Critters and Vermin

by mechanicallife

co-authored: @emmatw, @eretol, @glowt, @landberglife, @molvin, @tannimun

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.93

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Gameplay

The vermins are attacking! You and your fellow critters must defend the yard.

The critters will use their varied abilities to assist you in combat.

Destroy vermin, to discover caged critters.

Make your way to the critter cage, once released they will not only aid you in your struggles but also mend your wounds.

Controls

WASD to move.

Space to roll.

Mouse to aim.

Left click to attack.

Playthrough:

We reuploaded the game to Itch on a different account since the first upload was from a newly created account and was therefor not trusted.

Comments15

slay a stone9 Oct 2024, 19:50

I get a big warning when downloading the game, maybe you can take a look at it?

Chocolat-Endive9 Oct 2024, 19:57

@slay-a-stone I have the same issue as you

Arkatme9 Oct 2024, 20:22

The art looks good. Did you make it yourself?

LandbergLife9 Oct 2024, 20:42

@chocolat-endive @slay-a-stone
I did a reupload of the game from my account. https://niklas-landberg.itch.io/critters-vermin
I think it could be an issue with new users uploading games. Sorry for the trouble.

LandbergLife9 Oct 2024, 20:46

@arkatme Yes, @mechanicallife and @emmatw created the characters in the game.
The environmental assets are 3D scanned objects we found around the house we stayed at during the JAM.
We used our phones to scan the sticks and mushrooms :)

Nazariglez13 Oct 2024, 13:51

Loved the art and the critters' abilities! Freeing them for healing was a nice touch. Fun and engaging gameplay. Gj!

Pachino5514 Oct 2024, 04:29

Very nice art, super cool

Slava Besckaravainii14 Oct 2024, 16:12

Very cool game! and cool menu design!, graphics cool also, and pets have cool abilities :D, 5 stars

asfdfdfd15 Oct 2024, 16:08

Art really catches eye! Niceeee. I found gameplay satisfying and it catches player into the flow. Also i've found main menu pretty hard, probably harder than game, ha-ha. Nice entry!

Knatt15 Oct 2024, 20:05

Fun game! it caught my attention for a few runs. I liked all the different abilities. Ive gotten caught in the level geometry a couple of times. its hard to parse some of those obstacle's hitbox

olsonexi15 Oct 2024, 23:30

The menu is really weird, I wasn't sure what it even was at first. Also it doesn't seem like it's possible to pause the game? And please use physical key locations for inputs instead of the characters the keys represent so that people who use keyboard layouts other than US qwerty can play. It's a pretty easy tweak in most engines.