Catamari by Kieran Newland
Fat cat needs more sausages! However make sure to plan your route carefully as he can quickly become too large to fit through small spaces.
This game is very similar to QWOP. The bigger your body is, the harder it is to align your head!
Move around with WASD, use space to jump and eat as much food as possible before the timer runs out. Remember, you can only eat with your face! Press escape to enter/exit fullscreen in WebGL mode.
https://youtu.be/CXC5p-TTifY
| HTML5 (web) | https://kierannewland.itch.io/catamari |
| Windows | https://kierannewland.itch.io/catamari |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/catamari |
Ratings
| Overall | 250th | 3.763⭐ | 99🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 314th | 3.597⭐ | 100🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 359th | 3.418⭐ | 99🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 400th | 3.629⭐ | 99🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 132th | 4.276⭐ | 100🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 51th | 4.087⭐ | 100🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 208th | 3.742⭐ | 99🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 32🗳️ | 51🗨️ |
The movement mechanics were interesting.
I had a few camera clipping/'suck behind the cat' situations.
Music worked well for the atmosphere
I think this should be a Jam game not compo as you have a team listed. compo rule 1 -> You must work alone (solo).
It's kinda hard to use my face to eat :v I wish I could have mouths all over my body...
Really enjoyed this!
The gameplay feels very smooth and worked very well. Ate 7 sausages and I'm very proud right now :D
*thumbs up*
There;'s a glitch though. When you restart after the game is over the music will play over itself and you have no control.
10/10 would spend five minutes trying to do handstands over sausages again!
I think the music is a little bit annoying after a moment
Quirky little game - I found 8 of the 10 myself. Quite fun! (Also, I was surprised the music wasn't just someone going "na naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nanana na na na na this isn't katamari" (But the included music wasn't bad)
I think another sparkspot of your game is the camera controller. That enhanced the humor very much
I think the controlls are floaty which makes sense since the cat is like a balloon. But turning should be a possibility. I mean turning without moving, for example in air I should be able to change my rotation, and not move. I cant test it, but I believe changing that would make the controlls a lot better.
Well done!
The only thing is that I'm a fat cat myself an I find it hurtful when my life is so precisely simulated in the game ;)
The concept is fun, but it's verry frustrating trying to touch the food only with the head, playing 5 entire minutes feels long as it's really hard to eat even one sausage.
The art is super cute though, the cat with its little butt is a super nice ball to play with.
Also, i'm not sure it really gets worse when you eat more ?

Also, I'd lose the timer - it doesn't make it more fun.
Best looking, juiciest entry I've seen so far. Great job!