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Shoot-E-Pet by blearn

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made by blearn for LD 41 (JAM)

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I am writing this project in Go using the Ebiten gaming library. Using GopherJS, the end result will be playable in a web browser!

Description

The Shooter / Virtual Pet you never knew you needed.

Keep your pet happy by shooting food into it's mouth, launching tennis balls for it to chase, and showering it with love.

Goal

Keep your pet alive! It has three desires: * Hunger * Attention * Exercise (Playing fetch)

If your pet's desires aren't satisfied it will become sad 😭

When it gets sad 😭 enough it will die! 💀

Controls

Movement: (WASD) * Left: A * Right: D * Up: W * Down: S

Fire Weapon: Left Mouse Button

Change Weapon: E

Weapons

Food Blaster * Style: Line of Sight * Range: Long

Tennis Ball Cannon * Style: Mortar * Range: Medium

Love Bomb * Style: Area of Effect * Range: Short

Platform Notes

Known Bugs

  • Player can walk off screen (although the pet cannot)
  • The pet sometimes walks through walls

Windows

  • -

Linux

  • -

HTML5/Web

  • Works best in Chrome.
Source code https://github.com/learnb/LD41/
HTML5 (web) https://blearn.itch.io/shoot-e-pet
Windows http://www.bryanlearn.com/ld41/shootepet.zip
Linux http://www.bryanlearn.com/ld41/shootepet.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/shoot-e-pet

Ratings

Overall 1148th 2.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1165th 2.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 838th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 610th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 741th 2.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1123th 2.139⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

🎤 blearn
21. Apr 2018 · 14:25 UTC
Planning phase complete!

I'm making an Action Shooter / Virtual Pet game. The basis is keeping your pet alive while managing its needs through shooting actions. Lob tennis balls to help it exercise, get up close to share some love, and fire food right into its mouth from afar. But this pet moves fast so you gotta keep up!
sprngr
24. Apr 2018 · 12:30 UTC
This certainly was an interesting mashup of the two genres. It took the need to actively care for your virtual pet to a new level when you have to chase them down to try caring for them. It was a bit difficult at first when they kept running away when I needed to use the love bomb, but once I realized I could bait them with the ball it made the game much more manageable. Great work!
Karl Ek
24. Apr 2018 · 16:55 UTC
Interesting mix of genres! Could have been fun with some change in environment after a while.
🎤 blearn
24. Apr 2018 · 17:27 UTC
BTW, development of this game **will** continue after Ludum Dare so please look out for future releases on my [itch.io](https://blearn.itch.io/) page. There is plenty I want to add!
Sandra Jasionowska
24. Apr 2018 · 17:28 UTC
That was interesting! Nice result of mixing genres. It's actually hard game, I think :) I would like to see more actions in the future, and maybe some story behind it?
Listonos
25. Apr 2018 · 00:33 UTC
Interesting idea and with a bit of polish (wonky collision system, more feedback about actions, etc.) it could be cool game.
hypp
25. Apr 2018 · 18:55 UTC
I liked the idea, but I found it a bit too hard and at the same time a bit repetitious.
🎤 blearn
25. Apr 2018 · 19:11 UTC
Thanks everyone for the feedback so far. Unfortunately I didn't give myself enough time to balance the gameplay. That's something I'll focus on more next time.
folex70
25. Apr 2018 · 21:35 UTC
good game, i played a lot. congrats for this work.
Evan Minto
29. Apr 2018 · 02:40 UTC
Definitely an interesting idea. I'd love to see it with more pet mechanics, such as having multiple pets or manage or have to buy ammo/items for each type of "attack." Also needs a bit more visual polish. The text stats in the top left are very basic, and sometimes there were visual glitches when shooting certain weapons.