Childhood Monsters

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★55%
Remember those childhood nightmares of being chased by monsters. Now you can be the monster and experience the monster's POV!

Controls:
WASD - move
ESCAPE - return to main menu

Coded in Java without external libraries, all graphics done in paint.net

This game should work on Windows, Max OSX, and Linux as long as you have Java installed, although I have only tested it with Windows.

Comments18

RadioLemon24 Aug 2015, 01:19
I like the monster, and it is cool how you did the code from actual scratch.
Pusty
Pusty24 Aug 2015, 03:12
yeah looks cool! :D
Jelinib24 Aug 2015, 03:31
The evil laugh was great, even though I can't rate yours for the audio.

One can only wonder where all those children go after I touch them... My belly? The waking world? The deepest, darkest pits of Mexico? A white van? Some mysteries might never be solved.
TheRuseman24 Aug 2015, 03:37
Hitbox was very small, kind of difficult to get used to. I liked how the enemy AI would run away from you. My final score was 1250.
Ybalrid24 Aug 2015, 03:48
I really like the monster. the hitboxes are a bit small so it's hard to catch the childerns
fatSquirrel
fatSquirrel24 Aug 2015, 04:48
Reminds me of Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I liked the speed of the monsters, would be cool if he had an attack to slow down and stop the kids.
KrisDevelopment24 Aug 2015, 04:54
5 on the theme :)
Java devs will actuall see the amount of efford put into the code. Nice work keep it up!
DarkStar24 Aug 2015, 04:55
the laugh is awesome! but it crashes after about 100sec for me
ViliX6424 Aug 2015, 04:55
Unfortunately it doesn't work on Ubuntu Linux 64bit Openjdk 1.8.0 :(
Reisen24 Aug 2015, 12:04
Monster vs children hitbox is a bit too small.
bradur
bradur24 Aug 2015, 18:40
Awesome soundtrack & evil laugh sound :D.
The monster is terrifying! Love it!
Daisuke90925 Aug 2015, 00:48
Not a lot to say about this one. I found the monster sprite quite charming.
djfariel26 Aug 2015, 09:35
1st Thought:
Perfect use of theme!

Pros:
#datmusicthough
If the art were done in a darker style, this game would legit creep me out haha.
Controls felt good, monster speed vs children speed was perfect.

Cons:
The plain blue background. It kind of took away from the game I felt.

Overall:
Nice simple game. Good job
KR-Eddie27 Aug 2015, 13:02
The sprites were nice, even if the animation lacked a little bit. The background tiles were well done but even so the background seemed a little dull. Transition tiles between terrain types make a huge improvement in disguising the "grid".

A word of advice from a fellow Java developer: Making everything from scratch is a good learning experience, and using external libraries may be bothersome. But for making games, especially when time constrained, it can be extremely useful to use a framework or an engine.
Take a look at LibGDX, it helped me a whole lot!
Gaspard_
Gaspard_29 Aug 2015, 12:43
Score 1150.
Indeed small hitbox, but that makes for those situations where you run around a kid to grab him!
Pretty fun.
Biruts31 Aug 2015, 16:57
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
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