Groovy B and the Great Cownundrum

by 6smith
co-authored: @spiderpeace
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.93
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.80
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Adventure! Mystery! Romance! Milk!

Join protagonist Groovy B, in their time-cursed Groundhog-Day-esque adventure to cure the town's government and dairy industry of cow-rruption!​

Controls: Enter to begin game, Z to interact, X to jump, Arrow keys to move.

Works great on mobile!
Possibly playable on a gameboy colour or above, although that hasn't been tested.

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Tags: #2d
Genres: adventure

Comments24

Squid Inc.
Squid Inc.6 Oct 2020, 00:40
I played this game instead of doing my homework. Very fun, good job!
Reef
Reef6 Oct 2020, 01:22
Really great! I enjoyed the funny writing and the puzzle. You art was nice, felt just like a gameboy game. The jumping was a little unpredictable at first but I got used to it. You could also make it a little more clear what objects the player is able to interact with. I'm tempted to play again because I think I missed out on some things! Nice little world you put together.
karreg
karreg6 Oct 2020, 01:23
I'm sorry I just rage quit.
After I passed 3 minutes just to figure out how to play, I didn't really understand what I am supposed to do. The "interact" command lacks precision (for each character or door I have met, I had to try 3 or 4 times to "activate" the action"). On the other hand, the art is cool.
6smith
6smithauthor6 Oct 2020, 02:03
@karreg try interacting with things when you are standing next to them and facing them, rather then when you are on top of them.
BEK6 Oct 2020, 03:10
awesome game i liked it, i got to the store ad got the milk but i couldnot figure out how to go back and give the milk to the mom )
Spiderpeace6 Oct 2020, 03:52
@bek you have to keep going forwards until you get to the hotel, that's how you reset the time loop :)
merzlot6 Oct 2020, 03:58
Made it to the end! :D This is nice and funny story. ) Some interaction indicator would be useful - "Press Z" when you are near the object or "!" Thank you for the game!
Fonics6 Oct 2020, 05:00
Great game! Good art, writing and the audio was simplistic but fitting and pleasant. I love the groundhog day turned quest for milk storyline! Good humor and fits the theme well, all around solid game!
Trypants6 Oct 2020, 05:01
Great Art! Some UI/Indication would be helpful. Good entry.
UkuleleFury
UkuleleFury6 Oct 2020, 05:01
Lol, I hate it when my key dissolves!

:) Loved the narrative and story. The jumping is a little tricky, but not terrible. The hitboxes for interacting could use a little polish too. I didn't have time to finish exploring/finishing the game, but there are so many parts I want to finish seeing! Very compelling.
radgegames6 Oct 2020, 05:03
Super fun game to play the characters really made me laugh and the milk bottle anon note was hilarious in the beginning
Stefan B.
Stefan B.6 Oct 2020, 05:12
oops, straight walked by the uncle to the bus ;) Fun story and huge jumps (feels a bit too much movment in y direction compared to x)
PrincessChooChoo
PrincessChooChoo6 Oct 2020, 05:14
Fun little game, really nice gameboy-ish aesthetic.
I's agree with other commenters that the interact positioning is a little fiddly and unintutitive and the jump behaves strangely though.
AndrewPixel
AndrewPixel6 Oct 2020, 15:28
The only flaws of this game are the physics and the kind of repetitive music, for the rest the humour is fantastic and the graphics really resemble the Gameboy-ish style. Good job!
TheWustache
TheWustache6 Oct 2020, 16:08
Pretty much every line made me laugh :D
dyguests
dyguests6 Oct 2020, 17:16
The style is very comfortable.
awesomearcade3657 Oct 2020, 06:18
Best game I've played so far! 5/5 for me. the dialogue was fantastic.
CaptainProton42
CaptainProton427 Oct 2020, 12:04
Very cute! I was surprised when I entered the dream world first (although I couldn't figure out what to do there), and how it then looped back around. The graphics are very nice and I actually like the music (although maybe a bit repetitive). Overall, very solid entry!
Arttu Halonen9 Oct 2020, 16:15
Cool idea and great visuals! I was able to warp through the locked door in the cave without a key by just running straight into it and mashing the Z key. And also the areas where you could interact with doors with the Z key were a bit small and finicky. Overall great job, there's a lot of potential here!
Carson Bentley9 Oct 2020, 21:45
Super excellent. I dig this very much.
Quality through and through.
DDRKirbyISQ
DDRKirbyISQ16 Oct 2020, 05:06
Simple but fun. Extra points for implementing both platforming and top-down movement...
HitchH1k3r
HitchH1k3r21 Oct 2020, 03:48
I managed to uncover the cow-spiracy. Others have mentioned the controls being a bit funky: slid-y, super power jump (I particularly felt the ceiling bonks), and interaction being ahead of the player was not expected.

I liked the humorous story, and felt I got to know this little world while playing. Good work.

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