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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
201738A Small World👥K.R.A.B.S.jam5853.043.042.692.083.373.651.472.81

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Comments by Max Carter

LD38 — A Small World

Super Snowman Spider Showdown Supreme by TheClintHennesy 2017-05-01T18:36:56Z

This game is absolutely gorgeous! The 2D art for the UI, menu and intros is fantastic and the models all look great too. The fun little animations like the snowman bobbing up and down really add to the atmosphere and go with the music. Speaking of the music, I'm not sure if you guys did that or whether you got it online but while the music was very fitting the loop got repetitive and noticeable very quickly.

The gameplay was short and sweet (well shorter in my case at least, couldn't get past the 200~ mark). Good fun, but there were a couple of things I noticed that made the game a little harder. The camera is a little disorientating. I'm afraid I can't really explain how, but it's something to do with how you turn and then the firing angle in relation to that. There was also a little window between clicking and firing, which meant if you moved the mouse too early the carrot would be shot and miss the spider. I also noticed a small cooldown between when you could fire shots which could maybe be made clearer with a UI element of some kind. The last thing would be to do with the gingerbread men. The HUD gingerbread at the top at possibly a bit small as they're quite hard to notice. Also I didn't even realise there was more than 3 gingerbread men in the game scene until my second playthrough (already lost one in the first playthrough by the time I noticed the HUD lol!). The didn't realise there was actual gingerbread men in the game scene protecting the village either. Initially I saw 3 gingerbread men on the HUD and thought they were just a lives system. When they went red, I assumed that meant I had lost a life. Then I noticed they disappeared entirely if you lost one but that didn't occur to me until playthrough 2.

Hope this feedback helps somewhat. Honestly it's a great game with a lot of potential!

... and I hate to be that guy, but they can't technically be arachnids if they only have 6 legs ;)

K.R.A.B.S. by limejuice123 2017-05-01T18:40:56Z

@togis I actually just got on in time for the livestream on twitch! I don't have an account however so I merely watched. Historymaker seemed to be in chat helping you along though which is great. The feedback was very much appreciated and thanks for the publicity!

K.R.A.B.S. by limejuice123 2017-05-01T19:18:25Z

@theclinthennesy Thanks for playing man! Yeah unfortunately the web build is lower quality in almost every aspect (we had to lower it for the web build) but we thought we'd make one just in case people can't download it. It's unfortunate it's not as smooth as the downloaded version and the lag is a huge issue. We've got an AI in progress so 1 player should be possible at some point in the future. We realised making a 2 player local multiplayer game was a bit risky from the start but now we're expanding so it'll hopefully be less of an issue soon.

Thanks for all the feedback, it's greatly appreciated! We'll work on doing something about that web build if we can!

LD42 — Running out of space

Dear Leader's Diet Plan by Historymaker118 2018-08-15T22:02:35Z

Good fun and great audio as always. Shame I couldn't join you for this one, but hopefully if you continue it I can help you with some visuals and stuff. Good work!