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Guardian Against Shadows by Languard

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made by Languard for LD32 (COMPO)
You are a brave Maltese, holding back the shadows from bothering your humans. Careful about barking to much though, or you might annoy the very people you are trying to protect!

Created in memory of Andy, my parent's Maltese that died suddenly Friday morning.

Edit: I've noticed that sometimes you have to expand the web version to full screen for the input to work correctly. Have no idea how to begin tracking that down with the Unity WebGL stuff.
Web http://languard.itch.io/guardian-against-the-shadows
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/19nl1vet1lrcl9y/GuardiansAgainstShadow.exe?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/235t6lwy2wgtkss/GuardianAgainstShadowsSource.unitypackage?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=5657

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.04 680
Audio 3.27 234
Fun 2.96 621
Graphics 2.73 741
Humor 3.11 355
Innovation 2.85 725
Mood 3.37 222
Theme 3.38 520

Feedback

SuperPokeunicorn
20. Apr 2015 · 03:14 UTC
Simple, but adorable. Not sure why you opted out of humor, cause I would have given you a lot of points for that.
Cryotube
20. Apr 2015 · 03:15 UTC
It doesn't seem like the webGL inputs are working, might want to look into it
handkor
20. Apr 2015 · 03:17 UTC
Sorry about Andy. I didn't expect to hear voice when you fail.
Good work.
sirikan
20. Apr 2015 · 03:21 UTC
Nice idea I like it :).
sydan
20. Apr 2015 · 03:25 UTC
This was really endearing and cute to play, the voice that comes in when you bark too much made me laugh. I found myself getting quickly overwhelmed by the shadows though.
🎤 Languard
20. Apr 2015 · 03:26 UTC
Eh? No way to reply to a comment?
@SuperPokeunicorn: Opting out of humor would be a derp on my part. I was debating on whether or not to opt out on humor and mood, and forgot to recheck the boxes.
MrDave
20. Apr 2015 · 12:39 UTC
Nice game, I would have liked to have had diagonal movement but otherwise it was a nice game.

That one sound effect at the end got you a higher score from me for humour than many games trying to come across as funny.
Suvidriel
20. Apr 2015 · 12:42 UTC
Nice little game. Funny gameover sound too :)

Sorry about your loss
DKoding
20. Apr 2015 · 16:58 UTC
A good start. 'Monster' models could have been better i.e. not boxes. Like the lighting though.
esayitch
20. Apr 2015 · 17:00 UTC
391 highscore. Is that good or bad ;)?

I liked it, would make the dog a bit faster, as currently you get overwhelmed too fast. Solid entry, good luck!
CireNeikual
20. Apr 2015 · 17:01 UTC
Funny game! Seems a bit unbalanced though, I never had problems keeping the barking noises down but just kept getting swarmed. Still, nice game!
Nomys_Tempar
20. Apr 2015 · 17:01 UTC
Cute game, more difference between the "attack bark" and the "collision bark", could improve the gameplay a bit.
EwChap
20. Apr 2015 · 17:29 UTC
Had issues with the inputs. nice idea though.
SuperDolfy
20. Apr 2015 · 20:02 UTC
I like the concept! But I couldn't seem to control it, maybe I will try a little more. By the way you said that my game was too fast and thus, unplayable. I slowed it down.
gaugepunk
20. Apr 2015 · 22:09 UTC
well that was special
scorched
22. Apr 2015 · 20:31 UTC
Nice. Missed more scary shadows rather than just cubes:-)
SamH
26. Apr 2015 · 20:00 UTC
Well, that’s a touching story about Andy. Nice game, with a pleasant mood. I’d have liked to be able to move along diagonals, since the enemies can :)
psychonull
29. Apr 2015 · 23:46 UTC
nice little game, touching story on description, sorry about your loss. funny sounds and nice mood, I would prefer diagonals move and there is a little bug when you bark a shadow and it still has collision. great job ;)
eemmbbeerr
04. May 2015 · 19:01 UTC
Funny game! But it's quite annoying that the shadows I just killed act like walls until they completely fade away.