Monster Companion

by leuthil
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
You are taking your little pets out for a walk when suddenly dangerous red spike balls come out of nowhere! Try to stay alive as long as possible by any means necessary, even using your pets as a shield - you monster! But be careful, your pets will get upset if they get hurt or if you don't feed them and may work against you!

Controls

WASD/Arrow Keys to move.

About

This is my first time participating in Ludum Dare. It's been fun but quite a challenge as well. I used Unity and had to use a few assets from the Asset Store that I had already purchased in the past. Pretty much everything has been used from others except for the main game logic. I have learned a lot from this and am hoping next LD I will be able to use everything created by me :)

Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments16

Wevel
Wevel25 Aug 2015, 01:32
Nice mechanic with the pets getting mad and moving away from the spikes.
shiroookami25 Aug 2015, 02:05
The function of the game is quite smooth. The mechanics are nice too.
Lady Beardo25 Aug 2015, 02:43
Yeah, I hate running into the red spikes when I'm taking my pets on a walks and they don't make an adequate shield. Clever!
Heissayen25 Aug 2015, 03:03
I really loved the mechanics and the smothness. Good job.
yajiv
yajiv25 Aug 2015, 04:12
Pretty clever mechanic, I like it! Nice game, overall :)
LukeZaz
LukeZaz25 Aug 2015, 06:38
Decent gameplay with decent graphics. Kept hearing a website repeated in the background music though and it was hard to keep going very far.
Aglavra25 Aug 2015, 12:58
Nice game with interesting mechanics.
Flygamer101
Flygamer10125 Aug 2015, 13:41
Pretty cool game, with nice mechanics :D
Quetzakol
Quetzakol25 Aug 2015, 13:46
Interesting gameplay, I liked it very much ! A little difficult but that was very fun :)
Literal Games25 Aug 2015, 13:48
Cool start. If the controls were a little tighter it would be great!
Coruja25 Aug 2015, 13:52
Nice game mechanic!
Dizzly28 Aug 2015, 13:03
Very good mechanics!!! Very good the idea of having the pets working against you.
Xanjos4 Sep 2015, 12:58
Loved the mechanics and the use of the physics system in this entry. The fact that the smaller pet monsters can turn against you and slow you down if you use them as a meat shield too much was a pretty clever surprise. Overall, a very good game considering this is your first Ludum Dare (welcome btw :D).
sikosis
sikosis8 Sep 2015, 01:55
Simple mechanics but done well. Great for a first attempt.

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