Devour by Mattress

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made by Mattress for LD33 (COMPO)
Devour is a short game about, well, eating people! Press the "Help" button before you press play, you'll need it.

Extra Help: Some people are going to get by. That's what makes it tougher. Only a few frames of the eating animation can actually eat the people. If you absolutely need to, you can eat a sick guy or two to refill your hunger.

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1415
Overall 2.70 799
Audio 2.41 580
Fun 2.48 799
Graphics 2.71 655
Humor 2.10 724
Innovation 2.17 856
Mood 2.78 593
Theme 3.92 134

Feedback

Korso
24. Aug 2015 路 02:26 UTC
I don't know if it's just me, but I can't eat anyone :(
TerraCottaFrog
24. Aug 2015 路 02:38 UTC
Norton seems to take great interest in this, employing "SONAR." Maybe it shares a name in common with a virus, or something? I abstained from voting.
馃帳 Mattress
24. Aug 2015 路 02:41 UTC
@TerraCottaFrog Norton doesn't like any downloadable games that aren't from Steam.
DifferentName
24. Aug 2015 路 03:01 UTC
Even after reading Help, I don't understand how eating works. First, I thought pressing Z would be enough, but even while holding Z, some people get by.
Ekibyou
24. Aug 2015 路 03:02 UTC
I can't seem to accurately chomp kiddies. Overall not really innovative. At least you got the theme 100% correct!
Mr. Jif
24. Aug 2015 路 14:41 UTC
Very difficult to get the timing down but I eventually got it. Had some fun playing, also I liked the graphics, they were pretty creepy!

Your health should either be integers or at least displayed to the user as an integer (or an image if you want to get fancy). Was the amount of health dropped for each sick human random?
games-placeo
24. Aug 2015 路 15:03 UTC
Loaded fine as well as played fine. Great idea and game.
ajopart
24. Aug 2015 路 15:08 UTC
I haven't manage to eat a single person. Don't put this sentence outside its context. Great mood, creepy monster but not so dangerous as he can even grab a kid...
HolyBlackCat
24. Aug 2015 路 15:13 UTC
Nice game! But it would be better if you could move while eating.
Phil Strahl
24. Aug 2015 路 15:50 UTC
Very hard to get the timing right, maybe a little more leeway on the start would have been helpful. The light falloff also was a bit distracting since it also affected the GUI, took me a few attempts to notice the timer ticking down.
Suggestion: Next time please don't map the action to Z, on my German keyboard Y and Z are switched. Q or E would have worked jsut fine. or space. or Ctrl. Or Shift ;)
Ethan Allwood
24. Aug 2015 路 16:31 UTC
Hi, its me from the uheartbeast stream. I saw you played my game so I decided to play yours. I like the game, great mood, but the timing was very hard to get right. Also, try putting it in a zip or something. Not everyone as a program to open .rar and I had to switch computers. Great game though! Graphics were creepy. :)
VampyVampire
24. Aug 2015 路 20:16 UTC
You should state that on mouth close = eating, not on mouth open. took me a while to figure that out, as it doesnt really have any room for error. Other than that, its a solid concept, but i think implementing a necessity for movement would add some interest into the game (i.e. chasing the kids instead of them running into you).
Cloudeyes
26. Aug 2015 路 04:07 UTC
really nice game .i liked the monster :P
wesley werner
27. Aug 2015 路 06:24 UTC
I like the controls! I allowed me to eat breakfast while playing :) Good monster graphic. I scored 152!
bodsey
01. Sep 2015 路 17:44 UTC
I have kind of no idea of what I'm doing. I died for some reason. Art is nice
fdslk
02. Sep 2015 路 15:09 UTC
5 out of 5; I can only say this about the game: om nom nom nom
HotBoxGames
06. Sep 2015 路 22:13 UTC
Good Effort!
Jupiter_Hadley
20. Oct 2015 路 12:26 UTC
Challenging game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/t2uXuiSquSk