char chase by oysterhey
A cute game about collecting 'letter creatures' and making words with them. For Ludum Dare 56.


| Link | https://oysterhey.itch.io/char-chase |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/char-chase |
Ratings
| Overall | 217th | 3.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 282th | 3.7⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 68th | 4.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 681th | 3.5⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 162th | 4.3⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 409th | 3.275⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 418th | 3.658⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
The animations are quite charming, the sounds are satisfyingly pleasing, and the design is truly adorable.
The gameplay was also fun! I had a very hard time on my first attempt, because I thought you needed to create the word while you were running around, but once I'd played through once, I got a handle on the rules.
My only complaint is that I could never find the second O that I needed to finish gyroscope, and had to settle for "gyro" instead 💔

I think this game could be expanded upon...new biomes, multiplayer, different modes, ect..
Anyway, great job!
Some minor details:
- Since the game could be played with just keyboard, it would have been nice to not need the mouse at all. Binding Done to long press of enter perhaps and having navigation of menus with WASD.
- Sometimes the prompts when collecting the creatures, their word dialog could end up partially blocked by the scenery and I had to guess what the exact word was.
Really nice entry.
I wish I had some idea of the values of letters before the end of the round