Eldritch Horse by Knipsch

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made by Knipsch for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Tex the normal-ish horse is tired of his small town life. Help him escape the stable in a totally reasonable way!

Made with Unity, art done in Krita, and sound and music created using Ableton Live Lite. EH Wide.PNG

Changelog: * Changed barn collider layer to prevent a physics glitch that caused framerate slowdown (10/3, 6:35 PM) * Moved camera back in z-axis to fix an issue where colliders existed with 'invisible' sprites that were behind camera * Fixed issue in which high score multiplier wasn't being applied on Hard difficulty (10/5, 6:57 PM)

(LD policy on bug fixes here under "Additional Notes": https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/rules)

Ratings

Overall 163th 3.714⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 123th 3.729⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 46th 4.057⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Theme 9th 4.457⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 71th 4.014⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 156th 3.486⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 12th 4.343⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 61th 3.843⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

Shootboots
04. Oct 2021 · 01:32 UTC
what abominations you have created! great job on the game
Proz
04. Oct 2021 · 01:37 UTC
Crazy enough idea. I like it.
I found a home! ![Безымянный.png](///raw/505/f3/z/44592.png)
Paroxysmal
04. Oct 2021 · 01:39 UTC
That was...uh...interesting. Really enjoyed slamming Tex into the clouds with his dog headed butt.
TimeLoad
04. Oct 2021 · 01:42 UTC
Awesome game, managed to set the highscore of 142k :)
DiscordianAgent
04. Oct 2021 · 04:23 UTC
Very cool art, idea is on theme; this is a very nice game! I really liked the color effect at the edge of objects once the mutation level got up!
VarunDevs
04. Oct 2021 · 12:15 UTC
GG!! highscore of 12k
SixGamesLD
04. Oct 2021 · 14:40 UTC
this game is very confusing

play my game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/vase-of-the-spades
cogcomp
04. Oct 2021 · 19:53 UTC
My end score was huge and I just can't stop laughing. This was hilariously fun! Well done!
datadazer
04. Oct 2021 · 22:25 UTC
Whatever horror I just experienced will stay with me in my psyche for decades to come. This game was absolutely hilarious and so creative. The art, music, and sound effects especially sold the experience. Loved the post processing effects to reflect the level of mutation. And 10/10 for the unreasonably large barn.

Awesome game!
Pennycook
04. Oct 2021 · 22:43 UTC
Really, really, funny. Great job. :thumbsup:

I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but on my second playthrough I managed to jump into the clouds, then shoot so far to the right that I won the game with a high score of 141k. :laughing:
eldogg
06. Oct 2021 · 10:27 UTC
Funny topical intro text, a perfect amount of context for the game.

The artwork is really serene in this game, the colors work well with the backgrounds. Also the filter that happens as you get more mutated works well as the garish colors contrast so well.

Great percussion sounds in the soundtrack and when hitting objects.
suisou
06. Oct 2021 · 17:10 UTC
Very psychedelic works, I like them very much. Especially birds. It's the perfect bird
CandleBird
07. Oct 2021 · 03:02 UTC
Seriously chaotic, horrific and wonderful all at the same time! Love the music and the subtle (and not so subtle) comedy is perfect! Great job on this one!
Itzemii
07. Oct 2021 · 15:16 UTC
Crazy, chaotic, unstable, still somehow controllable. A lot of fun. Great idea! And nicely implemented. I enjoyed it a lot.
guntrip
07. Oct 2021 · 16:49 UTC
Haha! What a wonderful idea and executed with utter chaos! That was lots of fun!
Mathiouza
08. Oct 2021 · 01:23 UTC
Woah... Uh... Hard mode is quite disgusting x) The music was so disturbing x) So I guess this is a great work ahah x)

The concept is fun, the ragdolls fun to see becoming chaotic and the music is well done. The mood is definitely a strong point of the game.

The game in itself is a little bit too chaotic. The controls not very much responsive. I felt like I wasn't controlling anything in fact x)

All in all, pretty solid entry!

![Capture d’écran 2021-10-07 212030.png](///raw/898/z/47c73.png)


(poor guy)
cottontshirtz
08. Oct 2021 · 02:46 UTC
Very Cyriak, It was a little difficult control, but I'm pretty sure that was the point!
Quite Good
08. Oct 2021 · 04:31 UTC
![horse.png](///raw/e90/93/z/47c94.png)

Absolutely unhinged, best take on the theme I've seen so far. I ran into some animals, flew into the clouds and just scrambled around some giant cloud hitboxes all the way to the finish line, so I would say this game is a success. Very polished as well!
spudboy
08. Oct 2021 · 05:43 UTC
This was hilarious. Really good use on the theme haha. The gameplay it self is nothing to write home about, but everything else here is great. I wish the camera followed you better when you get going really fast.
lesinvisible
10. Oct 2021 · 21:24 UTC
This game is crazy in the best possible way! The concept seemed very fresh and I liked the graphics you made. The only issue for me was a slightly weird camera behaviour.
LDJam user 250825
14. Oct 2021 · 21:27 UTC
Hah what a game, good chaotic fun :D I noticed that you can drag the "Mutation Level" slider in-game, could probably disable the interaction on that if that's not intended. Music fits nicely as well!
crefossus
16. Oct 2021 · 01:41 UTC
Great job. loved the writing, music, and art - especially when the mutation gets high. The character gets a little too far to the right of the camera when going fast (which is the most fun).
jk5000
18. Oct 2021 · 08:01 UTC
Weird
Teto
19. Oct 2021 · 21:19 UTC
Can't tell if I'm more disturbed by the game or the fact that I enjoyed the disturbing game...

Really great fun forming the abomination and seeing all his pieces fly about! Love the writing too! The almost children's book graphics and tinkly music with the whole barnyard animal vibe contrasted really well with the weird mutations. Can't quite describe the atmosphere you created but you nailed it whatever it was! Charlie the unicorn vibes...

The only issues I had were, like someone said before, the slightly strange camera which wasn't ever quite zoomed to the desired level and it was quite hard to control to try and aim for the animals I wanted although that still worked for the chaotic vibe.

Overall, really enjoyable, chill game!

Edit: I didn't realise this was a compo entry... mind blown...
Charles Viau
20. Oct 2021 · 03:42 UTC
haha wtf did i just play XD , great job you created an abomination!
Shakedimus
20. Oct 2021 · 08:21 UTC
Hahahaha really funny game and it al fit together so well. The beginning and and screen texts are funny , the way the physics works is just goofy enough and the changing music is such a nice touch. For the type of game that it is this is really good. It was also nice to go for different goals: high scores and then als go for crazy mutations. I am quite impressed btw with how you handled the physics when combining animals, you could float when you had some bird in you , jump high with a frog, ... Pretty amazing that you did this in the compo. I wouldn't now how to expand this game but is great just for what it is. Good job!
Barrier
20. Oct 2021 · 08:35 UTC
This is a crazy game :)
The idea is interesting, the art and audio are pretty good. The gameplay is a bit too easy maybe?
I just flew up in the sky and to the right and won easily on any difficulty.
Karin G
20. Oct 2021 · 11:07 UTC
Hahaha this was a nice twist of the theme XD Really liked it!
ardorugus
20. Oct 2021 · 15:38 UTC
Did I just have an orgy? Very un-f-stable and weird to control, but one hell of a horse roller coaster!
Misfire_dev
21. Oct 2021 · 09:37 UTC
fun short game, I enjoyed soaring through the sky like a graceful eagle :) really well written as well.