The Critter Within by Adam Gould

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made by Adam Gould for LD35 (COMPO)
A 2D platformer (I know, how original) where you can shapeshift into two different animal forms!

It's a really short game, but I hope you'll enjoy it!

Features:
A fully original soundtrack comprising of three tracks
Home-made sound effects
Slightly crappy pixel art
A difficulty curve

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1808
Overall 3.65 155
Audio 3.75 60
Fun 3.50 204
Graphics 3.44 288
Innovation 3.13 447
Theme 3.94 102

Feedback

Lee1121
18. Apr 2016 · 10:01 UTC
Pretty funny game :)
I also like that the music changes depending on which form you play as
PinkIndian
20. Apr 2016 · 19:00 UTC
Nice game and good music. But the hitboxes made me quit playing. Felt like the birds hitbox was 2 times larger than the sprite.
ekkiiiii
23. Apr 2016 · 12:10 UTC
Very catchy music, cool sound effects. Controls/hitboxes make it a little bit frustrating sometimes.
Freank
23. Apr 2016 · 17:54 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Joror
01. May 2016 · 19:59 UTC
Well executed and balanced shapeshifter platformer! :)
Each shape felt different enough, and the learning curve was good.
(did not finish because I am a crappy platformer player ;))
Yumeito
06. May 2016 · 20:51 UTC
Nice little game :)
notime4games
07. May 2016 · 16:25 UTC
Awesome!
Level 7 though grrrrrrrrrrrr that was hard! But finally made it! :D
Great controls, great graphics, great music! Loved how the music changed depending on what form I was in!
Only thing I would change is make the hitbox on the bird smaller, level 7 was only hard because of this.
Great game loop, auto restart on death was good
A-Flat Miner Studios
07. May 2016 · 17:21 UTC
Very well done. Nice puzzles, nice controls overall, hitbox issues as mentioned, but other than that I just wish there was more.
knason
07. May 2016 · 18:05 UTC
great game, great puzzles I had a hard time get past the falling fireballs, I guess, practice makes perfect :) but overall it was great, nice graphics as well. Good job!
sftrabbit
07. May 2016 · 18:21 UTC
Really nice work! Level design was good and taught the mechanics nicely. Graphics and musics were done well! I had a couple of minor issues: the movement was a bit too slippy, and I felt like the collision of the bird/fireballs was a little too unforgiving. Still, great work!
Faulkin
07. May 2016 · 18:25 UTC
Nice game. The change of music when you switch form is a nice touch! :)
aucguy
07. May 2016 · 18:51 UTC
Short but sweet. The bird jumping controls was annoying though.
Njinwezen
07. May 2016 · 18:56 UTC
Hey,

Very interesting game. I like the changing controls when you change animal. I think it really serves the theme well. My hand got really tired on that last level though. Flying up took a long time.