All Pigs Go to Heaven by Dubgron

Controls: WSAD/Arrows – Movement
The game was made in our in-house engine called Aporia Blitz.
Credits:
Programming & Music – Dubgron
Graphics – PetiteChoufleur
Level Design – Tebrik
| Youtube | https://dubgron.itch.io/all-pigs-go-to-heaven |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/all-pigs-go-to-heaven |
Ratings
| Given | 6🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
I liked to play at your game, this one was very uncommun and well thought.
Hum, may be a bug when the pig is near its food. But otherwise I spend a good time with this uncontrollable pig.
"The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found."
Is what I'm getting.
Herding a single pig is simpler for sure, but also less exciting as the behaviour of the pig is rather robotic. It simply runs away from its owner, which is strange, and doesn't care one bit about its environment. Guiding the pig by throwing some food on the ground, or shouting at it, or even carrying it for short segments could all make the process more interesting and also allow for more complicated level design.
The pig should have a mind of its own too: randomly moving from place to place at times and reacting to what the player does (it doesn't like to be carried, for instance). A **little bit** of unpredictability would go a long way in this regard and even make the pig more relatable. Right now I don't really care if it is snatched up by a trap or not. The owner could shout at the pig with its name. That's a cheap trick, but effective.
A functional project, the design could use some work.
The idea of scaring to save is original and I believe that in a multiplayer mode or just a gameplay where you place hunters smartly would be really interresting