Snakedate by YoungHorses
Welcome to Charmr, the premier dating app for snakes! Looking for love? Cruise around the club and wrap around your dates to show your affection!
When the Charmr app pops up, you'll see a potential date! If you think they're compatible, swipe right and go find them in the club. Be warned, you'll abandon your current date if you have one!
(Ideally the below will have a mouse graphic)
Left Mouse (Left Arrow, A) Turn left, Swipe left on Charmr
Right Mouse (Right Arrow, D) Turn Right, Swipe right on Charmr
Middle Mouse (Escape, Space, S) Pause/Unpause
Every successful date is worth a certain Charmr Score based on compatibility! High score dates will need more coils around them to be satisfied. Relationships today are about volume, so get as high a score as you can!
Follow us at @YoungHorses on Twitter.
If it's crashing or not loading:
Download and run the DirectX Updater with administrator privileges:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
Download and run the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) with administrator privileges:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
When the Charmr app pops up, you'll see a potential date! If you think they're compatible, swipe right and go find them in the club. Be warned, you'll abandon your current date if you have one!
(Ideally the below will have a mouse graphic)
Left Mouse (Left Arrow, A) Turn left, Swipe left on Charmr
Right Mouse (Right Arrow, D) Turn Right, Swipe right on Charmr
Middle Mouse (Escape, Space, S) Pause/Unpause
Every successful date is worth a certain Charmr Score based on compatibility! High score dates will need more coils around them to be satisfied. Relationships today are about volume, so get as high a score as you can!
Follow us at @YoungHorses on Twitter.
If it's crashing or not loading:
Download and run the DirectX Updater with administrator privileges:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
Download and run the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) with administrator privileges:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
| Windows | https://mega.nz/#!7UsGBYhY!YAZmEZ3YGcfCbcAcglcJpEaLJeI7ZT-SnPUvlfWwpYA |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=62194 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 53% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.89 | 90 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.82 | 113 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.89 | 66 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.04 | 195 |
| Humor(Jam) | 4.39 | 9 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 4.36 | 3 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.81 | 125 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.32 | 38 |
I loved swiping left on dates in order to stay loyal to your current date. Good fun.
Am I right in thinking the classic Snake game was an influence here? I thought it was neat that my tail ended up being an obstacle at one point, when it kept deflecting me upward mid-coil because I'd slithered around everywhere willy-nilly.
I liked how you used the simple control scheme, though I swiped left on a lot of horses accidentally when steering around things; part of the challenge, but it could have gotten frustrating over time.
The design on the dancing horses was really adorable; I loved the graphical style, the proportions, the animation, how round everything was, etc. The profile pictures were hilarious too; the obscenely buff horse giving me a lilting "Yoo-hoo" may very well have made my day.
This was weird and cute, and a lot of fun. Great work, folks!
Really like the models of the horses and the dating app was genius.
Gooooooooood job!
But it gets better.
Anyway, this game is hilarious (as is to be expected coming from Young Horses). I like the twist on the Snake formula- particularly the fact that the danger of growing too long is no longer the possibility of crashing into yourself, but rather making it more difficult to get more points due to being wrapped around too many horse-dates.
I did notice a few interface issues- for instance, the first time I got a date that happened to be on the second floor, it took me a while to figure out where they were, as there's no way to look up (or any indicator of where the next date is if they're offscreen). Also, I could not find any indicator of a time limit, so I was kinda caught off-guard when the game ended.
Still, those are minor issues, it's a lot of fun. Good work!
I've made a let's play video if you want to check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgNSIlTrEy4