doggone by hazzen

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made by hazzen for LD23 (COMPO)
A simple game using HTML5/canvas2d/javascript. Tested in chrome, firefox, and safari. No sound in firefox.

You play as a dog that, sadly, was hit by a car while playing fetch. Now you get to spend all day running around your own little world catching frisbees with no cars in sight. There is no goal, but it does sound nicer if you catch a frisbee instead of letting it drop to the ground. Total time spent: ~13 hours

Left and right run left and right, z jumps.

Ratings

Coolness 46% 688
Overall 2.88 483
Audio 2.65 357
Fun 2.58 564
Graphics 3.42 203
Humor 2.13 480
Innovation 2.65 559
Mood 3.00 252
Theme 3.44 218

Feedback

Peter Cooper
24. Apr 2012 路 01:44 UTC
I love the instructions at the start. Those first four lines almost work as a poem! I caught some stuff, don't know if it goes any further than that though.
Raptor85
24. Apr 2012 路 04:32 UTC
the dog/frisbee never appear for me, it just sits there looking at the grass/sky forever
emveyh
24. Apr 2012 路 18:32 UTC
link does not work for me :/
馃帳 hazzen
24. Apr 2012 路 20:56 UTC
Raptor85 - what browser/operating system? It sounds like you got a javascript error but I'm not logging anything so I can't look into it :(

emveyh - this may not work, but trying going to www.hazzens.com (you'll get an error), then clicking the link again. A friend had DNS issues and that seemed to clear them.
Rex Peppers
24. Apr 2012 路 23:38 UTC
Worked for me
NefariousZhen
25. Apr 2012 路 03:03 UTC
The clouds were a really nice touch.
CuberToy
25. Apr 2012 路 03:04 UTC
Work perfectly. Nice concept and arts. A little bit disapointed that there isn't any point or count of any sort though. Really fun to play !
devwil
25. Apr 2012 路 03:32 UTC
i'm getting audio only, but it also happened on another HTML5 game i just tried to play (chrome, macbook pro).
gavin5564
25. Apr 2012 路 03:36 UTC
Such a cute little game. Good time killer. The graphics where nice and clean aswell.
azurenimbus
25. Apr 2012 路 03:40 UTC
The page won't load =/ Not an error, just... it seems like the server is not responding.

Using safari on Lion. If anything changes, drop me a comment and I'll check again!
Fireblend
25. Apr 2012 路 04:52 UTC
Nice simple aesthetics, and the controls were actually alright :) poor dog though! :(
Zillix
25. Apr 2012 路 04:53 UTC
Unfortunately, I couldn't access the game; it said it could not find the page. I'm using Chrome on Win7

The screenshots look amazing and minimalist though, which is a style I totally dig!
Cake&Code
25. Apr 2012 路 04:55 UTC
I really enjoyed the ambient background music. It really set the sad mood for the game. I didn't understand the story until I read your description, it made sense though and it was quite touching. The hit box for the frisbee was a bit big, and the sound effect for that was a bit jarring. Great job!
tequibo
25. Apr 2012 路 11:06 UTC
Lovely game. I like setting and mood. Visuals are nice.
I think there should be some visual feedback for when you catch frisbee.
馃帳 hazzen
25. Apr 2012 路 14:32 UTC
For those having issues, if you ever come back to the page, I added an alternate link which may work. Something is/was wrong with the DNS.
emveyh
25. Apr 2012 路 16:26 UTC
Both links won't work for me :(
omaha
26. Apr 2012 路 04:00 UTC
very nice game. the parallax works really nicely here. animations are fun. i wish it was a little bit harder and scored me :)
daredevildave
26. Apr 2012 路 15:35 UTC
Nice start to a game. Ran bit slowly on my MacBook Pro in Chrome.
gnx
26. Apr 2012 路 22:29 UTC
Not much game here, but I do like your graphics and sound quite a bit. Nice style.
seagaia
28. Apr 2012 路 02:30 UTC
I like the rotation a lot and the graphics and audio work well, but yes the game is not very fleshed out. Nice though!
Lacutis
28. Apr 2012 路 19:29 UTC
My first thought, was "wow, harsh." It's fun running around and jumping off the hills as the dog though. I wish there was more game behind it, like you get to spend the frisbees you catch on higher stats or abilities to make catching frisbees easier.
The graphics were nice though and the controls good.
Nehmulos
28. Apr 2012 路 19:34 UTC
Worked fine for me on Linux with Chromium. I really enjoyed the introduction and the look of the terrain and blocky clouds.
It just lacks a little bit of a goal and gets boring fast after you ran around the small world catching the Frisbee a few times. Still very nice work for only 13 hours.
Madball
04. May 2012 路 14:08 UTC
Good game for 13 hours. But if you know it isn't done enough... why didn't you jam?
Pixelulsar
05. May 2012 路 14:41 UTC
like it is a circular world, but it needs a way to win and lose. Original use of the theme
voxel
12. May 2012 路 11:40 UTC
Hah. Poor dog. But he's happy now right, living in a browser catching frisbees for all eternity? Liked this one a lot