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Kitty Wings - html5 web- by Buko-Studios

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made by Buko-Studios for LD32 (COMPO)
Kitty Wings, killing with cuteness!

I intended to do a combo Ludum Dare + Shmup Jam, but I haven't got round to the shmup bit yet. :D

It's Construct 2 (Created from scratch in the 48 hrs), a fair bit of photoshop time, some quick Sfxr, and a free pixel art font base "04b30".
*Play in web browser (html5)*

I started out going for Sonic(visually) meets Parodius.
Things didn't quite work out the way I imagined. :D
Chuck milk bottles at the enemies to pacify them. Unconventional?
Race through the course collecting stars,
If you have enough speed your magic wings appear(usually) and you can launch into the sky for some 'would be' shmup action - maybe in the future. :)

Hope you enjoy!
-kb

P.S We'll be continuing to update this over the next few weeks. If you are interested, follow us on twitter @Buko_Studios

P.P.S If anyone happens to have worked on something with shmup mechanics. Feel free to submit it to our shmupjam later this month.
http://jams.gamejolt.io/shmupjam04

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If anyone is interested, we have progressed the game a little further on Gamejolt.

http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/kitty-wings/63709/

*Tightened the controls a little
*Improved the Flying portion with some enemies and collectables.
Web http://www.buko-studios.com/Games/KittyWings_1_004/
Source http://www.buko-studios.com/LD32/KittyWings_1004.capx
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=45152

Ratings

Coolness 81% 2
Overall 3.39 346
Audio 2.57 601
Fun 3.52 214
Graphics 4.20 52
Humor 2.88 450
Innovation 2.55 914
Mood 3.29 267
Theme 2.96 836

Feedback

Yamzho
19. Apr 2015 · 17:40 UTC
That is a very cool game ! Nice arts !
nicotuason
20. Apr 2015 · 08:33 UTC
Charming work Kevin! Beautifully smooth animations and a colorful world that gives me Sonic nostalgia. It gets pretty fun when you pick up speed! Great character design, and I love the milk bottle physics :)
ker0chan
20. Apr 2015 · 09:46 UTC
Very pretty ! I like the idea of a runner turning into a shmup. Great job :)
jackyjjc
20. Apr 2015 · 11:35 UTC
Great work Kevin! I absolutely love the graphics and the sound. The cat is so cute, I would be killed by its cuteness as well :3 I love the pacing of the game and it is actually quite challenging because the landing zones are always closed to the crocodiles. However, I don't really get the flying mechanics because it seems quite useless, most of the time I only want to jump and I need to press the button twice to change from flying mode to landing.
Lyxilion
20. Apr 2015 · 13:13 UTC
So cute !
ito123456789
20. Apr 2015 · 13:13 UTC
Good graphics. Average gameplay.
GlowingSnail
20. Apr 2015 · 13:14 UTC
It is cute. I can see indeed the Sonic influence.

There is blackness above the sky. I was afraid it had glitched, though thankfully I eventually glided down to the light blue.
PixlWalkr
20. Apr 2015 · 13:24 UTC
Cute game and nice art :)
strong99
20. Apr 2015 · 13:59 UTC
It does remind me of those old console games! Neat. Lovely. Controls work very easily.
Lancelot Gao
20. Apr 2015 · 14:41 UTC
love it!
TD5
20. Apr 2015 · 17:30 UTC
Looks really good and was pretty fun, but I didn't really understand how the flying fit in with everything else and what it was for. The arcade style P1 was a nice touch though. Good job :)
sanojian
20. Apr 2015 · 17:49 UTC
Very fun and beautiful graphics. It is too much fun to go super fast. Had me laughing.
zatyka
20. Apr 2015 · 18:13 UTC
I think you had some interesting ideas that don't quite fit well together, at least not in their current state. The difference in pace between running an flying feels a bit unusual. Lovely graphics and animation. Looking forward to seeing updates.
colludium
20. Apr 2015 · 20:43 UTC
Great work, lovely graphics!
Jared Sartin
20. Apr 2015 · 21:51 UTC
Pretty Game. Great animation!
retrogradeorbit
21. Apr 2015 · 01:17 UTC
So fast! Amazing smooth scrollies! Graphic prowess! wow.
Frenchie
21. Apr 2015 · 05:18 UTC
Very nice graphics :) Although I feel like I should have had nine lives instead of three :P
broknecho
21. Apr 2015 · 06:29 UTC
Nice entry. I liked the mix between an endless runner and attacking. Good job.
Manou
21. Apr 2015 · 18:03 UTC
Awesome, definitely needs crazy music!
REIN1
22. Apr 2015 · 01:36 UTC
Cute!
paulfysh
22. Apr 2015 · 07:10 UTC
Takes me back to many many years playing sonic, right down to the colour of the land under your feet :)
Pixel Heart
22. Apr 2015 · 09:34 UTC
Waa! I like the art! I like how the ground looks all boxed and stuff! How did you do it? Oh, sure, game is pretty fun too!
TheScopelessOne
22. Apr 2015 · 14:28 UTC
It's a fun game, there is a bit of a delay on when you press "D" and the cat starts going faster tho. And I would recommend it that the cat sould die a bit before reching the place where there is nmo background.
gruhn
26. Apr 2015 · 14:47 UTC
A good game. With good controls and gameplay. Congratulations for the work.
psychonull
26. Apr 2015 · 18:21 UTC
Nice graphics and fx sounds. There was no music :(. Really good game overall. Good job.
agirreb
27. Apr 2015 · 15:32 UTC
Really cool. What's the little square under the kitten?
gillenew
27. Apr 2015 · 16:55 UTC
The art was very beautiful, but I felt the gameplay a bit heavy. I believe that if you set a little smooth acceleration of the character and also fix the collision with other objects, this will greatly improve the gameplay.
DKoding
27. Apr 2015 · 19:13 UTC
On my mac the kitty was just some black boxes... But good game, smooth gameplay and good controls.
Geckoo1337
27. Apr 2015 · 21:38 UTC
A funny little game. The graphic work is great also the sounds (I like when an alligator eats the poor cat). A good entry for this LD. Neat ++
goblin
04. May 2015 · 20:12 UTC
Good Job guys, the game is very cool. I like it :)
gnx
09. May 2015 · 00:19 UTC
Nice looking game that has a couple of execution issues with the mechanic :) 1) most of the time when you're in the air you can't see the ground which leads to a lot of unlucky death with enemies/pits. 2) the indicator for when an enemy has been neutralized is not quite strong enough, so sometimes you run into enemies thinking that you have killed them, but have not.

Graphically it is really nice and the meter tells you very clearly what is going on, so that's very good :)
🎤 Buko-Studios
09. May 2015 · 06:10 UTC
Thanks everyone for trying it out and commenting! Lots of great stuff here!

It is true, we never got the shmup mechanic anywhere near where we wanted it. But we are still happy with the overall essence of the project.

We are a bit on the fence as to whether this is something to revisit. We are interested to see the results of LD32 next week. :3
SeriouslyCrunchy
09. May 2015 · 16:05 UTC
I liked this a lot, the graphics and sound especially.

I have featured you on #madeinconstruct ! https://twitter.com/SrslyCrunchy/status/597070650872823808
fragileannihilator
09. May 2015 · 17:36 UTC
Nice mechanics
Jupiter_Hadley
20. May 2015 · 15:56 UTC
So cute! love the concept. I included it in part 12 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/m_vzNeNUn1c