Caterpiloop

co-authored: @grommit, @mirriu, @humnyn
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.96
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.96
Race against yourself in this short little game.

All assets except for the music are made by us.


Team

@marcus-otterstrom: Programming + countdown & celebration noises

@grommit: Programming + button & celebration noises

@humnyn: Menu, insects, obstacles, cursor, and background art

@mirriu: Log, fire, and tutorial art + animations & rigging + particle effects

Changelog

* (2020-10-08) Rewrote async code to Coroutines to support a web build. This doesn't change any of the behaviour but makes the game runnable as WebGL. Another minor change with this build is that audio rewind doesn't work in WebGL, so that behaviour was commented out (Windows/Mac builds remain the same).

Attribution


Music:
Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments43

Thorn6 Oct 2020, 06:22
The graphics and feel of the game is really cute and charming.
Denzil Gomes
Denzil Gomes7 Oct 2020, 11:55
I cant seem to launch the game. The Windows build doesn't have the .exe file. Looks like its the files for the web build. Let me know if I'm missing something
OddSocks
OddSocks7 Oct 2020, 11:56
Loved it! :raised_hands: Congrats on a great entry. Shame the web version didn't work... I feel your pain!!
Caberu
Caberu7 Oct 2020, 12:01
The games look very fun and cute but I can't launch the windows version
JRevel7 Oct 2020, 12:04
I can't find your windows build, there is only the web build in your itch.io page. Too bad, the game looks really cute :(
Chocolat-Endive
Chocolat-Endive7 Oct 2020, 12:06
The sound FX made me laugh! Like @denzil-gomes I was unable to launch the game. The web version seems to have really nice graphics.
KreGames
KreGames7 Oct 2020, 12:14
Lovely game! Easy mechanism, neat graphics! Great entry, good work! But I could only play it, by download the source, and play it in the editor. The web not working, and you uploaded the web folder as Windows playable.
humnyn
humnyn7 Oct 2020, 12:14
Hey everyone, sorry about the mess! We're working on fixing the builds, it'll hopefully be up soon. :-)
JRevel7 Oct 2020, 12:34
Cool, I could try it, pretty cool little game, with quality sounds ^^
For your build problems, maybe it is a problem of order of initialization, sometimes it not exactly the same between editor and builds, and can cause some strange problems.
I hope it will help you :)
Marcus Otterstrom
Marcus Otterstromauthor7 Oct 2020, 12:36
Yeah could be something with script execution order, we've changed around a few things there but haven't gotten it to work yet. Thanks for the advice @jrevel!
CookieNoir
CookieNoir7 Oct 2020, 20:46
Cool idea and gorgeous graphics. Enjoyed your game so much. I think it would be a nice idea to show the travelling path not only at the run time, but also while rewinding.
Marcus Otterstrom
Marcus Otterstromauthor7 Oct 2020, 22:47
Thanks @cookienoir, that was originally the plan but we ran short on time and didn't have time to implement it. Perhaps in the post-jam version? ;)
Aless7 Oct 2020, 23:13
Enjoyed this game a lot, had me in the mood 100%. Very fitting music and graphics, also SFXs were up to the task
SophieMae0
SophieMae07 Oct 2020, 23:14
5s across the board, this is so clever and fun. My favorite part is definitely the sound effects
Thiago Nascimento
Thiago Nascimento7 Oct 2020, 23:19
OMG the vocal sound fx, the beautiful art, the fun mechanics of beating yourself. 5/5 no doubt
Marcus Otterstrom
Marcus Otterstromauthor8 Oct 2020, 09:43
Thank you for your kind comments everyone :smile: We've now figured out the problem with the web build! Apparently Unity WebGL doesn't support async code even though it works fine in the editor. Oh, and we also noticed that rewinding audio doesn't work in WebGL either. But the game does! So we've added a web build. Note that the windows/mac builds will probably work better, but the web build should give a decent experience.
chesschaser
chesschaser8 Oct 2020, 13:04
I love it! Very cute graphics and its fun!
eldogg
eldogg8 Oct 2020, 13:19
Haha awesome caterpillar game (we have a caterpillar in ours too, bug solidarity!). Really like the audio, as soon as I heard the menu noises I knew I was in for a good time. The painterly art style is very warm and feels like a childrens story book come to life. The rewind transitions could be faster after the first, but that's a small thing. Great job team.
Remzo
Remzo8 Oct 2020, 13:29
Graphics and audio work well together to make for a charming game! I only wish the restarting was a little bit quicker since the player is just sitting there and waiting for a few seconds and it's not interesting in that moment. Solid jam game!
James Clark
James Clark8 Oct 2020, 13:39
Haha! What a fun and well polished entry! Well done. The music, sound effects and art is so wholesome
Harrm
Harrm8 Oct 2020, 13:44
Totally awesome, in every aspect.
ArmenBalian8 Oct 2020, 13:59
the art is amazing and the sound effect are so funny
MeowMeowLitClub
MeowMeowLitClub8 Oct 2020, 15:09
Very cute and funny!!! I love it sooo much! The sound effect is excellent! Good job!!
CG_Fred
CG_Fred8 Oct 2020, 17:15
Such a cute little game. Simple concept but works very well! Great job! Love the sound effects and the confetti :D
DmitryGalias
DmitryGalias8 Oct 2020, 19:19
Very nice! I really love visual style and sound FX. And the game mechanics are also very interesting. How many bugs will be at the end of the race? I was only able to achieve 5.
humnyn
humnyn8 Oct 2020, 19:27
@dmitrygalias We put in like 21 spawn slots... any more than that and the game would probably break. Luckily it seems like nobody will ever reach that limit, I don't think we managed to top 5 either :-) Hopefully that answered your question, thanks for the nice comment!
TheBookSnail
TheBookSnail10 Oct 2020, 18:05
Love graphics, sfx, and mechanics! Ending the race from touching the obstacles or other bugs is abrupt. I would love if they bumped you instead of ending the race, thus making the next race even harder if you don't get knocked off the branch.
Marcus Otterstrom
Marcus Otterstromauthor10 Oct 2020, 18:26
@thebooksnail I like that idea a lot, might have to play around a bit with that post-jam. Thanks for the feedback!
GOD COLO
GOD COLO11 Oct 2020, 11:00
Nice graphics! I really liked the concept! Greato Jobu! :smile:
Cerebral Bore11 Oct 2020, 13:33
I like the graphics and the sound effects. If I move my insect close to the void on the next path it throws itself into the void :).
Difficult to remember the previous path.
keep it up.
Trexxak
Trexxak11 Oct 2020, 18:59
I love the visual style you went for, the ad-libbed organic sound effects enhance the style furthermore, and the background score meshes them together into one lovely atmosphere :3 The game idea itself is genius in terms of „why wasn’t this idea exploited sooner and more frequent?“ and plays incredibly intuitively. I would have wished the actual end of the platform to be a bit more generous, as I fell over the edge quite a few times without realizing I couldn’t go that far out. Other than that, just a very cute game!
Sunblast
Sunblast14 Oct 2020, 13:54
Great game! Graphics was nice and gameplay felt smooth. Loved the sound effects.
Narom4215 Oct 2020, 11:52
Great graphics and sound, really funny :)
Kamuniaft
Kamuniaft15 Oct 2020, 15:51
Cool game mechanic, caterpillars move smoothly, art and sound effects are synergetic! Made it to 6 bugs at max :) Great job making this game!
Matootsy
Matootsy16 Oct 2020, 13:28
Very cute world. The art is sweet and the sound with mouth funny (perhaps a bit annoying on a long time period, and in this case, a bit of variation could arrange it). And the concept with many different paths to manage is enjoyable. It would be just perhaps nice to skip the starting time, and have a speed up when the insect come back. Anyway. The atmosphere and whole game well polished for a jam deserve a Congrat!
Kyyrozu
Kyyrozu23 Oct 2020, 11:02
Haha i loved it! The sound effects are perfect xD The music is really good too and you are in a happy mood.
The gameplay is interesting and you always find new tactics to improve your best score!
Very good job guys keep it up!
Tamail23 Oct 2020, 14:38
Awww, this is such a cute game with a really original concept in my opinion! Loved the art but enjoyed the sound effects even more. Nice!
Megepok
Megepok24 Oct 2020, 15:30
This game is fun and has a great atmosphere. The sound design really adds a lot to the mood, and visually it's beautiful. I would just suggest to make the insect come back faster between each round.

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