Me And My Horse by Manderxan

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made by Manderxan for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

A game about a man and his loyal steed. meandmyhorse00.png meandmyhorse01.png meandmyhorse02.png

Made using Clickteam Fusion 2.5, Aseprite, beepbox.co, and JFXR.

Some notes on the controls - they were chosen to allow a few different hand positions. Personally I prefer WASD + Shift & Spacebar. You could also use Arrows + Z, X, C, V. Ctrl to pick up is just awkward though, but it's there. :stuckouttonguewinkingeye:

  • Note to Linux users: I was able to run this via steam using proton 4.11 with no launch options.
  • I will add an HTML5 version if I can figure out how to fix it, but it's looking like it won't happen.
  • There's a duplicate D-key in the controls graphic that I forgot to remove. Will fix if I have to fix any other serious bugs.

Ratings

Overall 331th 3.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 94th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 709th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 111th 4.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 773th 3.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 398th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 10th 4.476⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 674th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

MasterPose
21. Apr 2020 · 00:14 UTC
This is definitely a hidden gem, funny af. Just love it.
The only thing I can say is that I won't recommend you to put the controls like that in one screen, at first sight it seems very complicated.
Marakuya
23. Apr 2020 · 13:04 UTC
Crazy and fun!))) Loved it. It was hard to use up for throwing horse. Always wanted to jump on it.
PonyPen
23. Apr 2020 · 13:13 UTC
Omg yes another horse game!! and a funny one too :DD
Lee Beever
23. Apr 2020 · 13:23 UTC
Great humour. Love the animations. Slight bug where I got stuck inside a tree though!
🎤 Manderxan
23. Apr 2020 · 13:23 UTC
@ponypen I chose between Puppy, Hamster, Cow and Horse, but Horse felt like the perfect fit! :smile:
ChevalBancal
23. Apr 2020 · 13:27 UTC
This game is amazing !!! Absolutely hilarious ! and horses !
Pedro Miranda
23. Apr 2020 · 13:34 UTC
Man what a great game! Congratulations for this entry, nice graphics the sound is fitting and the mechanics work well. The only problem I had was the first jump after the first gate of the castle, killed a lot of runs, but I managed to do it in time!
Also, I like the plot twist, great job!
🎤 Manderxan
23. Apr 2020 · 13:39 UTC
@lee-beever I might know where you got stuck, now that I think about it. Not sure if it's serious enough, but I'll fix it if I do get around to making a patched version.
🎤 Manderxan
23. Apr 2020 · 13:39 UTC
*duplicate comment, pls ignore*
Arcus
23. Apr 2020 · 18:24 UTC
What a great game! The graphics in the BG where amazing (however the horses where a bitt odd :wink:) Lots of fun to play.
.fpeg
23. Apr 2020 · 18:51 UTC
This is the most hillarious game I've seen this time around! xD Amazing! Crazy animations, wonderful graphics and nice puzzles. A few glitches here and there, but it's easily forgiven when there is such a nice horsey to carry around! Great game! <3
polarfuchs
23. Apr 2020 · 18:52 UTC
Very funny idea. It was fun to play.
Nurk
24. Apr 2020 · 09:11 UTC
LMAO ! It's crazy. x) Maybe the best music of this jam. Very fun game! I was just stuck in the tree when I cut the rope. Well done !
🎤 Manderxan
24. Apr 2020 · 16:16 UTC
@nurk Thanks! When I made the music it just came out perfect right away. That almost never happens, and in a previous Ludum Dare I even gave up after failing miserably with the music.
Sofy35
24. Apr 2020 · 18:10 UTC
Wow Crazy coooool Game !! GG
I love the characters ! Pretty hard to play though inputs are a little unatural ^^
zimennik
26. Apr 2020 · 16:03 UTC
Pretty cool game! At first I don't like the audio, but after several walkthroughs, it got into my head =) Thank you for your game!
Omiya Games
07. May 2020 · 18:51 UTC
It's nice to play a comedy game during these trying times, so appreciate the slapstick humor here. While most things were pretty self-explanatory, I confess the biggest struggles I had were controls. I'm so used to up-key being jump, having it be grab really messed me up.

I realize there isn't much you could do about this, but I found the physics-heavy nature of the game to be unpredictable and really annoying. To be honest, I didn't think the humorous animation was that great of a pay-off for the frustration I felt trying to get the horse fly high enough for the game to think the rope was being hit. The game is otherwise pretty fun, with silly rigidbody physics everywhere.
Frogman
09. May 2020 · 10:08 UTC
Really nice game! It was fun, funny and chaotic. It would've been much better with checkpoints, as replaying the whole game each time you lose is rather annoying, but that was my only gripe with the game. Great job!
Ceuteum
10. May 2020 · 11:47 UTC
This is fun. Physics were cool. I liked running just to give my horse extra moment and see it flying around and bouncing off various things. Art style reminds me of some older games, which I think is cool.

I didn't have any problems with controls, but the intro screen confused me for a bit because of all the arrows on the picture; but I thought I'd figure it out on the fly and I did.

Nice entry!