Buzzsaw Cat by DPS2004

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made by DPS2004 for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

A pico-8 game. Fairly short, but IMO very fun. Genre is action.

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Ratings

Overall 66th 3.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 4th 4.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 321th 3.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 471th 2.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 261th 3.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 15th 4.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 110th 3.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

CornetTheory
06. Oct 2019 · 22:54 UTC
I like this a lot. great work.
CalLavicka
07. Oct 2019 · 00:25 UTC
Good game! The dash felt super OP, by spamming it I got through almost all of the levels vs. the red cat. Other than that though it was fun.
adliberum
07. Oct 2019 · 00:32 UTC
Really fun little game, gotta love pico-8. Would love to see more of buzz-saw cat!
Bagenzo
07. Oct 2019 · 00:32 UTC
Really great! The music makes it feel really fast paced. I didn't expect the "boss" but I enjoyed that bit as well.
TheseusInABottle
07. Oct 2019 · 01:16 UTC
Nice. Never played much Pico-8 before, but this was a good experience. Really liked the music and sound effects they had a nice feel to them. Wasn't a huge fan of the battle at the end. Felt a little like I was just doing the same thing over and over again without going anywhere and then the cat died. Dash is definitely a little OP there where times where I should have gotten hit by the saws and passed right though them by dashing.
NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 01:33 UTC
I love cats
bobotast
07. Oct 2019 · 01:33 UTC
Great game! Made it in 143 seconds with 14 deaths, probably not very good. But lots and lots of fun!
tarfield
07. Oct 2019 · 08:18 UTC
Beautiful simple pixels and a classic bullet hell game. I enjoyed it.
Thoof
07. Oct 2019 · 12:31 UTC
With the red cat level I thought going onto the target reset the level, so I was trying to lead the cat onto the target (because I thought that might be the goal). Definitely over thought it, could have used some feedback to show that the cat was losing health.
Fun stuff though!
🎤 DPS2004
07. Oct 2019 · 14:39 UTC
@thoof I tried to show that with the red cat's meows getting more and more distorted. Would a health bar have helped?
Thoof
07. Oct 2019 · 15:16 UTC
@dps2004 Ahh, probably would have noticed if I'd had my headphones on! (Some visual feedback would have been good too, like a health bar as you said)
Refsa
07. Oct 2019 · 23:42 UTC
Didn't get music the first try, but it worked when I used a different browser. The movement of things also made me a little dizzy, maybe a little less contrast would help.

Other than that it was a fun little game, not too hard and not too easy. Nice and simple art style.
🎤 DPS2004
08. Oct 2019 · 01:31 UTC
@refsa what browser were you using?
Refsa
08. Oct 2019 · 02:33 UTC
@dps2004 Brave browser, which is a fork of Chrome. It's just the internal tracker blocker that blocks it.
samh
12. Oct 2019 · 22:01 UTC
Nice entry. I beat the game in about 210 seconds, with plenty of deaths. Like the other person above I was confused by the red levels, because everything was moving very fast and at times I was not sure whether I had just died or just completed a level.

I enjoyed the fact that blood remained on the buzzsaws in a way reminiscent of Super Meat Boy. The music is really good and adds to the hectic mood. But in general I love PICO-8 games that have cats (and actually we make such games for Ludum Dare) so I was sold immediately. Good job!
Lexyvil
20. Oct 2019 · 07:40 UTC
Fun game! I really love the music too. Kind of wish there were more hard levels~

![cat.png](///raw/b69/a1/z/29bb9.png)
BLK Dragon
21. Oct 2019 · 05:21 UTC
Funny sounds and music.
Also, genre is more like (hardcore) bullet-hell/puzzle :)
scott.redrup
25. Oct 2019 · 16:45 UTC
Wow this is such a simple but intense and fun entry. It's not massively innovative but it is incredibly addictive! Great job, the music fits super well too.
Takayamushi
26. Oct 2019 · 14:48 UTC
Lmao well done, this was actually fun, cheers!
ohsqueezy
26. Oct 2019 · 19:28 UTC
a cat has nine lives... but I had 16 deaths... something doesn't add up here... the cat is a lie