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This Rocks! by ewpratten

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made by ewpratten for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Take a break, and come search for interesting rocks along the shore in This Rocks!

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Play as Woof or Meow, and take a stroll along the beach looking for rocks to collect. Find something interesting? Crouch down, brush it off, and put it in your bag to take home.

Rocks are procedurally generated and catalogued in your book for later viewing. Keep an eye out for interesting new finds!

The Team

This Rocks! was built by:

  • Evan Pratten
  • Warren Pratten
  • Ethan Gallant
  • Emilia (Miwu) Frias
  • Carter Tomlenovich
  • Silas Bartha
  • Justin Sheehy

Default Controls

| Action | Control | | -- | -- | | Movement | A, D | | Crouch | S | | Interact | E | | Woof/Meow | G |

Mouse input is also supported in some interfaces.

Web Version (Chrome Only) https://this-rocks.nwnd.party/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/this-rocks

Ratings

Overall 293th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 647th 2.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 268th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 49th 4.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 146th 4.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 254th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 346th 3.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 130th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

hyperliskdev
Sep 30th · 14:32 UTC
Lethal Dose 58 babeyy
soaos
Oct 06th · 21:27 UTC
my name rock
Jhonny111
Oct 06th · 23:04 UTC
Scavanged a whole beach worth of rocks. Loved it. Bag too small
haka
Oct 07th · 00:00 UTC
The art style here is fantastic! From the animation on the title screen to the waves on the sea in-game, everything is just so well done...
Ulziton
Oct 07th · 00:02 UTC
Amazing take on theme!
CaptainCorgistan
Oct 07th · 00:03 UTC
Played as a Woof, found a donut 10/10
BorealTeuthidia
Oct 07th · 00:13 UTC
Art style is AMAZINIG!!! Props to you guys!
Nolamosoft
Oct 07th · 04:05 UTC
the art is great and I love the sand physics but I wish the game feel was a faster
Pimeko
Oct 12th · 09:52 UTC
What a lovely and cozy game, loved the cute art/animations :)
Wouter52
Oct 13th · 18:06 UTC
What a fun and cozy game. Love the characters and how they crouch when looking for stones. It's cute! No highscores, no timers, just collecting 🥰 The graphics are gorgeous and the soundeffects are very well done. Especially the water sounds
bacontree
Oct 14th · 22:50 UTC
I like the graphics and animations. Also that you can meow by pressing a button felt adorable! ^^
cassowary
Oct 24th · 01:35 UTC
Is there a reason it requires Chrome to run in browser? I'm just curious.

I really really like all the different little art and animation effects here. Character is super cute. The procedurally generated rocks are mega-cool and it was really interesting to look for new ones. However, movement felt very slow, especially in the paw-grabbing segments, which could be a little frustrating. It's really cool though, I love that you included remappable controls as well! More games should come with a dedicated meow/woof button.
Jesús González
Oct 24th · 21:36 UTC
@cassowary just tested in with Firefox with user agent switched and it works just fine. I'm kinda philosophically opposed this dangerous extreme Chromium-only focus (remember IE6), but I gave it a try nonetheless.

Graphics/audio/mood are really well done. Animations are either too slow or my PC couldn't handle them (tried proper Chromium too, same results).

But nice relaxing experience.
Bombelix
Oct 24th · 21:38 UTC
Adorable! This game has personality, and hits right on theme. I agree with some other comments that things can be pretty slow, but perhaps I haven't met the game in the right chill slow mood that it demands.
I _love_ the long long arm (we made a game specifically about that last jam!), and __hecc yeah__ to the meow/woof button.
The music loop evoked pebbles, somehow, so good job. Could there have been foley rocks/sand sounds?
Last thing I can think of is that although the art is lovely, the colours, overall, could do with being more... tuned? Something to do with making the visuals cohere into the weather, the atmosphere, the vibes. Idk.
Cool game in any case <3
Wouter52
Oct 26th · 08:01 UTC
Congratz on the fine results! Three of em 4 stars or higher, that is impressive