Caterpillar Cowboy

by eldogg
co-authored: @foxxy
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.57
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.17
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.49
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.34
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.69
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.55
Wrap your caterpillar body around all the critters that have gotten loose at the ranch, and watch out for the law.

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WASD - Move

R - Respawn

Instructions in game.

Make sure you have sound on or headphones.

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Code, Art & Music by Foxdog Studios: Lloyd Henning & Peter Sutton

Mixing of song "Caterpillar Cowboy" by Alex Marczak

Foxdog Studios Twitter

Foxdog Studios Twitch, Thurs Web dev streams

Built using BabylonJS, NeoVim, Webpack, Typescript, Blender, Ardour.

Our making of video



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Tools: Blender

Comments61

arifacid5 Oct 2020, 22:29
now I AM the cowboy...
Tom_A6 Oct 2020, 11:10
Love this game. The graphics and music are brilliant. Would have liked a little less slip and slide on the surface, felt a bit like ice. But other than that this is a top game.
Dom Harris
Dom Harris6 Oct 2020, 11:18
okay I don't think I've ever given straight 5 stars to any jam game but that... That is perfection. I can find no faults. As soon as I thought "I wish I could become a butterfly and fly around", that wish was granted. Next time I should wish for something more useful like a new house :thinking: tl;dr this game is magical and you should play it
LetterAfterZ
LetterAfterZ6 Oct 2020, 11:19
Omg getting the wings at the end just made it all the better. That is an incredible entry! The music and vo is excellent, the level design is fun - def got my into that Katamari Damacy mindset.

Excellent use of the theme, and currently the best game I've played all LD. Finished it and still was craving a loopin'.
Naamed
Naamed6 Oct 2020, 11:23
Only thing stuck in loop after this is my heart for the caterpillar cowboy
Vollfeiw
Vollfeiw6 Oct 2020, 11:37
One of the best entry in the jam so far
Croxel Studios
Croxel Studios6 Oct 2020, 11:46
Really nice entry, loved the fact that you wrote a song in a weekend just for the game!

The gameplay works pretty well too :)

I didn't know what to do after getting the sheriff, was that the end?
Tad
Tad6 Oct 2020, 12:00
This is ridiculously fun - well done to the team!
Maytch
Maytch6 Oct 2020, 12:20
I can't give anything less than a perfect score. Fun mechanics, unique interpretation of the theme, funny as hell, satisfying low poly, and a very fitting song!
Adiwan
Adiwan6 Oct 2020, 13:00
That was a darn fine piece of ranching.
Yulia_li
Yulia_li6 Oct 2020, 14:32
This game is fun! good music, i liked it!
Robinerd
Robinerd6 Oct 2020, 21:12
Haha pretty nice, love the voice acting and art! Good interpretation of the theme :) Only down was that controls felt a bit unused. Might have preferred to move use a/d to turn. But I got used to it. The whole "chase your tail" thing was interesting
Erlioniel
Erlioniel6 Oct 2020, 21:24
Just the freaking best game I've played for this LD at the moment :D
Victor Hallock6 Oct 2020, 22:19
Great job! Looking forward to MORE caterpillars levels one day :D
jonah
jonah6 Oct 2020, 22:20
What a great game! Great build up and awesome gameplay!
TheBookSnail
TheBookSnail7 Oct 2020, 00:07
10/10 would be a canoodling cowpokin' caterpillar cowboy again
Jordanfb7 Oct 2020, 00:56
Pretty dang fantastic! Lots of fun, from the concept to the graphics to the music to the sound effects to the voice acting! Every once in a while I would fall off the edge but I got reset so that was fine. Also obviously the final win screen seemed a little rushed but getting the wings was a fun ending to the tale! Good buildup and story as well :D. Nice work!
ThunderSalt
ThunderSalt7 Oct 2020, 04:51
Absolutely amazing, godspeed caterpillar!!
socratesken7 Oct 2020, 04:53
the music and theme wasexcelent and the mechanics simple and fun. very good!
Adil7 Oct 2020, 05:03
I wrote post about this game and I want to leave my feedback here.
Game is wonderful, I love everything in this project, I'm sure that it would be cool if you port it to mobile, I believe that if you release, it will be great.
GG
Tyler Law
Tyler Law7 Oct 2020, 05:20
Haha perfection. I love it!
kuro
kuro7 Oct 2020, 05:31
This is exactly the type of game I reserve 4.5-5 star ratings for. The audio made me lol, also very pretty, original, and good use of theme. I missed some kind of adversity or a challenge, but understand that would be very difficult to implement with how long the "frikin cowboooooy" would grow near the end.
Shortbread
Shortbread7 Oct 2020, 06:34
Absolutely hilarious! I was super surprised to hear voice acting and the song as well. Great concept and execution, well done :thumbsup:
Rein7 Oct 2020, 08:35
Wonderful little game with fantastic execution! I especially enjoyed the Easter Egg-esque credits. Only bug I encountered was new segments of the tail could spawn inside of things and get me stuck, but there was always a way out of that. Great job!
PaulHudson7 Oct 2020, 18:18
Snake rules... Or Caterpillar 🙂
Pretty good game and graphic
Like how level of difficulty grows.
LurkinMcClerkin
LurkinMcClerkin7 Oct 2020, 19:28
One of the best entries so far. The graphics were super fun, the mechanic was well executed and the humor in the concept and the music just brought it all together. Absolutely fantastic job friends!
Baran
Baran7 Oct 2020, 21:48
6 WORDS. I JUST PLAYED THE WINNER GAME.
That music, the idea, that cute little caterpillar... Solid 5 stars on everything. Thanks for the experience. :smile:
JavaSaurus
JavaSaurus7 Oct 2020, 22:22
Heya! Thanks for submitting your game to my stream [twitch.tv/drjavasaurus)[www.twitch.tv/drjavasaurus]. I had a great time playing it and I actually took a note to pass it on to my 5 year old. He'll go bonkers for this ! Everything just falls in place with this one, great audio, great artwork, great gameplay... One of my favorites for sure! I did discover a bug where my caterpillar-butt got stuck in a rock, but a quick reset fixed it :) Great job !
eldogg
eldoggauthor8 Oct 2020, 10:50
@javasaurus Thanks for playing on your stream, sorry we missed it live, think we submitted it just as you finished up the previous night. Enjoyed watching your playthrough, thanks for highlighting the butt in a wall bug, haha hope your 5 year old enjoys!
Arthurds
Arthurds8 Oct 2020, 14:03
I mean I just love this so god dawm much. I alredy complimented the audio to hell and back on my stream but everything else is just so dawm good as well. Holy fucking shit dude this is awesome. Amazing Job! Gezus Xcrist dude its SO GOOD! Thanks for submitting it! - PomoTheDog
WegPast
WegPast8 Oct 2020, 14:36
God ! That the best entry I've tested for me so far ! Really great job ! And you even done a song for it you maniac ! xD
Clever !
humnyn
humnyn8 Oct 2020, 20:08
Nice caterpillar game! :wink: Wonderfully nutty and fun. For a jam there's so much polish in the gameplay and content. Such good progression, good job!
Noam Blei
Noam Blei8 Oct 2020, 22:10
Loved the voice and the graphics and all aaaaaa this game is super beautiful.
Noam Blei
Noam Blei8 Oct 2020, 22:16
ALSO the music is AMAZING and it was super fun tu play as well, one of my favorite games so far
Runtra8 Oct 2020, 23:16
The best game i played so far. It is truly excelent. It was really hard to catch the sheriff!! :))
tostada8 Oct 2020, 23:38
i love it, ill protect caterpillar cowboy with my life
limered9 Oct 2020, 15:19
Awesome entry. Now the song is stuck in my head forever.
droo shayne
droo shayne9 Oct 2020, 22:21
Pretty simple idea, awesome execution! Loved the music/audio. Really funny game.
Honest Dan
Honest Dan9 Oct 2020, 22:54
haha such a fun and silly idea - really glad I got to experience this. The ending too
alpacalypse
alpacalypse10 Oct 2020, 16:17
Like a combination of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy with a cowboy theme. I especially liked the credit sequence, fantastic job.
JuanSabadoPeron10 Oct 2020, 20:28
Amazing amazing amazing. Going for music with lyrics for a jam is a hell of a gamble and it turned out really well, congrats.
lectvs
lectvs10 Oct 2020, 23:28
Some of the best music I've ever heard in a jam game. Graphics were great as well, and the gameplay was smooth, simple, and fun! Great jam entry!
Sean Holloway
Sean Holloway11 Oct 2020, 06:31
In every epoch of human history there is a defining work of art. The Sistine Chapel. Hamlet. The Mona Lisa. And now? Caterpillar Cowboy.
Cerins11 Oct 2020, 09:25
Fun game, the music is a masterpiece.
Sunti
Sunti11 Oct 2020, 11:33
Loved this one, the caterpillar voice lines were so good :P Could have used some additional mechanics to make the gameplay more diverse, but it's a good entry nontheless. Good job!
MrchickenBoy
MrchickenBoy11 Oct 2020, 11:46
love the game man! How did you pull such good music off?
Artyom Volkov
Artyom Volkov11 Oct 2020, 11:47
Absolutely hilarious game with vibes of Katamari. It's a very polished submission with fine art and decent music.
Kylie Trace11 Oct 2020, 12:11
this game was fun and really cute! before i realized i was able to eat the fence post and other inanimate objects i was just like no way you cant eat rocks but i laughed out loud when it happened. good job and thank you!
MrchickenBoy
MrchickenBoy11 Oct 2020, 12:14
I love how the chicken just slides
eldogg
eldoggauthor11 Oct 2020, 12:31
@mrchickenboy One of us mostly made audio and programmed it all into the engine the whole 3 days, while the other worked solidly on the chicken physics.
michaelaranda
michaelaranda11 Oct 2020, 14:04
Quite a unique take on the theme! Great job!
SharkWithLasers
SharkWithLasers12 Oct 2020, 05:14
Getting some donut county vibes from this! It's so satisfying to wrangle up random critters/objects.

Love the humor and music in this especially. Put a smile on my face!

Great work!
Snowdrama
Snowdrama15 Oct 2020, 15:18
Thanks for linking this to me! Easily my favorite game I've played so far, It's hilarios, It's fun, It's silly, it's great nuff said.
Omiya Games
Omiya Games17 Oct 2020, 17:05
Well, take the max Audio rating. You deserve it.

The game is well-presented, with consistent and endearing graphics, excellent music, auditory commentary on gameplay. The controls are intuitive and smooth, to boot. Pacing was decent: new elements were added in each "level," and the game never felt too long nor too short.

I felt like the game was a one-note comedy game. It's a great playground game/simulation, but at least I have a hard time thinking about how to further expand the game beyond what's presented. I think it's simplicity is also a bit of its own downfall.

ETA: the credits reveal was really cool, nice job in being creative on that!
coderTrevor18 Oct 2020, 15:00
Not much feedback I can give; this was a perfect jam game! I especially loved the music which referenced what happens in the game in a funny way. Awesome job!!

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