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The Creature of the Depths Must Feed his Sheep by TheColorMan

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made by TheColorMan for LD29 (COMPO)
Please play this on Google Chrome! It wasn't working for me on Firefox.

Play as the creature of the depths as he feeds all of his pet sheep!

This was my most successful Ludum Dare, with everything going fairly smoothly. It's also the most animated entry I've made!

Creation timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhFEeF-UP6o&feature=youtu.be
Thanks for playing!
Web (Please use Chrome) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/164344395/LudumDare29_TheColorMan/index.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/164344395/LudumDare29_TheColorMan_Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=20438

Ratings

Coolness 37% 1746
Overall 2.92 812
Audio 1.79 962
Fun 2.87 691
Graphics 2.50 990
Humor 2.77 348
Innovation 3.42 315
Mood 2.78 748
Theme 3.63 235

Feedback

puckers
28. Apr 2014 · 08:48 UTC
I like the feed animation very gruesome those poor orange men :(
TeamPurpleDolphins
29. Apr 2014 · 01:12 UTC
Fun game. Cheesy. But you missed a blatant opportunity to name the game "The creature from the DEEP must feed his sheep."
asotelo94
29. Apr 2014 · 02:04 UTC
Like the feeding animation
MiscEtc
29. Apr 2014 · 05:14 UTC
I quite like the concept
orangepascal
29. Apr 2014 · 09:02 UTC
Game speed feels a bit slow paced, but the idea is very nice. Does give me the feeling of hunting those dudes ;)
zdonkeyx
29. Apr 2014 · 10:47 UTC
This game was really cute lol the burrowing was a little bit wonky but otherwise nice job
Oddly Shaped Pixels
29. Apr 2014 · 11:22 UTC
Gameplay would gain a lot with faster movement but anyway, it's a really nice entry, perfectly fits the theme and the mechanics are innovative, great job!
mr_tag
29. Apr 2014 · 11:38 UTC
Nice idea! But it took me some time to find out, that i could move also through the grey blocks ;)
zzorn
29. Apr 2014 · 12:05 UTC
Wow, innovative twist on a stealth platformer!
Love the main character graphics, and that feed animation!

Could have been a nice idea to restart from the most recent level if you died, but on the other hand it increases the difficulty.

Also the restart key R is too close to E and F :P
Recon
29. Apr 2014 · 13:49 UTC
Very nice job!
reidrac
29. Apr 2014 · 17:19 UTC
Very cool!

I found the controls a little bit awkward, but may be it's me!
🎤 TheColorMan
29. Apr 2014 · 21:23 UTC
@puckers & asotelo94 - the feeding animation was a ton of fun to draw, it's my favorite part of the entire game!

@reidrac - I could understand that since all the buttons needed to play the game are accessible with one hand.

@orangepascal & Oddly shaped pixels - Thanks for your comments I really appreciate them! I do agree the player moves slow in the game, when playtesting was feeling like a chore I should have sped it up. Oh well!
randoman
05. May 2014 · 15:21 UTC
When I saw the instructions on the screen I though the game would be a little hard to control, but it was very smooth! It was very intuitive which is good. Congrats! Now a bug report: on the second level I was standing below a guy and pressed F without pressing W, the sound of eating came out but no animation. I did it a few times and when I finally did it right I won the level. Seems like it counted the same guy several times.