Eldritch Horse by Knipsch
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.

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)
| Link | https://knipsch.itch.io/eldritch-horse |
| Link | https://github.com/knipscher/Eldritch-Horse |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/eldritch-horse |
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🗨️ |
I found a home! 
play my game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/vase-of-the-spades
Awesome game!
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:
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.
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!

(poor guy)
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!
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...
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.