A Hundred Dogs by gentoogames

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made by gentoogames for LD 42 (JAM)

HOW MANY CAN YOU SAVE?

Controls: - WASD to move - J to Open & Close (doors, toilets, pantry, etc.) - K to Pick Up & Put Down (dogs, dog bowls, etc.) - J to put food in dog bowl - SPACE to yell at your dogs - H to zoom out and look at the larger map - R to restart the room and try again.

All dogs eventually die... and it is your job to give your dogs a nice life full of food, water, and love. Make sure that these doggos don't starve, and instead, pass away from old age, as every good dog should.

How To Play: - Dogs are swarming you! Keep them alive and healthy by feeding them and making sure they have access to a water source by opening up toilet bowls and getting dog-bowls from the cabinet, and filling them up with food from the pantry. - Dogs are pretty dumb sometimes, so it is important to find them, pick them up, and move them to water/food if necessary. - Get points for making sure your dogs eat and drink, and for keeping the house as clean as possible. Also get points for allowing your dog to not starve to death! YOU MONSTER!

How To Win: - Get the highest score possible after taking care of A Hundred Dogs! - Average game lasts about 7 minutes

Hints: - You cannot open up anything if you are holding bowls or a dog, so make sure to plan wisely when moving from task to task. - These dogs are very determined and may burst through walls if you aren't paying attention to them and giving them the food and water they need.

Notes: - This game does utilize a random map generation, so that means it is possible that you encounter a map with closed off rooms. If this is the case, then restart the room to try again. I was unable to flesh out all of the bugs in the room generation, and while this doesn't happen too often, it is possible.

This was made from scratch in 72 hours. The pixel art and programming was all done by myself, and the music was done by the wonderful and great Mark Sparling. Please go support him by following him on twitter: @Markymark665. Consider following me as well @GentooGames. IMB_ebArts.GIFtitle.png

Ratings

Overall 244th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 298th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 121th 3.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 379th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 170th 4.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 136th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 186th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

DriagonV
15. Aug 2018 · 11:31 UTC
this game seems like some effort has been put into it, although you have no feedback or ratings because YOU HAVE TO PLAY OTHER PEOPLES GAMES AND RATE THEM otherwise your game will never show up on anybodys feed.
chronicbite
15. Aug 2018 · 23:21 UTC
Just like the other person said, don’t forget to rate other peoples games so that you too get some ratings, i found this on the zero tab. The game was fun, you did a good job :)
kbjwes77
16. Aug 2018 · 19:04 UTC
I don't recommend exporting as an installer! Cool game though!
🎤 gentoogames
16. Aug 2018 · 22:45 UTC
@kbjwes77 That's why I also included a zip install for those who don't want to download as an installer. Thank you for the feedback!
comenoha
17. Aug 2018 · 00:34 UTC
Well done! loved the graphics most of all, also really liked the music. It seemed as though there wasn't so much to the game itself, but the general concept worked out especially with the nice old-pokemon-style graphics.
catchthefloaty
17. Aug 2018 · 02:50 UTC
this entry is really awesome, a true gem. i love the chaos, i love the dogs.polish this, you have something here.
Sokuaisushi
17. Aug 2018 · 03:59 UTC
This game was great, but super hard and sad! No one want's dead dogs q.q I couldn't seem to keep my dogs alive, and always ended with lots of negative score (around -7 million, those poor dead dogs...)

I loved the sounds and the artwork, this game was super well made. The only thing I found frustrating was picking up multiple dog bowls when I was trying to set one down.

Thanks for sharing this game with me and letting me stream it, really great job on this :smile:
Jamison
17. Aug 2018 · 04:05 UTC
Loved it! A little bit hard to manage if you start placing too many dog bowls since pick up and put down is the same key. But the chaos was fun! Also, those poor dogs!!!! Haha

I didn't end up finishing cuz I got this error when I was trying to open a toilet surrounded by dogs:
```
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object oSolid:

Unable to find any instance for object index '100028' name '<undefined>'
at gml_Object_oSolid_Step_0
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Object_oSolid_Step_0 (line -1)
called from - gml_Object_oToilet_Step_0 (line -1) - <unknown source line>
```
🎤 gentoogames
17. Aug 2018 · 05:18 UTC
@jamison Thank you! Ive been unable to track this bug down so this helps a ton!
mrjorts
17. Aug 2018 · 12:54 UTC
This is a very chaotic game. It's sad that the dogs die, but I guess I can understand. I like the look of the limited color palette, but when there are so many dogs, and items, and messages popping up, it does get hard to distinguish things from each other.
tigerj
17. Aug 2018 · 19:21 UTC
Strait 5s Winner of "Best in Show" your game will be linked on my channel main page: https://www.twitch.tv/tiger_j
I really struggle to find any criticism. maybe the j/k buttons could be smarter and a single button but it works either way. Seriously fantastic game. Here is your segment from the stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298451826?t=01h01m59s
DatEightBit
18. Aug 2018 · 00:29 UTC
A bit confusing at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was really fun!
aug
18. Aug 2018 · 00:31 UTC
Chaotic gameplay with music backing it up - the sound effects were a bit loud, and it was possible to just exit the side of the map and despawn everything visually, but other than that it was a lot of fun!
finalspace
20. Aug 2018 · 02:33 UTC
Hey. I don't have a pc, but I really want to try your game after watching the video. I can feel the physics is well handled, and I love the graphics. I personally am a hard core player, and this fast-paced game is definitely my type.
I look forward to your feedback to my dog game! Ha!
Vekstr
21. Aug 2018 · 08:37 UTC
I guess I'm really not a dog person, eh? Got really frustrated by those stupid dogs running all over the place, moving stuff around, and.. breaking *walls*? :sweat_smile:
🎤 gentoogames
22. Aug 2018 · 06:14 UTC
@finalspace I built this on Mac, but for some reason Game Maker Studio 2 Export to Mac, and then transferring that zip file, gave me a ton of trouble! I will come back to this eventually and try to fix the build issues. Thanks for checking out the game though in the meantime