A wonderfully insane play on a classic twin stick shooter with hardcore elements. The game is on the minimalist side with limited information. Information comes from trial runs rather than hand holding. The challenge of the game is just to survive as long as you can. Have fun! The game is fairly difficult.
How To Play -Mines and Electricity Generators are dangerous and you should avoid them! -Killing enemies gives you gold -Use your gold to purchase Upgrades that will make you more powerful! -Dance floors will heal you, slowly. -Health packs will heal you, fast. -Survive the nightmare as long as you can!!!
*Pro Tips* -Use gold to buy upgrades as soon as possible. -Don't rely on the dance floors to heal you back to full health. Use gold to buy Health Packs when you see them! -Don't backpeddle! The fish are faster than you!!! (but everything has it's weakness) -Your gold IS your score, so think twice when you want to purchase an upgrade late game. -There are 4 weapon upgrades and 5 stat Upgrades. Try to purchase upgrades that will work well together.
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Thanks for the feedback. The object is to survive the nightmare as long as you can. Try different strategies and see what works best. We want people to play a few times until they figure out the best combo for upgrades and weapon types. We plan on refining and polishing the game more in the next few weeks.
@andrewkennedy - Pretty much everything hurts you. @Wampus - One cannot simply "Quit" a nightmare. @WatercressStudios - Try buying the movement speed upgrades when you see them, they help. :)
Excellent audio to my ears, fun game at the same time :) The transition of going to the gameplay screen lags a litte for me though but the rest of it are smooth :D
Cool disco theme with really good music! It was really challenging as you stated in your description. I found it difficult to purchase the right upgrades since the enemies are so relentless and there are obstacles randomly everywhere. I just ended up picking up the closest thing to me. Good job!
Thanks for the feedback everyone! We really appreciate all your comments and were taking all of it into account. We definitely plan on polishing this game and releasing it at some point in the future.
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Music is really good, but gameplay is lacking for me. I found it all very weird for the sake of being weird. Solid controls and shooting etc, but I don't have a desire to keep playing. Solid entry, but not for me. :)
Fun game but I don't see the connection to the theme. It was somewhat hard at first but once you get used to the controls and the enemies it gets a bit easier.
I think it's a good interpretation of the theme + disco + kitty + shooter = strange but fun game. A little difficult to stay alive for long, but maybe I need more practice :)
Fun and challenging! My main suggestion would be to have the 'replay' button on the game over screen immediately start a new game, and have the 'quit' button return to the main menu. Music is awesome! Good job!
The music is good, but the gameplay could do with being a bit tighter. Also, putting it all on the player to figure out what is going on might not be the best strategy.
Played a few times and really enjoyed it even though I couldn't really figure out exactly how you upgrade. Wished it was a little more clear. The game's a little hard, I could never have time to heal as I had to keep moving and kiting the enemies.
I thought it was great that the fish were faster then you, but you could move to the side and they were not the best at turning.
I think the cat should of not been black, you completely disappear into the void of space XD
Great entry, thanks for sharing this. I would add a crosshair, make it clearer how the gold mechanic works. Punishing, and thats good! Keep it up guys.
Didn't really know what was going on most of the time. Also I'm not sure the screen moving around really counts as fitting on one screen, even if it did the whole zooming in thing at the start, just my opinion thought.
Great music! I liked the little cat too. Sometimes it felt as it had two heads when moving through the dark areas. I think those dark areas need to be much less dark so that you can see the area around you. Maybe have a light source over the cat or something.
The game was quite too hard for me, got to 1k as a record. So I think the mines and such were too many, at least in the beginning.
Never saw any recharge either, so I think the disco floors should recharge health much faster and as a counter effect they could themselves have a timeout so that they go dark after a while and you have to get to the next floor. That would also better justify the whole reason for moving around. Top that off with some killer cat dance moves if player stands still on a dance floor.
Difficulty can be successively increased with denser enemy spawns the longer the cat survives.
I think that could make for an interesting dynamics. Good start for a game though.
I too think the music is amazing - obviously it is perfect for a disco kitty :)
I have absolutely no clue how to play. For me, only two direction keys seemed to work. I shot a bunch of guys and nobody seemed to die (except for me). That being said, I still really enjoyed this game... wait the music just changed while I was typing this... just awesome! :)
The music is funny, and also the idea. When playing is quite difficult to understand the things you have to avoid and the objects you need to collect for upgrades, I think you should make that visually more clear.
I like that there's quite a variety in the songs. Fun game! Pretty difficult, and it's cool that you can aim for completely different upgrade paths in different play sessions.
I felt that speed upgrades were a bit too necessary though, and I never could figure out what exactly the "FPS" upgrade did.
Man I loved this very innovative and fun. Fits the theme very well. Didn't notice it after playing a while the whole game in the start screen haha :D. Good job.
Damn, that's some groovy music, well done! If you were to continue with the game I'd recommend that you up the graphics and take some time making the enemies behave differently. I'm all for this, so send me a message or something if you are gonna continue : )
Well, gotta say this is a pretty fun game! Nice mood and music, challenging but fun and last but not least: UPGRADES! gotta love upgrades. Only minor critique: black cat on black background, little hard to see^^
Excellent music, keeps well with the disco theme. I also liked how the blocks changed color to the beat of the music; it was a nice touch. The cat was very hard to see against the black background, and it was hard to maneuver around obstacles while still shooting the enemies. I think I found items and health up, but for some reason couldn't use them. Some directions on this could have been more clear. All in all, loved the disco theme and music, but gameplay could have been tightened up to make a better overall experience.
Quite the confusing game, but I like the music! I Included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/hTIxzyGfxwg
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The disco colors were great. We could all use a little more neon in our lives :)
@andrewkennedy - Pretty much everything hurts you.
@Wampus - One cannot simply "Quit" a nightmare.
@WatercressStudios - Try buying the movement speed upgrades when you see them, they help. :)
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2014/12/09/disco-kitty-nightmare-post/
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game really hard, also better feedback when loosing life would be nice
I'm generally bad at games like this, so I died a lot!
I love that the words were all obstacles. and the music is groovy!
-Kitty
Shooting/hitting enemies feels really soft and unresponsive.
Rad music though.
Good job!
The transition of going to the gameplay screen lags a litte for me though but the rest of it are smooth :D
UI looks a bit crude, but it's okay.
Really like the disco-cat theme and the music! :)
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Well done!
It can be slightly confusing to know which are "good" or "bad" items.
I thought it was great that the fish were faster then you, but you could move to the side and they were not the best at turning.
I think the cat should of not been black, you completely disappear into the void of space XD
Great job guys!
The game was quite too hard for me, got to 1k as a record. So I think the mines and such were too many, at least in the beginning.
Never saw any recharge either, so I think the disco floors should recharge health much faster and as a counter effect they could themselves have a timeout so that they go dark after a while and you have to get to the next floor. That would also better justify the whole reason for moving around. Top that off with some killer cat dance moves if player stands still on a dance floor.
Difficulty can be successively increased with denser enemy spawns the longer the cat survives.
I think that could make for an interesting dynamics. Good start for a game though.
The map / game world didnt really feel like it had any markers or ways to get a sense of where i was or what i was doing too much.
I have absolutely no clue how to play. For me, only two direction keys seemed to work. I shot a bunch of guys and nobody seemed to die (except for me). That being said, I still really enjoyed this game... wait the music just changed while I was typing this... just awesome! :)
Fun 3/5: Its too difficult.
Theme n/a: I can't find any useof the theme.
Graphics 4/5: Great disco colors.
Audio 5/5: Best aspect of the game!!!
Humor 5/5: A cat on a disco? REALLY??
Mood 5/5: FREAK OUT TIME, PEOPLE!!!
Overall 3/5: Not a bad game, but it needs to be easier.
I felt that speed upgrades were a bit too necessary though, and I never could figure out what exactly the "FPS" upgrade did.
If you were to continue with the game I'd recommend that you up the graphics and take some time making the enemies behave differently. I'm all for this, so send me a message or something if you are gonna continue : )
Only minor critique: black cat on black background, little hard to see^^