Cows and Aliens by Sode

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made by Sode for LD 44 (COMPO)

READ ME. Screenshot (6).png The goal of this game is to get 1000 coins before the aliens kill you or you starve to death. You can sell cows to the aliens for money or you can eat them yourself to survive. Move with WASD or arrow keys. Remember if you don't sell your cows for a while the cows will rise in value but if you wait too long the humans will starve due to overpopulation. You will have total over population after you kill the fifth cow stack. A new herd of cows will grow every five seconds. Look out for the herd of aliens, they will try to kill you. Screenshot (8).png

Ratings

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Feedback

kuviman
29. Apr 2019 · 13:28 UTC
Took me a long time to find the food label :) And I still don't understand why I lose. Human overpopulation? When does that happen? What are the colored boxes? :)

And in the beginning you are killed like in less than a second when you have not yet figured out what to do.
Mia Devs
29. Apr 2019 · 13:48 UTC
I played your game this is good but first you need to fix out the sound and the buttons bg
🎤 Sode
29. Apr 2019 · 18:12 UTC
Mia Devs THX for feed back
🎤 Sode
29. Apr 2019 · 18:12 UTC
kuviman you either get eaten by the aliens or ran out of food
David Markham
29. Apr 2019 · 18:57 UTC
Overall a nice attempt for under 48 hours of work, keep it up! I like the concept of aliens chasing you, and you needing to sacrifice cows to stay alive, unfortunately the game feels broken in its current state. It took me way too long to figure out that my character was the white box. You should apply a texture to the ground so the player has a sense of movement. Maybe give the player some time to move around at beginning of game before being swarmed by the aliens. Also I saw some aliens flying over the edge, extending the ground plane to be bigger, and putting invisible barriers on the edges should solve this. Overall I would aim for a smaller scope next game jam so you have more time for polish and bug fixing, maybe something like this concept but in 2D instead of 3D.
Attala
29. Apr 2019 · 18:58 UTC
Got killed instantly after starting every time. bug? Strange as I see other could play it.
Nathaniel Jensen
29. Apr 2019 · 23:52 UTC
I could not even play it. I think I was killed instantly when I started the game every time.
gward2489
30. Apr 2019 · 01:14 UTC
Good audio and the concept was cool, but game bugged out every time I started (Windows).
Furtive Pygmy
30. Apr 2019 · 07:44 UTC
I died the minute it loaded, tried clicking the buttons but died, couldn't move or anything.
🎤 Sode
01. May 2019 · 06:02 UTC
David Markham I am only a 11 years old kid that just made his 3 game I had a ot of problems like my dad being realy angry at me becouse I didn't sleep. The game wasn't originaly for windows thats why there are the bugs and the flying aliens are just a function of my AI.
🎤 Sode
01. May 2019 · 06:10 UTC
Nathaniel Jensen Furtive Pygmy Attala and gward2489 it is fixed on the zip version
David Markham
01. May 2019 · 13:28 UTC
@soda Very impressive entry for an 11 year old. Sorry if any of my critique came across harsh, I try to aim for constructive criticism. Keep up the good work!
Furtive Pygmy
02. May 2019 · 05:48 UTC
Nice entry, amazing for an 11 year old!
As @david-markham stated, there are a couple of bugs but you're definitely going in the right direction.
Hope to see you in the next Ludum Dare and keep on making games.
🎤 Sode
03. May 2019 · 14:24 UTC
@furtive-pygmy @david-markham thankyou for your feed back
Furtive Pygmy
03. May 2019 · 16:02 UTC
Played this game for ages, me and my work mate were trying to get to 1000 coins but found it incredibly hard. Is there any way to finish with 100%?
The food timer seems to tick down very rapidly after a few clicks and could only get to about 500 coins.
🎤 Sode
04. May 2019 · 16:18 UTC
It is possunkylkeä of u spam the right buttons