Leave my Lettuce Alone :(

by neilo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Community★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%
Whilst your owner is away, you, a black cat, have been left to guard
the family's lettuce patches. It's currently breeding season for rabbits,
so there are lots of hungry kittens about.

Controls are very simple, the black cat will always follow your cursor,
and the rabbits will be avoiding the black cat whilst also trying to eat
all of the lettuce. The rabbits hate being seperated, so what you need to
do is try to split them up so they get scared and run away whilst simultaneously
preventing the lettuce patches from being eaten!

All game code is written in C++, and my own engine, Psybrus, was used.

PS: It is known to work in Linux under Wine, and also runs in OSX with Wine.

Comments24

mooosh
mooosh19 Dec 2011, 05:46
I couldn't get this to run (Windows 7), but it looks cool.
neilogd
neilogdauthor19 Dec 2011, 06:24
Only got XP at home (old machines), but I've got Vista in the office, so I'll give it a try out. That might be sufficiently new enough to test.
neilogd
neilogdauthor19 Dec 2011, 08:22
Updated. Silly issue related to threading. Testing on an 8 core Windows Vista machine using threaded rendering. Should be a'ok now :)
zapaman
zapaman19 Dec 2011, 09:32
Game ran great on my Windows 7 machine. The gameplay mechanics are interesting, although I had a hard time figuring out how exactly to win the stage! Great entry man, I love it :D
DeadlyFugu19 Dec 2011, 10:25
Ran fine for me...
AND IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME.
Matt Rix19 Dec 2011, 19:39
Nice game, ran great for me. I think the lettuce adds a lot to the gameplay of the game, rather than just splitting them up, you actually have to try to keep them away from the lettuce as well. The flocking mechanics are interesting, and actually seem quite believable, they really do seem like a bunch of silly flat bunnies hopping around.
Nonakesh
Nonakesh20 Dec 2011, 14:28
OH MY GOD THEY ARE MULTIPLYING! :O

It is a really funny concept and I like the style of the game... but... could you PLEASE make a version where the cat can eat those... monsters? :D
Frib20 Dec 2011, 17:05
Haha very nice, I gave up the second or third time when there were 3 rows... They always left in pairs D:

I really like the style of this game, well done
neilogd
neilogdauthor20 Dec 2011, 23:25
Oh yeah they are multiplying :P I don't want them to be eaten :'( I am gonna do work on it post LD, so any suggestions made here I will take into account :)

I would tell you the trick, but there is a trick that I figured out whilst playing it. Them leaving in pairs is actually emergent, I didn't code it to do that :P
neilogd
neilogdauthor20 Dec 2011, 23:26
*I would tell you the trick but I don't want to spoil it.
Hazard
Hazard21 Dec 2011, 06:48
Great idea with a lovely style. :)
amodo21 Dec 2011, 23:37
Very cute and an actual game with a real challenge. The only thing thats a little frustrating is the head start they get - hard to do a flawless victory ;) but... very adorable!
jeffz23 Dec 2011, 00:08
frustrating. need radius damage, sword slashing, magic spells and bombs. damn rabbits!
wbobeirne
wbobeirne6 Jan 2012, 03:40
Impressive work, but didn't feel very 'alone'
matthias_zarzecki6 Jan 2012, 07:50
You really start to think "leave my lettuce alone!"
dock
dock7 Jan 2012, 09:57
The 'updated' version didn't run for me, but the original version worked great!. This is magnificent! I got stuck on a level, but I had lots of fun. I liked your hand written instructions, but some mistakes in the text made it hard to read. One of my favourite games of the event! :)
nickd3000
nickd30008 Jan 2012, 22:12
Froze on startup on my win 7 machine I'm afraid :(
ratking
ratking8 Jan 2012, 22:15
Very unique gameplay and graphics (I like the idea of using flat polygons for the characters)! I'm not exactly sure what I did right when I chased a rabbit away, but this is just a minor gripe. :)
BlennosoftGames8 Jan 2012, 22:31
Really well done game, the core mechanic was solid and original, and every time I lost I knew it was my own fault. The graphics and sound really made the rabbits, cat, and lettuce seem believable. And the mechanic where the rabbits who are alone get scared and run away was an interesting take on the theme.
defiantburrito9 Jan 2012, 09:08
I like the unusual graphics style.

The gameplay is also pretty unusual. I think it's a neat idea. I'm impressed with the flocking behavior.

Sadly, the game isn't too fun for me. I just got bored after 6 levels or so. It needs something else I think.

Overall, good job!
callidus
callidus9 Jan 2012, 13:35
w00t, I liked that one! really cool idea and the graphics style was original too. Good game, can get quite hard though. Full points for community as you did the shadow keynote too
:-D
Thief
Thief9 Jan 2012, 13:44
Fantastically innovative!

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