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Cool The Cats! by aeveis

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made by aeveis for LD31 (COMPO)
A puzzle platformer where you dig through snow by swapping places with each snow block. There are also these fire cats that want to cool down. You are some sort of fox who likes to help these cats out.

Sort of a more sandbox environment, I think the movement is pretty interesting but the puzzle element here could be better. Theme-wise the game takes place in one screen, and the level design changes by the player's own actions.

Let me know your best time!

Tools used:
IDE: Flash Develop
Library: Haxeflixel
Art: Gimp
Sound/Music: OpenMPT

Controls:
Arrow Keys or WASD and Space to move and jump
R to Reset
Web/Flash https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16325832/ludum_dare31/compo/index.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16325832/ludum_dare31/ludum_dare31.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=8854

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.92 42
Audio 3.11 313
Fun 3.77 75
Graphics 4.26 30
Humor 3.04 241
Innovation 3.87 123
Mood 3.55 118
Theme 3.32 893

Feedback

Figglewatts
08. Dec 2014 · 17:10 UTC
An interesting puzzle. Nice work!
jpmit
08. Dec 2014 · 21:57 UTC
That was fun. Great graphics and sfx.

The difficulty was about right for me. Almost stopped playing but managed to make it to the end.

I wasn't really sure how to do the high jumps but sort of managed to do them now and again anyhow.
drludos
08. Dec 2014 · 23:58 UTC
Outstanding entry! Very pleasant to play, clever puzzle idea, and very entertaining game overall. Graphics are very nice too. I spend 4:49 to cool down all the cats, thanks and congrats for creating such a great and polished game is such a short time frame.
BadPaul34
09. Dec 2014 · 10:03 UTC
Nice concept, interesting and original.

Too bad the fox is so hard to fine control though.

Nice entry ;)
aslakhol
09. Dec 2014 · 10:10 UTC
This was a great small bit of fun, I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I also got 4:49.
stray
09. Dec 2014 · 10:44 UTC
Really awesome buddy. Concept is great, fun, cool and theme is really nice
Good job dude.
Prox
09. Dec 2014 · 10:50 UTC
The fox is really nice animated.

I enjoy the puzzle mecanics !
asobitech
09. Dec 2014 · 13:03 UTC
Nice game mechanic, but would like the one big level broken down into smaller levels, that ease you into the game. But I understand time is short when putting a game together.
As @BadPaul34 says, control of the fox is difficult.
Yarek
09. Dec 2014 · 13:36 UTC
I loved the graphic and how original it is! Fun stuff!
asobitech
09. Dec 2014 · 22:22 UTC
Off Topic,
didn't know how else to get in touch with you.
Can you tell me what make and model you tried my game on and what graphics card. Thank you.
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
10. Dec 2014 · 03:20 UTC
Neat concept, lovely art, nice job!
Fortyseven
10. Dec 2014 · 07:06 UTC
Great fun! Loved the artwork, too. :)
MurrayL
10. Dec 2014 · 09:51 UTC
Really unique idea - I love it!
asobitech
10. Dec 2014 · 21:58 UTC
Last Off Topic message to @aeveis.
Thanks to your bug report and one other person, I've worked out the issue with my game, P.Rick Airious
Seems some graphics cards don't like the FullScreen 640x400 resolution I set it to, resulting in the images not being shown.
So I rewrote the graphics routines to play in a window 90% of your current resolution. Please download the new Win32 version and try it out.
Many thanks.
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=11959
Javabot
11. Dec 2014 · 01:46 UTC
This was a fun puzzler! I am happy you made this game!
wavertron
11. Dec 2014 · 11:50 UTC
Really good. I normally get kinda sick of puzzle games pretty quickly, but I hadnt seen one with this mechanic before, and played through to the end (time 6:49). Great job. I would encourage you to try taking the concept further.
Alexandre Szybiak
11. Dec 2014 · 21:47 UTC
My god such a great game, I appreciate how it offers just the right amount of challenge for a ludum dare game, I completed it in 3 minutes and had a real good time, one of my favorite sor far.
6DownStudios
12. Dec 2014 · 05:11 UTC
Awesome! Great mechanic, movement feels really satisfying with the snow and sound effects, and the art style is distinct and cohesive. I quite enjoyed this one!
pjimmy
13. Dec 2014 · 15:23 UTC
love it :) very original and funny puzzle game, well done
GFM
14. Dec 2014 · 02:39 UTC
WOW. This was really interesting! Great game!

You could easily make a harder mode by setting a maximum type that the cats can stay on fire. (I wouldn't play this, btw... I already had troubles with this mode XD)
OddballDave
15. Dec 2014 · 16:38 UTC
This was fun. And avery interesting mechanic. Good stuff.
phaze112
16. Dec 2014 · 04:54 UTC
Interesting concept and great art, but the controls can be a bit finicky.
alyphen
20. Dec 2014 · 14:54 UTC
Pretty interesting - there's not much to it other than the innovative mechanic though. Music could have been nice, and the physics could be neatened up a bit, and there could be a few more mechanics thrown in other than just adding extra cats. Other than that, pretty fun to play for a while, but drags on a little as you approach the 18 cats.
SumGato
21. Dec 2014 · 14:25 UTC
I like the puzzle mechanics. Also, cute graphics :3
mohammad
27. Dec 2014 · 22:02 UTC
You play as a red arctic fox trying to put hellcats into blocks of ice. The graphics were good, the gameplay is fun and interesting, and the puzzles were not too easy but not too difficult. The physics and controls could be tweaked, and I was kinda disappointed by the ending, but it was fun in the end.