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You are a bad puppy. Being that you are a puppy, all you can manage to do is bark at people. So, bark at them. Bark, bark, bark! The more you bark at people, the more points you get. Get all the points! But if people pet you, you can't be mean. Don't let them pet you! Bark! Bark, Bad Puppy!
Controls: Arrow keys to run, Z to bark. Alt+F4 to exit.
You get points if you bark at the people. You lose meanness if a person pets you.
Build with Game Maker Studio, graphics done with Paint.net, GM sprite editor, sounds with Audacity, bfxr.
This game was originally conceptualized as "Puppy Hitler". Puppy Hitler is canceled. Here's why:
1. Bonus pickup system 2. You can press Esc to exit game at any time. 3. Multi-colored sweaters. 4. Some added variety to the barking. 5. Female persons. 6. Person skin color now has variety.
Pro: Funny game, funny concept, funny instructions, cute dog Con: Wish there was a way to exit the game; also a way to break free from a petting, background is boring
I liked your original idea better, but I understand why you dropped it. The game is still funny though and your interpretation of the theme is definitely unique. I think some backgrounds and goofy music would've greatly improved the game.
Thanks, h.attila. I hope someday to not suck at music. I tried making some but it just didn't come together, and rather that put something in that didn't fit the game, I decided to omit it.
Wasn't quite sure what the gameplay mechanics of this was supposed to be, and trying to close the game crashed my entire system. Seemed pretty funny though~
Neonlare: You have to be facing a person and close enough for a Bark to register on your score. If a person gets too close, they will try to pet you; if you get petted too much, you stop being a villainous puppy and the game ends.
I'm not sure what to say about the crash, if you can send me any information that might help diagnose what happened I'll try to look for a solution.
I think you should've been able to sh*t on the carpet.
- You should've added in the game itself to press Z to bark, first time I was confused as what to do. - Some alternative actions ;) would've been nice. - It's a bit too simple in my opinion, but I see what you're trying to do :P - Quitting and restarting aren't obvious.
Gemberkoekje: That's a good suggestion about in-game instructions. I can add a message to tell the user how to play. It's explained in the Instructions screen, but I guess people might not go there or feel like reading.
I like the simplicity! I would consider adding more actions to the game if it improved the game. I did add bonus pickups to the post-compo edition, which I think helped make the game a little more interesting. I'm sure there are probably other things I could do as well.
I really didn't think this game would be as interesting as it was! I really like the mechanics, but the game could still use a lot more polish. Really neat entry. :)
Although simple, a very nice entry in my opinion. Loved the voice acting at the beginning :D So dramatic! Wished there was more.
Of course I wish there were more actions: how about biting? And I wished the percentage of naughtiness increased if you don't get petted for a sufficient amount of time.
I'm also sad that you had to censor the game for your friend. Back then I saw the name of your entry and thought "Yessss! Someone dares to do it." (Couldn't do it either because my teammates opposed to it..)
Hahaha. I hoped this would be good, after your dramatic reading of the title, and the humour held up. A rather short experience, but damn. I could barely be much of a bad puppy. Also I had to laugh when some guys were patting me and I was facing the other way, and it just looked like they were shaking their hand at my tail, lol.
Good story, it's fun keeping distance from the people coming to pet you. though it's easy to fly off the screen, maybe the camera could move with the dog to keep it in view.
Pretty good game and fun. Kinda hard to get away when you get petted. It wasn't clear that it's all over. It's good that you made this game. In fact, to me personally, it turned out better and more subtle.
Haha great! The opening picture was already a winner for me, but it was fun to play and the idea just brilliant. It was just the right lind of dog, the people were of the nice friendly kind. I'll download the postcompo version now
That there is a bad puppy, yes indeed. My thoughts on the compo version:
Bad: -Lacks just a little bit of polish to put it over the top. -The idea that you have to face someone to bark at them isn't quite clear.
Good: +It's kept nice and simple, and the gameplay is charming. +You have an instructions screen. If you had months to make this game, that'd be a bad thing, but for 48 hours it adds a lot. Quite impressive.
Xavier: Cool! I'm unable to make OS X builds because I lack a Mac to build on. If you want to post the build somewhere for others to download, I'll put a link up to it from this page.
Ha! This made me laugh. Feeling like I'm being chased by maniacs who want to pet me is probably exactly what a real puppy feels like sometimes. You could call it a bug that the humans do not respond at all to my barking but that effect makes the whole thing more twilight zone-esque and it adds to my feeling of helplessness that that is the only thing I can do. I'm in puppy-hell!
zenmumbler, actually if you bark at humans enough they should run away. It takes 3-6 barks to scare someone off, and you have to do it while they're close enough, but if/when you manage to do that it should be fairly obvious.
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Con: Wish there was a way to exit the game; also a way to break free from a petting, background is boring
When you're getting petted, you can just run away. If you get petted too much and start wagging, the game is over.
The game is still funny though and your interpretation of the theme is definitely unique.
I think some backgrounds and goofy music would've greatly improved the game.
Neonlare: You have to be facing a person and close enough for a Bark to register on your score. If a person gets too close, they will try to pet you; if you get petted too much, you stop being a villainous puppy and the game ends.
I'm not sure what to say about the crash, if you can send me any information that might help diagnose what happened I'll try to look for a solution.
- You should've added in the game itself to press Z to bark, first time I was confused as what to do.
- Some alternative actions ;) would've been nice.
- It's a bit too simple in my opinion, but I see what you're trying to do :P
- Quitting and restarting aren't obvious.
I like the simplicity! I would consider adding more actions to the game if it improved the game. I did add bonus pickups to the post-compo edition, which I think helped make the game a little more interesting. I'm sure there are probably other things I could do as well.
It's fun but little repetitive I think. Need more gameplay, like poo :)
Needs more to the game, but was definitely entertaining!
Bravo! :)
Dmitrix: Thanks:) I struggled a lot with doing a walk animation for the first time on this game, and ran out of time to do better art.
derdragon: Thanks! =D
Of course I wish there were more actions: how about biting? And I wished the percentage of naughtiness increased if you don't get petted for a sufficient amount of time.
I'm also sad that you had to censor the game for your friend. Back then I saw the name of your entry and thought "Yessss! Someone dares to do it." (Couldn't do it either because my teammates opposed to it..)
Anyway, good one, keep going! See you next LD :)
Nicely done!
The game have your creativity potential. Like it.
Funny to watch when he can't bark anymore and the puppy is being petted; it's like he gave up being evil because being petted felt too good, haha.
It was just the right lind of dog, the people were of the nice friendly kind.
I'll download the postcompo version now
Bad:
-Lacks just a little bit of polish to put it over the top.
-The idea that you have to face someone to bark at them isn't quite clear.
Good:
+It's kept nice and simple, and the gameplay is charming.
+You have an instructions screen. If you had months to make this game, that'd be a bad thing, but for 48 hours it adds a lot. Quite impressive.
Loved the "baaad puppy!" intro: Sounded like American wrestling fight intros. :D