War Horse

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.19
When Teddy the horse leaves his stable his mental state becomes unstable.

After his country lost the war he was taken in by a farmer of the enemy, he's determined to escape and reunite with his country. Flashbacks to his days in the war overtake his mind, dodge hallucinations and collect apples to gain the energy to escape.

WASD for movement. Space to reload.

Created By:

Josh "that horse guy" Hickey-Patriquin

Alex Kehoe

Heather Cleveland

Martin Nilsson

Comments15

Tata_Yoz
Tata_Yoz4 Oct 2021, 12:55
Very nice, i liked it !
Lucas Thomaz4 Oct 2021, 20:21
i always wanted to drift with a horse hahahahaha
the music, controls, effects and animation, all of this feels pretty good!
Junebug
Junebug4 Oct 2021, 22:32
I love the stable music!
DaleP5 Oct 2021, 04:45
This was very short but a fun bullet hell. Good animations, and the controls are just floaty enough to make it feel more chaotic without being too frustrating (for me anyway). My only nitpick is that it wasn’t immediately obvious how to escape after eating all the apples. I had noticed the path in the corner early on, but tried to go through without eating all the apples and there wasn’t any feedback, so I thought it was just part of the scenery. It took me a minute to realize that it would let me go through after eating everything.

Side note, you might want to mark the link as web/HTML5 so people who aren’t on Windows realize they can play it.
afells8 Oct 2021, 08:42
The music was fun and I really the movement controls it felt very horse like.
Likirus8 Oct 2021, 08:44
Nice submission. I couldn't figure out how to escape after eating all of the apples either and wandered aimlessly around the pen until eventually dying. Because of the wording of collecting enough energy I kept thinking that I would be able to break through the fence when I had all of the apples, but I couldn't. Although smashing through the fence with lots of debris flying around would have been very fitting for the game. Nevertheless, a solid submission with nice animations and music.
TopperVideoGames
TopperVideoGames8 Oct 2021, 08:46
Very short but very sweet game! The blood and death animation is pretty graphic, which adds to the unsettling nature of a bunch of bullets shooting in a farm. I was able to get the apple easily quite a few times, would have been neat if they changed positions or moved a bit. I did notice some bullets were spinning here and there. I also saw a standing unicorn over by the exit!

I liked how the music changed when you pick up the first apple, made it tense! Hopefully this war torn horse finds a peaceful pasture.

Very good work!
Edoardo Talamini
Edoardo Talamini8 Oct 2021, 08:50
Heh, PTSD horse. Pretty cool, albeit short, game. Good job! ^^
Hydezeke
Hydezeke8 Oct 2021, 13:21
The energy in this game is really great. At first I was annoyed that the shots were so hard to dodge, but then when I learned the patterns of the guns, that felt like the 'real' game (not just dodging). Fun music/sfx, no idea why the army is so desperate to kill this horse, but I love it.
mar3k
mar3k12 Oct 2021, 19:21
I love the backstory :D nice game and I was wondering if there will be people who'll pull out a play on words with the theme. Well done
LDJam user 267116
LDJam user 26711613 Oct 2021, 00:52
The war is over, horse! It's over! Snap out of it!

Very cute game, great aesthetic and well packaged. Nice job!
Khadia13 Oct 2021, 11:12
Looks good, plays smooth and straightforward. I really wanted to talk to the ghost?? horses: ghost horses, what is your deal?? Couldn't figure out what to do after eating all the apples, but stumbled on the path in the top right corner by accident. Well done!
cjce
cjce15 Oct 2021, 02:24
Nice game and a really fun idea! I would have liked to have it a bit more zoomed out so it would be a bit easier to dodge the bullets but overall a really good entry!
Yessica19 Oct 2021, 09:35
I win! Nice game! I really love it, simple and polished and I personally prefer games that have a win condition.
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