH40k levels of slaughter very quickly :D
Honestly, really cool game, though I wish there was at least some form of end state. Anyway, tremendous job. Cheers.
I like the simplicity of this game. Not sure how quickly it expands, have not noticed any progress in first five minutes. Also really cute animations and how it sync with the music; :smile_cat:
Here is my attempt:
https://youtu.be/txuKaDNyQAs
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The game's art and music have a minimalist beauty to them. As a cat-loving player (though I’m hesitant to admit it), seeing more and more cats joining the fight was a really joyful experience.
I’m not sure how long I spent on it, but I think I finished the game (did I really finish it? At least all my upgrades seem to be maxed out).
Like many others have mentioned, the game's pacing is indeed too slow. I guess the gameplay you intended was for the player to balance between economic growth and firepower for killing enemies, shifting cat resources between the two. However, the current enemies lack elite stages, bosses, or 'waves of zombies approaching,' so the player only needs to continuously invest in economy without worrying much about offense. If there were periodic enemy threats that posed a real danger to the player, I believe the game would be much more fun!
I think this game has great potential and plenty of room for expansion! Looking forward to your updates!"
I really love that minimalistic look!
Wonderful game! I maxed out all the stats as well. 18 slimeows are feeding the village, while two interns with full veteran status keep the war machine going. I got really hooked into the gameplay loop. Figuring out how to best get the left bar down and the right bar up felt super satisfying, especially with the large amount of options the upgrades provide. When it all comes together, it just feels wonderful. Art style is lovely, the Slimeows look super cute as they meow around. SFX also play into how satisfying everything feels, while the meowchers mow down the bobtails the arrow sounds feel really good. Amazing game all around, very well done!
Hello! I played your game and got super addicted :D I managed to max out everything and overall thought it was very fun. I agree with others that its maybe a bit too slow, it could use a speed up time button like some simulation games have. Also maybe some kind of kitty boss as the last enemy would have been cool too. These are nitpicky things, I thought your game was awesome :)
Pretty solid tower defence with cats, nice artstyle and calm progression. Nice and simple, very good!
This game design really nails the theme of the jam! Though the pacing feels a bit slow for a game jam entry. With a few extra features, I could totally see this becoming a great casual game. The art are super cute. Thanks for sharing! :smile_cat:
Fun entry! I agree with the above comments about the pacing, it starts imo too slow and also I didn't find it very challenging as it progressed. I really liked the art style, minimalistic and fits the game so well. Well done!
Ended up playing this for a while - I didn't max everything out like others, but it was nice! Takes a while to build up, and I only ever failed once because I didn't prioritize the first weapon upgrade. It's got a slower, incremental pace rather, but I won't complain! Cute graphics, cool music (selection?) too. Good job!
I'm pretty into this kind of genre I'd say! I got a lots of fun! Game crashed before I max out everything! 20241012-095028.jpg
Oh my Meow! I love this! Spent a good 1 hour to Max everything out. But it kept going and going so I stopped lol. Maybe I needed faster fishies and didn't push more for it, it took a while.
Gnorp is my top 3 games that I played this year and I spent a whole weekend completing it. I will pay money for this game on Steam and happily sacrifice another weekend for it :smile:
Like everyone mentioned before me, yes, game needs balance, especially the beginning and the last quarter.
Thank you for making it!
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This game is awesome, I played it for ages to unlock everything. This idea would make a really nice mobile / idle game!
The art is beautiful, it's super clean and works perfectly with the gameplay. Same as the audio, the music is relaxing and the sound effects are satidfying.
Really good work on this submission, it's easily one of my favourites! I hope you take this idea further in the future, I'll be watching for more!
Really nice game! And i really like the music and the retro graphics
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Very fun little game! I think I played the balance update version since I played it on the web, so I kept my ratings modest since I figure it's still probably very close.
I died the first time because I didn't save up for fishy research and got overwhelmed. After that I kept playing because I was hoping to unlock more stuff after fishy research, then I thought about quitting since it was obviously not happening, but I saw all these screenshots where everyone maxed out everything so I decided to keep going.
Only, I decided not to max out the fish pond since that was just a distraction from maxing out fishy research since you reach an equilibrium quite a few upgrades before I stopped clicking the "more fish" button. Also, the tower doesn't really use ammo fast enough to have any incentive to put any cats into it, at least by endgame times. I wanted to find the perfect balance of my 20 maxed out cats, but never needed to add any more back to the tower after I lowered it to 1. :shrug:
Anyway, this is really fun, and I know you opted out of audio but I'm absolutely bopping to the gentle sounds of chiptune SFX layered on top the the dulcet tones of a woman who is I think whispering 'audiojungle.com' to me, but maybe I'm hearing what I want to hear since it's so quiet. Seriously, what is this music track you used? It's so pleasant to listen to :smile_cat:
@papabirb
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I'm pretty sure I'm at the end since everything's maxed out. The pixel art is very clean and cute and I had a fun time with the game's loop. I played the itch.io balanced version I think because when I downloaded the windows version, the beginning felt a little waitey for me so the balanced version felt just right.
Nice game! The sound is amazingly good, love that retro sound :) Gameplay is nice, maybe would've loved something a little more engaging but I still enjoyed it :) Art style is really nice too, overall a great game :)
Tower defenses are not my favorite style of game, so I can't tell if the progress is too slow or if I just don't know how to play, because it seems like things stay the same for a long time.
I loved the art with this old screen look. It reminds me of when I used to play on 286 computers. And I love 1-bit art.
The music won my heart. I could listen to it for hours. It's so cute.
Congratulations!
Really cool entry, well done!
I really like the art style and the loop feels well balanced if a lil slow in the beginning but I really enjoyed it overall!
Really loved the art and aesthetic. Charming animations and sound effects. The gameplay seemed really balanced too; we tried greed economy but got wrecked. Maybe a better explanation of what each upgrade did would have helped a bit, but otherwise, it's a perfect little fun package!
cuuute cats but why they fight against cats too :scream_cat: anyway cool game
Cats? :ballot_box_with_check: Slimes? :ballot_box_with_check: Great graphics? :ballot_box_with_check: Great sounds? :ballot_box_with_check: Fun? :ballot_box_with_check:
Amazing game!
Amazing and unique graphics!
Graphics are beatiful, I love the CRT TV look. Gameplay is fun and audio is engaging. Great game!
Nice game,very interesting plot!!!!Nice job!!!!
Fun game. Graphics are great. The balance could use a bit of work, as I easily maxed everything out. I found you only needed one bone guy to keep the tower going until near the end, and even then you only need to add a second guy. Once you realize that you can max out collecting from the pond to ramp up your fish quickly. Having said all that it did entertain me enough that I stuck around to the endgame. Good stuff :8ball:
Graphics and soundtrack are nice, gameplay is relaxing and enjoyable.
Really enjoyed this, it feels like this could easily be expanded into a fuller game based on the time I spend maxing out this version already. Would love to see even more building options and enemy types, it definitely hit a point where the game almost became an idler but honestly not a bad thing. Great job!
Enjoyable game, and very cute cat theme! I found the rhythm a bit slow, but the very cool pixel art and crt visuals made up for it!
Incredible artstyle and super polished, the pacing was a bit off in my opinion
What the actual f. ? This game is really, really good, I loved it. There isn't anything I can say that can improve it.
Really good job !
I guess I'm done here :) Cool game guys! As you can see I spent a lot of time playing it :) It was fun!
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absolutely in love with the aesthetics! what a gem of a game
Love how the game looks! A bit slow to get going but it's fun
Well done! I love the simple graphics and the cute characters. I think I'd like to see more enemy / attack variety as it gets a little repetitive by the end, but for a jam game it's well-scoped and entertaining!
This was a super cute game! It felt a little repetitive (toward the end I was just bouncing between more fish in the pond, more "fishy research", and then upping the cheap upgrades to get the fish faster) but it was super cute. And I LOVED that you have that level of balance in there in the first place! Incremental games are my absolute favorite and if they include loss, it's always like "well now you came back with all these upgrades!" which removes any stress of failure.
All of that to say this is a terrific entry and I loved it! One of my favorites between the art style, the fun music, and the balancing of upgrades.
Cool game with cool art! Might need a bit more things to scale but the idea is there. Congrats for your entry
Simple, clean, effective... overall, good job! Balancement could still take some tweaks, but other than that, really solid jam entry!
I love tower defense games, this one was so much fun, I love the aesthetic as well!! great job!!!