Egg Mother - Keep It Alive! by Barrier

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made by Barrier for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

You are a mother cat-like creature and your job is to protect your egg! Everybody wants to eat your egg. Squash the roaches before they get hungry and take a bite out of your egg. Distract the beaky bird creautres so they chase you instead of the egg. Your only weapon is your speed.

Use the mouse to move and press LMB to dash.

Good Luck!

PS if you really can't keep it alive and want to finish press "i" for invulnerability cheat.

https://barrierx.itch.io/ldjam46-egg-mother-keep-it-alive

Squish roaches RoachSmash.gif

Before they break your egg EggFail2.gif

Distract birds and lead them away from the egg BirdBump3.gif

Full playthrough video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SCB2omy3M0

Ratings

Overall 334th 3.629⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 194th 3.726⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 753th 3.016⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 183th 4.032⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 484th 3.5⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 289th 3.419⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 107th 3.71⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 40🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Wikers
20. Apr 2020 · 19:24 UTC
Very nice, its funny and easy to understand, maybe just the audio of the bird is some strange xD
Nice Work
Rens Jan
20. Apr 2020 · 19:25 UTC
Love the simple control scheme, it get's quite diffecult in trhe end. It was a really nice twitst on the theme.
khopa
20. Apr 2020 · 19:26 UTC
Wait... do cats lays eggs now ?

Nice game, the birds are fun and hard to deal with. Good Job !

(And it's super cute !)
Schwarcraft
20. Apr 2020 · 19:27 UTC
Good job, simple, rewarding, and fun gameplay! The addition of 'i' honestly was a great idea. Glad you thought of everyone who may want to experience your full game :)
tomd1013
20. Apr 2020 · 19:29 UTC
Simple yet satisfying controls!
airwaffle
20. Apr 2020 · 19:32 UTC
Easily the most fun game I played so far! Felt well balanced (a good challange without beeing too hard). Fun sound effects and a neat gameplay mechanic.
Furfel
20. Apr 2020 · 19:33 UTC
A cat with its egg... Has science gone too far? The gameplay is very cool and challenging, the graphics are pretty
MarkoPoloDev
20. Apr 2020 · 19:33 UTC
* The color coded bugs are cool - it's neat that you know what they'll do based on their color, and they change color when you scare them off.
* The birds turn very quickly, I got chomped just by dashing into theirs backs sometimes.
* I like the sound effects: the way birds laugh as they sneak up on the egg and their beak sounds are nice.
* It would be nice to be able to predict when the birds were going to dash. Some visual or audio indicator there would help.
* The little flip turning animation is great.
SoarenDev
20. Apr 2020 · 19:34 UTC
Incredible sound design!

Funny game, the difficulty is well balanced, that's cute and nice! Good job :)
TimeTravelHamster
20. Apr 2020 · 19:41 UTC
Love the art and sound. Very good difficulty curve.
Galgris
20. Apr 2020 · 19:44 UTC
Another fresh take on an asteroids game. I like the controls for fighting the bugs. Feels like smearing them out with that delayed cat motion. Distracting the bird on the other hand, I never fully mastered... :smirk:

Refreshing new take, with a twist. I like! :thumbsup:
thedashdude
20. Apr 2020 · 21:05 UTC
Funny, the enemies were neat. I liked the juggling you had to do between stomping bugs and making sure the birds weren't aimed at the egg. To improve it, I think you just need a few more levels + enemy types. Nice work.
Adam Clayden
20. Apr 2020 · 21:30 UTC
Nice game which really feels like the makings of a hypercasual game or something. The bird was quite hard to deal with, and I'm not sure if hitting the beak vs its back did much the first time. But it was simple to play and fun because of that, so good job!

I feel like squashing the bugs could turn into some sort of combo system somehow. Like killing one allows you to leap to another nearby or something to rack up some sort of score multiplier. Something to think about!
BinaryPrinciple
20. Apr 2020 · 21:33 UTC
Everything was fine until I mess with the wrong bird. The sound crack me up.
It was very fun, maybe check the controls and make them a bit smoother.
I like it so much that I didn't mind getting reminded of the cats movie.
IronyGames
20. Apr 2020 · 21:43 UTC
That was very cute :) the enemy amount progression feels smooth and challenging, and the game is just long enough to be fresh. I think you would benefit from some music and some more animations like the cat dash.
Arthurds
20. Apr 2020 · 21:46 UTC
The most fun game I've played this Ludum dare yet!!! Missed some music and a cooldown indicator for the dash but otherwise, really fun!!! Kinda cute as well.
Flying Dog Fish
20. Apr 2020 · 22:37 UTC
Simple but fun and kind of pretty, as always. By the way, I started hating bluebirds after playing this game.
Solweak
21. Apr 2020 · 11:07 UTC
Funny game, a feedback for the dash cooldown is a little bit missing though ! Nice job =)
lalada
21. Apr 2020 · 14:17 UTC
I saw the kitty(or the cat in egg? )!! The style of graphics is very my favorite type
ThePelranthean
22. Apr 2020 · 01:10 UTC
As the others have been saying, this is a good cute game. It does a good job ramping up and the invulnerability button is a nice touch for those of us who are really annoyed by the birds but really want to see baby egg-cats. :slight_smile:

Also, I appreciated how the bug color indicated each bug's intent. It was a good way to signal which bugs were a threat and which weren't. Though, even when they weren't being aggressive, I was always suspicious they might turn. (Innocent little green bugs... I'm looking at you.)

The scale of difficulty between the bird (who you could do nothing about but distract) and the other bugs was a bit stark. It may have been fun to have an enemy that you could still squash, but you had to approach from a certain angle, like the bird. That really isn't essential though.

Overall, good game. Thanks for sharing
runrajrun
22. Apr 2020 · 20:23 UTC
Player movement and squashing those bugs are super satisfying! I love the bird mechanics too. Great game.
sky_fighter
24. Apr 2020 · 12:33 UTC
First off love the derpy sound and visuals. It adds a lot of character
I hate that damn bird tho (but in a fun way)
Remco
25. Apr 2020 · 22:50 UTC
I haven't seen this kind of control scheme in a while :slight_smile:

I like the funny sound effects ... except that the 'agitated bird creature' one plays _constantly_.

This has already been mentioned, but still: Also props for putting an accessibility feature ('i') in a jam game!
🎤 Barrier
27. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
@Everyone Thanks for playing and for feedback! :)

I see it was a good idea to include the invincibility cheat.

And yes this "cat" lays eggs!

It's technically not a cat, its an alien cat like creature from a different planet, but there was not enough time to explore the whole setting ;)