Spherry by Rewzu

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made by Rewzu for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

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​About:

Spherry is a Compo game made for Ludum Dare 49.

Rescue the kitties!

How to play:

  • Tilt the ferry to keep the animals on the board.
  • Losing animals results in score penalty.
  • After completing a stage you can choose to keep playing or stop and save the score.
  • Every next stage is longer than the previous one.
  • Have fun!

Default controls:

  • A/Left Arrow - Tilt left
  • D/Right Arrow - Tilt right

Have fun! :star::star::star::star::star:

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Ratings

Overall 194th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 147th 3.69⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 233th 3.431⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 77th 4.155⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 94th 3.948⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 296th 3.034⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 72th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 236th 3.31⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 132🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

Aquachain
04. Oct 2021 · 08:00 UTC
Love it. Super cute and i like the rescue ring after they fell into water. Just great. Keep up your work.
tjm
04. Oct 2021 · 11:13 UTC
Cute! The division into stages initially didn't make sense to me, but now In understand it's a "push your luck" system to decide whether to bank your score or not. That said, the difficulty of the movement didn't seem to change as the game went on, as far as I could tell? I think that (e.g. stronger waves in later stages) would make the challenge more interesting; as it stands the game feels like it gets easier as you go along, as some kitties are necessary casualties to attrition so you have fewer to manage. Overall, though, it looks and feels fun, so nice work!
Frogman
04. Oct 2021 · 11:30 UTC
Very cute game! I really liked the wave and cat graphics. I don't think that's the intended experience, but I played solely for distance, so I reached 5795m when I lost my last cat (and ended up with the amazing score of 0). The waves got absurdly high at that distance, which was pretty fun. Overall, good entry!
jharler
04. Oct 2021 · 14:31 UTC
This is pretty great! The graphics are well done and adorable and the lifesavers when the cats fall off was a great touch. The scoring system is pretty innovative too. I wish more of the screen could've been taken up by the cats though. They seemed so small and hard to see.
JustMars
18. Oct 2021 · 23:26 UTC
The presentation was clean, liked the water shader & the cute round animals a lot! The concept of keeping the animals on top of the unstable ferry matched well with the theme. As for criticism, the controls felt a bit wonky. Perhaps there could have been an option to tilt the ferry forwards and backwards as well as from left to right? Some music would also have gone a long way to spice up the mood alongside the ambient sound, but overall this is a solid entry. Well done for 48 hours!
Alvan Arulandu
18. Oct 2021 · 23:34 UTC
Simple yet well built idea. I had a ton of fun, though I lost almost all of my cats in the first stage learning the controls haha.
blearn
19. Oct 2021 · 00:03 UTC
Great game! The controls for balancing felt nice and was a lot of fun. I like that I had to learn to anticipate the incoming waves. The wave are very readable so I had plenty of time to react.
bbaf
19. Oct 2021 · 00:15 UTC
Huh, such a cute small game. Smiled each time when some pet got to lifebuoy ring due to falling :cat:
Great submission!
INKSUN
19. Oct 2021 · 14:48 UTC
Oh they're soo cute And the game is really unstable! Good entry!
Doug Graham
19. Oct 2021 · 14:50 UTC
Interesting game, reminds me of an old Physics joke, imagine a cow is a sphere. I kept getting the controls backwards, and each time the next stage started I would sent cats flying off the side as I had to remember which way was the right way. If I played it for a long time it would be come natural, but it felts backwards to me. Nice compo entry, fit the theme.
Shakedimus
19. Oct 2021 · 15:00 UTC
I think the game idea and the way it looked is quite funny. Good job on the wave mechanics too. The actual win condition, that you had to choose when to stop I thought was a bit weird. Good theme implementation too. The idea is not that innovative but a nice and simple game. Good job! Ah yeah and the lifeboats were adorable, nice touch!
Cyrille
19. Oct 2021 · 15:38 UTC
Simple but so effective xD Thanks god cats are okay at all. Keep it up !
Vhalenn
19. Oct 2021 · 16:08 UTC
This is a really great idea !
Flying Dog Fish
19. Oct 2021 · 17:57 UTC
:cat: The cats are really cute, but I think you fed them a bit too much.

Anyway, this is a nice relaxing game with nice graphics and fitting sound effects.
nyxkn
19. Oct 2021 · 20:22 UTC
The catballs are adorable. Ended up playing the game for a couple minutes. Gameplay feels smooth and intuitive. I didn't like the forced pause at the stage completion popup because I'd often mess up which direction to start with after the pause. With some music and maybe some difficulty ramp up this could be really entertaining!
fabula_rasa
20. Oct 2021 · 14:22 UTC
The spherical cats are just the best. Missed some meowing sounds ;)
I like this interpretation of the theme, and it plays well. Giving the player a choice to risk and continue or take the point gathered thus far is really smart.

Ambient sound were cool, but some energetic music would take this small game to the next level.
Hawkin
20. Oct 2021 · 23:14 UTC
This was just super fun and adorable. I had a blast watching them roll around! Had me laughing and aww-ing. I think the way you implemented the score (keep going, or submit) is really smart, too! It was a good challenge.
puppetmaster
21. Oct 2021 · 14:18 UTC
Fun game, with a cool gameplay idea. Congratulations on your contribution.
randomerz
21. Oct 2021 · 17:00 UTC
Cute game! I liked the dynamic you tried to go for, with balancing risk and reward. I think if there was a bit more depth it would be super fun if the game went deeper, adding more mechanics, but this was great for only 48 hours and solo. Good work!