Cattle Ropin' by nandelind

Howdy, pardner! We gotta rope us some cattle. Click and drag to throw yer lasso, and aim to land the loop on the critter's neck. It don't hurt 'em, I promise. Ketch as many as ya can. Yee-haw!
| Youtube | https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/432559432/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/cattle-ropin |
Ratings
| Overall | 1134th | 3.273⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1059th | 3.114⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1195th | 2.955⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 888th | 3.545⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 937th | 3.409⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 772th | 3.167⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 471th | 3.136⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1068th | 3.143⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
Graphics and sounds are good and really setting the mood.
Gameplay is quite challenging though :sweat_smile:
Good job!
It maybe ran a little long for me, and I had a hard time judging how far my lasso would go (maybe a "power" meter would help out with that?), but I'm really glad I found this game.
Pretty nice little game, really catchy, i love the graphsim and the mood !
I found it almost impossible until I learned two tricks: aim by the shadow of the loop and, less obviously, you don't need to click & drag in one quick swoop. Slowly "charging" the throw and lining up your shot is still challenging but much more manageable. Not disclosing those to the player makes it have even more in common with those old games, but might turn away people who don't get why they're so bad :sweat_smile: Great work!
I did struggle to catch cows though, The lasso would land on them, but didn't seem to catch them, got a little frustrating over time, not sure how the "collision detection" is handled. Only managed to catch a few cows, but near the end the lasso looked like I was hitting it every time, but without a catch.
Some suggestions:
- It gets loooong, I think the time allowed could be reduced ;)
- Adding an end screen.
- And why not milking that humorous vibe of the description all the way through (cows with different assets, audio for the cowboy, etc.) !
Its a short minigame, but pulled off well and with good relevance to the theme, nicely done! :)