Heartbeast by foreverisbetter

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made by foreverisbetter for LD33 (JAM)
Made from scratch within 72 hours this is our first entry to Ludum Dare: a Monster Hugging Simulator!

The story is that like anyone else even a Monster needs some love and affection... or else they get a heart attack!
Our protagonist needs human hugs to cure his condition even though he's a monster and it's hard for him by nature to always express his feelings towards them clearly.
Fortunately for him there's a halloween constume party nearby this evening...

While being pretty hard as I never programmed anything like it before and I had to first think about how to approach anything I wanted to do instead of just doing it I had a blast and I think in the end it turned out pretty amazing.
Unfortunately time was running out before we could add any sounds and I hope I'll be able to add them later on and we will just not being judged in that category.

Made by the awe-inspiring Ellen Driscoll, Nandi Renner and me Daniel Bosselmann.

Thanks for playing :)

Ratings

Coolness 73% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.19 548
Fun(Jam) 3.26 373
Graphics(Jam) 3.75 347
Humor(Jam) 3.57 155
Innovation(Jam) 3.09 454
Mood(Jam) 2.94 667
Theme(Jam) 3.76 273

Feedback

aberdeenphoenix
25. Aug 2015 · 13:01 UTC
that web link is not a link to a web version of the game... YouTube is not what the web link is for...
Tselmek
25. Aug 2015 · 13:13 UTC
Fun concept but the difficulty grows way too fast.
dancingmad
25. Aug 2015 · 13:15 UTC
Nice graphics! You really put a lot of work in designing the monsters and humans. The game is quite fun too.

I don't know if that's specific to GameMaker, but having to install the game before playing it is a little annoying.
uheartbeast
25. Aug 2015 · 13:50 UTC
It's a game about me XD
Electron
25. Aug 2015 · 14:00 UTC
Good quality , like graphics
Hegback
25. Aug 2015 · 14:39 UTC
Can say it's bound to be a great game with lives-regen system and the hugging mechanism (but I'm the one that almost getting the heart attack after seeing the monster going berserk)
🎤 foreverisbetter
25. Aug 2015 · 14:40 UTC
I fixed the need for an installer. It's now just a zip file. Uploading something at 3 in the night really shows ^^'
peterkirk
25. Aug 2015 · 14:54 UTC
It took me a bit to understand how to play.
A weird and interesting experience.
Chikoness
25. Aug 2015 · 16:26 UTC
I got a little terrified at his scary form ;_;

overall a good experience!
AntonyBaasan
25. Aug 2015 · 18:54 UTC
awesome art.
metalchouchen
25. Aug 2015 · 20:55 UTC
Sweet :) Really miss music and a better game balance. Congrats :)
Lucho9
25. Aug 2015 · 22:33 UTC
i feel identified with the monster by personal stuf. it was awesome, first time uh? me too :D
ruerob
26. Aug 2015 · 12:07 UTC
I love hugging games! There are to less hugging games in the world! Very well done! I like the monster! It's so cute, somehow! Great work!
superfreak
26. Aug 2015 · 12:09 UTC
Cute monster graphics and I like the concept. There's not a lot of variation after having played for a little while, but I had fun with it.
NoWandStudios
27. Aug 2015 · 10:19 UTC
Nice concept and graphics are so cute!
Quetzakol
27. Aug 2015 · 10:30 UTC
Very well done, I liked the drawings a lot ! The idea of the game is simple but rather fun. It's a bit too easy for me I think, I had to stop pressing the arrows to see what would happen when you lose hearts. It would have been better with some sounds too
euske
27. Aug 2015 · 10:35 UTC
I wish there was music! After getting 500k points I was little bored.
🎤 foreverisbetter
27. Aug 2015 · 12:10 UTC
thanks for all that amazing feedback <3 I hope I have the time next weekend to put the music into it
Strike
29. Aug 2015 · 10:51 UTC
Very good memory game ;) I like the art and mostly how the monster transforms as we loose hearts.
wesley werner
29. Aug 2015 · 11:18 UTC
Cute game. Dig it!
LogGiant
29. Aug 2015 · 17:13 UTC
I definitely liked the graphics. Adding sound would add a ton to the game, especially little sound effects as you play. I think adding some element of progression or some end goal would improve the game even further. I got up around the 500k pts range and felt like there wasn't much left to do at that point. Nice work!
OnionBlaze
30. Aug 2015 · 01:56 UTC
Fun little game! Might be a bit too easy, hahah. I wish there was music. Good job with this! :D
tripleVisionGames
31. Aug 2015 · 08:09 UTC
Great fun concept and really funny when you go rabid and crush the silly humans!

Good graphics too, the monster looks particularly good.
Biruts
31. Aug 2015 · 14:21 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.