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Last 5 Minutes by Wizcas

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made by Wizcas for Ludum Dare 51 (COMPO)

https://youtu.be/_qPGvXjGcy4

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What is this?

This "Game" is not for pleasure. I humbly invite you to experience my life about my second cat, Twiz, who is LITERALLY draws my attention every freaking 10 seconds.

I've done my best to bring the insanity to you. Don't let me be the only one. :joy:

Oh, and hopefully you'll do better than me!

How to play

  • Control by clicking
  • The player (you) have to finish your LD Compo submission in 5 minutes while keeping sane.
  • Your cat keeps annoying you by asking for his needs every 10 seconds, including:
    • Patting of love: Click on the cat to pat him.
    • Energy of life: Keep his bowls filled. You can take food from the fridge.
    • Call of nature: Bowel movement is inevitable. Remember to keep space in the litter box.
  • Every shout from the cat will break your sanity hardly. Luckily you can sleep.
  • Work damages sanity as well. You know.

Post-submission fixes

  • Lowered the volume of the BGM.
  • Fixed the bug that the player keeps sleeping after kicked out of the bed.
  • Fixed the bug that BGM is not playing hyper-fast during the final 10-second countdown.
  • Added the creator's name and icon to the game.

Tech & Tools

  • Godot 3.5 (Mono build) Too bad the export HTML game of C# scripts is not functional...
  • Aseprite
  • Photoshop
  • FL Studio
  • VS Code + Neovim

Meet Twiz:

twiz.gif

Github https://github.com/wizcas/ld51
Link https://wizcas.itch.io/ld51-last-5-minutes
Link https://wizcas.itch.io/ld51-last-5-minutes
Link https://wizcas.itch.io/ld51-last-5-minutes
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/compo-last-5-minutes

Ratings

Given 50🗳️ 68🗨️

Feedback

tinykidtoo
03. Oct 2022 · 05:21 UTC
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, is what I would be screaming if I was in your situation. I can see how your cat could drive you so crazy that you would make a whole game about them. I can feel the bother. But I can also feel the love. Great game, I love the pixel art and the fun music. The concept is cute and well executed.
mdotedot
03. Oct 2022 · 14:29 UTC
Ha ha .. nice. not really matching the theme to the tick, but I love it!
jaybaus
03. Oct 2022 · 14:30 UTC
This is a nice, wholesome entry :) I liked the graphics and the audio and the game was straightforward enough with the signifiers in the UI that I picked it up pretty quickly and everything did what I expected. It was a good level of difficulty as well that didn't feel punishing but still added pressure. Really nice job, well done :)
Luka Roli
03. Oct 2022 · 14:50 UTC
Cute game, love the visuals and the music loop. Shame its not fullscreen.

I was able to finish my game without ever interacting with the cat lol! 2:23 ahead of the deadline!
So that would need a fix. There's also some issues with feeding the cat... I have the bowl and the hunger bar is low but all my cat wants is pats.
ugly_robot
03. Oct 2022 · 15:23 UTC
Haha this game is adorable! And the combination of depleting bars that only 'trigger' on the 10s interval creates some quite engaging gameplay. Really enjoyable experience - very well done with this.
🎤 Wizcas
03. Oct 2022 · 15:26 UTC
@luka-roli Thank you so much for the bug-catching! I must have set the values not correctly enough, for the cat's unhappiness should cause more damage on the sanity if he's angry. As for the feeding issue, the cat will only eat or go to the toilet only if the bars are empty to make the AI simpler :face_palm_tone1: I'm not sure if that's your case, but I should definitely improve the AI part in my future work.
Kosmosael
03. Oct 2022 · 18:39 UTC
Loved this game! Would have loved to go this far with mine (that is quite similar)
Very well done on your part!
Nice graphics and awesome music!
Keep it up :)
mstrp
03. Oct 2022 · 20:51 UTC
This reminds me of why I'm not a cat person! Very well executed game from start to finish. Some slight issues with moving around but overall a great game. Well done!
lustdante
03. Oct 2022 · 21:03 UTC
As someone who had sickly & energetic cat, I can totally relate to this game
Justin Klinchuch
03. Oct 2022 · 21:08 UTC
Such a needy cat! Fun concept, nice art and sound, but playing the game was a little too stressful for me.
Foursay
04. Oct 2022 · 03:48 UTC
That's what we called “the worry of happiness” lol. I mean, it's disturbing to take care of the cat every 10 sec, but that's THE CAT - what else do you want? Solid work in every aspect of this game and good job!
Matoux42
04. Oct 2022 · 08:41 UTC
![2022-10-04_10-34.png](///raw/bfb/6/z/51e1f.png)

Wouhou, finished! :v: (second try, though :grin:)

You know, it's interesting, because when I was looking for an idea at the very beginning of the LD, my wife suggested me to make a game where, while I am working on the LD, she comes to me every ten seconds to ask me to do something in the house. I was thinking "what a strange idea", and now that I am playing to your game which is very similar, I think it's kinda funny : )
🎤 Wizcas
04. Oct 2022 · 10:06 UTC
@matoux42 Haha your wife must loves you very much!
yulotomorrow
04. Oct 2022 · 12:23 UTC
Yay I get the work done! What cat, I didn't see anything...

...

"MEOW!!!"

Very fun to play! Great work!
PhoenixofForce
04. Oct 2022 · 15:14 UTC
You can pet the cat 10/10
testsubject06
04. Oct 2022 · 17:29 UTC
I'm so glad my dog left me alone for the whole weekend, and didn't bother me like this cat did. Fun concept though!
dnivie
04. Oct 2022 · 17:45 UTC
Wow, such a cute game!
kory
04. Oct 2022 · 19:12 UTC
Very cute! I especially enjoyed all of the art assets, and the cat sound effect!
zoglu
04. Oct 2022 · 19:23 UTC
Such a nice idea, you kind of broke the fourth wall there, nice execution with some good polish for a compo game. Great job !
LDJam user 280624
04. Oct 2022 · 20:28 UTC
I became insane on last seconds. It so similar to relaity!
LucaVazz
04. Oct 2022 · 20:53 UTC
Very nice graphics and can relate to the concept way too much - 10/10 :D
Eugenik
04. Oct 2022 · 21:22 UTC
A very polished minigame, well done guys!.
Atwooooooood
05. Oct 2022 · 03:02 UTC
Good job! I really like the cat. A little bit confuse about the mechanism in the begining, I thought I can do the thing in 10 seconds. Then I figure out that the timer is used for the cat.
🎤 Wizcas
05. Oct 2022 · 08:59 UTC
@atwooooooood Thanks for the great feedback! I couldn't agree more about the unclearness of the timer. I should've make it more corresponded to the cat, perhaps putting it around the cat, for instance. Hey, I just learned another lesson! :laughing:
LDJam user 298734
05. Oct 2022 · 13:39 UTC
cat is soo cute and the music XDDDD （is the music “太阳当空照"?)
（求互投！）
Quan Ran
05. Oct 2022 · 14:24 UTC
哈哈，BGM把我炸出来了
🎤 Wizcas
05. Oct 2022 · 16:02 UTC
@projectcolorball 哈哈是的，上学歌 :joy:
@quan-ran 好好学习天天向上！
ChillerTyp
05. Oct 2022 · 18:43 UTC
Super cool, super funny, super idea an great that you've done this all by yourself. Great job!
🎤 Wizcas
05. Oct 2022 · 18:51 UTC
@kory Thank you! I recorded the sounds on my cat Twiz :joy: Now after hearing these sounds for a couple of days repeatedly, I have successfully driven myself even more insane...
Cogent.Invalid
05. Oct 2022 · 19:53 UTC
I beat it with 0:47 to spare. Very frantic, and the time management aspect of things was fun. It took me a bit to figure out the specifics of where to refill the food and where to sleep while under time pressure, but it didn't take long to get the hang of it.
Quinn_Patrick
05. Oct 2022 · 19:58 UTC
If I had a Nickle for every LD game that involved cat turds, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's still weird that it happened twice.

This is a very well made, hectic, and amusing game with great visuals and music. This game reaches a very high bar of craftsmanship for Ludum Dare, nicely done. I did find it just a bit on the easy side. I finished with over a minute to spare. I also found the smoke animation indicating that the character is doing something to be a little unclear. I thought it was some negative status effect at first. A sound effect could help with that.
Tommo
05. Oct 2022 · 20:05 UTC
This was so great, like Sims for your cat? Cute graphics and fun to play. Even enjoyed the franticness at the end and earth shaking meows!
🎤 Wizcas
05. Oct 2022 · 20:20 UTC
@quinn-patrick Thank you for the feedbacks! I was reported that the game can be even easier if you just leave the cat alone :joy: There is definitely a missing design in the game. Sorry about that! LOL

It's also good to know the smoke would be misunderstood. The opinion is valuable!
kuggenhoffen
05. Oct 2022 · 20:39 UTC
Super fun and cute game! Good job all around!
JakobTheQuizGuy
05. Oct 2022 · 20:53 UTC
00:47 ahead of the deadline after failing on my first try! Great game! I really like how the 3 tasks were varied. The pace of the game felt good too. Great job!
Fabian Denter
05. Oct 2022 · 22:46 UTC
Very sweet game! I liked the game loop a lot, and was glad when I realized that it was pretty fair overall. Well done!
Chase of Bass
06. Oct 2022 · 05:33 UTC
I love this game!! Loved the whole vibe of it. Fun and creative and good sound design too!! Awesome work on this!! :D Also that twiz gif <3 ^_^
Dahut
06. Oct 2022 · 17:16 UTC
That was a nice game !
There were some slight problems sometimes when clicking on a task, but other than that it was all cool :ok_hand:

I finished with 37 seconds to spare, do I get a cat now :smile: ?
spyranteros
06. Oct 2022 · 17:57 UTC
Very cute little game and totally based on true events... This is what's happening while I write this review:![IMG_20221006_205716.jpg](///raw/30f/f2/z/528ea.jpg)
rayriver
07. Oct 2022 · 05:48 UTC
Haha, Very fun game. I hope I have a cute cat too, that makes me mad in a game jam :laughing:
🎤 Wizcas
07. Oct 2022 · 17:02 UTC
@spyranteros Haha take my sympathy! My cat loves to bite me as well, leaving my arm totally scattered :joy:
maskinmask
08. Oct 2022 · 06:11 UTC
cool game~have a lots fun in it ~great job bro!
tigerfinch
09. Oct 2022 · 14:32 UTC
Nice job, and I love your cat, sorry. Think I did a better job of time management than I do in most real-life LDs!
One small thing would have been to make the game resizable or full-screen capable as it was pretty tiny on my monitor. Great stuff!
![Screenshot from 2022-10-09 15-30-11.png](///raw/c16/z/52ed8.png)
mikolak
09. Oct 2022 · 17:33 UTC
You poor thing! Apparently it's true that the greatest work can come from the place of the artist's suffering ;p, because this is certainly a solid compo entry - everything just clicks together.
Serxiolas
10. Oct 2022 · 12:27 UTC
Very nice visuals, music and sound effects!! Fun gameplay! Stressful AF! XD