Ludum Dare #46compo

Crater Critters

by jimanzium

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Description:

Crater Critters is a casual simulation game where you play as a sentient tree and protect a group of strange
critters that are trapped in a crater. Use their faith to get enough power in order to
set them free.

Keep the critters alive so that you to may thrive.

How to play:

Use your abilities to help the critters survive. Critters need enough food and water to stay alive and duplicate. When the critters are happy they will come to you and worship you allowing you to gain XP. When you gain enough XP you will level up unlocking new abilities allowing you to sustain a higher population.

Controls:

Right mouse button - hold and drag to move the camera

Left mouse button - click on abilites to select them, then click on the ground to cast it

F1 - toggle fullscreen

F2 - toggle sound effects

F3 - toggle music

Credits:

All programming, art and sound effects where created by me

font source: https://www.dafont.com/tomodachy.font

Comments18

tylerstraub20 Apr 2020, 22:28

i think it's a little too easy but i love the mood

mehrdadsh21 Apr 2020, 07:10

yeah the mood is nice

jsec21 Apr 2020, 09:07

Nice little game, dificulty was ok i think - for a game jam, it helps to play longer and not drop it after 5 seconds

43sam21 Apr 2020, 19:19

Very peaceful and relaxing game :) Really enjoyable overall!

Jimanziumauthor21 Apr 2020, 19:26

@43sam thanks for the lovely review but I think you commented on the wrong game.

43sam21 Apr 2020, 19:30

@jimanzium I did, apologies for that! I've edited it now :)

Digitom21 Apr 2020, 19:34

I like the casual atmosphere and art. Simple and fun!

Jimanziumauthor21 Apr 2020, 19:35

@43sam No problem! Thanks for playing, hope you enjoyed it.

IDidGame21 Apr 2020, 19:37

eat, drink and procreate...why would they ever want to leave? did i kill them in the end? this tree is evil isn't it...
all joking aside this was refreshingly chill, well done!

wrimo21 Apr 2020, 19:38

I really like this. It's a nice, calm experience. I really love the imagery of the life giving tree with all the critters around it. To that end, my biggest complaint, I think there are too many particle effect, they get in the way of the calmness and nice graphics - which honestly isn't much. I really like how the game ends. Great job!

irwatts21 Apr 2020, 20:19

I thought the relaxed pacing was fitting. Happy to have freed my critters.

jerripo21 Apr 2020, 20:57

It got chaotic at the end and I was stressed trying to keep them all fed, but I guess they all get ..."freed" at the end anyways :-) Very cute game, I love these kinds of pet games. The story you spun around it is really sweet too.

Mathurin21 Apr 2020, 22:54

Awwwwwwwwwww they are so cute, idk why I feel like that but it's just a chill game, I love chill games !!! I had tones of critters at the end, the free critter option is so perfect, letting them live their lives is such a good moment. really lovely!
(Just a little suggestion, you should put all your ingame drawable object (you draw the ui as usual) in one loop to draw them ordered by y (so you have to add them into a single list like "drawable" and sort the list by the y property), it will allow to draw correctly because right now if the critters are behind are tree they are draw in front for example which make it looks bad. Glad to see some other love2d user ;)

squareoctopus22 Apr 2020, 02:06

Very cute! Played till the end. Didn't mind if it was a little easy, it was fun the whole time. Rewarding.

jelch22 Apr 2020, 21:54

I couldn't figure out what the "heal all" ability was for. I would have like to see some sort of monster that the player would have to keep a look out for and chase away.

Regardless, cute little game!

caeonosphere23 Apr 2020, 08:41

The critters are free! The difficulty was just fine for me. I've learned it again and again: better too easy than too hard. And yet the lesson still hasn't totally stuck...