It's Hard Out There for a Reverse Werewolf

by dwemthy
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★39%
As the alpha male of the wolf pack you attacked the wrong gypsy queen; she cursed you to be a reverse werewolf! Destined to turn into a naked, scared human in the light of the full moon and be hunted by your former brethren. Only when the gypsy queen is dead will you be free from her curse.

WASD to control up,left,down,right. Avoid the wolves and find the gypsy queen. After you walk over the pile of rocks you will be able to throw rocks to kill gypsies. Find and kill the queen gypsy to win.

Really disappointed how time worked out this time. Due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to incorporate new art from Karl, including intro screens that give context. Didn't get to put actual shape shifting into the game, it's just part of the story.

UPDATE: Version with assets that didn't make the deadline playable at http://electrophage.com/site/assets/files/1178/index.html and a blog about the game at http://electrophage.com/blog/

Art by Karl (https://twitter.com/B4CONL4KE)
Programming by Andy (https://twitter.com/Dwemthy)

Comments11

wg_phancock20 Apr 2016, 05:13
I liked the graphics, felt a lot like Don't Starve.
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee20 Apr 2016, 05:21
Clever title, strange game. Why am I running from wolves naked and stoning gypsy to death? I mean I'm tempted to say "it's just a game" but I hate that phrase. It does evoke a sort of lost and alone sensation. Everything wants to kill me or is ambivalent to me as a feral child. Maybe this is why I lash out stoning gypsies to death.

Kudos on showing the approximation of a dong. Rust is really opened up the flood gates-- we're breaking down walls here people.

All that aside, it was short but fun and certainly strange. I liked it.
Jordan
Jordan20 Apr 2016, 05:22
Really cool touch with the graphics. Good job.
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee20 Apr 2016, 05:22
Clever title, strange game. Why am I running from wolves naked and stoning gypsy to death? I mean I'm tempted to say "it's just a game" but I hate that phrase. It does evoke a sort of lost and alone sensation. Everything wants to kill me or is ambivalent to me as a feral child. Maybe this is why I lash out stoning gypsies to death.

Kudos on showing the approximation of a dong. Rust is really opened up the flood gates-- we're breaking down walls here people.

All that aside, it was short but fun and certainly strange. I liked it for the weirdness: it was weird without trying to be.
Fumiko20 Apr 2016, 05:53
couldnt start the webbuild:

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If this abort() is unexpected, build with -s ASSERTIONS=1 which can give more information.
SeaMonsterGD20 Apr 2016, 22:19
Controls feel good enough, ennemies are manageable. I think there's a bit too many empty space though, I didn't know whether I was making any progress or not.
nextreality20 Apr 2016, 22:21
The graphics were nice, and the controls worked pretty well, but man are those wolves fast! I enjoyed the running animation, it is quite funny!
StrayCat
StrayCat22 Apr 2016, 03:46
I tried to go back to the wolves, but they were still invincible. Then after stonning a defenseless old lady (you can stone her from far away and she doesn't react), victory!

Nice entry, I'd like the wolves to be attackable too, or maybe instead of throwing stones, regain a bit of your wolverine powers.
Fabraz
Fabraz3 May 2016, 20:33
Lack of sound/music made it a bit boring to play on top of the limited interaction I could do. The graphics do have a certain charm to them that I like, but everything feels very static at the moment. Maybe having the player turn into a werewolf for a few seconds when the moon appears or something could passively add the shape shifting aspect into the mechanics. I like the theme for the story though.
terop3 May 2016, 20:37
the light looked nice until you went too far to the right... then it was very clear how it was implemented when the bitmaps border become visible...

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