Cat Royale: Cattlegrounds by Jesús González 2018-08-15T13:28:33Z
This is fun... almost impossible to kill someone though (for my skill)!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Julia-Lundman
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | Ballad of the Bard | jam | 19 | 4.37 | 4.23 | 4.39 | 4.30 | 4.63 | 3.85 | 4.47 | |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | Miss Eyesore | jam | 203 | 3.77 | 3.20 | 2.94 | 3.29 | 4.10 | 3.76 | 1.83 | 4.13 |
This is fun... almost impossible to kill someone though (for my skill)!
This is quite a nice little bullethell! My first reaction was like many's: THe sound is horribly loud. Even with y headphones being at 8% volume. Ears would have a shock there if they were on louder ^^;. The music and the mood is classical and really nice! What confused me most in the game was my own health. At first I was really cautious about not getting hit, but after a while it got really difficult, and, I realised that I don't have a healthbar displaying how well I do. I also realised that I could take very many bullets without dying and this made me push the limits. I think that the health rate seems good for being such a hard bullet hell after a few levels, but it also makes you think you can take too much. The problem is therefore the balance of difficulity and health in my opinion! (I mmight have missed something though but this is my impression) I gotta say it was a nice game though! I really got in the mood to blow up some spaceships! :)
I like the energy you've put on things that makes the game look alive, such as screenshake, black fading screens, raining firelumps and such; thay're really nice. It's a cute narrative, bu I'd wanted some way to fast forward the text when you read faster than it writes itself. I was also a bit confused on where I was, since I wanted to get back the way I came, but had to go a completely different way. It wasn't much of a problem though since there weren't many options on where to go. The colours are fitting and the game is overall nice.
Ah this is quite an innovative idea! It's too strugglesome for little me to get a friend to join me and set up a phone for it... but I like the concept! I ended up playing it alone and the art is so adorable! I couldn't stop saying "oh no little cutie, don't fly away with my ones!" ...except the green hand maybe.. that's not so cute.. It has a feeling of a well made game though c:. I missed having a pause or menu button or even an exit button... But maybe I just missed something. Again: I like the idea very much!
Oh I like this. It's incredible how many functions and models you've made on three days. The atmosphere is nice and the game is challenging an entertaining way. Even with the nice little introduction it took me a while to figure out to place out buildings and especially replace homes. The thing I missed the most though... an exit button! ^^
This reminds me of a good ol' arcade game. It's addicting, fun and easy to understand. Helpful text and clear graphics. Since it gets harder and increasingly smaller area at the same time, it is quite fun to beat your own scores. It's really satisfying to hit those zombies! Good job! (Oh! But for some reason I couldn't move properly in the direction I wanted. couldn't see if this was intended in the game or a bug though)
While I see some points where I would like improvement, this game still really got to me. The music and the overall feeling and mood is excellent. It reminds me a little of firewatch for some reason. The story is beautiful and digs into my bones, but the choices you have to make doesn't really have an effect on the game. Sure, you get really frustrated and sad when you read about all the things you wanted to save for him, but since there is no inclining on what you chose after the game has ended there is also too little consequence over it. I believe you could improve his and show the player the full burden of his or her actions in the endgame. (It was also a little bit confusing that you didn't immediately understand if the list of consequences was for saving a memory or discarding it) To make the game even more intriguing maybe you could work on the UI for the saving slots too? I don't know, but I see a lot of potential in this game! It was utterly beautiful so a 5 star on both mood and audio! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to play this fantastic game!
This is a really nice game. I love the conversations that change and the cat and that you can choose partner/character and everything. After a few days I got a hang of it and started really trying my best to earn "partner"'s love. However, it was gamebreaking to me that after a while some bug with the conversations came up. Sometimes partner starts with "I've been thinking..." and then immediately after she says she needs to go to work! Sometimes she says shes dissatisfied and I still have done my utmost and get 100%. Sometimes a day skips and I end up with 4 boxes outside of the house after one night... I end up further away from the goal.. It was however a really nice game so I hope you can fix these bugs in the future! It was funny and looked good and had a fitting music! I was indeed entertained and played it for quite some time!
Hi! It's a properly working game and I was encouraged to play through the 5 minutes. However, the instructions are quite unclear and it took me a while to even figure out when I got points or not. Some sort of commandlist or indication on when you can recieve points would be great! :) I do like the idea for theme very much though. Good luck in the future!
Oooh this is cool. Puzzle games aren't easy to make, but this is brilliant! It goes perfectly with the theme and has a nice glowy feel to it and the puzzles are both fun and challanging. It almost reminds me of portal ^^. The mechanics are great and the instructions aren't too few. I don't know what there's not to like really!
I really liked the idea of choosing a reward from the crystals and both the graphics and animations are fantastic! I got easily addicted which is a good thing! Falling through the floor was a liiittle bit cranky and I noticed I could walk in the hole to prevent falling down fast. I also experienced some bug where the game would take a held walk-direction-key as an input when I wasn't pressing any of them which was strange, but I think that the gae was one of the best I've played yet even so! A great job done really! :)
I like the art a lot :) It's a well done game, but, a bit annoying because you can't really structure where to put things because you don't know what will come. I like the humor in the tutorial as well!
The ap was a bit confusing for me so I couldn't find the things I needed in time and at last I gave up. It is clear what you need to do though! Very good indicators in the corner. It's a huge game and map for being made in such a short time! It is indeed a bit like our game like you said c; (Miss Eyesore). I did enjoy it and it looked quite nice!
Hello! I am one of the developers of a game you rated (Miss Eyesore) and believe it or not, even if I made a horror game for this Ludum dare, I do not dare to play yours! I'm a real scaredy-cat ^^. From what I saw when I opened the game: The graphics are splendid! The dim atmosphere made me want to bring up the brightness of my screen to feel safer but NOPE it was already maxed out! In my thought process I felt that I had to keep going since you left such a nice review for us, as a thanks, but... after the knocking on the door I immediately closed the game-tab... So a great performance on the audio too! The whole feeling of just entering the game was too eerie for me. I will rate with this in mind. BUT I will however also force my boyfriend to play it for me so I will still give a fair vote! I can already tell you've done a great job!
Like most people have said, and they're right: The pixel art and animations in this game are fantastic. The music, colours and mood are all perfect. It feels lika a well made game when you play it, but however: The intro fades after you've played it. After surviving through the night I forgot that there were monsters or hallucinations or anything at all. I think it would need something more than just keeping the dark abay. It is a really nice game though, you've done a great job :)
Ahah aww I did not expect this chill attitude and cuteness to a ld game! I gotta say I love the whole thing with taking screenshots for your mother and picking whichever flowers you want! I didn't quite understand what the hearts above the flowers were for though! I thought I picked a nice one.. but it had black hearts over it.. In the end it didn't seem to matter however! It leaves me a bit confused about the purpose but since the game (and art and sound) is so cute I don't really think it matters! Thanks for a nice playthrough!
I liked the sound effects a lot. But the game was a bit unclear. Thanks to your description of the game before downloading it I understood that you should eat fruit, but since you can't reach the fruit on the top of the screen and since you get game over from being too fat so fast, I started doubting this description. The game is really cute however and I like the little game icon :)
Hello! First of all: I like that the game was simple enough to figure out even without instructions. The name on the game makes it quite obvious, but after getting a few points for missing the shots I started understanding what to really do. I think the game would be a tiny bit improved by letting the difficulity be a little bit easier than it is in the beginning though. I like the cute art for the animals too :)
It's a really good idea! Simple but entertaining.
I love this idea! The theme with running out of PERSONAL space made me giggle. I love being chased by huggers and dashing to avoid them! This has a lot of potential, I'm sad that you didn't have tie to fix the wall colliders because it makes the "running out of space" more meaningless... I'm also sad I didn't get to see those talkers and callers! THey are surely amazing too! Great job making this game!
I like it! The mood was really nice and so were the graphics! It took me a while before I understood the concept of collecting crystals and the police cars but it was still fun when I just tried to avoid cars and buildings with a easily spinning car. So the best quality: Easy mechanics and beautifuk beautiful graphics! What you can improve: Maybe some extra explanation on how the game works? (I didn't find out about space-bar until my last run for example) c:
I love the graphics! It's a frustrating and fun game and looks well done. What I lacked, I think, is a system that rewards you somehow. Like points saying how well you done or just a screen with "good job ou took yourself a bit upwards". It is a bit hard for me too though. I could barely make it past branch 3 before giving up (that took a few attempts). It was fun and pretty though so good job! :)