Ludum Dare #55compo

RAT CHEESERS

by ick

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.13

Do you like RATS? Do you like... SUMMONING RATS?

If there's one thing I know about rats, it's that they love chasing that Cheese. And they love shooting monolithic killing machines with their lasers. I know what you're thinking: That's two things.

WASD to move

Left click to throw cheese

Full screen or downloading are definitely recommended!

The enemy audio is much louder in the web version for some reason so sorry about that! Give it a download for the *intended audio mix*

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments20

LDJam user 38843115 Apr 2024, 02:35

The graphics and concept were pretty fun! I was a little confused about how the cheese came into play at first, but the vibe was neat and I liked the weird enemy prism things. Good luck!

mrVentures15 Apr 2024, 02:41

Nice idea

mrVentures15 Apr 2024, 02:52

This game had an interesting soundscape! I was thoroughly creeped out!

LDJam user 38567115 Apr 2024, 03:18

Overall Great mood and very funny.
sound design was simple yet effective implemented.
Loved the rats!

LDJam user 38321215 Apr 2024, 04:04

Mood was nice and I liked the rat models. gameplay loop is satisfying. Nice to see someone else with a rats theme :p

altaf-creator15 Apr 2024, 05:47

Really like the artstyle! Like what @warren-fisher mentions, I didn't really know how to play the game and was confusing at first but quickly getting it. Concept is also nice. Hope you all the best!

Theyflower15 Apr 2024, 09:22

The WebGL on itch is just a black screen for me, not sure why. Sound still plays.

Theyflower15 Apr 2024, 09:51

Worked fine on WINE!

sirJupitron15 Apr 2024, 10:44

Amazing game, sorry to other games, but this is my current winner. If you have twitter I want to follow your work, add me. Thanks!

cheeseoncheese16 Apr 2024, 00:53

I love rat cheesers

TheGreatCarpet16 Apr 2024, 01:34

Hehe. Rats.
But seriously, the game is unusual, but at the same time addictive.

LDJam user 37718516 Apr 2024, 03:05

When I went into this I was expecting silly little rat game, I did not expect to be filled with fear everytime I advanced. Very cool and fun though

ickauthor16 Apr 2024, 03:12

@arcolm rats and summoning just go together, y'know? loved your game btw!

ickauthor16 Apr 2024, 03:12

@sirjupitron thank you for the kind words!!!! i don't really use twitter

ickauthor16 Apr 2024, 03:13

@theyflower glad you got it sorted. I wonder what was causing the black screen... it has worked for me on both windows and mac. wonder if it an OS thing?

PlusOneRabbit16 Apr 2024, 04:17

Neat little game! Fun to bhop around and watch my little guys do their thing. I got pretty much instakilled on the 4th round tho

Nazorus16 Apr 2024, 17:03

This is giving me Devil Daggers vibes! Love the idea of baiting rats into shooting stuff for you, the game gets difficult pretty quickly but that's part of what makes it fun. The atmosphere and visual effects are pretty cool too. Good job on doing the compo!

LDJam user 23654517 Apr 2024, 03:35

This game was so freaking weird haha, I love it.

I got to the second level a few times, but kept dying to something I couldn't see.

TheKatMol17 Apr 2024, 15:25

Very fun and nice scaling in challenge. I could wish for a visible differens in ground vs. air or at least some form of horizontal line, but other that that i had great fun! Very nice concept!

LDJam user 34264018 Apr 2024, 01:12

Honestly despite the silly concept this was weirdly the most terrifying game of the jam for me so far lol. Something about the low-poly graphics and distorted sounds with the low drones of the enemies was really imposing, so great job there - and the gameplay of summoning your rats got surprisingly tense whenever you were separated from them!

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