Cake War

by eric777
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★20%
This game was made for Ludum Dare #32. I'm a long time programmer who's trying to learn to design :)

It's a single Windows exe. Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 are supported.

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Genres: action

Comments11

Zipydooda20 Apr 2015, 02:02
I love the art style! It looks so fun! It was really hard to play at first, but I eventually got the hang of it. What is the unconventional weapon? Was it the candles?
rectangular Tim20 Apr 2015, 14:28
Out of all the games I played today, this one felt most complete. It is simple without being boring. It is difficult without being frustrating. Very well done.
eric777
eric777author20 Apr 2015, 19:15
Thanks Tim - that alone made the whole weekend worth it :)
Zipydooda20 Apr 2015, 23:33
I didn't get a vote on my last comment, and I had no idea that there was a shoot button. (I missed the text on the title screen XD)
Red_Fan games21 Apr 2015, 00:29
Can't play becuase of lack of linux build.
Muffin
Muffin22 Apr 2015, 09:37
Cool style and particle effects. It was hard to control though, took me quite a few goes to stay alive for more than 20 seconds. Nice vibes overall, very polished.
rgehan
rgehan22 Apr 2015, 10:26
Im on windows 7 64bit, and I can't run it.

I got this error message :
> Dxgi.cpp : GetContainingOutput() failed!

> DXGI_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED:
> Requested audio format unsupported

Didn't rated the game :/
TurboCorp22 Apr 2015, 12:12
Sound was way too repetitive and annoying.

Movement was a bit too slippery. I understand that's the point of the game, but just a little bit less slippery would make it much more playable.

Confetti is the foundation of any good game. Well done.
eric777
eric777author22 Apr 2015, 16:00
@zipydooda - I have changed the title screen to show the "shoot" instructions in orange highlight. I think it was easy to miss before.

@Muffin - Thankyou very much. I assure you, any cool styling was a happy accident! I'm a coder without the art gene, which is probably why the

controls are somewhat hard to approach.

@rgehan - my appologies. I wish you could have ran the game :(

@TurboCorp - That's fair. The sound effects went in 30 minutes before the deadline and it shows. I spent too much time on Saturday fiddling with the

terrain generation. Typical programmer blunder!

I have a post-compo version with visual and audible feedback on the thrust mechanic, and this made it much more playable. I wish I'd have added this

for the compo. I also made the candle wicks ignite a half second before launch, so it's easier to make decisions about what threats to engage.

Thankyou all for taking the time to play and share your comments!
kabutakogames
kabutakogames23 Apr 2015, 11:11
The physics of the hat are interesting but super tricky
Frozen Stick
Frozen Stick11 May 2015, 19:16
Really good art and Graphix!Nice sound but could be cool if you would add some music...

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