Merry-Go-Madness and The Claw Of Survival by LetterAfterZ
Trapped on a Merry-Go-Round armed only your trusty grabber-claw, how long can you survive?
Steal hotdogs and popcorn to stay alive, and try to beat your top score by pocketing cash along the way, but be careful!
If you don't watch your hunger you might starve, especially with all the babies you keep accidentally nabbing eating all your rations. Then there's the police to watch out for, they've been particularily trigger happy lately.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCkh953c9LQ
Controls:
Shoot claw - left click or SPACE bar Credits:
Game design and programming by Steve de Niese & Alexander Byatt
Art & animation: Alexander Byatt (Byazzle)
Music: Steve de Niese (LetterAfterZ)
Ratings
| Overall | 415th | 3.78⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 296th | 3.788⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 257th | 3.847⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 285th | 4.06⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 554th | 3.847⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 605th | 3.397⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 100th | 4⭐ | 59🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 615th | 3.574⭐ | 56🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 56🗳️ | 96🗨️ |
The scope is just perfect and the execution is amazing, great entry!
@indiequest Thanks so much! Was a goal to make sure we came up with something that had an achievable scope for this jam so that's awesome to hear.
@gonzalol thanks so much glad you enoyed it and appreciate you playing it!
@maladakistellaa thanks I'm glad to hear that :)
@matt-swieboda appreciate the kind words, was really trying to land something a bit different here so glad we hit the mark :D
The game was actually a lot harder and more fun than I thought, somewhy I couldn't stop myself from hitting the babies and not the frickin mothers. I can still hear the sfx of that in my head.
The graphics were sick, everything blended in and made a really cool atmoshphere. I didn't manage to find any bugs, which is surprising in a LD game usually, at least if I play it that long. The concept was simple, but yet very innovative, and you polished it very well, which is probably why it was so fun! All sounds and music were also good, nothing to complain about them.
I don't know what more to say really, other than that was the most fun game I've maybe ever played in a LD jam, and I've been around for quite some time already. This just hit different lmao. Sick entry doods.
I guess I am just not good enough...
Well done anyways!
The art style is fun and the game play feels snappy. Would be good to have a more obvious claw sticking out so it's easier to see where you will hit.
Lots of fun.
Strange, unique, but fun experience. By the way, not to brag or anything, but I managed to earn like a 1 000 000$ without losing once (*desperately trying to hide tears from constant losses*)
Very fun game, but a bit too easy ;)
I always end up with 3 babies haha but its' really fun, good job !
Should have a difficulty increasing mecanism, or if it does, start easier.
Very nicely done, fun browser game!
Good work!
combined with very nice and funny idea great work
A really nice game to burn some time with. Great job! :D

Big fan of ridiculous premises here, and some dude stuck on a Merry-Go-Round with a claw stealing hodogs is up my alley. I smirked like a fool when I saw that it had an opening cutscene of sorts!
Gameplay wise, it's straight to the point, and very responsive. A bit tricky to get the hang of it, but after that, it becomes a very cool, thrilling arcade game. Quite well polished and fresh! This is the kind of games I'd play a lot on my phone just to get a high score.
It's a fantastic little game! Congrats to the team! :whale: