Ludum Dare #53compo
Catnip Express
The cats were having a night of heavy binging and found themselves strewn across the solar system. The only thing you have of where they live is these random pictures.
Pickup cats and send them home!
Controls: WASD, QE
Instructions:
- Enter rings to boost speed.
- Hover inside Green spheres to pick up cats
- Find the yellow/orange spheres to drop them off.
[Note: please ignore webGL as I am currently trying to figure out how to port it at the moment..]
Pickup cats and send them home!
Controls: WASD, QE
Instructions:
- Enter rings to boost speed.
- Hover inside Green spheres to pick up cats
- Find the yellow/orange spheres to drop them off.
[Note: please ignore webGL as I am currently trying to figure out how to port it at the moment..]
Comments21
clemall1 May 2023, 15:05
Haha I see cat in the name, I have to play it!
Cool game with a nice music/sound effect.
I had fun playing. Good job :thumbsup:
Cool game with a nice music/sound effect.
I had fun playing. Good job :thumbsup:
adam-gould1 May 2023, 21:03
That was fun! I had a great time zipping between the planets and the visuals were very impressive - not to mention the great sound effects :)
I probably would have liked some sense of progression towards an end goal, as it stands the game is "deliver cats until you don't want to anymore" - but hey, that's the compo life!
I probably would have liked some sense of progression towards an end goal, as it stands the game is "deliver cats until you don't want to anymore" - but hey, that's the compo life!
rubentipparach1 May 2023, 21:06
LOL yeah that is true! I definitely spent way to much time generating planets!
LDJam user 2796221 May 2023, 21:20
it looks like you accidentally linked to a WebGL build instead of the source code
rubentipparach1 May 2023, 21:49
@badcop fixed. Thanks for pointing that out, my folders are a mess after the weekend lol
Pincushion1 May 2023, 21:55
The environment looks so good! The ship's controls felt right. The reticle was a good idea. I agree with Adam. Some kind of goal would have been great.
Kreshi1 May 2023, 23:48
that's an awesome game you did there! great lighting, good controls, super nice audio and a great package altogether :) :).
Tyler M2 May 2023, 00:23
Great work! Your updates made it much easier to find the cats; I really enjoyed your voice-over!
Archaeognathus2 May 2023, 06:31
Wup wup wup wup very nice vibe and miau miau miau miau miau voiceover and music.
Wasn't sure how to find the cats first and flew off to a random planet, before I realized you can see the distance. Now i have a catchy tune for the day ;)
Wasn't sure how to find the cats first and flew off to a random planet, before I realized you can see the distance. Now i have a catchy tune for the day ;)
zyapimstudios3 May 2023, 14:39
This was a quite fun game! I love cats so I just had to click on this. Good job!
JpBaraky3 May 2023, 23:45
Nice +1 for the cats in space
Cinterre4 May 2023, 01:47
Cats... in... spaaaaaaace. Was fun to zoom around. Nice work on making a 3D game for compo.
Smoky014 May 2023, 05:11
Good and interesting idea game
kaliuresis4 May 2023, 05:17
The ship controls are pretty good, and the graphics are excellent. I felt that the searching the whole planet for spheres part of the gameplay was much less interesting than the piloting the ship through rings part, but that might be a personal preference.
fabula_rasa4 May 2023, 09:20
Honestly, I didn't like the music at all - too electronic, and I think it did nothing for the atmosphere. But I loved the "miau miau miau" sound you made :grin:
Controls work very nicely and smooth. It feels good to fly around, and the rings were fun. Navigation could use some improvement. Because of the 3d world and distances, you don't always see the light beacon from where you are, and it's not obvious which planet is "Jungle" or "Wasteland". You can easily end up going to the wrong one and there is no time to go back. Some legend (either here on LD page or in-game) with planet images and names would help a lot. Or a directional arrow in-game, but that would mean addition implementation time, which might not be available in compo, I know.
Overall, it's quite impressive game to do on your own in such a short time. I didn't see even one bug, just the cats :wink:
Controls work very nicely and smooth. It feels good to fly around, and the rings were fun. Navigation could use some improvement. Because of the 3d world and distances, you don't always see the light beacon from where you are, and it's not obvious which planet is "Jungle" or "Wasteland". You can easily end up going to the wrong one and there is no time to go back. Some legend (either here on LD page or in-game) with planet images and names would help a lot. Or a directional arrow in-game, but that would mean addition implementation time, which might not be available in compo, I know.
Overall, it's quite impressive game to do on your own in such a short time. I didn't see even one bug, just the cats :wink:
Fupi6 May 2023, 23:07
Game's pretty cute! Best part is definitely the ship controls, they're super smooth and intuitive, and flying through rings is extremely satisfying. Also great shaders. I didn't think the music fit super well but it's fine! On feedback maybe I just wish there were more rings around, or more ways to rack up speed other than the rings, because the planets are so far apart it can get kinda tedious to just press W for a long time.
justslavic8 May 2023, 16:04
Graphics are amazing, cats are really cute, but I didn't figure out where to go for a long time, maybe if there would be nicer indications where is the pick up and drop off points, it would be just a bit easier and nicer, but anyway it's a cool little game, I enjoyed it a lot!
Zirrrus8 May 2023, 16:27
That was great! Looks really nice, flying the ship is fun.
Things I wish it had are some sort of indicator which planet to go when you are really far to and maybe a short recharging boost.
Really well done!
Things I wish it had are some sort of indicator which planet to go when you are really far to and maybe a short recharging boost.
Really well done!
D3kryption14 May 2023, 04:14
I love flying around on the edge of a planet! its such a cool affect.
I'm still in shock the game is about delivering cats :joy: IN SPACE! I love it.
I did get the rare lag however which made it a bit difficult sometimes but flying away solved it
It handled great and was very pretty.
nice job! I had fun :)
I'm still in shock the game is about delivering cats :joy: IN SPACE! I love it.
I did get the rare lag however which made it a bit difficult sometimes but flying away solved it
It handled great and was very pretty.
nice job! I had fun :)
icxon14 May 2023, 05:28
Those sounds are adorable! :smile: I like the planets, ship controls and the halo effect. Also camera free look is a nice option.
Here is my playtest:
Here is my playtest:
Good space visual, good music and funny sound effect.
Sometimes it's a bit hard to find the target behinds the planet.
It will be better if you can provide a control description. It takes me some time to realise that I can use Q and E to rotate just like other space game and slow down at the right time will be much easier to reach target.