{"author_link":"\/author\/pinkindian\/","author_name":"PinkIndian","author_uid":"30459","comments":[{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1429626540,"text":"Very funny game.\r<br\/>I like the fact that you can die smashed by your own robot.\r<br\/>The controls are simple and intuitive."},{"author_name":"r8berto","author_uid":"50430","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1429630260,"text":"Very nice idea. I think controller support would have made controls easier, left stick player, right stick rccat."},{"author_name":"PinkIndian","author_uid":"30459","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1429644180,"text":"Thanks for the comments. I haven't tried how the controller support is made but obviously it would have been perfect for this."},{"author_name":"Frozen Stick","author_uid":"49721","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 11:24am","epoch":1429874340,"text":"Really good idea!neat game dude."},{"author_name":"StefanDJagers","author_uid":"50314","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 11:53am","epoch":1429876080,"text":"It's a very nice game. Great work! ;)"},{"author_name":"Andy Gainey","author_uid":"30311","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1429886280,"text":"It was tricky to learn to control by the dude and the RCCAT simultaneously, without stomping over the dude with the cat.  I think the lethality of the cat to the player was a valuable gameplay element addition to the core concept of controlling two characters at once.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was tough navigating, though, because the viewport was centered on the player, not the cat, even though the cat was the one at the front of the action.  I would have preferred if the viewport had either been centered on the cat, or at least centered on the average point between the cat and the dude.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Once I got the hang of it, I destroyed all the enemies I could find, but the game claimed that I still had 10 enemies remaining.  Since I couldn't find them, I decided to just stomp all the remaining houses myself, because what else is a person to do with a gigantic RCCAT and no objective?  :-)"},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 2:59pm","epoch":1429887240,"text":"Thanks for reminding me how uncoordinated I am! I ran over myself several times and I'm sure I destroyed many more houses than the aliens. Great take on the theme!! Pretty much the perfect unconventional weapon. (I'm curious as to whether it was built as a weapon or just re-appropriated from its original purpose (and what that purpose was).)"},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1429887720,"text":"Also I disagree with Andy Gainey above about the viewport. Centering it on the human adds to the challenge and also makes the most sense given the context (you're controlling the cat - you aren't the cat)."},{"author_name":"PinkIndian","author_uid":"30459","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1429905660,"text":"Hi Andy and thank you for the feedback. I admit its rather difficult to control, but the viewpoint is centered to the human because the cat is only the weapon (as reheated also noted). And yes there is a bug that prevents you from winning. Sorry, but I noticed only after I uploaded the game here."},{"author_name":"StrayByte","author_uid":"49933","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1429907700,"text":"Great idea, fun and challenging! Wow!"},{"author_name":"tininsteelian","author_uid":"52748","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1429907880,"text":"Really fun and innovative! This is one of my favorites so far, good job!"},{"author_name":"MonoS","author_uid":"24702","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1430322240,"text":"The game is a lot of fun, i loved the fact that i can destroy the city as well as the enemies XD.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cool music, the graphics a bit less.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pretty innovative the single player co-op.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Contrary to Andy Gainey i prefer the camera centered to the player because the control radius is equal to the dimension of the screen."}],"images":["ld32\/30459-437ce47235b39dc80ab1cef50dea8e2d.jpg","ld32\/30459-47274f054fe2f804225374b80af20822.jpg","ld32\/30459-5b77b3f1ac720cde5dcee5d5ae9d2d31.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/2d1u5h3zjqcg723\/RCcat_ludumdare32.exe?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/locvncd150jwjr9\/RCcat_post_ludumdare32.exe?dl=0","text":"Windows - post compo \/ fixed the bug that prevented winning"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/oyopzdfheo14d6m\/AACLQfMDGzELnv-hxkr5vtnCa?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10643","g_author":"30459","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"10677","g_title":"RCCAT - Radio Controlled Cat","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"418","g_commentcount":"12","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/30459-shot0-1429564547.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/30459-shot1-1429564547.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/30459-shot2-1429564547.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Save the city, save the houses! Aliens are coming and you are the only hope.\r\nYour weapon of choice is a GIANT RADIO CONTROLLED CAT (which we call RCCAT for short).\r\n\r\nKeys:\r\nPlayer movement - WASD\r\nRCCAT movement - Arrow keys\r\nand thats it...\r\n\r\nOh, and may I remind you that the reach of the controller is not great, so you better stay close to the RCCAT.\r\n\r\n\r\n---------\r\n\r\nThis was my first jam and I am also quite new to game making. Might I say that making games takes loooots of time and effort, especially when working alone. No way I could have managed to finish this in 48 hours, and even with 72 hours I couldn't do proper graphics.    \r\n\r\nI made the game with GameMaker PRO and for sound effects I used the Bfxr.\r\nThe music is by Abstraction (https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/abstraction\/sets\/ludum-dare-challenge) who made awesome work putting together all this music for us to use. I owe a lot to him because without his music my game would be an utter bore.\r\n\r\nNote!\r\nI noticed a bug in the game which sometimes prevents you from winning. Great! But don't worry, you are still able to lose.","title":"RCCAT - Radio Controlled Cat"}