You naughty beast! by goerp

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made by goerp for LD25 (COMPO)
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Please try the post-compo Christmas edition after you tried the compo one.
It's easier, has more sounds, updated graphics, eating and drinking and is what I intended to do (and much more fun I think).
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This evil little cow has doomed the earth!

Or maybe not?

There are instructions in the intro, but its a bit of a Chinese jugler kind of game: you have to balance defending the trees, growing the trees, eating and drinking for the growing (in the post compo one). It can get pretty hectic and I meant it to be that way (only not as much as in the compo version).

The best way to start is to defend a single tree or trees close to another. Trees keep on sucking Co2 from the air, the larger the tree the more they absorb C02.
Hint: you can charge the birds out of the game, before they land, but don't miss: the charge can not be interrupted.

Controls are all over the place in the compo edition:
Left and Right for moving, 'P' for Peeing, 'S' for Pooing, and 'C' for Charging (as in Charge!).

In the post-compo Christmas Edition:
Left and Right for moving, UP for Peeing, DOWN for Pooing, and 'C' for Charging (as in Charge!).
You can use 'X' for eating and 'Z'for drinking, but only in the Christmas Edition.

There is a score, but sadly the winning condition is only in the Post-compo.

Oh yeah: you have to defend the trees from enemies, not plants (typo).

Ratings

Coolness 96% 2
Overall 2.80 465
Audio 2.50 338
Fun 2.67 448
Graphics 2.73 456
Humor 3.47 86
Innovation 3.15 235
Mood 2.54 498
Theme 2.79 543

Feedback

Prelucid
17. Dec 2012 · 10:17 UTC
Pretty good, I can see it being fun with a lot of polish in controls and graphics.
GameRespect
17. Dec 2012 · 10:33 UTC
The controls (pee, poop and charge) are a little too far apart, but other than that, it's a great concept!
munchor
17. Dec 2012 · 14:13 UTC
Charging on birds is so fun!
foksa
17. Dec 2012 · 14:35 UTC
Conrolls are to far away, but nice idea, and fun game
Casino Jack
17. Dec 2012 · 20:20 UTC
Pretty entertaining, but really difficult! I could barely take a single crap without the birds eating all the plants.
Also agree that the S/P/C controls are too far apart.
ethankennerly
18. Dec 2012 · 05:32 UTC
I peed and pooped, but the birds ate all my trees!
ananasblau
18. Dec 2012 · 08:29 UTC
Amazing, a cow that doesn't eat anything but shits all the time.
TijmenTio
18. Dec 2012 · 14:28 UTC
Really had to laugh at the title screen haha.
gameXcore
22. Dec 2012 · 12:36 UTC
Pretty funny, hindered by insane control placement though and big gaps where I felt like I had nothing to do.
csanyk
22. Dec 2012 · 17:46 UTC
The birds at the beginning ate everything before I could figure out what I was doing. Then I only had one plant left and it grew into a tree, and I could defend it against anyone. But guys with chainsaws just kept coming, and it wasn't very challenging at that point.
🎤 goerp
22. Dec 2012 · 19:58 UTC
ah, all good and fair comments. I have a lot of options to tweak difficulty, but ran out of time to implement.
I didn't realise how hard the beginning was, because by the time I 'finished', I had played it A LOT. The controls were also not thought trough.
And people playing all those game don't try to get better at a game that isn't that thrilling.

Anyway, I finally had some time (between playing games) to do what I wanted to do with the game. Tomorrow I will do an update (especially for christmas!) so people can also see what game I intended to make.
And then do a postmortem.
Yakka
24. Dec 2012 · 09:54 UTC
Too much birds! But I love this pooping cow :-D
vids
24. Dec 2012 · 11:55 UTC
What a great idea, it would've been a lot of fun if it was executed better though. Nice take on the theme!
Mista Koo
25. Dec 2012 · 10:24 UTC
Seems like I am the hero rather than the villain.
WiseGAMER
25. Dec 2012 · 11:57 UTC
Very funny, keep doing great...
pl0xz0rz
28. Dec 2012 · 18:29 UTC
Pretty good indeed.
SuperDisk
29. Dec 2012 · 15:36 UTC
Controls were awful. But it was a neat concept. Dunno how I felt about defecating on plants though :P
JaJ
07. Jan 2013 · 17:01 UTC
Game starts out very hard and once the first tree has grown comes to a point where you can't even lose anymore. I would have made the birds the easiest enemies, not the hardest. The concept is nice, but somehow I feel it fits "end of the world" better than "you are the villain".