Meowrror by thiaguera

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made by thiaguera for LD30 (COMPO)
Two worlds connected through the mirror. But something is out of order and Gerald, The Cat, needs to bring back the balance to the universe.

Ratings

Coolness 47% 1319
Overall 3.31 446
Audio 3.03 367
Fun 3.09 514
Graphics 3.97 110
Humor 2.84 268
Innovation 3.15 559
Mood 3.19 385
Theme 3.50 367

Feedback

vividhelix
25. Aug 2014 · 02:45 UTC
I liked the graphics and the idea. Sounds got a bit repetitive and I was getting impatient waiting for the block to move after meowing. Good entry overall!
xgeovanni
25. Aug 2014 · 12:40 UTC
Two words: diagonal mirrors.

(Or maybe they are in the game and I just didn't play long enough to see).
psychomonster
25. Aug 2014 · 14:09 UTC
Wow i love the artwork of it... The kitten is so cute... cool meow animation :D I thought I have to order the block in a mirrored order.... so i failed... but now I KNOW WHAT TO DO :D

Why is the cat going to die :.( Why not let it fall asleep?
matthias_zarzecki
25. Aug 2014 · 17:01 UTC
This is the best cat-pun-title ever :D
Nylonica
26. Aug 2014 · 14:44 UTC
Sound and graphics were really great!
🎤 thiaguera
26. Aug 2014 · 14:46 UTC
@vividhelix I had to slow the pace due to bugs. Soon I will work on it to make it faster and add a few different behaviors to the blocks.

@xgeovanni there are none. But thank you.

@psychomonster He dies to bring balance back to the chaotic universe

@matthias_zarzecki THANKS!
tillrobby
26. Aug 2014 · 14:47 UTC
Cutest game I played ^_^ And music is good too
rustybroomhandle
26. Aug 2014 · 14:48 UTC
Go Gerald Go! Really cute entry, love the art style :)
Jellycakes
26. Aug 2014 · 14:49 UTC
Such a cute game, except for when you need to finish the level :<. Really cool work! Looks great!
sputnik
26. Aug 2014 · 14:50 UTC
Very nice graphic and theme. Nice idea for the mecanic but a bit repetitive. Good work overall!
dunin
26. Aug 2014 · 15:00 UTC
nice looking game.
but the animation of block moving could be a little faster (when you want push the same block several times, it's long)
And limited the number of "push/meow" available make the game more challenging...
Jesper Oskarsson
26. Aug 2014 · 15:07 UTC
Super cute! Meow!

I enjoyed playing this, and the cat is so darn cute.
I found a bug where if you keep trying to push one block against the other, it will move into the other one.

Also the meow sound does get a bit repetitive after a while... maybe there could be a few different meows? :D

Cute stuff!
Cake&amp;Code
26. Aug 2014 · 15:10 UTC
The meow did get repetitive but I still played it to completion! Very fun and cool use of the theme :)
miwuc
26. Aug 2014 · 15:10 UTC
Really cute puzzle game! I just love that cat's animations and sound. Great graphics and music, all around a very polished game.

The main issue is that there's no difficulty to speak of, apart from trying not to get fooled by the mirroring. As a result it feels very repetitive. Only the last level is slightly harder, but even then, you only have to plan 2 or 3 moves at a time. I also wished you could play a bit faster.

But props to you for trying to make a puzzle game. I think it's really hard to come up with good level design, on top of developing the game, in 48 hours.
Jupiter_Hadley
26. Aug 2014 · 19:38 UTC
Great graphics, cute game. I included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/_ZcQE6pTBcc
🎤 thiaguera
26. Aug 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Thanks everyone! Good feedbacks. I will try to work on the game after the voting ends.
mrexcessive
27. Aug 2014 · 18:34 UTC
Hi there. Strange premise! Loved the cat meow and animations, puzzle itself didn't have much at the levels I could get to anyway. Good job!
yodamaster
27. Aug 2014 · 23:31 UTC
Good idea and nicely polished. Make the blocks move faster, it's annoying to wait for so long for just a few simple moves. You can call the game "copycat", haha.
doomista
29. Aug 2014 · 12:37 UTC
In their tongue it's Meowahkiin. Cute-cat-born! Meow!
To be honest, I couldn't resist to shout 'Fus-ro-dah!', when the cat moved the blocks with the power of its 'meow' :D
simplesmiler
30. Aug 2014 · 08:13 UTC
Controls are a bit dodgy, it would be nice to have 8-way movement and more responsive block pushing. Other than that it's a nice game!
Wertle
02. Sep 2014 · 02:30 UTC
Be mindful of the colorblind, you already have patterns on the blocks so you could use that as an extra distinguishing factor. I think you could have done a better job of explaining the "weirdest thing" in your world. The thing with why the cat was dying was baffling and didn't really seem to fit the gameplay, so I think you could have spent more time on that. The art was lovely but the sound needed variety. I thought the base puzzle was interesting but the slowness of moving the blocks didn't really add to the experience, and often grew tedious. It just seemed like a bit of a mismatch in intent as to WHY the interaction was super slow. Nice work for the compo, though!
Nick Weihs
02. Sep 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Very nice job with the art, and I liked the fundamental concept. The sound effects/music could be better if there was a lot more variation, but I thought the pacing of the difficulty was well done. I would have liked more creativity in the level design, maybe having different room sizes, different movement mechanics, etc.