Found Bigfootage by BluShine

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made by BluShine for LD33 (COMPO)
Found Bigfootage is a sort of reverse-stealth game.

You are Bigfoot. People keep bothering you with their video cameras. And they won't leave until the camera is full. But you hate being recorded. So, you have to trick them into recording a blurry, grainy mess. Reveal yourself, then disappear into the forest. If you're successful, you'll remain as a blurry rumor. Fail, and you might end up on the home page of youtube.

When an enemy sees Bigfoot, they will start filming and you will get points. Your score multiplier is based on how bad the footage is. Longer distances will increase your multiplier. The multiplier will also get +1 for every tree or bush between Bigfoot and the camera.

You get a letter grade at the end of each level, and all of your grades will be displayed at the end of the game. If you get straight-As, then you did as good as I did. If you get an even higher score, those As will become A+ with more and more +s for higher and higher scores. If you beat the game, post a comment with your final score!

There is a minor bug where the "video" bar above enemies will always appear empty after the first level. I'll probably fix that eventually.

Controls: arrow keys or WASD for movement. Spacebar or enter progresses through the title/intro/win/lose screens.

Tools:
I made the game in Unity with C#. No plugins or Asset Store stuff.
Vector graphics were made with Inkscape, and a few were modified with GIMP. The Inkscape .svg files are included with the source.
The music was made with Musagi. The .smu file is included in the source, but to hear some instruments you will have to download the Famisynth VST plugin here: http://www.geocities.jp/mu_station/vstlabo/famisynth.html
Gifs were recorded using Gifcam, available here: http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam/

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1578
Overall 3.81 78
Audio 3.90 38
Fun 3.13 387
Graphics 3.91 124
Humor 3.75 70
Innovation 4.32 9
Mood 3.63 107
Theme 4.55 1

Feedback

DaanVanYperen
24. Aug 2015 · 12:35 UTC
Unique mechanic! I'm not very good at it though.
mortus
24. Aug 2015 · 15:15 UTC
Nice graphics and a neat music trick. I quite liked the mechanic, would love to see more features, like different kinds of photographers and such!
Mark Smith
28. Aug 2015 · 06:59 UTC
Interesting game. I really like the idea. The dynamic sountrack was great as well, I found myself using it to gauge distance from cameramen.
xWarZonex
28. Aug 2015 · 19:57 UTC
I really like this entry! Very unique concept and gameplay. The movement is a little slow, which makes the gameplay slow. I really like the visual effects and the blur of Big Foot. The audio really fit the game, I wish there were sfxs though. Good Job. 4/5
solarexplorer
28. Aug 2015 · 20:01 UTC
Great idea, well executed.
Hippomancer
28. Aug 2015 · 20:29 UTC
I loved how you got blurrier the farther away you were from the cameras.
Lukbebalduke
31. Aug 2015 · 02:58 UTC
Interesting gameplay, but the BigFoot is a little bit too slow. I liked the graphics and the sounds, I also liked the way he "vanish" in the forest.
Nice entry, Congrats =)
GraciCebola
31. Aug 2015 · 03:22 UTC
This was awesome! Great idea and loved especially the dynamic music mechanic! congrats!
Shaun LeBron
31. Aug 2015 · 03:40 UTC
hilarious! love the blurring of bigfoot and the camera chasing concept. well done
garygreen
31. Aug 2015 · 13:24 UTC
I thought this was a clever idea. Nicely put together too, including the hazy effect for the main character.
Josh Riley
01. Sep 2015 · 03:17 UTC
I really like the way you used audio and video cues to indicate distance to cameramen, as opposed to UI cues. The music and blur effect are brilliant.
dmcfarline
01. Sep 2015 · 18:00 UTC
Really like this one, graphics are really nice overall and the ability to increase your score by hiding behind more obstacles is cool
solkar
01. Sep 2015 · 18:44 UTC
Super funny. I never knew I'd be so good being a bigfoot. I'm just an 8
Crawler Studios
01. Sep 2015 · 19:09 UTC
This game was actually very fun! I really liked the blurred image of Big Foot used for the player, and the music was pretty catchy. Great concept and nice submission.
tweedle
02. Sep 2015 · 21:06 UTC
Funny and enjoyable! I like the procedural nature of the music - adding to the song when different things happen.
The mechanic is well thought out, and works very well with this Jam's theme. Nice job!
Mikhail
03. Sep 2015 · 03:36 UTC
Great game overall!! Nice job!
belowzerogames
03. Sep 2015 · 03:41 UTC
Cool little game had a heck of a time when there was 6 of them cameramen :)
Grahhhhh
03. Sep 2015 · 11:38 UTC
Excellent work, especially for compo! I loved your take on this theme, I laughed even at the initial screen shots! Spot on, good job!
scorched
05. Sep 2015 · 21:46 UTC
Funny idea, good special effects!
JonathanG
14. Sep 2015 · 21:57 UTC
A good game! I also like the blurry player character, and how the music changes dynamically. It is fun to play too!