Kidcat: A point and shoot microgame by isubka

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made by isubka for LD 41 (JAM)

Kidcat was cursed when he was a baby. He can only interact with a gun. Anyway, his grandma (and everyone in the village) try to treat him has a normal kid.

In this microgame, you will help Kidcat to get some bread to his grandma.

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CONTROLS:

Left and right arrows (or A and D) to move. Up arrow (or W) to enter to shops. Left click to interact

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NOTE:

We will keep developing this microgame a bit more. Soon, you will have to get some milk too! :)

Ratings

Overall 274th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 71th 4.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 168th 3.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 363th 3.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 122th 4.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 272th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 82th 3.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 96th 3.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 5🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

Lazlo319
24. Apr 2018 · 17:24 UTC
Very funny game, The concept is great! There's a lot of tiny hidden details, one of the best games of this LD games
Maxime Catel
24. Apr 2018 · 17:28 UTC
Nice game ! Finished both endings :p Really liked the pixel art, and the concept. I think the fade in/out when you enter a building (or change the scene) is a bit too long. Would like to see your game with more content !
SachaY
24. Apr 2018 · 17:38 UTC
Great concept! I think it would be amazing to do a full complete game
PixelProductions
24. Apr 2018 · 17:38 UTC
HAHAHA I Really enjoyed the game. Funny story. I want to play more wen it complete finished :D
antvelm
24. Apr 2018 · 17:46 UTC
Interesting story, also alternate endings are cool. Art is simple and clear!

Pls check out our game too: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ultimate-game-simulator
thiagowaw
24. Apr 2018 · 17:46 UTC
Very funny. Actually, it's an incompatible thing :laughing: . I initially had a bit of trouble understanding what to do. Congratulations!

Take a look on my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/vector-rabbits-slayer
Re-Markable
24. Apr 2018 · 17:49 UTC
Very original and funny! I love everything about this game! 5 stars all around!
LemonBalmGames
24. Apr 2018 · 18:00 UTC
Great game with only two flaws in my opinion. It's a little light on content, it could've used one or two more quests. I know you announced the milk quest thingie and I'll be happy to play it but as far as I know, you can't create additional content for your game after the submission hour ends. Or rather, you can but it won't count for the jam. Feel free to consult someone else on this though because I'm not sure (it's my first LD ever).

Second of all - and that's a very, very minor gripe - it's not "pacific" way but "pacifist" way :) No sweat though as the game is easy to understand.

I really like the premise. It's actually kinda brilliant. First of all, it exposes how silly pixel hunting is as a mechanic (you co do it with a gun and it still works). Second of all, it's like a riff on that saying "when you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail". Big points for that. I enjoyed your game a lot. Great job!
kukiri
24. Apr 2018 · 18:49 UTC
The art is so coool! I like a lot, the game is really good. The story was great and the concept is like a genious idea. I would like to see a more complete game with this. Congratulations!
pepelumen
24. Apr 2018 · 22:12 UTC
Thanks you all to your kind comments! We were in fact delighted while doing this game, it was very funny :D We also want to show us the milk quest soon!

@Lazlo319 We tried to make typical adventure games puzzles to be solved with only shooting, and to play aroun with this idea. That's the reason behind certain objects that would be useful in a typical adventure game, but here are only to make this fact stand out.

@LemonBalmGames I didn't think about the pixel hunting, that's an interesting point! We certainly tried to make you feel like you can shoot everything, and we would love to make more interactables to let you see what happened.
To avoid the rating problem, I think we will add it as post-jam version in the itch.io page, so you can give feedback of that and also try the jam version for voting. Thanks for the "pacifist" note!
AnaGF
24. Apr 2018 · 23:09 UTC
It's a funny and interesting concept, and the art is cute. I agree with the rest of the users, if you want to develop a complete game based on this it would be really cool. Well done!
LeoRototo
25. Apr 2018 · 11:18 UTC
A very good mood here !! Nice graphics.
But i first was frustrated to kill guys accidentally...
It's abit too short too, i would like to play more quest !
But it's a very nice little game, good job.
K1mpp4
25. Apr 2018 · 14:58 UTC
This is a great game! I laughed so hard when i accidentally shot the baker, since after shooting grandmother, nothing bad happened. My name, and my purity, have been soiled. I love this game and I'm hoping to see a full version come out someday!
saoi-games
07. May 2018 · 00:56 UTC
I’m not sure if you were able to see it, but I played your game on my stream at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames tonight.

I liked the puzzle aspect, but the gun trigger is a little too sensitive. I clicked out of the window to read twitch chat, and when I clicked back into the window, the Baker was shot much to my horror.

I know you said it was a microgame, but I hope you continue to add more to it in the future.

Only having a gun to interact with the objects was an interesting twist.