Tama by kill0u

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made by kill0u for LD31 (COMPO)
Yay, you got a new electronic pet!
But.. this one seems kinda weird =/ Seems like he'll need your help to get his food. But be patient, he's really absent-minded so you'll lose him easily when guiding him through the levels!

Gameplay notes:
- You will shoot in the opposite direction of your last move. Hold your left mouse button to lock the direction.
- Tama will follow you if he sees you and you're close enough (but not too close). However, he'll still prefer the candy to you :P
- Tama poops sometime. Don't worry, you don't have to clean up. Hell, maybe this could even become useful?!


- "Soo this is the story of a ninja's electronic pet too dumb to fetch his food, so the ninja has to go inside the tamagotchi and shoot shurikens at skull monsters while guiding the dumb pooping pet to candies."
- "Uhhh ok. Are you sure you took your medicine?"


Sorry for the music/sfx, I was too tired for that. Instructions are available ingame.
Made with Haxe+OpenFL

Ratings

Coolness 76% 2
Overall 3.02 744
Fun 2.89 743
Graphics 3.20 481
Humor 3.12 214
Innovation 3.18 516
Mood 2.70 754
Theme 3.64 498

Feedback

FerraWare
08. Dec 2014 路 07:14 UTC
Pretty cool game. You might want to look a bit into path-finding, you might find it useful for Tama's movement :)
Silii
08. Dec 2014 路 09:14 UTC
Good Job Kill0u, that's nice ! Mostly for Tama, who need to eat. Good thing is. ;)
If he is still hungry, I have pixelated wheat.
馃帳 kill0u
08. Dec 2014 路 13:33 UTC
Thanks!

@FerraWare : he is already using it. I just made it dumb in purpose :P He can only follow you when he sees you, you're not too far and you're not too close (that one is to allow you to move without him getting in the way too much).
zitheker
08. Dec 2014 路 16:09 UTC
As I thought, you did this game very well. I love little Tama :D i have a little time to understand how choose the directions of shurikens, but Pulsar help me :D jut one question, you have design yourself the character ?
馃帳 kill0u
08. Dec 2014 路 16:36 UTC
Yep, I have drawn everything in this game ;) I needed easy-to-draw head-only characters :P

The shooting style is indeed borrowed from Pulsar, which was from Death vs Monstars. The latter is great to know more about how this works (with the visible target).
allurious
09. Dec 2014 路 13:35 UTC
Really cute design, polished UI, as a designer I really like the visuals you did. Everyone loves tamagotchis and I think this is a really nice effort in two days!
adrianulima
09. Dec 2014 路 13:36 UTC
cool game.. I liked it!!!
Conk
09. Dec 2014 路 13:38 UTC
Nice game play and visuals (:
Tasteslikefuture
09. Dec 2014 路 13:38 UTC
Nifty idea! Though I think my tama might have ended up with mild diabetes lol. Great work!
HoboMechanistic
09. Dec 2014 路 13:39 UTC
I thought the erratic movements actually kind of fit the aesthetic, thought the idea was good and it was definitely fun to play :D.
borgi
09. Dec 2014 路 17:20 UTC
Cool idea, nice implementation! Good job!
Elena Gavrilova
09. Dec 2014 路 17:21 UTC
Nice one
EthanWebster
09. Dec 2014 路 17:23 UTC
This game has a great atmosphere to it, and definitely has some potential. Make sure you do a post-compo version! Great game overall.
HappyTransportGames
09. Dec 2014 路 17:26 UTC
Nice game. Nice graphics. I would appreciate better pathfinding for Tama.
馃帳 kill0u
09. Dec 2014 路 17:31 UTC
Well, Tama is dumb :3 I made its pathfinding chaotic on purpose ;)

Thanks to you all for playing & for your comments :)
Murchurl
10. Dec 2014 路 07:06 UTC
Haha I always loved these things. Simple but i like how you interpreted the theme! goo job!
01rafael
11. Dec 2014 路 09:05 UTC
Lovely! Save the shity rabbit and let him find the candy. Shounds like brandnew hit!
stevekratos
11. Dec 2014 路 09:06 UTC
Good work...
Ossi
11. Dec 2014 路 09:15 UTC
Cute game! I like the throwback to the tamagotchi and using that for the theme. It was pretty funny when the tama was scared and it pooped! The use of the guide throwing the ninja stars to help protect tama from enemies is a really cool mechanic. Well done!
RadStar
11. Dec 2014 路 09:16 UTC
nice graphics and good idea. but I find it weird that the shurikens are thrown at the opposite side of the mouse...
blackmagic
11. Dec 2014 路 12:37 UTC
good job!
i'd prefer to be a knight who wants to save his princess instead of a ninja (wtf) with a pet. Maybe it's because i'm an old player...
馃帳 kill0u
11. Dec 2014 路 12:41 UTC
Thanks!

Ahah yeah :D
The little story behind the ninja in one word: graphics. That was wayyyyy easier to draw than anything else I could come up with :D

As for the throwing mechanism, it's borrowed from Death vs Monstars (thanks Benjamin for the hint) ;)
voxel
11. Dec 2014 路 15:21 UTC
Certainly more entertaining than a real tamogotchi. Poops were a nice touch. More games need poops.
Random Seed Games
11. Dec 2014 路 15:22 UTC
This is a really cute and well executed idea. Nice work.
Ludum Dare Riga
11. Dec 2014 路 15:27 UTC
Nice controls. Kinda made me curious :)
Also nicely balanced. Had hard time and did not pass all levels.
As for theme use. Found it slightly cheesy
tmpxyz
11. Dec 2014 路 15:28 UTC
interesting, kinda hard to control, but it's good
Gungnir
11. Dec 2014 路 15:49 UTC
Interesting control scheme, and nicely polished. Would love to feel a little closer (scale wise) to the cute characters.
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
12. Dec 2014 路 19:21 UTC
Cute entry, nice job!
Erhune
14. Dec 2014 路 14:58 UTC
Very nicely done. I agree with some people here: games need more poop! (Ed McMillen understand that perfectly well!)
dunin
19. Dec 2014 路 10:00 UTC
cut game, but controls are really weird, Hard to master that (for me...)
01101101
19. Dec 2014 路 17:35 UTC
Nice one :) Movements are a bit weird sometimes but overall it works pretty well. Quite a fun game anyway :)
PapyPilgrim
29. Dec 2014 路 16:06 UTC
Cool concept, but the little tama sometimes run straight into an enemy while i am just beside him and there is no candy nearby... -_-