Critt-ical Paths

co-authored: @sipa, @metjm
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Controls:
- [Left Click] or [Left Click + Drag]: Place/Rotate Sign
- [Right Click]: Remove Sign

Hi player!

In this game, your task is to lead critters through a forest. With their phones all out of juice they rely on the signs you place to find a free and safe path to their destinations. Don't let them down!

Let us know how many of the 30 waves you can beat!

Tools used:
- Pure HTML & Typescript
- DALL·E 2, Paint.net & GIMP for graphics
- Chrome Music Lab, Pixabay, BBC Sound Effects & Strofe for audio
- Parcel to bundle

Comments13

Firebelley
Firebelley3 Oct 2022, 23:27
This game was awesome! One of my favorites this jam. Beautiful art, good execution, and a nice take on the theme. Also cool to see someone using Typescript and Parcel in a jam!

My only very minor critique is that failure conditions perhaps should have been more forgiving. Needing to restart after making only one mistake was a bit disappointing.

Loved the game overall though, really nice work!
LDJam user 1616183 Oct 2022, 23:33
Hey ya'll great job on finishing the jam. Good audio, controls feel good. Love the little hedgehogs.
R3D3R
R3D3R4 Oct 2022, 00:10
This is a mind-boggling puzzle, and having them wander across the forest with different types of species moving at different speeds is brilliant! It's fantastic! I also like the style!

I had a great time playing the game! Thank you very much! :D
jglass4 Oct 2022, 00:55
This was pretty fun and gets hard! I really like the feel of the game. Nice job!
chemicalcrux
chemicalcrux4 Oct 2022, 01:50
The colors are very difficult for me! I got stuck pretty early on because I couldn't tell them apart -- maybe use a more vivid red (assuming one of those flags was red, at least, haha).

I like the music and general atmosphere, though. It'd be great if that could be tweaked (:
williewlchew
williewlchew4 Oct 2022, 04:50
Really enjoyed the game... can't seem to get past wave 13 however :sweat_smile:
protowlf
protowlf4 Oct 2022, 05:15
Really neat! I like the twist on choo choo rocket like mechanics. Feels hectic in a good way once multiple animals have piled up.
sillyman987
sillyman9874 Oct 2022, 15:31
Really nice job! I lost on wave 12, but It was getting pretty intense and chaotic.
Henrik S5 Oct 2022, 20:03
This is great. I love the progression of difficulty. It looks and feels good!
const_arch
const_arch7 Oct 2022, 01:56
That worked well, and looks really nice! I'd prefer if I could click on four different parts of the tile to pick which arrow direction I wanted, but it wasn't a problem.
SiPa7 Oct 2022, 16:11
You can click&drag the arrow sign into the direction you want :)

or click multiple times. Rightclick will remove the arrow signs.
CodSalmon8 Oct 2022, 08:21
Great game. Very relaxing until it gets hard after about wave 10. I enjoyed it.
ChrisWiseman10 Oct 2022, 09:38
Really love the isometric approach and simple fun puzzle system. Going to keep playing :)

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