ABOUT MONSTERS by lowcade

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made by lowcade for LD28 (JAM)
Finally, it's done!

About Monsters is my first game alone (I participated in LD27 with friends). This experience was extremely rewarding. I learned a lot about games and tools. I confess that at times I doubted that I could finish. But I was wrong. Hope you enjoy the result. Thanks to everyone who attended the event, which influenced positively throughout the process.


ABOUT

Joseph is a monster who loves ice cream. But humans do not like Joseph. And even fantasized people know who he is. So let's help Joseph killing everyone?

The game contain 3 types of gameplay:
- Cormano - Easy mode
- T-Rex - Normal mode
- Racoon Ninja - Hard mode

You only have one life to achieve. And try to find a easter egg.


CONTROLS

< > - Control Joseph
Z - Jump
X - Attack (Except with Racoon and other one)


TOOLS

Game Maker Studio
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Flash
Music - www.newground.com/audio


SPECIAL THANKS to Carolina Araujo, Fernando Scaff Moura and Rubens Cavalheiro.

*P.S.: Unfortunately I do not have a Apple computer to export a version for mac os. Sorry about that.

*P.S.2: You can follow my adventures in lowcade.tumblr.com, here: twitter.com/lowcade and here: https://www.facebook.com/lowcade

Ratings

Coolness 44% 1217
Overall(Jam) 3.59 84
Audio(Jam) 3.59 74
Fun(Jam) 3.36 104
Graphics(Jam) 4.39 30
Humor(Jam) 3.35 71
Innovation(Jam) 2.57 376
Mood(Jam) 3.25 160
Theme(Jam) 2.95 208

Feedback

triforcespark
17. Dec 2013 · 03:20 UTC
Quite good graphics, but some effects like enemy death are lacking.
psychomonster
17. Dec 2013 · 22:20 UTC
Noce graphics... like it that i was able to choose a monster. Nice designed characters. Music was good sounding... some polishing for the animations maybe :)
DanielSnd
20. Dec 2013 · 01:40 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03s4RmoqBdU
My first impressions on the game :D
FrederickK
22. Dec 2013 · 00:13 UTC
You made a jam alone? Was really not worthy enter the comp?
Well, anyway, wow! 3 characters! With "different" stages (they look different)!
Really impressive work, has a lot of personality.
The gameplay could be better, it is very bugged, I think you was too ambitious but made a great effort, would be awesome to see this more polished.
Great job!
Jupiter_Hadley
25. Dec 2013 · 00:08 UTC
So cute!!! This is amazing! Best game I've played thus far! I included this game in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series if you'd like to check it out! http://youtu.be/CxUIxKQApqc
🎤 lowcade
27. Dec 2013 · 19:07 UTC
Thanks guys!

triforcespark, Unfortunately not figured time well, and ended up missing some animations. But I'm glad you enjoyed it.

psychomonster, thanks man! I will work in the game and try to turn into a full game.

DanielSnd, Thanks for the video. Watching someone playing showed me clearly what needs to be polished in the game. Thanks for the support.

Yeah FrederickK. Being my first time programming, I opted for the JAM, to have more time. After receiving the feedback, I have thought about working more in the game and launch a more polished version with more levels and refined gameplay.

Jupiter_Hadley, Thank you for your appearance on video. And I am very happy to know you liked my work.
vapgames
03. Jan 2014 · 16:39 UTC
Looks cool, great style, but i constantly get stuck on the edge of platforms.
aeveis
04. Jan 2014 · 02:07 UTC
Nice art! interesting variations with the gameplay/difficulty.
pele
04. Jan 2014 · 02:21 UTC
That was fun! Some collision detection issues or not-clear ledges, but I like the idea and love how you worked the difficulty into the game!
local minimum
04. Jan 2014 · 08:52 UTC
I liked the graphics, but the controls were a bit hard to handle in combination with the level design. Most times I never managed to jump up onto platforms and once I managed to get stuck inside a platform. Great start for first time entry though!
AlexFili
04. Jan 2014 · 10:27 UTC
Playing as the Cormano is way too easy. Playing as the Ninja is almost impossible due to the number of enemies. It's reasonably fun and I love the graphics.
rogueNoodle
04. Jan 2014 · 13:18 UTC
Fourth character was my favorite - really unexpected ;) Love the art style - really good sense of design.
goerp
04. Jan 2014 · 16:22 UTC
I really like the style of your graphics. Good that you made three different ways to play.
Sometimes the monster would get stuck, but mostly it played well.
I thought, that if you made the game with Flash, making a mac version would be easy. Just change the publish settings? Or you zip a folder with the .swf and html files?
mcapraro
05. Jan 2014 · 05:16 UTC
awesome graphics!
🎤 lowcade
05. Jan 2014 · 12:50 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys! I will work in the game in near future. Now I know how to fix problema of gameplay hahaha. :)
davisan
05. Jan 2014 · 13:26 UTC
Cool game! Nice style!
Jeremias
05. Jan 2014 · 14:48 UTC
The visual style is awesome and the music is good, too. The three characters play very different and that's really nice, because you can effectively reuse the level while giving the player something new to play. The collision with the enemies seems to be a bit unfair, sometimes. I experienced a little bug, where I got totally stuck on one of the platforms (the roof where some guys are walking on). Good job anyway!
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
06. Jan 2014 · 23:30 UTC
The graphics are just amazing! Wow, so much in 3 days! Are you going to finish it?