TAGGLE by korigame

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made by korigame for LD30 (COMPO)
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This is my first Ludum Dare Entry: A game called Taggle.

The game is very basic.

Two players, sitting side-by-side, control their own character.

A game of tag. A game of collecting.

One player the Collector, one the Chaser.

The Collector is slow, but has the special ability to toggle its own visiblity.

The Chaser is quick, and it's his/her job to tag the Collector.

When the tag is made, the players switch roles. Make sure you pay attention to your current role!

Only the Collector can obtain 'bits'.

First player to collect 10 'bits' wins.

Controls:

Player 1 (Minotaur):

Movement: Up, down, left, right arrow keys OR Left Joystick of controller 1
Go Invisible: M or L key. X button on PS3/PS4 controller 1. A on Xbox Controller 1 *

Player 2 (Lizard-thing):

Movement: R,F,D,G keys OR Left Joystick of controller 2
Go Invisible: Q or Z key. X button on PS3/PS4 controller 2. A on Xbox Controller 2 *

*: You can only go invisible / reveal yourself, if you are the Collector

I urge you to use controllers if you can (if they work) - and plug your laptop into the tv via HDMI and play on the couch while you're at it!

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1426
Overall 3.56 226
Audio 2.73 548
Fun 3.87 50
Graphics 4.17 61
Humor 3.13 160
Innovation 3.30 446
Mood 3.43 209
Theme 2.17 1107

Feedback

馃帳 korigame
25. Aug 2014 路 01:54 UTC
Follow the instructions on the itch.io page and you're good to go!
mcapraro
25. Aug 2014 路 03:08 UTC
i really loved the graphics and style of this game, really well done! i also really loved how the trees wiggled when you bumped them.
LabOne
25. Aug 2014 路 06:09 UTC
At the start screen error
There should be 'Taggle_Alpha1_Win_Data'
folder next to the executable

And I dont know there to change resolutions and quality
馃帳 korigame
25. Aug 2014 路 06:30 UTC
Thanks, I'll fix it now :)
(Not) Ivano
25. Aug 2014 路 06:49 UTC
I love how the trees bend - and blocky clouds are the best clouds ever!
2playergames
25. Aug 2014 路 21:54 UTC
Hi Korigame, where can your game be played? If its in flash, html or unity version, and if the game is bugs free and works good, we would be more than happy to publish it <a href="http://www.2pg.com" target="_blank">2pg.com!</a> Thanks.
馃帳 korigame
25. Aug 2014 路 22:58 UTC
2playergames: Downloads are at the bottom of the itch.io page, here: http://korigame.itch.io/taggle And yes, the game is made in Unity. My twitter is twitter.com/korigame if you want to send me a direct message :)
mechabit
25. Aug 2014 路 23:44 UTC
Fun little game but where's the theme?
Awesome for 48Hrs
Jellycakes
25. Aug 2014 路 23:45 UTC
Cool! Really nice, like the art style too. Good job!
cardboard
25. Aug 2014 路 23:47 UTC
The tree movement is great. Occasionally the bits would spawn right next to me after I collected a bit, which seems kind of unfair (or just lucky?), so maybe making them always spawn farther away would make things fairer. I had a lot of fun with this.
馃帳 korigame
25. Aug 2014 路 23:58 UTC
Thanks for the kind words so far. Yeah, it would benefit from some fixes and added content etc...I will do that in the near future. Also, I agree the theme was lost a little after the design went through a few iterations - but the idea of going invisible wouldn't have been there without the theme's initial inspiration :)
Kinta
26. Aug 2014 路 06:15 UTC
Nice game, I really like the graphics (and the interaction with the trees ^^).
r0x0r
26. Aug 2014 路 06:33 UTC
can you make a linux build?
馃帳 korigame
26. Aug 2014 路 07:01 UTC
I can r0x0r! Can you not play it in the browser with the unity plugin?
馃帳 korigame
26. Aug 2014 路 07:10 UTC
Ok, linux is now available (scroll to the bottom of the itch.io page for downloads) - let me know if it works r0x0r!
r0x0r
26. Aug 2014 路 08:13 UTC
@korigame: thanks! it works fine :), about the browser plugin, sadly, don't exists for linux..
bentog
26. Aug 2014 路 19:56 UTC
This looks very fun, if I find someone to play with me I'll rate it. Added to my bookmarks to remember. It's very cute!
Schrodinger Games
27. Aug 2014 路 01:29 UTC
Nice
Tanner
27. Aug 2014 路 09:35 UTC
invisibility + moving trees leads to really exiting gameplay scenes. Art style is very coherent too. Really good for 48h!
bentog
30. Aug 2014 路 13:15 UTC
Great game, really fun to play! I would like to see something indicating who's the collector and who is the chaser. Maybe add some features (keep it simple!) and then it will be a blast to play. I would love to see a post-compo of this!
馃帳 korigame
30. Aug 2014 路 21:37 UTC
Thanks folks!

bentog: Cheers :) There was an indication in an earlier build, but I think the confusion adds a dimension to the game, so I removed it. I really want to do a version that supports up to 4 players, and the confusion in that instance would be really cool - you could hide in plain sight as other players try to figure out who is the collector. Post-compo of this will definitely be a thing!
TKia_
31. Aug 2014 路 20:34 UTC
I like the visual design, the graphics and lighting and modeling and everything. Was a bit of fun to play around with my sister. Not really sure about the connection to the theme, though.
Teejay5
08. Sep 2014 路 08:12 UTC
Beautifully designed, I like the blocky-3d aesthetic! I had fun with this even without two players :D
I appreciate the physics on the trees so much also haha. Thanks for including the source, I was really curious as to your technique on that (as well as the smooth scaling animations).