Crat by deadroach

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made by deadroach for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

SCORE 15,000 TO WIN

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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]

Ratings

Overall 483th 3.5⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Fun 471th 3.306⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Innovation 773th 2.639⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Theme 799th 2.472⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Graphics 364th 3.861⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Audio 450th 3.194⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Humor 160th 3.639⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Mood 501th 3.5⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Given 24πŸ—³οΈ 5πŸ—¨οΈ

Feedback

Jag
Apr 21st Β· 06:10 UTC
Hey @deadroach, remember me?! Thanks for playing my game for 3 whole hours last year on stream!

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!
LDJam user 427605
Apr 23rd Β· 10:58 UTC
Too few people have played this game!
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!
Accelerate0814
Apr 25th Β· 04:06 UTC
Having a cat companion while gaming is the cutest thing ever! The mechanic of spitting mice to attack is honestly comedy gold. My only feedback is that the movement speed is a tad high right now, making it tricky to avoid those dodging spaceships. Slowing it down slightly would improve the game feel. But overall, I love itβ€”it’s a very sweet and fun game!
Theogen
Apr 25th Β· 06:41 UTC
Loved the premise and the art style - funny and cute! The gameplay gets very intense very fast, which I think is good for this kind of game. The upgrade mechanics is nice (genius idea putting an upgrade for losing instantly). I got 37800. :slight_smile:
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zhangzhimu
Apr 25th Β· 08:58 UTC
The initial glitch was quickly detected, and I really love the style of this game and find it adorable! It's a very soothing cat character.
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.
🎀 deadroach
Apr 25th Β· 22:40 UTC
@jag I could never forget Mr. Evil Cometh himself.. and lmao 3 hours huh, sounds about right. Thanks for giving it a shot even though it was a bit broken when you played it, I figured voting with mouse would be fine since you pet crat to calm him down but I added choosing upgrades with Q and E in the bugfix so that the mouse thing wouldn't be an issue. There is an upgrade that heals but that is the only way as of right now lol. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a review and I hope you can catch one of the streams so I can play your game for what I'm sure will be less than 3 hours this time lol (or if you want me to play it without you there that's fine too. I just like it when the devs are present)
LDJam user 342640
Apr 26th Β· 03:33 UTC
I upgraded my rat spitting so much that I began emitting a solid beam of rats 10/10
eloc
Apr 26th Β· 17:23 UTC
Awesome graphics and sound design, always appreciate that in these jams. Love bein able to pet Crat while I'm puttin' in the work, nice touch. Magnifique. :ok_hand: :ok_hand: :ok_hand: :ok_hand: :ok_hand: :ok_hand: :ok_hand:
woona
Apr 27th Β· 07:40 UTC
Good job! I enjoyed the interactions with the aliens and the Crat. I played until 25k score. The shooting game is okay but I mostly camped at the corner because chasing the enemies is way too dangerous. Also, after getting enough rat-launching speed upgrades, the sounds get really loud. 😁
ljol3
Apr 28th Β· 03:44 UTC
Good Crat!
haskill
May 01st Β· 23:26 UTC
I like cats, they are cool.
LDJam user 374028
May 02nd Β· 14:53 UTC
At first I thought this was a survival game, so I stayed in the corner for many waves where the rats wouldn't hit me, but then I read there was a score so I played again. In the end I didn't see any score, and I have no idea how to play this game.
Tetracold
May 03rd Β· 14:56 UTC
simple but cute, good art, the game is easy but I can see what it's going for. (and I like crat too)