Dodge whatever life sends your way and pet that adorable friend!
This game is about eternal struggles, escapism and pets. It combines lite bullet hell and caressing sim!
This is my 4th LD, and first time compo. I have always participated alone, but for some reason never got enough time to finish till the compo ends. But not this time! This is the reason there is no music tho, I have no idea how to do THAT. Whenever I open FL studio I feel like I'm in a dark cave: there is something there, breathing in the dark, but I can't tell what it is and better get out before it bit me.
Pixel art here is mediocre at best: I've been procrastinating and thinking too much over that one thing in Gamemaker that just couldn't work how I wanted. Other thing is the amount of content: the game is really short once you get ahold of controls. Speaking of controls, mouse can feel a bit weird at first: try moving it slowly, the player's speed is capped so that you can't racecar to the other side of the screen with your over 9k dpi razor mouse (not sponsored). One thing I wasn't sure of is 2 hp: is it too much or too small? Hmm...
Originally I was thinking about adding several different animals to be choosed randomly from, but ended up adding only a cat. Maybe or maybe not I'll add something else post-compo.
All things aside, I'd say the game turned out pretty ok. Thanks for reading this post (or skipping to the end of it) and (presumably) playing my game!
Interesting ^^ But I think "caressing sim" is quite an excuse to fit in the theme ^^' Otherwise I would see more of these kind of phase.
Otherwise, I really liked the fact that is the life which throw to you problems that kill you ^^
Too bad for the music, the next time you will be able to use FL studio ;) (I hope)
And I felt weird when I saw that the hand did not go as quickly as our mouse does. Maybe you should fix that ? Also that is because my mouth go out of the screen befor the hand, so that is a little weird.
But anyway, that is quite a good game, keep coding :)
Hey man, I've played your game for a couple of rounds - might be a tad bit on the easy side.
Also there's like this super easy cheese trick if you just get your mouse to the pet before the words really had time to spawn and you can pet your pet just no matter.
Looking at what the game communicates - that might aswell be a lifehack you recommend though. :D
Btw: sth. which made making music for me really easy was this free tool: http://www.beepbox.co
@Mathiouza haha yeah you got me, that was quite an excuse :D If I left the hand speed as high as the mouse speed, it would be too easy to play. Thanks for the feedback tho!
You probably should make the mouth unable to get out of the screen though, like making it returning to the center of the screen each time you know the player moved the cursor. That is the easiest and efficiest way to change the sensibility of the mouth. Hope I was clear ^^'
Hey, I won :D. That last pet was brutal (had to cheese it by moving the hand before it stated shooting :P). Would be nice if the cat (and hand) had randomized starting position.
I really love the message of your game, that's adorable, I really appreciate this kind of games that make people think :)
I play two times without trick the game (moving quicly the cursor to the corner before life gets time to throw you things, you know xD) Perhaps it could be fix doing what people have said about random positions of the cat.
Anyway, nice entry and really really good job with your message! Hope we see in the next ludum dares!
As other people have mentioned, it certainly seems that life can be bested by moving with speed, precision, and confidence. And the reward is petting a cute cat. What's not to like?
Good job with the entry! I really liked the contrast of the petting sim being offset by the depressing thoughts. I love a bit of melancholy. I'd really like to see this developed further. When I played it was possible to shoot the hand straight for the cat and guarantee a win! Keep making games!
Well I got to pet the cat once before accidentally moving my mouse *too* far up the window and closing out of the game the second time around. :stuck_out_tongue: It's a fun, cute little game. I love how the bullet hell portion involves dodging words, and how the LIFE text at the top basically follows you horizontally, which means the closer you get to the cat, the more riskier it is that you'll be hit by something in life. I thought the art looked fine; the pixel aesthetics worked here. That hand is quite detailed to the point where it gets a bit creepy, but maybe this is just on me. :laughing: I had a good time for the small amount I played.
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Otherwise, I really liked the fact that is the life which throw to you problems that kill you ^^
Too bad for the music, the next time you will be able to use FL studio ;) (I hope)
And I felt weird when I saw that the hand did not go as quickly as our mouse does. Maybe you should fix that ? Also that is because my mouth go out of the screen befor the hand, so that is a little weird.
But anyway, that is quite a good game, keep coding :)
Also there's like this super easy cheese trick if you just get your mouse to the pet before the words really had time to spawn and you can pet your pet just no matter.
Looking at what the game communicates - that might aswell be a lifehack you recommend though. :D
Btw: sth. which made making music for me really easy was this free tool: http://www.beepbox.co
I heavily recommend it!
I play two times without trick the game (moving quicly the cursor to the corner before life gets time to throw you things, you know xD) Perhaps it could be fix doing what people have said about random positions of the cat.
Anyway, nice entry and really really good job with your message! Hope we see in the next ludum dares!