Ludum Dare #23compo

Save the tiny world!

by davidllanos22

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

First of all sorry for any grammatical/spelling error, I'm spanish :)

I'm pretty happy with the result, finally my main focus was the art...never expect that haha It's the second game I finished, and I've just started learning programming 5 months ago! so everything went so well using the things I learned on that time!

It was my first LD and it was amazing, sometimes I tought about surrender, but finally I managed to came up with something playable :D I will be in the next LD FOR SURE!

The gameplay and the controls are explained in the game, so you just have to follow the instructions :D

Known bugs:

-The Pigz and the Npcs don't collide with each other..so they are collapsing all the time...

-The animation of the boy and the woman sometimes don't correspond to the direction the are walking to...

-The animation of the Pigz works so bad, dunno why!

Tools used:

-Eclipse with Java and Slick 2D

-Paint.NET, GraphicsGale and Paint

-Ableton live , BFXR

Please, rate and comment :)

Comments35

Jigxor23 Apr 2012, 08:31

Unique idea, great graphics, fun little game. Congratulations on your first LD! I wasn't able to beat it though. My best score was 7/10 :P

jeroenimooo23 Apr 2012, 11:11

Looks really good! i would like a way to kill the pigs though, couldn't get past 6/10. i still wonder what would happen if i got til 10/10 :D

the8donut23 Apr 2012, 11:37

I really appreciate the effort you've put into making a polished and complete game. Neat graphics and smooth controls.

Cyboot23 Apr 2012, 11:54

Nice Game, good job! :)

marudziik23 Apr 2012, 12:16

Looks awesome, but I wish there was a better way to deal with those Pigz! ;) Great graphics.

Andrew Marsh23 Apr 2012, 12:16

Really enjoyed this game, fun and challenging, still haven't beaten it yet, best is 9/10 so far.

NiallM23 Apr 2012, 12:36

This is pretty neat. I liked the mechanic of trying to lure the pigs away from the houses so you could get the NPCs there safely :)

Tifu23 Apr 2012, 12:40

Fun game :D
Achieved 10/10 saved once I realised a good strategy for keeping people safe/trapping pigs :D

steamgirl23 Apr 2012, 12:49

Have you got any advice on how to beat the game?

I use villagers as food for the pigs to lure them into "good" places, but for the part on the right side of the river, I can't seem to find "good" places. >_<

unicornpooping23 Apr 2012, 14:14

Dude, what are you telling me that I have great graphics? Your graphics are way better! Enjoyed your game, it's hard, but in a good way. Good job.

matheus2323 Apr 2012, 16:01

oh noooo! java game, made in LWJGL, but no linux so's!!! oh come on!

angrygeometry23 Apr 2012, 18:35

interesting idea, and i found it pretty difficult. still yet to reach 10/10, the pigz kill me super quick! congrats on your first LD!

howieV (binarygirl)23 Apr 2012, 22:10

good little game ..found it abit hard but then im an eejit ;p im glad its in java aswell :)

HeuGamer23 Apr 2012, 22:51

I liked it! :)

mattchu23 Apr 2012, 22:55

Interesting idea, nice graphics, and fluid gameplay. I had fun with it. :D
Damn those pigs, though. The first one kept getting me. >.>

4/10 was my best score. >.>

AlwaysGeeky23 Apr 2012, 23:19

I love the art style of this one :P

ben23 Apr 2012, 23:19

Damn those pigz! Cute game : ]

Kevin_R_K23 Apr 2012, 23:34

Very nice, very hard. Best score was 8/10

Fireblend24 Apr 2012, 04:22

Fun little game, nicely done!

Drabiter24 Apr 2012, 10:46

Love the graphics. I find it hard to avoid the pigz. Good job!

bms24 Apr 2012, 18:44

I really like the concept & graphics. Well done!

Terra24 Apr 2012, 22:24

Those pigs were terrifying, I loved it :D

At first I was trying to find a way to 'play dead' like the person at the start tells us, but after a little while I figured out that it referred to the NPCs.

When I got the last person to the house I was on 1 heart and had a pig right next to me... I guess I sacrificed myself to save them, how sad :'(

Anyway, I really enjoyed this one!

demonpants24 Apr 2012, 23:39

Why make it in Java if you only have a Windows version? Release a JAR or a Mac version please. :-) Or an applet.

sampyxis26 Apr 2012, 03:45

Ha! Loved this - great game play, love the graphics and music too.

Raptor8526 Apr 2012, 15:55

can't test this since i'm on linux and you didn't copy the linux or mac versions of lwjgl into the folder :/

schattenkind.net27 Apr 2012, 07:52

Great graphics, interesting idea. The game is a way too fast.

levelbylevel27 Apr 2012, 07:57

Great game, love the look and feel, controls feel responsive :)

Robert Swan27 Apr 2012, 16:21

Excellent music and good (if hard) gameplay. Looks nice too!

AdventureIslands27 Apr 2012, 20:55

Pretty good job! Great graphics and gameplay! Had to ragequit though because this game is damn hard. You could have added some way to heal or atleast slow the pigs down.

summaky27 Apr 2012, 21:37

7/10 is my best score. The graphics are really great; I love them. The idea is original and well implemented, which makes the game fun.

JaJ29 Apr 2012, 15:34

I wasn't able to save everyone because the enemies were too fast. But it looks great and the audio was good, and it was pretty fun as well.

dokidoki30 Apr 2012, 04:38

I found it really hard to evade the pigs, but liked the whole escort mission vibe.

robcozzens2 May 2012, 09:14

I would play if you had a Web or OSX version.

rvmook8 May 2012, 18:12

Quite an addictive game. Three hearts was just right. Funny how the villagers can't die but just pretend to be dead. I really enjoyed playing it. Got 9/10, will try to get 10 later this week