Miss Priss

by jfraser314

co-authored: @twcrockett, @tanisrulerofall, @thepr0digy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.09

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.06

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.44

Miss Priss

A game about a little girl who is trying to marry one of her stuffed animals until a green monster, the Bulk, kills him and now she is out for revenge! Fast game to play and rate, no downloading! Just an itch.io embed.

Go Here And Play!

*Still fixing Boss Scene, we are NEVER using a BETA build of a game design software for a competition again!!*

Controls

Use mouse to aim, click to shoot.
WASD to move and jump/fly
Shooting/Flying/Damage are all part of the same pool of energy. Any of those actions will deplete it.

Theme

We tried 2 angles: Combine action and musical puzzle, and combine Casual art with Comic/Superhero.
Not really sure any of it worked (especially since the musical puzzle doesn't work and we didn't get the sound in)

Credits

- Programming - Justin Fraser, James Chiu
- Art - Tyrone Crocket
- Music - Darren Curtis (from a previous video game, do not rate)

Updates

*Update 1.1 - Fixed NPE, now game actually starts. But broke boss fight, fix incoming*

*Update 1.2 - Removed some code/effects originally for debugging that were causing some erratic behaviors*

*Update 1.3 - Removed some energy code/effects used for testing*

*Update 1.4 - Fixed some tiles, moved some enemies that were getting stuck in walls*

*Update 1.5 - Fixed an NPE when hero dies, still fixing final scene*

*Update 1.6 - Fixed boss scene, the game can now end*

*Update 1.7 - Fixed collision boxes (got rid of Alpacas) and uploaded EXE for better performance*

Genres: action

Tools: OpenFL

Comments24

pladams924 Apr 2018, 18:50

There didn't seem to be any audio - you may want to opt out of that category. I had some issues with lag/glitchiness when playing, especially in the fight against the Bulk. He seemed to keep disappearing/going off screen, and at one point I got pushed through the bottom of the screen (I could see my energy bar poking up at the bottom of the screen, but then I died from flying too much).

justinooncx25 Apr 2018, 15:42

Hm. Game seems to be... a SMIDGE unstable. Can't seem to shoot during the non-boss sections, so I ended up running to the Bulk... Seems that it's caused by me shooting the Bulk early during the opening or something. What's considered a background and a wall is also rather hard to see, so I end up getting stuck and killed. When restarting the game after death, the music keeps playing, and begins to overlap... As for the last boss, on the third attempt, he jumped on top of me, and the whole game just froze. So that was the end of the session.

Still, it wasn't all bad! Humor was nice, and the music was pretty catchy! Good luck on polishing and bug-fixing!

WalkDiGidong25 Apr 2018, 16:38

Game crushed at the end. I love graphics. Gameplay is simple, but it's not bad. Good job

🎤 jfraser314author25 Apr 2018, 16:50

@justinooncx We will look into it, thanks for the update. About the shooting, were you flying? Because you cannot shoot and fly at the same time?

Vovin25 Apr 2018, 17:16

Cute graphics, and nice in game tutorial. I don't really understand how to actually fight the boss battle though.

croewens25 Apr 2018, 19:01

Game wasn't responsive for me. :confused: https://imgur.com/a/fAQWkbo

dob25 Apr 2018, 19:29

The game froze after loading for me, so I couldn't review it. However, it is against the rules to have a team make a compo game. Compo is mandatory solo. You need to be in the Jam, not the Compo.

HOPgames25 Apr 2018, 19:50

Game froze after loading(html version). Cannot review it

theamazingb25 Apr 2018, 20:30

Seems to mostly work for me. Glad to see you added some music but didn't really seem to combine too genres, just platforming. The graphics are drawn really well and I would love to see a little darker background so they stand out a bit more Check out our first entry! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/infinite-typer

25 Apr 2018, 21:23

Sorry, the game didn't start for me.

polegar25 Apr 2018, 21:46

Exept some little glitches it's a really nice game ! I liked the funny cute graphics that goes really well with the gameplay :)

HS_Dave25 Apr 2018, 21:50

I had quite a lot of trouble getting it to start, couldnt get it running on itch - had to download it and the downloaded version would run in firefox with no sound but not run at all in chrome. I played as long as I could but it ended up crashing, just completely froze and became unresponsive :(

HOWEVER, it actually played fairly well and I enjoyed playing it. My wife is very sadly in hospital today but I really want to show her this as the theme is just her type of thing and I know she would love it. I can see what you were going for and it's just a shame you seem to be having some stability issues - I could see this being quite popular with certain groups as a polished and finished game! :)

incobalt25 Apr 2018, 22:30

Hello, please move your entry over to the jam (you can change it when you edit the game).

justinooncx26 Apr 2018, 00:47

From what I recall, I wasn't flying when I tried to shoot. Especially at the last boss, where I just sat there and tried to shoot him before anything happened. I could always shoot just fine at the intro sequence, though, but after that...

Oh, also, thanks for supplying me with a gif of my own game!

🎤 jfraser314author26 Apr 2018, 03:52

@dob, @incobalt Thanks for the heads up about being in the compo, must have accidentally clicked it over on one of the edits (we definitely started in the jam)

Keppu26 Apr 2018, 04:20

Super cute aesthetics is not something you see too often. This gives me good ol' James Pond 2 Amiga game vibes. Definitely fitting for young students. Is this game their making? Is this critique going for them? I don't know so I direct this to an adult, in hope this will help you improve. :pray:

More contrast is needed between background and the characters. Making background color a bit more darker would go long way. Game badly needs sound effects to be more responsive. Shooting that laser and hitting enemies at bare minimum.

Player hitting enemies should give more feedback. Like knock-back. For the health I would probably use hearts instead of health bar.

Heroic heavy metal soundtrack feel a bit off in such cute world and leads me to believe the game would turn more violent. Which it doesn't. There seems to be no way to hurt enemies. If you'd make the laser disable them that would lead to fun game play mechanic of flying over them instead of below.

Bugs are breaking this game. Worst is hitting enemy once drains all your life.

That's about all. Good luck!

🎤 jfraser314author26 Apr 2018, 04:44

@hopgames, @dob, @croewens, So sorry about the game not starting. I think an old build was on itch.io, but we did build this game with software using their nightly build (so we have been dealing with more instability than I am used to). It "should" be fixed if you feel like giving it another shot.

🎤 jfraser314author26 Apr 2018, 04:49

@Keppu last jam my students did it with me, this is just something some friends and I threw together. We are still paying attention to LD as a class because we are running our own Jam in a couple of weeks (preindie.com). And heck yeah bugs are breaking the game. I have never bug fixed so much and had it break things so much. I guess it should happen to everyone at least once.

EkkoEkko26 Apr 2018, 06:54

I like the reaction of the character when her teddy was killed she still smiling haha. But The game is very fun ai love the art and animation. Simple but fun

pkenney27 Apr 2018, 20:41

The art and crazy story gave a nice light-hearted feel, and the operatic semi-metal, even if not made for this jam, was a nice choice to use. Gave kind of a crazy fits-but-doesn't-fit feel to the whole thing that I enjoyed and worked with the whole "incompatible genres" theme is a different way that other entries.

I also liked the concept of drawing power for mobility, attack, and life all from the same pool. Although I enjoyed the flying, and this design encouraged me NOT to do that fun thing, which was kind of a shame.

I did get stuck in the wall one time, here is a screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/8EJSZSz

I had to jet myself to death and start over there, but fortunately that's not a big deal since the game is a short punchy length, which I also liked about it... it didn't overstay its welcome.

The boss fight I think you are working out some bugs there, so no big deal but my experience was I got shoved in the corner and some things happened that confused me and then I died. (Probably what it really feels like to fight the hulk anyway)

Nice entry, slightly messy but counters with messy charm and makes the whole thing work.

Autumnotopia28 Apr 2018, 02:34

The graphics were very cute! Well done. I agree with what some of the above commenters said though, that it felt like flying was supposed to be fun, but then you were kind of punished for doing it. But, everything ran smoothly and I don't think I ran into any bugs to speak of!

TWCROCKETT28 Apr 2018, 16:54

Thanks for all the great comments!