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Will by Thy Duck

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made by Thy Duck for LD 40 (JAM)

It was a fun run everyone! Music, art, code, and design was done by yours truly. Sound effects were done with Bfxr.

Game Engine - Game Maker Studio 2 Music - BoscaCeoil Art - GM2's sprite editor Effects - Bfxr

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You take the role of Will. Will loves cats. He loves them so much, he can't help himself from loving them when he gets near them. As much as Will relies on cats for happiness, the sad fact is Will can't take care of cats. Franky, he sucks.

Will has to get home, no matter the measure. Animal Control has taken note of him and seem to follow him around a lot, the police aren't fond of jaywalkers, bullies seem to lurk everywhere, and Gramps is very territorial. But he'll get home. He has to.!

UPDATE - There is an updated version of the game with a different level only, nothing else was touched

Windows https://thyduck.itch.io/will
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/will

Ratings

Overall 302th 3.709⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Fun 281th 3.625⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 383th 3.384⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Theme 624th 3.378⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 498th 3.611⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 283th 3.524⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 160th 3.733⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Mood 384th 3.523⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Given 41🗳️ 51🗨️

Feedback

flankstaek
05. Dec 2017 · 00:58 UTC
Very funny, love the background music. It's really hard to escape getting chain punched to death though
jjjjason
05. Dec 2017 · 05:09 UTC
Surprisingly complex for what appears to be a simple game at first (such as leading off dogs with the bone). Music and aesthetics pair well together to create a really cohesive experience. Only personal nitpick I can offer is a wish for an easy mode where the cats can't be run over by cars :( :( :(
Nia
05. Dec 2017 · 06:25 UTC
Great sounds and music. Everything fit together great. I also felt bad for the dead kitties, haha. Overall, really fun game though.
egawag
05. Dec 2017 · 06:27 UTC
This was my favorite game I've played yet from the art to music to just gameplay it was well done! 5/5! Just quite difficult...
SraBatata
05. Dec 2017 · 06:29 UTC
had a great time playing it! very fun and surprisingly complex! great job =D
ponker
05. Dec 2017 · 06:52 UTC
Fun and challenging! Everything was great! I liked the music.
RIP cats :cry:
justking144
06. Dec 2017 · 03:52 UTC
Really well made page

Graphics look great and it plays really well
dijaguy
06. Dec 2017 · 04:22 UTC
Rhymes with "chicken dinner". This game is outstanding! I love the art style, mechanics and overall vibe of the game. Even the menu is very nicely done.

I tried so hard to get will home, so many times, but it takes luck to get across that road with bullies on the other side, and gramps is quite the shot! Great job!
tinykidtoo
06. Dec 2017 · 04:27 UTC
I like the idea of the game and the art is very fitting. To me this feels like paperboy in nature. Unfortunately I could not get past gramps.
jsqrs
06. Dec 2017 · 05:34 UTC
Nice art and a lot of cool and interesting mechanics and systems at play here. The cat mechanic had me laughing. cool game!
KirUn
06. Dec 2017 · 09:16 UTC
I was walking with my lovely cats and then some dude with rifle shot me. 10\10
ArturasD
06. Dec 2017 · 20:42 UTC
The moment where I got shot - its when it hit me that this game is a masterpiece. Great job on literally everything! Max rating from me.
Jacob-Janerka
07. Dec 2017 · 09:07 UTC
Awesome fun and imaginative mechanics. Tunes were really nice too. Like the others said, the difficulty curve is pretty hard haha. Maybe if you would like to keep working on it, introduce the 'enemies' more slowly to teach the player how to avoid them then ramp it up from there.

Anyway awesome stuff.
MarjorieP
10. Dec 2017 · 01:07 UTC
Cute game idea! I think the difficulty curve is a little steep, but other than that the game worked well! Nice job!
octanewt
10. Dec 2017 · 02:52 UTC
Fun! Just keeping ahead of the thugs, and gramps lasers me. Haha.
silkworm_sweatshop
11. Dec 2017 · 01:56 UTC
Argh, this was pretty hard. But it was the fun kind of frustrating. Played it for quite a while, really wanted to beat it but in the end I failed even when I realized that having more cats aren't necessarily better (in fitting with the theme). Good game!
hiki911
12. Dec 2017 · 19:23 UTC
interesting concept and finally i have found a game where could i adjust volume, thanks for that!
antoined73
15. Dec 2017 · 23:10 UTC
Nice game but also very hard, couldn't go further than the sign saying "back off"
trabitboy
19. Dec 2017 · 08:32 UTC
IT LOOKS AWESOME : you need to fix it and make it an arcade game with a good feedback loop ! Graphics are awesome, the sound is great, it is really inviting, event the main menu is awesome ! I didn't spot if cats made you slower ? The animations when you get knocked over or smashed on the road are hilarious!
However the road takes a lot of space, and the spawn of the cars is really random and quick: you should moderate that by adding a flashing sign and a beeping noise before the car spawns. Keep working on it !
trabitboy
19. Dec 2017 · 09:14 UTC
BTW for some reason your game is not playable through the itch io app; you should check , it lowers the barrier of entry.
Kotra97
19. Dec 2017 · 14:44 UTC
Your game is as hard as it is cool. I succeded but it took me a while.

Cool game again ! Just the decrease of the hp during time is very hard to handle haha.
Eretzoum
22. Dec 2017 · 18:34 UTC
Very funny and addictive game! Good job! It woud be nice if the game punished you somehow for having too many cats so it would match the theme better.
🎤 Thy Duck
23. Dec 2017 · 06:11 UTC
@eretzoum The game actually does punish you for having too many pets. The more cats you have, the more damage that can be done to you. Any old cat can die and nothing happens, but if your loved cats die then you start getting sad.

There is also code that changes the view distance of a few enemies based on how many cats you tamed. Unfortunately it's not really noticeable.