The Creature of the Depths Must Feed his Sheep

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★37%
Please play this on Google Chrome! It wasn't working for me on Firefox.

Play as the creature of the depths as he feeds all of his pet sheep!

This was my most successful Ludum Dare, with everything going fairly smoothly. It's also the most animated entry I've made!

Creation timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhFEeF-UP6o&feature=youtu.be
Thanks for playing!

Comments13

puckers28 Apr 2014, 08:53
I like the feed animation very gruesome those poor orange men :(
TeamPurpleDolphins29 Apr 2014, 01:17
Fun game. Cheesy. But you missed a blatant opportunity to name the game "The creature from the DEEP must feed his sheep."
asotelo94
asotelo9429 Apr 2014, 02:09
Like the feeding animation
MiscEtc29 Apr 2014, 05:19
I quite like the concept
orangepascal
orangepascal29 Apr 2014, 09:07
Game speed feels a bit slow paced, but the idea is very nice. Does give me the feeling of hunting those dudes ;)
zdonkeyx
zdonkeyx29 Apr 2014, 10:52
This game was really cute lol the burrowing was a little bit wonky but otherwise nice job
Oddly Shaped Pixels
Oddly Shaped Pixels29 Apr 2014, 11:27
Gameplay would gain a lot with faster movement but anyway, it's a really nice entry, perfectly fits the theme and the mechanics are innovative, great job!
mr_tag
mr_tag29 Apr 2014, 11:43
Nice idea! But it took me some time to find out, that i could move also through the grey blocks ;)
zzorn29 Apr 2014, 12:10
Wow, innovative twist on a stealth platformer!
Love the main character graphics, and that feed animation!

Could have been a nice idea to restart from the most recent level if you died, but on the other hand it increases the difficulty.

Also the restart key R is too close to E and F :P
Recon29 Apr 2014, 13:54
Very nice job!
reidrac29 Apr 2014, 17:24
Very cool!

I found the controls a little bit awkward, but may be it's me!
TheColorMan
TheColorManauthor29 Apr 2014, 21:28
@puckers & asotelo94 - the feeding animation was a ton of fun to draw, it's my favorite part of the entire game!

@reidrac - I could understand that since all the buttons needed to play the game are accessible with one hand.

@orangepascal & Oddly shaped pixels - Thanks for your comments I really appreciate them! I do agree the player moves slow in the game, when playtesting was feeling like a chore I should have sped it up. Oh well!
randoman5 May 2014, 15:26
When I saw the instructions on the screen I though the game would be a little hard to control, but it was very smooth! It was very intuitive which is good. Congrats! Now a bug report: on the second level I was standing below a guy and pressed F without pressing W, the sound of eating came out but no animation. I did it a few times and when I finally did it right I won the level. Seems like it counted the same guy several times.

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