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Kitten Defense by Archonthewizard

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made by Archonthewizard for LD32 (JAM)
In Kitten Defense you use a laser pointer to guide your pet kittens around the living room. Little critters may try to steal your kitty food - DON'T LET THEM! Your kittens will kill nearby critters automatically, but they get distracted quite easily. Make sure the laser pointer is close enough for them to notice it.

Controls:
Left-click to activate the laser pointer

HINT:
The kittens won't attack enemies while focused on the laser pointer.

Also, keep in mind that the laser pointer must be near the kitten to attract it.

Unconventional Weapon:
Laser pointer.... or Kittens... whichever you prefer

There's an option to turn off blood effects in the game menu

ENJOY!

Special thanks to everyone on Twitch who helped give feedback, test the game, and help me fix coding errors. You guys rock!
Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/Archon_TheWizard/kitten-defense
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwzkcek8d0fyft6/Kitten%20Defense%20PC.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/ebdrlnypywykkvk/Kitten%20Defense%20Mac.zip?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/i5809yd3rbo17bb/Kitten%20Defense%20Linux.zip?dl=0
Android https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyqkavdf16rcr6h/Kitten%20Defense.apk?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=52352

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.82 102
Fun(Jam) 3.63 149
Humor(Jam) 3.56 169
Innovation(Jam) 3.68 155
Mood(Jam) 3.52 199
Theme(Jam) 3.88 145

Feedback

LadyEnigma
21. Apr 2015 · 02:40 UTC
Love this game! The kitty cuteness is great. Fun to play
Techblogogy
21. Apr 2015 · 07:13 UTC
This game was really fun to play. Good job man!
RoryD
21. Apr 2015 · 07:14 UTC
Fun game! I wish laser pointer would fade out away from the cat to remind me that it can't see it. The pesky squirrels were fast. Good job.
Yaroslav Kravtsov
21. Apr 2015 · 07:16 UTC
Using kittens is always cheating. Even as an unconventional weapon :o)
kikijin
21. Apr 2015 · 07:18 UTC
Great game it's fun to lay the kitty killer ^^
UltraRat
21. Apr 2015 · 07:18 UTC
haha... So Cute, kittens only hunt for sport, they do not eat the animals they kill and still need cat food.
Evergreen Games
21. Apr 2015 · 07:19 UTC
Surprisingly interesting. good variance of mechanics and difficulty ramp
cdrch
21. Apr 2015 · 07:20 UTC
Great theme usage. It is difficult to figure out how to hit spiders, though. I basically click-spammed until the kitten hit it, which felt unsatisfying. I now am furious at squirrels, though, for hurting poor kittens with their nut bombs.
Murchurl
21. Apr 2015 · 07:38 UTC
Nice graphics. Fun gameplay.

I enjoyed this, good job!
ironleonem
21. Apr 2015 · 08:14 UTC
Solid gameplay, and a pretty unique concept! I loved the art and music, good choices there. I'd love to see more of this!
Buzzwerd
21. Apr 2015 · 09:19 UTC
Definitely one of the better games I've played. Great job!
wg_phancock
21. Apr 2015 · 09:56 UTC
Surprisingly fun game. During the first few levels, I was thinking to myself "this would be awesome with more kittens", then next thing I know I'm controlling three.

One thing that I felt it needed was being able to "laser focus" some enemies with the laser. In many situations, I'd have a spider or rat eating the food, I'd lead my kittens there, then they'd go chase a squirrel or something. Cats, man.
Norbex
21. Apr 2015 · 14:46 UTC
Interesting idea! :)
LMT
21. Apr 2015 · 19:39 UTC
Really nice polished complete game. I like the music and the sounds and the ability to turn off the blood is a nice option.
Yazara
21. Apr 2015 · 19:49 UTC
Aw the kitten getting hit is sad :(
Overall a really nice game, well done! I especially like the animations.
iapc
21. Apr 2015 · 20:04 UTC
verry enjoyable game. just straight up amazingly fun.
OniiRam
21. Apr 2015 · 21:22 UTC
Cool! this is very cute and relaxing to play, I loved it
Cheshyr
22. Apr 2015 · 12:30 UTC
Very cute. Nice models, animations, and sound effects. Great submission.
SpringCabal
22. Apr 2015 · 15:38 UTC
Well made, fun to play.
ekkiiiii
22. Apr 2015 · 21:38 UTC
Very cute game. Love the smooth and cute movements!
Drauthius
22. Apr 2015 · 22:11 UTC
Good game! Those pesky raccoons are making things hard. The cats are pretty self-sustained also - we just think we're influencing them, but they just do what they want, just like in real life!
dray
22. Apr 2015 · 22:42 UTC
Really cool game, well polished, with great art and music. the tower defense gameplay with a great twist is a nice idea. good job
ianburnette
23. Apr 2015 · 03:08 UTC
Noooo! Out of food! This was really fun, and an EXCELLENT use of the theme. We're not firing kittens out of rocket launchers or anything, we're using them in a way that is logically conceivable (if not all that probably). Really great.
Blobo
23. Apr 2015 · 23:30 UTC
The anamations are amazing, and i loved watching the cats beat up squirrels. nice work!
Plustech
25. Apr 2015 · 00:50 UTC
Movable tower defense!
Loved the theme and execution, great entry mate! Impressive!
Scornz
25. Apr 2015 · 00:56 UTC
So much fun! All fives from me :D
monkeedude1212
25. Apr 2015 · 01:20 UTC
Pretty good game. Perhaps a little violent, but that's cats for you. Good level design/progression. My only qualm was sometimes when two kittens were close together they were a bit hard to separate. But everything from graphics to audio and controls were good.
dcRfj15
25. Apr 2015 · 01:26 UTC
Fun to play, challenging but it became that way because of harder enemies rather than just more of them, which is good. I really liked how each round had a different ideal strategy, so the player was forced to adapt. Good job.
uvwar
25. Apr 2015 · 02:00 UTC
Pretty fun! I did begin to feel like the laser pointer didn't really have much to do with the game, but was just an annoying way to control the cat because there was a distance limit on it. Sometimes my cat would run in the opposite direction from my pointer which was strange/frustrating.
Andrew Quartermain
25. Apr 2015 · 17:27 UTC
Really cute! :)
HeffJoker
25. Apr 2015 · 22:50 UTC
One of best all around entries I've seen so far! The amount of polish and attention to detail is fantastic!

However, I think the kittens are slightly overpowered at times. There were times where I was just sitting, watching the kittens kill things rather than wrangling them with the laser pointer. Maybe they need to be slightly dumber?

Nonetheless, great job!!
Foxarya
26. Apr 2015 · 12:12 UTC
You should have opted for the graphics category! I like the game, I think a cat would see and follow a laser from farther, it needs to be too close.
Karsten
27. Apr 2015 · 19:13 UTC
nice, very much done in such a short time.i made it to wave 4 when things start to get mad hard xD
Leandrus
06. May 2015 · 19:47 UTC
I love it. Really good.
I love when the nut blows up and the little cat meows :)
Thanks for sharing.
panurge
09. May 2015 · 15:03 UTC
Kittens are such badasses! This was a lot of fun to play.
DrPrettyPatty
09. May 2015 · 15:18 UTC
Perfect. This is perfect! Super cute graphics and idea, nice satisfying sounds, great level progression and teaching the player, and I didn't see any bugs (aside from the spiders :P). The only thing I can even think of to criticize is the default UI button sprite (I think it looks better if you just use a 16x16 blank square sprite for a minimal look rather than the stretched Unity UI sprites), but obviously that's a really minor thing. Awesome work, 5 to the 6th power from me :)
Smirnov48
09. May 2015 · 16:16 UTC
Super game! Great idea, great realisation.