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Childhood Monsters by camthestar

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made by camthestar for LD33 (JAM)
Remember those childhood nightmares of being chased by monsters. Now you can be the monster and experience the monster's POV!

Controls:
WASD - move
ESCAPE - return to main menu


Coded in Java without external libraries, all graphics done in paint.net

This game should work on Windows, Max OSX, and Linux as long as you have Java installed, although I have only tested it with Windows.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/e67jqlmzhgoq7ks/Childhood%20Monsters.jar?dl=0
Source https://github.com/camm73/ChildhoodMonsters
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=17340

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.81 870
Audio(Jam) 3.22 345
Fun(Jam) 3.14 464
Graphics(Jam) 2.59 872
Innovation(Jam) 2.30 978
Mood(Jam) 3.12 532
Theme(Jam) 3.96 145

Feedback

RadioLemon
24. Aug 2015 · 01:14 UTC
I like the monster, and it is cool how you did the code from actual scratch.
Pusty
24. Aug 2015 · 03:07 UTC
yeah looks cool! :D
Jelinib
24. Aug 2015 · 03:26 UTC
The evil laugh was great, even though I can't rate yours for the audio.

One can only wonder where all those children go after I touch them... My belly? The waking world? The deepest, darkest pits of Mexico? A white van? Some mysteries might never be solved.
TheRuseman
24. Aug 2015 · 03:32 UTC
Hitbox was very small, kind of difficult to get used to. I liked how the enemy AI would run away from you. My final score was 1250.
Ybalrid
24. Aug 2015 · 03:43 UTC
I really like the monster. the hitboxes are a bit small so it's hard to catch the childerns
fatSquirrel
24. Aug 2015 · 04:43 UTC
Reminds me of Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I liked the speed of the monsters, would be cool if he had an attack to slow down and stop the kids.
PokeyOne
24. Aug 2015 · 04:45 UTC
cool game
KrisDevelopment
24. Aug 2015 · 04:49 UTC
5 on the theme :)
Java devs will actuall see the amount of efford put into the code. Nice work keep it up!
DarkStar
24. Aug 2015 · 04:50 UTC
the laugh is awesome! but it crashes after about 100sec for me
ViliX64
24. Aug 2015 · 04:50 UTC
Unfortunately it doesn't work on Ubuntu Linux 64bit Openjdk 1.8.0 :(
Reisen
24. Aug 2015 · 11:59 UTC
Monster vs children hitbox is a bit too small.
bradur
24. Aug 2015 · 18:35 UTC
Awesome soundtrack & evil laugh sound :D.
The monster is terrifying! Love it!
FloatingGhost
24. Aug 2015 · 23:55 UTC
Had to go install Java 8

Massive errors log
http://pastebin.com/m4nGKiMS
Daisuke909
25. Aug 2015 · 00:43 UTC
Not a lot to say about this one. I found the monster sprite quite charming.
djfariel
26. Aug 2015 · 09:30 UTC
1st Thought:
Perfect use of theme!

Pros:
#datmusicthough
If the art were done in a darker style, this game would legit creep me out haha.
Controls felt good, monster speed vs children speed was perfect.

Cons:
The plain blue background. It kind of took away from the game I felt.

Overall:
Nice simple game. Good job
KR-Eddie
27. Aug 2015 · 12:57 UTC
The sprites were nice, even if the animation lacked a little bit. The background tiles were well done but even so the background seemed a little dull. Transition tiles between terrain types make a huge improvement in disguising the "grid".

A word of advice from a fellow Java developer: Making everything from scratch is a good learning experience, and using external libraries may be bothersome. But for making games, especially when time constrained, it can be extremely useful to use a framework or an engine.
Take a look at LibGDX, it helped me a whole lot!
Gaspard_
29. Aug 2015 · 12:38 UTC
Score 1150.
Indeed small hitbox, but that makes for those situations where you run around a kid to grab him!
Pretty fun.
Biruts
31. Aug 2015 · 16:52 UTC
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.