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Cockroach Hooray

by nickpick
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Cockroach Hooray



Link to itch.io: https://nickpickkick.itch.io/cockroach

Rules:


- You are cockroach

- You need to get to yellow cheese in one of rooms

- There is guy who doesn't like cockroach

- You need avoid him and you can hide in different shelters

- Your are cockroach and don't like light. That's why you move very slow when lights is on. Every 10 seconds the guy will switch light.

- The guy doesn't see without light but still can notice if you come too close

Control:

- Use arrows to move
Tags: #2d, #cockroach, #pixel art, #top-down
Genres: survival

Comments33

TalonStudios3 Oct 2022, 12:16
Short game but entertaining on the first play, but after that its it. I wouldve enjoyed to have more levels.
SimplePotential3 Oct 2022, 12:30
Nice job! Simple but works and has some difficulty to it. Easy to understand. More levels would have been great. Also what are the orange discs in the some areas? Thought maybe they were bug traps but they didn't seem to do anything, just aesthetics?
LDJam user 301644author3 Oct 2022, 12:54
@simplepotential , thank you for your feedback. They are kinda shelters :D If you go there - the guy won't be able to catch you.
LDJam user 300360
LDJam user 3003603 Oct 2022, 14:32
"You lost ! Congratulations!" X) Interesting use of the theme, the dark phase is a bit tough to move through since you can't see the human and since you go fast you can run into it without enough time to react. Nice game ^^
ugly_robot
ugly_robot3 Oct 2022, 14:33
This game is awesome! A simple but wonderful idea excecated very well. Fits perfectly with the theme, and was shockingly engaging.
The 'visibility' effect in the dark was done beautifully (as someone who has had to implement one in the past).
If you are able to make more levels, let us know - I would love to play more (I agree some easier ones might be good too as an introduction)
cobrajs
cobrajs3 Oct 2022, 20:52
As someone who likes insects, this is awesome! Kinda reminds me of Pac-Man, but with cockroaches instead of whatever Pac-Man is supposed to be. The effect is very cool when the lights go out, since then you can rule the night instead of having to hide. Well done!!
Gdanilo3 Oct 2022, 22:48
short but quite entertaining, i like what you did with the lights, it looks fantastic
chromaphase
chromaphase4 Oct 2022, 00:11
I'm a simple person. I see cockroach, then I want to play ;) The game is very cute, and I quite like in the darkness, it's kind of scary the life of a cockroach! You just need to add some good sound design and we gonna really believe in this cockroach life !
MrBamboo
MrBamboo4 Oct 2022, 00:48
"You loose ! congratulation !" funny let's switch the lights off every 10 seconds
LDJam user 300184
LDJam user 3001844 Oct 2022, 23:20
Very simple but it works and plays well! The light switching and graphics are very cool.
adriczero5 Oct 2022, 11:59
Liked your game. Very innovative. I found the guy to be a little too smart on second level and made it very difficult. If there was sound/music I didn't hear anything on my machine. I think audio would have improved the atmosphere of the game tremendously.
DeltaMain
DeltaMain5 Oct 2022, 17:21
Pretty cool! However it is pretty annoying that every level starts with the lights on.
dusho5 Oct 2022, 17:28
cute little game.. beating it depends on remembering room while lights are on.. and I guess randomness of people running around
CooLguNxDD6 Oct 2022, 18:24
oh, i hate insects and Cockroach..... and it died congratulation. it would be fun if the game has multiplayer
Cal6 Oct 2022, 21:15
Really interesting take on the theme! Interesting game mechanic and it works really well. Great job!
Brainloaf Studio
Brainloaf Studio6 Oct 2022, 23:07
I like the unique concept here! It can get pretty tense trying to avoid the humans- the unpredictability of their AI is a strength in my opinion. The slow movement to start every level was a bit annoying, but I understand that the light allows you to scope out the level in advance. It'd be cool to see more mechanics added as well. Shoutout to the "you lost, congratulations!" message, it's great lol. Nice work!
yopox
yopox7 Oct 2022, 10:19
I liked the idea of the game and the fast movement when the light is off is very satisfying. The risk/reward of going super fast work well because we can die fast. :thumbsup:
spacecadet7 Oct 2022, 16:16
Cool little game. I liked the simple artwork but maybe the cockroach could be a bit bigger or more visible. I think it might need some balancing also. When the lights turned off it was really easy to get to the cheese if you remembered the route. I think I got caught just once with the light out. Nice entry anyways.
Brovovar
Brovovar7 Oct 2022, 23:32
Poor guy. Not only the cockroach crawling around his house, but there are also his neighbors who turn off the lights every 10 seconds.

About the game itself I liked the cockroach animation and controls felt quite satisfying. The thing that made me upset is that even when I was hiding guy was still capable of finding me.
LDJam user 301644author7 Oct 2022, 23:34
@brovovar it's a bug i'm working now :D the guys pick randomly where they want to go and sometimes they choose to check out your shelters.
thank you for your feedback :D
Hawkin
Hawkin8 Oct 2022, 00:55
This was a really solid game idea! It felt like something I would find on Windows back in the 2000s. The only feedback I'd add is that the enemies (people) could move through hiding places, and even squash me while I was hiding! That didn't feel fair ;)
Vary8 Oct 2022, 15:10
A simple concept done well! I like that the difficulty increases with both a more complicated floor plan for you to memorize as well as more guys who can potentially get you. Well done!
Pietrek
Pietrek10 Oct 2022, 08:30
Nice game and fit the theme well. If I may ask, what did you use to make the game?
LDJam user 301644author10 Oct 2022, 13:39
@pietrek, thank you for your feedback :D
it's godot engine - i'm impressed how it was easy to use (because it's my first experience in it)
Ehon
Ehon12 Oct 2022, 21:39
Hi - told ya I'll be back to check out your game :D Really cool one, took me a few tries to win, I also like the concept of memorizing the room and navigating through it when it gets dark. Really good execution and congrats of developing such complex mechanics for a first godot game!
loveapplegames14 Oct 2022, 20:40
Well done, you have an interesting game concept there that fits the theme. The guys can still get you when you're in a hiding place, which means you need some luck to win.
Lizzie_Th17 Oct 2022, 21:48
Nice game, great idea to increase the speed of the cockroach once light is turned off. I would have loved more levels ! From someone who hates insects, good job !
Hacktier20 Oct 2022, 21:21
Cool game. The game looks good and plays well. Nice work.
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