Mouseherd

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.37
A short puzzle/action game about getting mice to their cheese.

Genres: puzzle

Comments23

MikoziQ
MikoziQ5 Oct 2020, 00:27
A bit of feedback: Would be nice to be able to rotate in-spot to place arrow (or maybe it's just me), but I've figured out the controls quite fast anyway. Other than that, good job!
Michael Parrish
Michael Parrish5 Oct 2020, 00:28
Really fun game! A little tricky to pick up at first but once the arrows are introduced the puzzles become fun and engaging. Nice job (and great sprites too!)
FabDynamic
FabDynamic5 Oct 2020, 00:31
Best score ever by anyone ever: 295. By me! J/K about the score I stank but I finished it and loved every second. This had the perfect amount of longevity and interest for a jam and the perfect amount of potential to build into something even bigger some other time. Fantastic work! P.S. I'm a unity guy atm but I've always had my eye on this engine and now I want to use the Löve engine even more than ever before!
SwippyDippyDoo
SwippyDippyDoo5 Oct 2020, 00:43
it would be nice to be able to change the direction of the arrow while standing on a tile, as it is hard to set up the arrows the way you want. when standing against a wall for example, but I think you made good use of the simple mechanics with some fun puzzle designs.
irwatts
irwatts5 Oct 2020, 00:50
I loved this. The setting reminded me of one of my favorite puzzle games, Chu Chu Rocket, but the mechanics felt fresh. Charming art and presentation. WASD movement and being able to rotate the arrow in place would be nice polish, but great work!
Dr_V
Dr_V5 Oct 2020, 00:50
Really nice idea and an impressive amount of content for a compo entry. Suffers a bit sometimes from the "do random stuff and win" kind of effect in these kinds of games, but a number of the levels required real thought and planning.
gelisam
gelisam5 Oct 2020, 11:52
On macOS 10.13.1, I get “mouseherd is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash."
typeswitch
typeswitchauthor5 Oct 2020, 13:30
@gelisam Oh no! I'll look into that. In the meantime, you could install the LOVE framework from https://love2d.org/ and run mouseherd.love directly, without the app wrapper. Thank you for reporting the issue.
TheGreenMan6 Oct 2020, 01:08
Simple, but effective. Perfect for a game jam. You did a great job. ^^
gelisam
gelisam6 Oct 2020, 03:50
It worked, thanks!
typeswitch
typeswitchauthor6 Oct 2020, 10:10
@mikoziq Thanks for the feedback! I definitely want to change up the control scheme a bit when I make a more polished version of the game. Thanks for playing!

@michael-parrish Thank you so much!
jonah
jonah6 Oct 2020, 11:59
I really enjoyed this one!

Good art and fun gameplay!

Great job!
LAndyPommel6 Oct 2020, 14:51
Cool! The idea of loop could change because of player is definitely a key shot for this.
Nice job!
fractalsunrise
fractalsunrise6 Oct 2020, 20:38
I like this game; it has a great mechanic that has some surprising depth to it. It was really fun and not too hard, and the mice were cute! Great job!
Eugenik
Eugenik6 Oct 2020, 22:14
Congratulations, creative idea. A crazy game
armytag7 Oct 2020, 02:51
Fun concept and well executed! Last level was particularly tricky for me, but got it in the end. Using the player's movement to keep score was a great idea, really encourages replaying your game to try and get a better score!
Nikolai Shkurkin7 Oct 2020, 03:56
I was afraid most puzzles were going to be solved by just randomly placing myself in places... but was pleasantly surprised that suddenly the level of complexity ramped up quickly with a few simple elements. Very cute and awesome work! :mouse2: :cheese:
Shelvid
Shelvid9 Oct 2020, 17:19
Really fun and unique puzzle game, I just wish it had a sound, well done on the entry!
typeswitch
typeswitchauthor9 Oct 2020, 17:22
@shelvid Thank you so much for playing and for your feedback! You're definitely right. I sadly ran out of time to work on the audio.
Jimbly
Jimbly13 Oct 2020, 02:17
I thought I was clever on the first couple levels solving them without using arrows, then I realized that mechanic hadn't really been introduced yet ^_^. That was fun, made it through to the end with a score of 294. Wish there were more levels!
Arthurds
Arthurds13 Oct 2020, 12:19
You rat bastard! Thanks for submittint it! -PomoTheDog
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