Hag's Hug

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.43
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.11
https://spaghettino.itch.io/hagshug

You're the cat of an old hag who is trying to concoct a potion. The recipe, however, seems to involve you too.

Flee as fast as you can, break objects to distract her, and try your best to delay the inevitable: being caught!

She won't stop. She needs YOU!

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Controls


KeyAction
A / Left arrowGo left
D / Right arrowGo right
F / Left mouse clickNudge objects to tip them over and break them
Space barJump


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Credits


- Game Designer: Spaghetti

- Game Developer: MattLovelace

- Artist: Brunella

- Environment Artist: Cremisi

- Sound Designer: Robin

- Composer: Khlavem

Leave your score in the comments below!
Tags: #2d, #cats, #cute
Genres: platformer

Comments22

iva1
iva15 Apr 2022, 06:36
Nice game with cute graphics! I survived 2:45 minutes xd
Kaleria
Kaleria5 Apr 2022, 09:49
Very cute mini-game!
MisterUnshaved7 Apr 2022, 17:44
beautiful graphics, great sound, and very nice game idea!
But why doesn't the cat have seven lives?! :D
LDJam user 268934
LDJam user 2689347 Apr 2022, 17:47
Nice game , easy controls a little hard to survive.
LDJam user 279754
LDJam user 2797547 Apr 2022, 17:50
Nice game, graphics are very cute, hands look awsome, one of the problems i noticed you can jump around pushing everything down and having just a few hand chasing you. It still requires some skill to do, so looks more like a feature i suppose. Great job!
Stefan Funke
Stefan Funke7 Apr 2022, 17:54
Cute cat! That was cool and fun. :)

When I first started the game, the jump button didn't work and I couldn't jump. But it worked after a site refresh. I couldn't reproduce it after that. So no idea what happened.

Good job with the game!
Connor Magson
Connor Magson7 Apr 2022, 17:56
Wow this is criminally under-played right now!! (only 3 ratings what?) The graphics are amazing! The gameplay a little simple but good for a minigame. I'm so glad the inevitability was a hug because my heart dropped when she finally caught me, I was so worried and sad. The voice acting was great for the intro too! Nice job :D
Brachistosauro
Brachistosauro7 Apr 2022, 18:01
When I heard the witch recite the recipe I was instantly hooked, and the ending was definitely a surprise. Fun game! P.S. Bello vedere altra gente dei dintorni di Torino ahah
Spaghettiauthor7 Apr 2022, 18:20
@connor-magson our fault! we were too tired to play other games, now there is catching up to do ;)

@brachistosauro fino all'ultimo abbiamo pensato di farla in presenza a Torino, sarà per la prossima volta!

@stefan-funke that's the worst bug we found after release. WE can't reproduce it, tried many ways. Bad thing to discover a couple hours before the deadline.

@misterunshaved the hag already hugged the cat 4 times :P

everyone, thank you so much for playing, it means a lot to us
Spaghettiauthor7 Apr 2022, 19:13
but-... but-... there is a big plot twist @diccuric-sigeon :C have you played it for two minutes? is it that sad to be loved unconditionally?
Pequi8 Apr 2022, 01:26
Very cute! Loved the artwork and had a great time playing :)
amkingTRP8 Apr 2022, 06:06
Really fun to play; loved the graphical style and the mechanics felt smooth and responsive. Really liked the ending I got. :)
thetatautau8 Apr 2022, 14:07
Excellent art, sounds, music, animations and overall atmosphere. The controls are nice and fluid too.

IMO having to press a key for breaking stuff was unecessary, just doing it automatically would have made the game fluidier.

Also at some point I wasn't able to jump anymore, I don't know why (bug?). I restarted the game and it fixed the problem.
KuKuRammus
KuKuRammus8 Apr 2022, 18:33
Graphics are absolutely superb, great job
jujujuju8 Apr 2022, 19:07
This is so scary! Activated the same part of my brain horror games do :'''D I was too scared to play until the ending. The clunky controls add to the horror mood. Very cute graphics. Great game!
MaruMari10 Apr 2022, 15:46
It was a fun game. Survied 3min 34sec but i wish it would be possible to upload the time on a highscore ledder.
Cievers
Cievers11 Apr 2022, 09:51
What a sweet 'simulation' of daily life as a cat! :P And with that ending as well, really nice game! The only thing is that I didn't quite notice any benefit of knocking things over, but it was satisfying to do anyways
Allax12 Apr 2022, 18:25
your game is amazing!
godsboss12 Apr 2022, 18:36
Alley Cat vibes, I like it.
Ixio
Ixio13 Apr 2022, 17:07
Such great graphics and sound, plus a good gameplay. Just one nitpick : it doesn't seem like the break stuff to distract works with the spectral hands, right ? Which is a bit of a shame because pretty quickly they become the biggest thing to avoid in game so there is a big mechanic that becomes quickly obsolete (though I guess some might keep at it for the fun :grin:).

Also I really enjoyed your "lives" mechanic, instead of the classic fade-to-dark and reboot your way is awesome. Plus it's a much better fit to the ending. Great job !
FelkyMike21 Apr 2022, 16:02
Very cute! Really loved the plot twist at the end, I was really worried.

I don't usually like when there's a "live system" but it seems that it really works in this kind of game!
I'd say maybe there should be better indications that breaking items does distract. Maybe it does in the code, but it doesn't look like it visually.

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