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My Little Friends by yanmania

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made by yanmania for LD23 (COMPO)
My Little Friends is the story of a Big Robot in a tiny world. Protect your little friends from the bad things that come from the sky.

Edit: Theres definitely a bug with you not getting a game over screen if your little friends die after day one. I can see exactly what ive missed in the code but I guess its not in the spirit of the competition to fix it so I'll wait until the judging is over.

Thanks for all the reviews so far!

Web http://www.yanmania.com/comments/my_little_friends/
Source http://www.yanmania.com/source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=7258

Ratings

Coolness 74% 3
Overall 3.15 328
Audio 2.24 528
Fun 3.10 273
Graphics 2.75 511
Humor 3.15 103
Innovation 2.85 468
Mood 2.84 330
Theme 3.29 294

Feedback

Ishisoft
22. Apr 2012 · 22:17 UTC
Loved the robot's narration, gave the game a lot of character. I killed the final boss, though no-one was left alive. Poor lonely robot.
SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 · 06:05 UTC
Loved the punishment/reward system of this game :)
davidllanos22
23. Apr 2012 · 12:10 UTC
This game reminds me to a movie I watched ;) Very funny !
kddekadenz
23. Apr 2012 · 12:32 UTC
It said 'I managed to save the tiny people' at the end, BUT they were already completely dead.
unicornpooping
23. Apr 2012 · 12:40 UTC
Cute. Smart and funny. And fun!
NiallM
23. Apr 2012 · 12:41 UTC
I found the main mechanic of having to jump to precise heights to hit the UFOs a bit frustrating, but I loved the robot. Some really nice writing there :)
De10ter
23. Apr 2012 · 12:41 UTC
Daaawwww, that was cute :)
I didn't have much reason to leave the starting platform though, only when they started dipping below my firing line.
schnerble
24. Apr 2012 · 08:30 UTC
After five days, it told me I'd saved the tiny people, despite the fact that they'd all died a day or two earlier :) Pretty fun though.
Orni
24. Apr 2012 · 08:32 UTC
very charming game
GreyShock
24. Apr 2012 · 09:54 UTC
Lovely main character <3 The feel of being a huge metal thing is well reflected at gameplay.
whitetigle
24. Apr 2012 · 19:54 UTC
Like ishisoft, I killed the boss though I had crushed all my tiny human friends... It was fun to play :)
Jeffalisk
24. Apr 2012 · 19:57 UTC
I love the way the breakdown of your scores for the day reads like the robot's diary. I think this robot has some issues! Fun game.
the8donut
24. Apr 2012 · 20:06 UTC
Polished mechanics, fun to play :) Good job!
bms
24. Apr 2012 · 22:38 UTC
I loved the tiny people shouting "Yay" :D
Jhelle
25. Apr 2012 · 21:53 UTC
In my attempt the robot was more dangerous to mankind then the aliens were. :) Liked it
johnfn
25. Apr 2012 · 21:58 UTC
Heh, nice game. I gave you some humor points because I accidentally murdered like half my population on the first day without really thinking about it. In the end, I managed to kill the boss, but no little civilians were left. :(
Riccardo Stucchi
25. Apr 2012 · 22:29 UTC
Awesome narration and graphics too!! I love it :).. Very good game!! I appreciate how you've treated the theme of "tiny world" ;)
ilo
25. Apr 2012 · 22:56 UTC
Yay! Fun game. Nice clean aesthetic. Tiny bug - you can squish people after defeating all the enemies without the game counting it.
artefon
28. Apr 2012 · 03:38 UTC
Cool game. The history and mechanics is very creative and simple. This game fits ludum dare like a charm. Awesome entry.
robcozzens
10. May 2012 · 09:10 UTC
That's pretty good. I wish the humans would try to stay where it's safe... of course then the buildings would need to slowly destruct.