Creature researcher by notime4games

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made by notime4games for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

​Go to an alien planet to research the tiny creatures that inhabit it!

You need to figure out how to attract the creatures and bring them back to your ship to learn new abilities.

Controls

Arrow keys + mouse. Or gamepad

M to mute

Ratings

Overall 207th 3.353⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Fun 238th 3.088⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 128th 3.529⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Theme 162th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 161th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 70th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 239th 2.444⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 173th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

Paroxysmal
06. Oct 2024 · 23:46 UTC
I liked the underground areas. I don't know what the reticle box is for, and it would be nice to hide the mouse also.
jacobwinters
07. Oct 2024 · 00:07 UTC
Let's see, I've got a jetpack now, pretty sure I've seen the entirety of the manageable standard-size platformer map, this is going to be easy.

*holy subterranean labyrinth, batman*
William Corrin
07. Oct 2024 · 06:28 UTC
The little chiptune song is awesome. I would have loved to have an animation on the astronaut character. The graphics are cute too!
Brainloaf Studio
23. Oct 2024 · 18:15 UTC
I really enjoyed trying to figure out how to attract each creature and having each new discovery yield a change to the player character is a fun twist! The reveal of the hidden underground areas was also pretty fun. It'd be nice to have some clarification on the reticle and also WASD support, but minor additions aside I had a good time here! Nice work!
Agent__Maxwell
23. Oct 2024 · 18:51 UTC
Underground area was great, fun game overall.
p-r
23. Oct 2024 · 19:05 UTC
Amazing music
Turquoise Moon
23. Oct 2024 · 20:29 UTC
I couldn't figure out how to attract them at all and ended up looking at the source code to find out. I guess I would suggest a hint system so that if someone is stuck they don't just give up. The reticle box was confusing, I thought I must be missing some way to interact with the world. Once I understood what I was doing though it was a very cool game! The way the underground blocks only show themselves when you are close to them is very cool and the creature behavior is interesting.
LeBossMax2
23. Oct 2024 · 21:06 UTC
I like the concept of the game!
I was surprised and intrigued when I found the underground area.

The control on the flash light is a bit off, it looks like it mouse movement is based on the center of the screen instead of on the player.
Also the game was a bit short

But overall it's a good entry
Jesse Martin
24. Oct 2024 · 22:20 UTC
Really liked it. Is one of those games that requires you to try new ideas, no real hand holding which can be a good thing, adding a control hint in the game some sound effects would be nice
cassowary
25. Oct 2024 · 04:08 UTC
This is super cute! I played all the way to the end. There was more depth to this than I initially expected!

The controls were a little wonky -- arrow keys + mouse is kind of weird. I would've preferred WASD + space to jump. But it wasn't the end of the world.

I really appreciated the creativity in how you had to do a different thing to get each creature.

I think it would be cool to see an updated version with animations, sound effects, etc.