Quirky Zats by commanderstitch

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made by commanderstitch for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

main.png welcome

goals are simple, find the leg. goal: find the fairy

then collect fairies to fill the cannon to win the game. cannon.png

controls: wasd, enter, space.

nothing else is really needed. note: just a good lesson to warm up your tools and try to make something before hand so you don't end up in a pressure cooker situation trying to figure out something you should already know. -commanderstitch

Ratings

Overall 283th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 261th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 237th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 254th 3.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 261th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 180th 3.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 49th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 201th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 236545
07. Oct 2024 · 19:35 UTC
I did it!

![Screenshot 2024-10-07 120049.png](///raw/10c/93/z/6685b.png)

Quirky is definitely the right descriptor! I liked the fake-out at the beginning where it felt like you had lost, but then all the fairies showed up the next time around. The goofy audio effects and the flying text was fun as well.

It was a bit difficult to understand what to do. I collected fairies and filled up the cannon, but then the progress reset, so I had to do it a second time. Maybe that was intended? I also avoided getting squashed by the foot for the longest time, but then no more fairies were spawning, so I got hit, which caused more to spawn.

And I didn't understand what to do with the mouse click (it shot copies of me as a bullet?) but I had fun shooting it around as I collected my fairies. A very unique entry, great effort!
Jiri Hysek
07. Oct 2024 · 19:42 UTC
Yes! YEAAAH! YES! WHOHOOO! YEEEES! Yeahe he he heeeeee... :D I'm gonna go to a pet shop to buy a spider. Seriously, don't go to the light, but even if you go it wont kill you. Lets scoop some fairies up and make an ice cream sandwhich. YEEES :D

![Snímek obrazovky 2024-10-07 v 21.38.03.png](///raw/221/c/z/668b5.png)
efurphy
11. Oct 2024 · 02:35 UTC
something about this art style i really like.......nice lil game
Batisdark
11. Oct 2024 · 03:44 UTC
I feel like you had loads of fun making audio for this one hahaha! Not sure how fairies were re-spawned (timer?), but I blew up the leg also :)
Silas Reinagel
11. Oct 2024 · 03:44 UTC
It might be helpful to add instructions for how to run this, for those who don't know about Java and how it works.

I like the concept of using progressive reveal to change the nature of the game.

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get much further because the game seemed to crash for me repeatedly after the first level where I got squashed by the giant leg.
LDJam user 352490
12. Oct 2024 · 03:13 UTC
Don't have much to say, except that I finished the game, and it's unhinged and totally awesome for it. Even the console text is great --

![command_line.png](///raw/ae0/65/z/68a75.png)
PhilStrahl
14. Oct 2024 · 01:26 UTC
Another signature Commander Stitch. You really should put all your games up on your website, and maybe a specimen for each of those unique fonts. Loved the original sound of the fairies and finally managed to show it to that leg! For your records, here's my playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xlDpyVWJo
tempestCognitor
23. Oct 2024 · 10:36 UTC
Yeaaaaahhhh! Wooo! These fairies are way too happy and I love it
johnbrynte
23. Oct 2024 · 21:00 UTC
Incredibly weird and wonderful aesthetics! With the fourth wall breaking game progression I think it really connects into a coherent mess. The grass texture was maybe a bit too much of a messy mess, with everything blending into it. Really fun and experimental! Great work! 🦵
Pimping
23. Oct 2024 · 21:41 UTC
Great game, nice matching with theme, keep going
GameDevTraum
24. Oct 2024 · 02:23 UTC
I couldn't play the game but watched the timelapse, very interestering, all the softwares that you use, you create the game without an engine directly in eclipse. Nice job :clap:
Baturinsky
24. Oct 2024 · 05:50 UTC
Crashed after starting new game after the first talk with fairy. Thankfully, relaunching after that has let me keep playing.
after filling cannon 2/3, there were no fairies left on screen. Are they off-screen or something?
I have jre1.8.0_431 java installed, I wonder if java version may affect the game...
Shamedoor
24. Oct 2024 · 09:27 UTC
The visuals remind me games I played when I was a child :') Nice game!
🎤 commanderstitch
24. Oct 2024 · 12:51 UTC
@baturinsky I doubt the java version, as long as it's past 1.7, would be an issue. Not sure what would be causing the crashing. If you need more fairies, you run over the little mole hills that appear after a leg stomp to the ground. Originally you were supposed to sacrifice some fairies to get more fairies, but I ran out of time. :-)

There have been full screen issues, so I recommend not playing full screen.
impiaaa
25. Oct 2024 · 04:56 UTC
Wow, very weird, but charming. I couldn't really tell what my goal was, or how much I've progressed, further than collecting fairies, but I think that's either intentional or my fault. The game would lag every so often as it tried to play a bunch of sound effects at once. It was really bad when I started the second game, and the game hung long enough for the OS to show the "not responding" dialog.
euske
14. Dec 2024 · 14:19 UTC
Just want to say thank you for this. I finally had a time to play it (the jar was sitting on my Desktop for a while) and it didn't disappoint me. I always admired your style of creativity, or something. How can I say this? Anyway, please keep up with the good work! From your fan.

Edit: by the way, the source code link is wrong. (it should be .zip)
🎤 commanderstitch
25. Mar 2025 · 19:26 UTC
@euske, hey thanks. you're right!