Whiny Slime

by heynetters

co-authored: @ava-rae, @robinsong

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Lexicon's spaceship runs on slime, but the slime has run off! Get the slime back into the tank so you can get going again, and nevermind that all those creatures you caught have gotten loose. What's the worst that could happen?

Z or C to fight, X to run.
The digi-bugs are only interested in the slime, who will follow you if you're close enough and she isn't busy eating or complaining, and her voice is so distracting, that you can't fight while she's talking.

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Your slimy companion will consume any nearby defeated digi-bugs whenever she's hurt or hungry.

If you can get her safely across the ship to her tube, you win!

By Brightmoth Games! (Ava, Nette and Robin)!

You may need to think outside the monster crate on this one.

UPDATED:

A new build was uploaded to fix
- Crash on death in certain cases
- Music randomiser only played the wrong song
- Bugs didn't spawn when retrying.

Genres: action

Comments16

SuperGamersGames21 Apr 2020, 04:14

It's hard to attack, and the player is kinda slow. Didn't get too far in this one I'm afraid.

HeyNettersauthor21 Apr 2020, 04:21

Thanks for the feedback! I made note to mention the run button. 🏃🏽

Domji21 Apr 2020, 04:22

Love the art super cool style! really neat retro feel

minibobbo21 Apr 2020, 04:27

The art and music was great! The sounds were perfect and reminded me of the Adventures of Lolo for some reason. It wasn't clear exactly what was happening and it would have been nice to see the life of the slime or something. I punched a lot of guys but then when the slime died I think the game crashed.

Mertios21 Apr 2020, 04:31

I've got mixed feelings. On one hand, the art and music are really well done, and you've packed a lot of character into slime girl considering PICO-8's limitations. I honestly have never seen a character in a PICO-8 game be even close to her level of personally, and the dialog system was really well done. That being said, the gameplay could be improved. The walk speed is at a snail's pace, and the run speed should should be the walking speed. Also, aligning the attack is really difficult as @supergamersgames has mentioned. Please make a post-Ludum Dare version of Whiny Slime though that has more polished gameplay! The game concept and character designs are very well done, it is a very memorable entry. Regards, -Elnu

Simin21 Apr 2020, 04:38

I want to start by saying that I enjoy the experience and the feelings I have when I play the game. It's cute and funny. I think the speed just needs to be bumped up a little, and that might help make the attacks feel easier to connect with enemies.:)

kfischer-okarin21 Apr 2020, 04:46

The art and sound is really nice. As most other people already said... The walking speed could be faster and the attack radius a bit more forgiving.

TravisA21 Apr 2020, 04:51

The gameplay was a little slow, but overall i enjoyed the gameplay with art design.

Alchemic21 Apr 2020, 06:04

Kinda slow-paced, but the artwork is very good! I love the music!

HeyNettersauthor21 Apr 2020, 14:26

Thanks for the feedback, we really do appreciate it! And absolutely @mertios we plan to make a polished version post-jam. A bug fix is coming for the runtime error, @minibobbo, thanks for that.

alanxoc321 Apr 2020, 16:23

I agree with a lot of the other comments. The controls/gameplay was difficult to navigate, but the graphics and personality was great! The dialog system really made the characters come to life.

Lambdanaut22 Apr 2020, 22:58

Great game! Loved the character talking. The art was really good for pico8, and I really liked the pixel start effect in the splash screen.
I'd say that you should do away with walking though, and make running be the default.

Ava Rae22 Apr 2020, 23:16

Thanks @lambdanaut, glad you liked it! The walking pace is actually tied directly to the speed of Slime Girl, and lets her keep pace with you, while the run lets you get around more quickly to strike at the bugs. The slower pace is a key part of the design. She's like a child that rarely does what you'd like!

HeyNettersauthor23 Apr 2020, 02:37

This game is an allegory for parenting. That's how I pitched it to Ava. Toddlers don't go fast, they don't do what you like, and you just have to... press on.

Rhiz24 Apr 2020, 16:32

Cute Pico-8 beat em up. The art and animation is really nice. I like how the levels get more slime and slime tubes as they go on.

I found the flying enemies a little hard to hit because of misjudging their height. The flowers were really annoying because they have a huge range and shoot immediately after landing, but once I got the hang of the game, I noticed that they can't hit you if you keep walking.

I wish the button to advance the dialogue was the run button instead of the attack button because I would end up mashing through the text while fighting. She repeats most of her lines enough that this was often fine, but there seemed to be a couple unique messages that I missed.

Keep up the good work!

HeyNettersauthor30 Apr 2020, 13:16

@rhiz Thanks for the feedback! Also, you can punch the flower seeds. It's tricky, but it works!

The slime dialog is so critical to the flavor of the game, we'll make sure that in future versions, the message stays up longer!