Kim's Party by Angry Squirrels

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made by Angry Squirrels for LD 40 (JAM)

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Hello fellows !

Come meet Kim! Her parents are out for their annual High-Kick workshop so she has decided to throw a party.

A mother flippin’ birthday party!

But some bad people have picked up her flyers and will be there soon too. But too bad for them, she knows how to fight!

Don’t let them dance, you don’t know them! Help Kim to kick these dudes and gals out!

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Controls :

  • Left/Right/Up/Down to control Kim on the dancefloor.

  • A or Q to hit.

  • Z or W for special attack (when charged)

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PLAY THE GAME ON ITCH.IO

Dream Team :

[DEV] * @thomas_baudon

[ DEV AND MUSIC ] * @ynk

[ GRAPHIC DESIGN ] * @esquimaupeche

Ratings

Overall 20th 4.225⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Fun 47th 4.042⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 752th 2.979⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Theme 320th 3.739⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2th 4.771⭐ 74🧑‍⚖️
Audio 14th 4.336⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Humor 74th 3.986⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Mood 41th 4.159⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Given 110🗳️ 47🗨️

Feedback

malero
05. Dec 2017 · 02:27 UTC
Love it!
Matthew Di Mare Miller
05. Dec 2017 · 02:27 UTC
That was really fun! Great audio, animation, and tone in this game! The controls were tight and responsive, and gave me flashbacks of playing TMNT beat-em-ups
jjjjason
05. Dec 2017 · 05:18 UTC
Ridiculous amounts of polish. As the person above said, really brings me back to the Newgrounds days. Excellent work all around.

One potential feature that I think would work super well in a groovy game like this is possibly quantifying the punches to the beat of the music. I was trying to personally do that while playing, and oh man does it make an awesome audiovisual experience.

Really cool!
Valmay
05. Dec 2017 · 10:08 UTC
omg i love the art. so much polish. the character designs are really cute well done! ty for making this game.
Ogniok
05. Dec 2017 · 10:24 UTC
Amazing art and animation, really fun to play, I love it!
Greyo
05. Dec 2017 · 10:34 UTC
Really fun! Great music! Graphics are cuts and very punchy!
Grahamliphts
05. Dec 2017 · 10:47 UTC
ha ha ha ! this is how to host a party !
Drauthius
05. Dec 2017 · 10:54 UTC
Very nice entry! Felt very smooth and polished. Took a while to identify and kick out the intruders though!
HellSquirrel
05. Dec 2017 · 11:17 UTC
hi, squirrels)
great pixel art, animation and gameplay, only scored 50k :(
very cool game
Timco
05. Dec 2017 · 11:24 UTC
Feels really smooth and like a complete little game !
Happy4488
05. Dec 2017 · 11:34 UTC
Nice work in such a short time !
giucapan
05. Dec 2017 · 11:37 UTC
Big props to the whole team! Awesome score / sound and gameplay. I liked the watermelon people the most :)
Amalia
05. Dec 2017 · 12:07 UTC
So much fun! Great Graphic, cool animation and gamepaly !! I love it :)
GerardB
05. Dec 2017 · 13:28 UTC
Holly shit. The polish art and theme of this thing is amazing. Congratulations!
Pixelectric
05. Dec 2017 · 17:15 UTC
Excellent. Kudos to all involved. Playing this game is loads of fun. This has more polish than a shoe store!!
sgadrat
05. Dec 2017 · 18:41 UTC
Woah that animations stunned me, incredible quality... and done in a week-end o_O
mgadrat
05. Dec 2017 · 20:24 UTC
I had an excellent moment with your game. And this watermelon on two legs made me laugh :)
Nivbeth
05. Dec 2017 · 20:34 UTC
Keep up the good work and nice gameplay!
Shimmen
05. Dec 2017 · 20:53 UTC
Good game and especially great pixel art! It was too hard for me though, I couldn't last for more than a minute. But maybe that just says something about me...
GoZz
05. Dec 2017 · 23:04 UTC
I really enjoyed beating up some emo guys :p
Animations and graphisms are really awesome, the gameplay is simple but effective and the music is awesome ! Really good job guys !!
SphinxFr
05. Dec 2017 · 23:45 UTC
This is my favorite Ludum Dare 40 game for the moment ! It's a real pleasure to play it again and again !
This game need to Win I think ! :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:

5/5
Jay Valencia
06. Dec 2017 · 01:20 UTC
So beautiful best art i saw, the music is perfect and the fun is very big, i loved
esper000
06. Dec 2017 · 01:24 UTC
What a beautiful set of sprites! I am really impressed on the amount of details and how polish it is for such a short time. Shows how much love your team puts on their work. Congrats! <3
Beebo Studios
06. Dec 2017 · 02:45 UTC
This game oozes style! The animation is superb and the characters have a lot of personality. I especially like how scared and uncomfortable the friends are compared to Kim's boldness. You really have to fight for them! The feedback for hitting also works great. That little freeze moment makes your punches really count. Of all the games that went with the "unwanted guests at a party" theme, this one is by far the best! It is just plain fun. Very good work!
Gruhh
06. Dec 2017 · 12:54 UTC
A good game, with a beautiful aesthetic. Personally I think it would be interesting a bit more feedback from the attacks and that there would be a slightly more powerful attack. Congratulations!

Um bom jogo, com uma estética bonita. Pessoalmente acho que seria interessante um pouco mais de feedback dos ataques e que houvesse um ataque um pouco mais poderoso. Parabéns! :flag_br:
tuism
06. Dec 2017 · 13:14 UTC
So you basically made a mini Scott Pilgrim game? :) The production value is stellar, the graphics are amazing, the juice is incredible, hit-pause, everything is rad to behold :D

But the game itself is really lacking... There's no depth of combat, you just can run as quickly as possible to the next clump of enemies and bash the attack button and remember to use your charge blast thing. Which looks awesome! But that's just that.

And this has what to do with the theme? I almost feel like you may have thought to build this game without having seen the theme.
Mike Cullingham
06. Dec 2017 · 15:04 UTC
Great art and music. Responsive controls. Didn't really figure out if there was more to it than more and more enemies, but that didn't seem to make things worse because it was easier to find someone to hit. But it's a well put together game. Nice job.
Roy87
06. Dec 2017 · 15:32 UTC
I saw it on indiexpo! Great work guys! I follow you there!
Jordan Neff
06. Dec 2017 · 16:27 UTC
Wow this is top notch across the board. Looks, sounds, and controls excellently.
harusame
06. Dec 2017 · 17:04 UTC
Very fun game !

Awesome pixel art, animations and really good sounds.


I scored 67k.

One of the top game of this LD !
Blizary
07. Dec 2017 · 01:09 UTC
guys amazing artwork and music but above all love the game feel of the game it is extremely satisfying to punch the enemies and use all other abilities, very good work everyone =D
Kirezar
07. Dec 2017 · 01:12 UTC
This game is amazingly pretty, the art style just hits it out of the park and the characters have personality. The sound just fits so nicely! But the gameplay... oh the gameplay, IT'S SO SATISFYING, it controls pretty well, and the hits just feel so nice! Loved this one!
Elendow
07. Dec 2017 · 01:39 UTC
Incredible art, awesome music and super fun and polished gameplay. That's an amazing piece of work. Usually I try to say something that could improve the game but this time nothing comes to my mind.
Amir Bayareh
07. Dec 2017 · 16:00 UTC
Wow! This is a very gorgeous game! I loved the graphics and the combat system too. The music fits veryy nice and the instructions / invitation is just awesome! I would love to see a combo message to let me know if I hit perfectly. Over all it was pretty fun to play!
Beautiful game!!!
benhurvillar
07. Dec 2017 · 16:48 UTC
The machanics and graphics are great, but the game it self has a lack of objective. There is no win or lose, you have to keep the intruders away but you just earn points. Maybe you guys can add an objective points and, if achieved, the intruses are expelds from the party or something like that.
jaimuepe
09. Dec 2017 · 12:44 UTC
Lovely artstyle! The characters and the animations were really well done. At first i wasn't sure who the intruders were so i was punching everyone lol but eventually i realized. The game has a lot of juice too.

However the mechanics are a bit lacking i think. The enemies don't attack you, so you just move from one side to the other of the room punching guys and using the special attack as soon as posible, which feels hollow. This part could be improved imo.

Overall it's great work for the time given. Really impressive!
tmpxyz
09. Dec 2017 · 14:05 UTC
A quite good hit'em up game, well implemented and high quality art assets. Nice job!
WildGamut
11. Dec 2017 · 19:21 UTC
Really fun game! The art style is fantastic and it's impressive how much you've got in there considering the jam limitations.

I can see how you've implemented the theme and it makes for some pretty engaging gameplay, although I feel like the theme could have been a little more present.

Excellent work nonetheless :)
dvdfu
12. Dec 2017 · 04:18 UTC
Great entry, the production quality is just great! The menu sets the cute vibe and the animations and details (the speakers, the crying hurt friends) really make the game fun to look at. I love it!
Tinis Games
12. Dec 2017 · 12:45 UTC
Oh! This pixel art! I really love it! Visually, this is one of the games I tested that I prefer :) An excellent game on all points!
Gaming Night
12. Dec 2017 · 15:22 UTC
Like the others, I found the art, animation, sound and music amazing! The feedbacks are juicy as desired, the controls are simple, responsive and efficients, well done. Maybe the relation to the theme is a little bit straightforward to me, but with all this work aside, I guess this is a minor default!
darefus
18. Dec 2017 · 22:23 UTC
Solid controls and combat. Sweet, consistent art style. The gameflow seems a bit flat- it seems a bit like the features weren't all made completely useful, but it feels great for what you can do.