Will

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.52
It was a fun run everyone! Music, art, code, and design was done by yours truly. Sound effects were done with Bfxr.

Game Engine - Game Maker Studio 2
Music - BoscaCeoil
Art - GM2's sprite editor
Effects - Bfxr

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You take the role of Will. Will loves cats. He loves them so much, he can't help himself from loving them when he gets near them. As much as Will relies on cats for happiness, the sad fact is Will can't take care of cats. Franky, he sucks.

Will has to get home, no matter the measure. Animal Control has taken note of him and seem to follow him around a lot, the police aren't fond of jaywalkers, bullies seem to lurk everywhere, and Gramps is very territorial. But he'll get home. He has to.!

UPDATE - There is an updated version of the game with a different level only, nothing else was touched

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Comments23

flankstaek5 Dec 2017, 00:58
Very funny, love the background music. It's really hard to escape getting chain punched to death though
jjjjason
jjjjason5 Dec 2017, 05:09
Surprisingly complex for what appears to be a simple game at first (such as leading off dogs with the bone). Music and aesthetics pair well together to create a really cohesive experience. Only personal nitpick I can offer is a wish for an easy mode where the cats can't be run over by cars :( :( :(
Nia
Nia5 Dec 2017, 06:25
Great sounds and music. Everything fit together great. I also felt bad for the dead kitties, haha. Overall, really fun game though.
egawag
egawag5 Dec 2017, 06:27
This was my favorite game I've played yet from the art to music to just gameplay it was well done! 5/5! Just quite difficult...
SraBatata5 Dec 2017, 06:29
had a great time playing it! very fun and surprisingly complex! great job =D
ponker
ponker5 Dec 2017, 06:52
Fun and challenging! Everything was great! I liked the music.

RIP cats :cry:
justking144
justking1446 Dec 2017, 03:52
Really well made page

Graphics look great and it plays really well
dijaguy6 Dec 2017, 04:22
Rhymes with "chicken dinner". This game is outstanding! I love the art style, mechanics and overall vibe of the game. Even the menu is very nicely done.

I tried so hard to get will home, so many times, but it takes luck to get across that road with bullies on the other side, and gramps is quite the shot! Great job!
tinykidtoo
tinykidtoo6 Dec 2017, 04:27
I like the idea of the game and the art is very fitting. To me this feels like paperboy in nature. Unfortunately I could not get past gramps.
jsqrs
jsqrs6 Dec 2017, 05:34
Nice art and a lot of cool and interesting mechanics and systems at play here. The cat mechanic had me laughing. cool game!
KirUn
KirUn6 Dec 2017, 09:16
I was walking with my lovely cats and then some dude with rifle shot me. 10\10
ArturasD6 Dec 2017, 20:42
The moment where I got shot - its when it hit me that this game is a masterpiece. Great job on literally everything! Max rating from me.
Jacob-Janerka7 Dec 2017, 09:07
Awesome fun and imaginative mechanics. Tunes were really nice too. Like the others said, the difficulty curve is pretty hard haha. Maybe if you would like to keep working on it, introduce the 'enemies' more slowly to teach the player how to avoid them then ramp it up from there.

Anyway awesome stuff.
MarjorieP10 Dec 2017, 01:07
Cute game idea! I think the difficulty curve is a little steep, but other than that the game worked well! Nice job!
octanewt
octanewt10 Dec 2017, 02:52
Fun! Just keeping ahead of the thugs, and gramps lasers me. Haha.
silkworm_sweatshop
silkworm_sweatshop11 Dec 2017, 01:56
Argh, this was pretty hard. But it was the fun kind of frustrating. Played it for quite a while, really wanted to beat it but in the end I failed even when I realized that having more cats aren't necessarily better (in fitting with the theme). Good game!
hiki911
hiki91112 Dec 2017, 19:23
interesting concept and finally i have found a game where could i adjust volume, thanks for that!
antoined73
antoined7315 Dec 2017, 23:10
Nice game but also very hard, couldn't go further than the sign saying "back off"
trabitboy
trabitboy19 Dec 2017, 08:32
IT LOOKS AWESOME : you need to fix it and make it an arcade game with a good feedback loop ! Graphics are awesome, the sound is great, it is really inviting, event the main menu is awesome ! I didn't spot if cats made you slower ? The animations when you get knocked over or smashed on the road are hilarious!
However the road takes a lot of space, and the spawn of the cars is really random and quick: you should moderate that by adding a flashing sign and a beeping noise before the car spawns. Keep working on it !
trabitboy
trabitboy19 Dec 2017, 09:14
BTW for some reason your game is not playable through the itch io app; you should check , it lowers the barrier of entry.
Kotra97
Kotra9719 Dec 2017, 14:44
Your game is as hard as it is cool. I succeded but it took me a while.

Cool game again ! Just the decrease of the hp during time is very hard to handle haha.
Eretzoum22 Dec 2017, 18:34
Very funny and addictive game! Good job! It woud be nice if the game punished you somehow for having too many cats so it would match the theme better.
Thy Duckauthor23 Dec 2017, 06:11
@eretzoum The game actually does punish you for having too many pets. The more cats you have, the more damage that can be done to you. Any old cat can die and nothing happens, but if your loved cats die then you start getting sad.

There is also code that changes the view distance of a few enemies based on how many cats you tamed. Unfortunately it's not really noticeable.

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