CritterCarnage by MK-Dustan

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made by MK-Dustan for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

A horde survival style game with many ehm... tiny creatures...

"If you crush a cockroach, you're a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you're a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria." -Nietzsche

Mild animal gore warning

Tutorial can be found in the games [tab] menu.

!!! SPOILER (if you wanna discover some of these for yourself)

``` Weapon Upgrades, includes silly animations, models and sounds

Hand Top - Bigger AOE, more damage Bottom - Shoot Lightning from hands

Mallet Top - Bigger AOE Middle - More damage Bottom - Faster fire rate

Pistol Top - Faster fire rate Bottom - Faster projectile speed, more damage

Sawed Off Top - Faster fire rate Middle - More damage, napalm rounds Bottom - More damage, player knockback

AK47 Top - Faster fire rate Middle - smaller spread, more damage Bottom - Larger spread, move backwards faster while shooting, very large spread but random bullets have aimbot ```

Ratings

Overall 344th 3.74⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 182th 3.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 846th 2.9⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 314th 3.94⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 50th 4.1⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 485th 3.58⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 40🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

Chizal
07. Oct 2024 · 21:59 UTC
I was tricked by bunnies! Hilarious game, great work!
Transkuja
07. Oct 2024 · 22:15 UTC
Really like the intro, remind me a bit of ours :laughing:
Laywelin
07. Oct 2024 · 23:12 UTC
Thanks for the warning :D I liked the intro and the horde genre was a good idea <3
Jony
07. Oct 2024 · 23:12 UTC
Good entry
Stalemeat
07. Oct 2024 · 23:30 UTC
Nice work, I like how you can pick different weapons and how the carnage stays on the ground. The game is well made and is very responsive. Having the animals move differently with patterns and speeds will improve the experience a bit.
W.E.Rue
07. Oct 2024 · 23:39 UTC
roblox oof birds, very good
tinykidtoo
07. Oct 2024 · 23:44 UTC
I love the blood effects, it reminds me of fairy tale fights.
BroHeartTTV
07. Oct 2024 · 23:48 UTC
Intro was awesome, splatter art is good, and I made it to wave 4! Big difficulty spike between Wave 1/2. Also didn't notice my health bar until Wave 3, lol. Nice work! I knew it would be interesting when I saw Nietzsche.
DarSor
08. Oct 2024 · 13:00 UTC
ahah, it reminded me of the Squirrel Stapler game). but I caught a small bug and fell out of the textures
Wraithind
10. Oct 2024 · 23:40 UTC
I could see you were going for just some honest, wacky fun, and in that sense you definitely delivered. Very enjoyable little game and the upgrade system was a lot of fun, makes me wanna go back in and try different loadouts and see how it goes. Got up to about wave 18 before I accidentally backed into a whole group of squirrels I didn't know where there and came to an abrupt end. I wish the health bar was a little more visible, but, very well done.
bacalear
12. Oct 2024 · 12:05 UTC
I do love the art in this))
Nazariglez
13. Oct 2024 · 13:59 UTC
Loved the intro and the weapon upgrades! The carnage on the ground is a nice touch. The difficulty spike between waves was surprising but fun overall! Gj!
DosMike
13. Oct 2024 · 14:19 UTC
dont tell PETA ;D
CGraen
14. Oct 2024 · 13:40 UTC
Fun game, the upgrades add a lot to it ^^. I got stuck on wave six since the birds didnt come down and I did not have a range weapon. And my pc lagged out when I was killing multiple enemies at once like in the rat wave. Also the browser version did not work for me. Its a really great game for a jam and the opening caught me off guard :D Well done guys :raised_hands:
PeytonBrown
15. Oct 2024 · 00:54 UTC
Yea idk the reason it doesn't load, it might have to do with the large audio file used for the beginning music. There is nothing forcing you to harm the bunnies you can just sit and vibe for a while xD
deadjolly
15. Oct 2024 · 02:09 UTC
Couldn't get the web player version to load so I downloaded the exe. If you didn't make the art or sounds, a quick background music track would have helped add some ambiance to the scene. Felt like there could have been a bit more feedback from punching the critters. The blood was ultra reflective haha. The hands punching was fluid though, and felt good to control. Good job on your entry!
Exa
15. Oct 2024 · 07:20 UTC
Nice game,very interesting plot!!!!Nice job!!!!
Curtis Pelissier
15. Oct 2024 · 15:58 UTC
The theme interpretation is funny but there is too much "liquid" for me ^^'
I got a bug where shooting with two AKs at the same time (and holding the shoot) simply stops the SFX.
Also, AK is totally unbalanced x) playing "Lucky" upgrade makes everything easier

![Capture d'écran 2024-10-15 175551.png](///raw/614/41/z/68dc9.png)
LandbergLife
17. Oct 2024 · 19:36 UTC
Fun entry!
The intro was verry well done!

It did not seem like the zappy hands upgrade worked. Nothing happened. When I got the other hand
upgrades the screen got white and yellow until it just turned bright white, is the some excessive VFX going on?

I'm guessing there is not an end to the game, got to 22 before the screen turn white.
LDJam user 398553
17. Oct 2024 · 20:04 UTC
I hope these animals are made of strawberry jam...
Just a dev
17. Oct 2024 · 21:21 UTC
It took me way to long to understand how to buy new weapons, my bad for not reading the game's description correctly but maybe a text in game "Press tab to open the shop" could have been useful.

Other than that, I have to admit that it's really fun.

The performance gets really bad when you kill to many enemies at once.
Just a dev
17. Oct 2024 · 21:21 UTC
~~It took me way to long to understand how to buy new weapons, my bad for not reading the game's description correctly but maybe a text in game "Press tab to open the shop" could have been useful.~~

~~Other than that, I have to admit that it's really fun.~~

~~The performance gets really bad when you kill to many enemies at once.~~

*edit: whoops I sent the comment twice and it seams like I can't delete it, sorry about that*
martoko
23. Oct 2024 · 11:54 UTC
Camera moves way too fast, fell off the map
Yanato
24. Oct 2024 · 20:21 UTC
Perfect madness 0___0 Great job!