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A-Cornered by Chris Fagan

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made by Chris Fagan for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

How long can you survive the onslaught of winter to keep your nuts safe?

Run around the inside of your hollow tree to avoid snowballs, icicles, and a pesky little pill bug. Last for as long as you can before your health is depleted to 0.

Controls:

Keyboard:

A to run clockwise

D to run counterclockwise

Mobile:

Hold the left half of the screen to run clockwise

Hold the right half of the screen to run counterclockwise

The game was developed by my wife and I. She did all of the artwork in the game, while I scripted the game in Construct 3. We both worked on the overall design.

Thanks for playing our game! We hope you enjoyed it.

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fagangamedesign

LEAVE YOUR TOP SCORE IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!

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Youtube https://chrisfagan.itch.io/a-cornered
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/a-cornered

Ratings

Overall 870th 3.447⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 772th 3.368⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1291th 2.842⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Theme 525th 3.855⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 127th 4.355⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 512th 3.076⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 555th 3.622⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 55🗨️

Feedback

Nate Wert
05. Oct 2020 · 12:41 UTC
I love the graphic style that you choose, almost reminiscent of a yarn type look. The gameplay was overall pretty fun, simple, and entertaining.
Gevernus
05. Oct 2020 · 12:43 UTC
Nice spin squirrel. Game is simple but art is cute
Dominium11
05. Oct 2020 · 12:54 UTC
Loving the artstyle, its really simple but looks really good!
🎤 Chris Fagan
05. Oct 2020 · 12:54 UTC
@nate-wert thank you for playing! My wife did an excellent job with the artwork and I'm happy to hear her fabric idea was well received.
🎤 Chris Fagan
05. Oct 2020 · 12:55 UTC
@gevernus thanks for playing! Simple and cute is what we were going for :)
LetterAfterZ
05. Oct 2020 · 13:06 UTC
What an awesome art style - really loved it, such a delightful little game. I only survived 40 seconds, that pesky pillbug broke me.
🎤 Chris Fagan
05. Oct 2020 · 13:12 UTC
@dominium11 thank you! I'm really proud of the job my wife did on the art.
🎤 Chris Fagan
05. Oct 2020 · 13:13 UTC
@letterafterz Thank you very much for playing it and leaving us your feedback! Glad you liked the art style!

40 seconds? Wow nice job - that's higher than my wife's high score :)
axeltherabbit
05. Oct 2020 · 14:59 UTC
Super cool graphics
TheCze
05. Oct 2020 · 15:01 UTC
5 stars for the graphics! All in all a very solid game, nice smooth menu interactions and no rough edges. Great job!
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 06:31 UTC
@axeltherabbit thank you! My wife did such a great job!
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 06:32 UTC
@thecze Aww that'll make my wife so happy! She worked really hard on the art, and it's so lovely to see the nice comments about it. I'm really glad you enjoyed the game. Thank you very much for playing it!
Deedz
06. Oct 2020 · 08:29 UTC
Great Game, adding it to the the playable list. Good Job Couldnt get very far but I'm curios what the record is. Is it beatable?
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 09:35 UTC
@deedz Thank you! We're glad you enjoyed it :) My record on mobile is 69 seconds, my wife got 37 seconds. On PC I've had around 150 seconds. I'm sure there is someone out there that can beat these scores!
Chocolat-Endive
06. Oct 2020 · 13:19 UTC
The artwork/graphics are great! The squirrel is super cute. The mini-game is simple, but flawless. Some kind of highscore screen could be a nice addition!
Heho
06. Oct 2020 · 13:20 UTC
the graphics are well chosen and fit very nicely together. Great Style.
Duanra
06. Oct 2020 · 13:26 UTC
The graphic you chose is original, i like it ! The gameplay is classic but it works ! ;) Nice job !
Geegaz
06. Oct 2020 · 13:34 UTC
Loved the art ! I think the lack of visual clues or clear distinction between the objects and the background made it a bit hard to navigate at times. But else, good job !
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 15:23 UTC
@chocolat-endive Thank you so much for the kind words! We wanted to do a high score system, but unfortunately ran out of time.
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 15:32 UTC
@heho Thank you very much!
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 15:41 UTC
@duanra Thank you very much for the kind words!
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 15:42 UTC
@geegaz Thank you for the feedback! And thanks for playing. Glad you enjoyed it :)
andriirinah
06. Oct 2020 · 20:20 UTC
Hello, really liked the style. Great experience. Good job!
🎤 Chris Fagan
06. Oct 2020 · 20:43 UTC
@andriirinah Thank you!
Eugenik
06. Oct 2020 · 20:59 UTC
Feels like a complete game! Very cool!
Nikolai Shkurkin
07. Oct 2020 · 03:21 UTC
Awww so cute! :chipmunk: Yeah I agree with everyone else that the art is really spot-on. I think I mostly got hit by the blue spikes... they can be hard to spot moving so fast. Something simple like placing a glow are shadow around the flying pieces as well as showing an alert on the screen where the projectile is coming from could be a huge help.

Also, thank you for giving our game Boomie multiple shots @chris-fagan while we figured out our crashes :smile: Cheers!
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 10:10 UTC
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
spyranteros
07. Oct 2020 · 19:43 UTC
A simple game with great art and well polished. It is so lovely when couples make games together!
Klaus Peter
07. Oct 2020 · 19:57 UTC
Wouldn't the point of the nest be to protect the sqirrel from wind and weather? :smile:
🎤 Chris Fagan
09. Oct 2020 · 15:11 UTC
@eugenik Aww thank you very much! I'm really pleased with the scope we set to achieve something well polished!
🎤 Chris Fagan
09. Oct 2020 · 15:14 UTC
@nikolai-shkurkin Thank you for the kind words about the artwork! We were super happy with how that turned out :)

Those are some fantastic suggestions for improving the readability of the projectiles... I wish we would have thought of those last week haha.

You're welcome! Great game jam all around :)
🎤 Chris Fagan
09. Oct 2020 · 15:16 UTC
@spyranteros Thank you! We always have a blast making things and being creative together, this seemed like a no-brainer to join!
🎤 Chris Fagan
09. Oct 2020 · 15:17 UTC
@klaus-peter You're not wrong... :)
🎤 Chris Fagan
09. Oct 2020 · 15:18 UTC
@etrealjunior Thanks!
Saunik
09. Oct 2020 · 16:16 UTC
Simple, easy to understand, very fun ! My favourite part of the game are the graphics ! They look very cute ! Great job !
etrealjunior
09. Oct 2020 · 16:59 UTC
Hi all right, I love meeting other users who use the construct, I really liked their art style reminded me of some game games I saw made with blender, I have an observation that can make your art become more immersive, try to distance the elements using the shadow as a base, many times they don’t know the power of this tool is huge, I’ll be following you on the itch, if you want to know my games made in the construct I recommend seeing the vox_venture that I play with the feeling of depth, and also if you want to evaluate my game I am grateful, a big hug.
merzlot
11. Oct 2020 · 15:57 UTC
Very cool graphics! And very fun game overall, good job!
Olima
11. Oct 2020 · 20:33 UTC
Easy to understand but fun gameplay, nice art style and thumbs up for the title!
teronk
12. Oct 2020 · 11:19 UTC
Really cool, was actually thinking to make a similar one like this in the beginning :D Well done!
🎤 Chris Fagan
22. Oct 2020 · 12:08 UTC
@saunik Thank you very much :)
🎤 Chris Fagan
22. Oct 2020 · 12:09 UTC
@etrealjunior Yeah I really enjoy using Construct - I think it's such an underrated engine! Thank you for the kind words and feedback!
🎤 Chris Fagan
22. Oct 2020 · 12:09 UTC
@merzlot Thank you!
🎤 Chris Fagan
22. Oct 2020 · 12:09 UTC
@olima Thank you for the kind words! You're the first to mention the title haha
🎤 Chris Fagan
22. Oct 2020 · 12:10 UTC
@teronk Thank you!
arron-fowler
22. Oct 2020 · 12:53 UTC
This is a really class entry. The art style is perfect. I really enjoyed it. Nice to play as a non Hamster rodent too.
Sli
22. Oct 2020 · 20:37 UTC
This was fun. A little challenging I think, but yes pretty fun. Maybe you could start just a little bit slower.
I liked the graphics. Over all good job!
🎤 Chris Fagan
23. Oct 2020 · 09:22 UTC
@arron-fowler Thank you very much for the kind words! We need more squirrel games!
🎤 Chris Fagan
23. Oct 2020 · 09:23 UTC
@sli Thank you! Yeah varying difficulties and more of a difficulty curve were things we would have added if we had more time for sure.
hectora
24. Oct 2020 · 02:54 UTC
Cozy fall vibes~
Papaver
24. Oct 2020 · 11:09 UTC
Cute game, with a cute title and cute art! And quite hard! :open_mouth: The blue pointy things were quite hard to avoid, since they are not very well visible. I would have liked to be able to restart the game with key in stead of mouse. I missed the impact sound of the purple ball, so I was hoping for a bit that it was increasing my health, but it wasn't. :wink:
Well done!

![Acorneredscrshot.png](///raw/4a0/2/z/3a6a0.png)
revanj
25. Oct 2020 · 12:57 UTC
Thank you for the awesome game! The aesthetic of the game certainly got some feels to it. Though when I was playing the game, the long hit-box of the squirrel made it so hard to doge everything. That's just a part of the game, I guess.
Likirus
26. Oct 2020 · 12:42 UTC
Very nice and beautiful game, and I love squirrels, so you had me there ;)