Hug Arena

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.31
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%
Instructions
- Hug those monsters until they become your friend.
- You're vulnerable when you hug stuff
- Friends will heal you if you are close enough
- A level full of friends is a completed level
- Earn 1 of 3 perks at the end of levels 1-3-6-10-15

Control
arrow to move
hold [z] near a monster to hug him

Comments59

mattfox12
mattfox1220 Apr 2015, 02:24
I like the risk/reward of the gameplay. Also, the title screen is amazing! Love it.
mtanton20 Apr 2015, 03:21
I love the whole look/style of the game. Very fun to play as well. Good job!
ehtd
ehtd20 Apr 2015, 04:01
I was going to make something like this, nice idea!
Franklin's Ghost
Franklin's Ghost20 Apr 2015, 08:19
This is a great entry, really enjoyed everything about it. As has been mentioned the title screen looks great and the hug mechanic is implemented really well. Liked the powers also, nice job.
Simon20 Apr 2015, 13:16
Really nice, it's cool to use love as a weapon :)
drludos
drludos20 Apr 2015, 14:49
Excellent game (as usual). I like the heavy retro feel (it feels like a GameGear game), and the overall gameplay - it's fun to play, easy to understand but hard to master (some bullet firing enemies are tough), and the "love" idea is great. The sounds is excellent too!

Chapeau :)!
Pierrec20 Apr 2015, 14:56
My new favorite.
It's just great. I've got nothing more to say (or have I?)
JohnGalt20 Apr 2015, 19:58
Extremely concrete and interesting!
celisoft20 Apr 2015, 21:46
Original idea ! The game would have been better with some sounds.
TomBoogaart20 Apr 2015, 22:34
love this one, good color palette, great audio!!
Cryotube
Cryotube21 Apr 2015, 01:41
Amazing game, great graphics, audio and the gameplay mechanics themselves are interesting as well! Great job
nicotuason21 Apr 2015, 02:25
COME HERE AND LET ME HUG YOU

Fantastic little arcade game! Love the variety of enemies. The game feels very balanced and has good progression. Could play this for a while!
bpleonvong
bpleonvong21 Apr 2015, 02:37
The game play pretty challenging, but the fun kind of challenging. The style was pretty cool. Really great work.
Sublustris
Sublustris21 Apr 2015, 08:45
5/5 for all! Great game.
I've spent couple of restarts to understand what to do, but when i got it, i fallen in love :)
PIXEL^321 Apr 2015, 09:27
There was something about the game that kinda felt off to me, probably just a fine tuning thing like making the player move a little bit faster or something. It still looked and sounded really good and the risk/reward gameplay was interesting.
shimage21 Apr 2015, 09:31
I like this game so much. I remembered a tackle of martial arts. I think it is high quality overall.
Benjaminauthor21 Apr 2015, 10:03
@celisoft : There should be sounds playing. Plz tell me which os/browser you are using
RadStar
RadStar21 Apr 2015, 10:26
Beeing rejected is so hard :'(

Really cool gameplay. Love it!
deepnight
deepnight21 Apr 2015, 11:47
Another excellent entry, especially when you know it's a 32kb game :D
The gameplay is really smooth and efficient. My only grief is about the regen system which was not that interesting imo.
ncannasse
ncannasse21 Apr 2015, 12:29
Good but quite unforgiving, you have to die quite a lot before you get the different mobs timing right. Also don't know why exactly but I don't feel like I'm playing a hugging bear :)
pinkmonkeyhead21 Apr 2015, 13:19
Awesome fun and replay value.
I wish the hugged bears could also hug the enemies.
GFM
GFM21 Apr 2015, 14:33
Was able to get to level 14... It gets really hard (or I'm getting the wrong upgrades... XD)

Amazing entry!
rubna21 Apr 2015, 15:45
fun!!
MasterOfNaN21 Apr 2015, 16:35
Fun to play and good use of hugs as an unconventional weapon. Like the added rewards for completing certain levels. Good game.
dunin
dunin21 Apr 2015, 17:27
they don't want love me! so sad....
kaa21 Apr 2015, 20:44
Nice and risky!
Rubel
Rubel22 Apr 2015, 01:08
Very very great game! A lot of cute :3
Love this very much!
SecondDimension
SecondDimension22 Apr 2015, 22:02
Really well polished entry, I really liked the use of colour and design. The game mechanics are really simple yet clever and kept me coming back for more.
EwChap
EwChap23 Apr 2015, 01:02
Love it. The polish of the attacks and effects make this feel really complete. Audio fits in perfectly too. great take on the theme.
jhell23 Apr 2015, 08:41
Really really cool, great progression, the customization choice at the end is also awesome. The only thing that I found a bit confusing was where I was going to exit an enemy I'm hugging (if hugging is not complete). It brought me many stupid deaths ^^.
BroCade23 Apr 2015, 11:13
Great entry! Love the style and theme, love that 8bit care bear feels. Nice variety on enemies to and an overall great polish.
oparisy23 Apr 2015, 20:53
The LD32 game I've spent the most time playing so far!

Love the perks which help in developing a strategy, the cancel mechanic to move enemies, the visual SFX, the end of level animation!

The "power of love" take on the theme is great too.
TEAM-TIGER24 Apr 2015, 01:24
love it. teleporting into things to hug it. amazing idea. the love meter that has to recharge otherwise they break out of the hug, fantastic. and the rpg style upgrades at the end of each level just made me want to keep playing.
Frenchie
Frenchie24 Apr 2015, 03:02
This entry is incredible! I usually give feedback but I have no complaints here :)
Frenchie
Frenchie24 Apr 2015, 03:30
Je viens de voir ton nom - j'ai joue a Snowball Juggling et A Precious Arrow avant. Les deux sont aussi super! J'espaire que tu continurai a faire des bons jeux pour Ludum Dare. (excuse mon affreu Francais - je n'ai jamais appris a ecrire XD)
remiv24 Apr 2015, 15:46
Really fun game
runvs
runvs24 Apr 2015, 16:50
Really nice entry. I love the retro style as well as for graphics as for audio. Truly awesome!
A big plus is the love and hug mechanic, which also works great!
Wevel
Wevel24 Apr 2015, 21:04
Quite difficult but a nice game with some interesting mechanics
ianh
ianh25 Apr 2015, 01:56
I like how you can use the converted mobs as shields. I was killed by a robot who didn't understand my love :(
AnnaGavaldaKedavra25 Apr 2015, 10:27
Wow that's actually a very good game! Very fun to play and well designed! I've made it to the level 10 for now. I'll try again, that's the kind of game you want to play again.
PS: you tried my game and yes everything disappear you have to click to see the world (once every 5 secs but i didn't have time for the feedback on that).
thaaks
thaaks25 Apr 2015, 14:25
Great little game! I love your minimal pixel art style. The hug idea is also wonderful and well done with the "hug circle" and the hearts. Also nice powerup ideas. The minimal sound effects fit the game well and the title screen is beautiful too.

Impressive entry and great effort for 48 hours!
Dreauw
Dreauw26 Apr 2015, 13:09
Wow, that's an awesome idea :D
Had a lot of fun playing this game, but I didn't go higher than level 10 (and believe me, I tried hard :p)

My only complain is that I would have liked multiple keys to move/hug, I'm not really good at moving with my right hand (more used to the WASD/ZQSD keys).
FungalCactus27 Apr 2015, 22:01
I love the concept. I think this could make an awesome full game. Great mechanics, but they feel a bit unbalanced. Speed seems pretty essential and sometimes you can't get the upgrade before you need it. The enemy movement could also use some work. Still trying to beat level 10.
jhrrsn
jhrrsn27 Apr 2015, 22:06
Wow, that little shell program is awesome! Also, this game looks amazing! I found the timing and regen stuff a little fiddly, but not so much that it stopped being fun. Good job :)
diegomachado
diegomachado28 Apr 2015, 17:06
Always looking forward to your next game. This is amazing, using Pico-8 is all about bonus points for Innovation. Good job!
wilbefast28 Apr 2015, 22:12
Oh wow, I love this game so much ^_^ It's just perfect :) looking over your shoulder I thought it'd be a pretty classic arena shooter, but there's a lot of strategy and timing to it. Really nice!
DarkwindMedia
DarkwindMedia28 Apr 2015, 22:19
Cool idea, nice graphics, fun gameplay!
jmborden1 May 2015, 16:22
I like that I can just run this in the browser. I also like how easy it is to just restart the game.
Arche-san
Arche-san1 May 2015, 21:33
Excellent! The game is a bit hard but the gameplay is perfect. I love the way you need to stay close to the converted enemies to refill your love gauge. Good work!
oinariman
oinariman2 May 2015, 02:15
Amazing graphics! And I love the peaceful gameplay.
RHY3756547
RHY37565472 May 2015, 13:33
Incredibly polished, everything flows really well and the gameplay is well thought out. Sound design is really great as well!
Exeneva
Exeneva5 May 2015, 06:27
Overall, a wonderful entry. The hug mechanic is interesting, although it took me a few tries to really understand what was going on.

By the way, you can play Weathermage now :)
OddballDave
OddballDave6 May 2015, 14:13
This is very fun and a surprising amount of skill/strategy is needed. I didn't get any sound at all on my Mac, is there sound? A great entry. Good stuff.
RockhopperGames
RockhopperGames7 May 2015, 17:29
"You're vulnerable when you hug stuff"

Aint it the truth... -c-
geekdrums
geekdrums9 May 2015, 07:04
Fantastic job! I love the mechanics and how all sound effects create this game into lovely music!
Plustech
Plustech11 May 2015, 19:22
Awesome entry, loved the gameplay, easy to understand, great sfx, pretty particles, great art overall. Kudos!
ViKing Games11 May 2015, 23:33
Tricky and interesting game! The graphics were spectacular.

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