Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD60 → Clam Hunters
By toppervideogames and maakole
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count | LD60 | Ever | |
| Overall | 23 | |||||
| Fun | 23 | |||||
| Innovation | 22 | |||||
| Theme | 23 | |||||
| Graphics | 23 | |||||
| Audio | 22 | |||||
| Humor | 21 | |||||
| Mood | 22 | |||||
I really liked the character graphics, especially the otters,they were sooo cute! For next time, I’d suggest adding a few more explanations or hints about what the player is supposed to do, as it was a bit difficult to understand at first. Overall, though, it was a really cute game!
Those little otters carrying enormous stones are adorable! I love the pink character sprites against the soft turquoise water. Helping them get their clams is such a sweet, simple premise, and the oversized rocks give them loads of personality.
I really like the monster designs and the 2.5D look you went for. Controls also feel smooth. From a gameplay point of view, I guess there could be more ways for the player or otters to interact with each other and the environment. Would be fun to see how the game could be scaled up for a bigger world (yes I want to have an army of otters).
The characters look great, especially the enemies with their tentacles! But sometimes it was hard to figure out what I was supposed to do.
Art was great. But agree that it wasn't clear what to do. Took me a bit to realize that having otters throw rocks was a mechanic until I stumbled into one and eventually realized it was throwing the rocks.
Unusually, funny assistants and opponents, but the landscape does not as much limit my jumps, so I was able to jump twice :)
2.5D aesthetic is top for this kind of games! The game is so addictive
Awesome, your game is magnificent! I had a blast playing it, really cool stuff. I absolutely love your concept, you came up with a great idea!
This character design feels familiar ;)
Art is great, sounds are nice (they kinda remind me of DK64).
Game itself is kinda weird though? I managed to beat it in like, less than a minute I think. Incredibly short! I managed to get out of the win screen to explore the map, and it's huge! There's just nothing out there? I fell off the edge eventually lol
Like I said the art is great of course, but the graphics are a bit glitchy. The rock piles get culled to early, the camera seems to clip things strangely, and the camera motion near the very first enemy is quite strange. I didn't even realize the world was actually 3D at first, I didn't even realize you could jump. The floating platform was really messing with my sense of space until I figured it out.
If the technical issues were fixed and the world was filled out a bit more, I think this could be a cool concept. I'm always a sucker for pikmin-esque games!
@mohidthedev Definitely got some ideas to expand on this, maybe add some more animals alongside the otters.
@alchemic My sound guy is a huge Rare fan, he'll definitely be happy to hear that~ Yeah, didn't have enough time to do everything I wanted, so it's super short with only 4 enemies since the level was laid out basically at the last hour. But I definitely want to keep working on it after Ludum. Thank you for playing, and for such detailed feedback!
Love my little otter squad. and like mentioned in other comments it took me some time to figure out what I had to do.
The art is amazing. The otters are sometimes a bit not-cooperative, but good game.
Visual is really good, especially visual of main hero =D I like conceptions: we need to recruit simps for destroying our enemies (just joke).
I killed all the critters and that's it? The thing I found most interesting is how you mix 2D sprites with the 3D animated appendages of the critters.
P.D.: Never mind, I replayed it and got the win screen this time.
:) Very cute! Can't go wrong with otters! I like the commanding-minions gameplay. Obviously, we could use more level design and a bit longer gameplay, but what you have here is good! Nice art. Good sounds. This was fun!