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Mother Love by Zener

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made by Zener for LD28 (COMPO)
Postmortem: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/12/26/mother-love-postmortem/

With this theme I started to brainstorm and... everybody has just one mother so I decided to do a game about a mother taking care of her child.

She can bring him on her mouth to protect him, but she can also throw him and kill the enemies.

I hope you enjoy this little jump'n'run game as much as I enjoyed doing it. It's my first entry in Unity after many Flash entries.

Controls:
-Use cursor keys or pad.
-Left control key to throw your baby.

Tools Used:
-Unity3D
-PaintShop`Pro
-Sfxr for the sounds
-Autotracker for the music
Web http://kung-foo.net/zener/ld28/bin.html
Windows http://kung-foo.net/zener/ld28/MotherWin.zip
Linux http://kung-foo.net/zener/ld28/MotherLin.zip
Mac http://kung-foo.net/zener/ld28/MotherMac.zip
Source http://kung-foo.net/zener/ld28/MotherSrc.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=12819

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall 3.31 255
Audio 3.03 237
Fun 3.17 306
Graphics 3.52 224
Humor 3.00 219
Innovation 2.79 577
Mood 3.16 249
Theme 3.45 197

Feedback

abeing
16. Dec 2013 · 01:19 UTC
Awww so cute! A short but very good game. The best I played so far.
Move127
16. Dec 2013 · 04:53 UTC
Awesome game! Also one of the best I've seen so far.
Ithildin
16. Dec 2013 · 08:50 UTC
Very nice! The idea is interesting and very fitting to the theme. Cute sprites and sound (love the baby crying effects) top a great entry.

Congrats! :D
GingerMess
17. Dec 2013 · 16:24 UTC
Cute, and pretty smooth too. My only gripe is that you don't move while sitting on a platform, requiring you to move in the direction of it. No biggy though.
MALHCat
17. Dec 2013 · 19:14 UTC
Love this game. It was short tough, I want more :)
s73ph4n
18. Dec 2013 · 20:21 UTC
Great. I really enjoy this. Amazing for a first Unity entry. Congrats man!!
van noctar
21. Dec 2013 · 14:53 UTC
Good job! The gameplay is funny! I like launch my baby avatar! :D
ezolotko
21. Dec 2013 · 14:56 UTC
Cool game.
local minimum
21. Dec 2013 · 15:00 UTC
Throwing babies was really great, and I did enjoy the game even though I died quite a few times. My demises were mainly due to the controls being a little too hard to handle.
Andreas Brandt
21. Dec 2013 · 15:13 UTC
hahaha great
OrangeeZ
21. Dec 2013 · 17:15 UTC
Interesting idea and nice gameplay, environment reminds me of the first Sonic for MegaDrive!
Diptoman
21. Dec 2013 · 17:34 UTC
Nicely executed. Though many things were the usual generic platforms, I the 3D branches did stand out. All in all, had a good time playing it. The music was great.
Will Edwards
21. Dec 2013 · 19:50 UTC
Really nice to see a 2D platformer drawn in 3D!

As I usually think, this is yet another game that would have been more fun without the "only get one" theme trying to be jammed into it sideways.

Short and sweet, but quite hard and I kept overjumping and was glad for the checkpoint.
diegomachado
21. Dec 2013 · 19:50 UTC
I'm impressed how you could pull this off. You got 3D, textures and even some water, coming from Flash you've accomplished a lot!
The Evil Cult
21. Dec 2013 · 19:56 UTC
Nice! Very cute and pretty fun. Movement could use a little work, was pretty hard in particular to move with the moving platforms. I quite like what you did with the theme. Nice work, especially for the 48!
BadPaul34
23. Dec 2013 · 02:02 UTC
Aha I laugh : "Mother's love" and she throws her baby on enemies :D
Your game looks really nice ! nice job !
Husky
24. Dec 2013 · 05:46 UTC
Haha, pretty cute! :D
Photon
26. Dec 2013 · 14:48 UTC
That was actually pretty cute.

Good job. A little generic in terms of platforming, but I liked the idea. :)
Ras Lyon
26. Dec 2013 · 15:51 UTC
Very cool for what it is. You could definitely take it a lot farther too. I wish I could rate you on controls, because I found it a little frustrating ;^) a hover ability would be great, because the jump was hard to manage. But I love the theme of throwing the baby to defeat enemies, it really tied into the theme well. Thanks for the game!
archaeometrician
26. Dec 2013 · 16:15 UTC
I remember you from your game Minimal Annihilation ;)
Congrats on your first unity entry ! The graphics are well done, I especially like the way you made the trees. Cute characters :) Really nice job !
🎤 Zener
27. Dec 2013 · 08:29 UTC
Thanks a lot for all your comments! Now I have a very good list of things I can improve,
GFM
04. Jan 2014 · 14:22 UTC
Cute lil game. Nice take on the theme! :)