{"author_link":"\/users\/macaroni-dev","author_name":"macaroni.dev","author_uid":1189182,"comments":[{"id":863843,"author_name":"Jerment","author_uid":"jerment","epoch":1664944082,"text":"Love the pixel art! Cool one","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":865183,"author_name":"Wouter52","author_uid":"wouter52","epoch":1664964641,"text":"I like your game, the controls are a bit hard though. But I see in your description that you intended them to be hard. I like that, it is a game that is easy to learn but hard to master!\nMaybe the controls could have been explained in-game :-)\n\nThe graphics are cute and the soundeffects are fitting. I like how the game refered as 'earth-seconds', it instantly gave me lot of ideas I wish I had at the start of the jam. Time is relative ofcourse! Never thought of that :-)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":887315,"author_name":"broodjethomaat","author_uid":"broodjethomaat","epoch":1665656045,"text":"Love the vibe, love the intentionally hard controls, nice work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":887362,"author_name":"LDJam user 259666","author_uid":"259666","epoch":1665664857,"text":"That's a good game, love the idea of hard control, but that was too frustrating for me","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":887538,"author_name":"Asheko","author_uid":"asheko","epoch":1665680538,"text":"Hey ! \nFirst of all, I love the idea of the alien technology tryingn to abduct cow, howerver, the way the controls are made, makes it way too hard (at least for me), so I had no Idea where i was going most of the time (some kind of arrow or something pointing in the direction the character is going would be a huge help). Other than that, the visuals are great and the sound design made chuckle a bit!\n\nOverall, I'd say it's a great game.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":887886,"author_name":"macaroni.dev","author_uid":"macaroni-dev","epoch":1665701745,"text":"@wouter52 @broodjethomaat @mandytoh @asheko \n\nWe wrote up a short blog post explaining how the controls work here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/alien-cattle-rustlers\/deep-dive-on-alien-flight-controls\n\nAlso, you can now enter a \"flight practice mode\" by hitting F1. It'll show the stick and an arrow for your direction. Hopefully this makes the controls easier to understand!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":888417,"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"someone","epoch":1665773911,"text":"Interesting idea. I understand the control system well enough, its just too hard to actually use, especially with the additional difficulty of herding the uncooperative cows. I imagine its feasible with enough practice but I have other games to play.  \nMy best run was only 3 cows.\n\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":888916,"author_name":"Knatt","author_uid":"knatt","epoch":1665837518,"text":"Once I got the trick of the controls it was pretty fun! I found the best strategy for me was to stick around the bottom of the map since they cant escape through the top. Then get the stragglers on the left or right when they happen. Let the cows randomly path into the circle, I managed to get 13 :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":889115,"author_name":"macaroni.dev","author_uid":"macaroni-dev","epoch":1665862931,"text":"@someone Just wanted to let you know - If you have a USB controller, it should work now if you want to give that a try.\n\nAfter playing with both quite a bit, I still prefer mouse controls. You can make tighter turns thanks to the ability to instantly change directions instead of having to spend frames moving the stick. But it is definitely not as intuitive!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":889127,"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"geckoo1337","epoch":1665865271,"text":"Funny game with good vibes. It is not always easy to catch in the circle these cows, but the main idea is\u2026 weird and unusual - and I love it. The controls work well as expected - and I have fun playing. At first, I was a little bit disconcerted with controls, but after a while I was able to play (more or less) correctly. A solid entry you made. Thank you for your review. I wish you the best, my friends ++","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":889202,"author_name":"daine0","author_uid":"daine0","epoch":1665873468,"text":"Beautiful art\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":889398,"author_name":"LDJam user 267116","author_uid":"267116","epoch":1665913402,"text":"Very funny game. I love the distorted twanging and the alien \"Yee-Haw\", they really sell the mood of the game. The controls pose a very funny challenge that goes with the mood perfectly. Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":890676,"author_name":"adhesion","author_uid":"adhesion","epoch":1666037542,"text":"Nice concept! I love the voice synthesizer vibe in the audio, though the overall audio experience feels a little bit sparse. Gamepad controls worked quite well for me (though it needs support for start button\/enter), but the gameplay was a bit frustrating at times - since your hitbox was a bit small it felt \"slippery\" like it was difficult to push the cows all the way to the middle in one go. The holler seemed to have a fairly random effect on cow movement (too risky) so I basically never used it. Also a bit annoying that the cows would wander back out of the circle after all the effort to put them there. Cow spawn rate seemed a bit high as well, things got out of control fairly quickly in all my attempts. My best score after a few attempts was 10. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":890888,"author_name":"AJ Studio","author_uid":"aj-studio","epoch":1666068789,"text":"Pretty great concept, cool colors, time management feels awesome \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\udd73","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":892980,"author_name":"macaroni.dev","author_uid":"macaroni-dev","epoch":1666326041,"text":"@adhesion the holler actually isn't random at all! the way it works is:\n\nwhen you use it, all cows in a radius around you will move in the same direction you are currently moving for a couple seconds. So you can use it to really control them!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":893537,"author_name":"chispaLBC","author_uid":"chispalbc","epoch":1666378815,"text":"Hi, saw you kinda struggling to get 20 ratings i hope you make it in time ^^'\nIt's really hard to get the cows only by moving arround but once you get how the F button works it's actually really fun to play. Good work :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":893596,"author_name":"Oliver Richmeier","author_uid":"oliver-richmeier","epoch":1666382057,"text":"Pretty fun, quite tricky to get the cows where you want them. Also sound effects are funny. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/bf\/bf3b760eb83babc7982e59f2a562dd964140e571cb81a6e2ed1be63bf22841a5.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/macaroni-static.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com\/LD\/AlienCattleRustlers.zip","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"67758","g_author":"1189182","g_event":"LD51","g_eventkey":"114","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"291505","g_title":"Alien Cattle Rustlers","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"871","g_commentcount":"17","g_site2_node_id":"296941","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"296941","n_urlkey":"291505","n_parent":"296586","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/alien-cattle-rustlers","n_slug":"alien-cattle-rustlers","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"189182","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"967914","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":296941,"parent":296586,"_superparent":9,"author":189182,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2022-10-03T21:56:44Z","created":"2022-09-12T19:42:37Z","modified":"2024-04-20T20:19:40Z","_trust":5,"version":967914,"slug":"alien-cattle-rustlers","name":"Alien Cattle Rustlers","body":"![ld51.png](\/\/\/raw\/ef2\/e2\/z\/51a9b.png)\n\n> Orders have come from above - the **mothership** is hungry for **beef**!\n\n## How to play:\n\nRustle up some cattle to the rendezvous point so they can be picked up by the tractor beam.\n\nDon't let them run off the edge of the screen - if you let **three** escape, you're done for!\n\nLet us know how many you can rustle up.\n\n**Controls:**\n\n- Hold `Space` or `Left Mouse Button` and then drag your `Mouse` to move your UFO. 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