Crat by deadroach
SCORE 15,000 TO WIN

Play the bugfix! Jam version is unstable!
Controls:
WASD - Move Crat
SPACE - Shoot
Mouse - Pet Crat / Choose
Q/E - Choose
~ CREDITS ~
Programming/Audio - Deadroach
Art - Autotrophian
Crat Meows - Sage (Cat)
Crat Purrs - Katniss (Cat)
[Angered meows were achieved by waiting a few minutes longer than normal to put food out lol]
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/crat |
Ratings
| Overall | 483th | 3.5β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Fun | 471th | 3.306β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Innovation | 773th | 2.639β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Theme | 799th | 2.472β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Graphics | 364th | 3.861β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Audio | 450th | 3.194β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Humor | 160th | 3.639β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Mood | 501th | 3.5β | 20π§ββοΈ |
| Given | 24π³οΈ | 5π¨οΈ |
I gave this a try even though you haven't finished putting up your info, I think it was pretty self explanatory. WSAD to move, Space to shoot. But The mouse pointer kind of confused things a bit. I used my left hand to move and right hand to hit spacebar, so having to switch back and forth between space bar and my mouse just to click an upgrade was a bit annoying. I think it would be nice to just have left mouse click as shoot.
I really enjoy your zany creativity! I like that the aliens are cats and they sent crat who shoots mice at mice aliens in a space invaders game. The upgrades were funny, I like that some of them were just straight up debuffs. I saw a 'Lose Instantly'. I think my criticism is that there isn't a way to heal, so I felt I died pretty early and often.
I love your artwork and the music is really moody. Great job with this one!
A cool take on Space Invaders, there's even progression! You've done a great job!
To improve the game, I think you should remove the cat's long pauses and also expand the play area, as practically nothing happens on the right side of the screen.
Great game, you guys are great!

After playing for a while, I think it has a bit of a magical charm. Hahaha. Because of the cat's spinning movements and the sound effects, it feels very catchy.