Fort Meow

by rhysd
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
Fort Meow

A game by Rhys Davies for Ludum Dare 28 - 2013

Web - www.rhysd.com
Twitter - @rhysdee

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Vacation at Grandmas has never been more irritating! She has always been a bit cat crazy, but this is absurd! All you want to do is read your new book in peace.

Build up your pillow fort to defend against the snuggle seeking cats who want your warm lap like it's about to go out of fashion!

The catch? You only get ONE hour to build up your defenses before the hordes arrive!

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Controls

Space bar (hold) - Show item menu.

Left mouse button - Select item, place item.

Mouse - rotate item after it has been placed.

Right mouse button - Cancel action, remove placed item.

Escape - Quit.

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Design, Code, Art, Music & Sound - Rhys Davies

Created using Clickteam Fusion 2.5

Comments27

gnerkus
gnerkus15 Dec 2013, 14:30
I like this!
RhysD
RhysDauthor15 Dec 2013, 14:32
Thanks! It was my first Ludum Dare and a heap of fun! Going to do the next ones for sure :D
doctorscientist16 Dec 2013, 04:48
When the first cat jumped out I lost it. So great.
patricklorio16 Dec 2013, 04:48
Gave me a good laugh. Nice job.
SuperPokeunicorn
SuperPokeunicorn16 Dec 2013, 04:54
Hilarious and amazing concept. Who doesn't fucking love pillow forts? Only problem I see is that it is a bit easy. Does it get any harder later on?
funselektor16 Dec 2013, 04:55
That was awesome. So original and funny, hope you do well in the Humor and Fun cats.
Thein
Thein16 Dec 2013, 04:56
This was a lot of fun to play. I love the art style as well. Awesome job!
mungoman1
mungoman116 Dec 2013, 05:03
This was pretty unique, I really liked building my fort :D The cats came quite slowly though, and the brooms were too cheap. Overall it's one of the best I've played so far though!
RhysD
RhysDauthor16 Dec 2013, 05:27
The amount of cats only increase as the nights pass. Hopefully I can add a better difficulty curve after the competition ends. Thanks for the nice comments and plays so far!
Garrick16 Dec 2013, 05:53
Placing items isn't working for me on windows 8. I hover over the item selection menu and try clicking, nothing happens, and I try clicking somewhere after releasing space, and still nothing happens.
Garrick16 Dec 2013, 05:55
Nevermind, it's because my laptop won't let me click if I'm holding the space bar down. Could you make it so left control works in place of the space bar?
gman1012
gman101216 Dec 2013, 06:17
I Really Love This Game. It's My Favorite I've Rated So Far!
loggs2
loggs216 Dec 2013, 06:19
That was a lot of fun and cute haha. I will definitely be playing more of this later. :) Great job!
OnlySlightly16 Dec 2013, 06:20
Great game. Loved the style and the meows.
Piat
Piat16 Dec 2013, 07:49
Very well executed for 48 hours, very polished. Great effort, I'd only say the direction could be divided a little better, all cats from one side is gonna get you sooner or later.
RhysD
RhysDauthor16 Dec 2013, 10:47
Thanks :) and yes, hopefully after the competition ends I will be adding more to the game!
Flux17 Dec 2013, 02:04
Pretty hilarious game. :) I felt it was a bit light on the theme but everything else was great!
torcado194
torcado19417 Dec 2013, 02:07
that was pretty fun! though it was short-lived after 4 or so rounds beaten with ease. but nice entry for your first!
SoundGuy17 Dec 2013, 02:18
nice! VERY polished hard to believe this was done by one person in 48 hours from scratch.
Ekilibr
Ekilibr17 Dec 2013, 12:12
I had a lot of fun playing your game ! Gj ! :)
auto_suggestion18 Dec 2013, 00:02
This looks like a major success! The polish is unbelievable in such a short period of time. Features a really nice, innovative control scheme for placing objects. How can anyone not love the game concept!?
Toureiro18 Dec 2013, 14:43
That was pretty excellent!
gnerkus
gnerkus19 Dec 2013, 18:41
AWESOME! - Everything (graphics, audio, fun factor, game mechanics)except the game length and difficulty.
GOOD - For a 48hr compo, the number of levels is acceptable.
NOT SO GOOD - The game's a little too easy.
CONCLUSION - A very creative use of the theme and a very good addition to the "tower defense" genre of games.
AlanZucconi20 Dec 2013, 13:17
Very funny! :D Plus, my cat is called Mr Meow! :D
mortus
mortus20 Dec 2013, 16:48
Idea is great! The graphics are good. But it is a little boring and too easy if you use only blue pillows.
ShellfishGames4 Jan 2014, 18:10
Great game, very fun and charming. Unfortunately it seems to be a pretty decent strategy to spam the blue square-shaped pillows everywhere, though. I didn't even use any of the other things later in the game.. :)
BradleySmith
BradleySmith4 Jan 2014, 20:49
Really neat idea and I love the art style in this. :)

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