Every Ten Seconds A Kitten Drowns by matthias_zarzecki
Oh noes! All the kittens are drowning!
You have 120 seconds to save as many kittens as possible in this unique cat-based boating-simulator!
Features:
- Procedurally Generated Kittens
- Seamines
- Upgradable Spaceboat!
- Torpedoes!
- Highscores, to keep you coming back :P
- Thumping Beat
- Cats drowning
- Hits towards your conscience
Controls:
- WSAD/Arrows - Movement
- M - Mute sound
- B - Open Shop (when in range)
- Space - Fire Torpedo (if upgraded)
Also available for your convenience: Win, Mac & Linux-Builds (I hope they work), a timelapse-video, and the soundtrack (for all your soundtrack-related needs)
Enjoy!
-Matthias
@IcarusTyler
//Note
Weird. For some reasons the explosions don't show up in the webbuild. I'll figure that one out after sleeping
//update
I went back in and fixed 2 critical game-stopper bugs.
//Addendum
Thanks for the feedback! In retrospect having the money-count be visible in the shop is kind-of obvious :P
You have 120 seconds to save as many kittens as possible in this unique cat-based boating-simulator!
Features:
- Procedurally Generated Kittens
- Seamines
- Upgradable Spaceboat!
- Torpedoes!
- Highscores, to keep you coming back :P
- Thumping Beat
- Cats drowning
- Hits towards your conscience
Controls:
- WSAD/Arrows - Movement
- M - Mute sound
- B - Open Shop (when in range)
- Space - Fire Torpedo (if upgraded)
Also available for your convenience: Win, Mac & Linux-Builds (I hope they work), a timelapse-video, and the soundtrack (for all your soundtrack-related needs)
Enjoy!
-Matthias
@IcarusTyler
//Note
Weird. For some reasons the explosions don't show up in the webbuild. I'll figure that one out after sleeping
//update
I went back in and fixed 2 critical game-stopper bugs.
//Addendum
Thanks for the feedback! In retrospect having the money-count be visible in the shop is kind-of obvious :P
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.48 | 188 |
| Audio | 2.95 | 323 |
| Fun | 3.34 | 240 |
| Graphics | 3.33 | 304 |
| Humor | 3.39 | 101 |
| Innovation | 3.06 | 478 |
| Mood | 3.05 | 323 |
| Theme | 3.41 | 319 |
Side note: I'm guessing you're aware of it, but I did get my boat stuck on the center thing at one point and had to exit out.
I lost pretty badly, I let 11 kittens drown, and when I clicked, "I can save more" it just said that I lost instantly with no cats saved nor drowned.
I had trouble at first with the mines. The hit box was larger than I expected. After that it was smooth sailing. Nice touches with the boat naming, cat naming and upgrade system.
This game does for boats and cats what Choplifter did for helicopters and POWs.
But the feels when I saw that first kitty sink. :( You've scarred me for life man.
Nice gameplay!
At first I thought I was an airplane and had to fly around, then I realized I was on water and in a boat!
The music is not good, nor does it put me in a kitten saving mood, and the lack of sound effects really detracts from the atmosphere.
Not a whole lot of fun though, and the music isnt that fitting.
Just, the track is maybe a bit short, and sometimes, my boat stuck during 10 seconds I don't know why. Anyway, congrats ! :D
Otherwise it's really fun! The music could be more happy, though :)
- If you try to change the boat's name, the keyboard stops working (including ingame WASD).
- The game crashed when I tried to buy the radar first thing.
Nothing that wouldn't be expected after only two days work though. Really fun idea that was very well implemented!
Skyboxes are not exempt assets. Only fonts and some musical assets are.
And such a clean, pleasing 3D style. Extra points for that.
The shop button was a bit hard to find - I kept clicking on the money display for a while. Derp.
The radar I think caused some serious pauses, but otherwise this is a great execution on the idea.
I could really see myself playing a version of this with a persistent shop over and over.
would have been awesome if you had a radar or sth so I knew where the next drowning kitteh was
That's why i rated 2 in fun.
The song is also really boring.
The game is fun and work like a charm. :)
Well done!
Nice music...
My only criticism is that I do feel that it's a little too easy to hit those mines.
nice game good work
I thought the game played otherwise well, but I got stuck on the rescue station when I exited the shopping window, and sometimes kitties and mines spawn on the same location. Mine collision area is crazy large too.
Disregarding that bug and the fact that the mines hitboxes was way too large this game is extremely well polished and feels really complete for the fact that it was made during 48 hours by a single guy, easily a 4/5.
Well done!
At one point the keyboard input seemed to stop working, I couldn't work out why, but after a cat appeared it worked again. Well done overall!
Really fun game ^^
No hard feelings, but... no!
great take on the theme! I like how the driver of the boat is a cat.
It's a bit dark, at least on my screen.
I had a cat generated right on top of a landmine. Poor Nermal didn't make it.
It would be nice if the shop showed how much money you have. :)
Fun idea :)
This is a cute and fun game. Good stuff.
There were a few bugs, and one cat spawned exactly on top of a mine so I couldn't save him, but otherwise I enjoyed this entry!
Was confused at first though. I thought the little cat head icons actually WERE the kittens, not money.
I wish there wasn't a 120 second timer. I would like to keep going and keep upgrades. The fun stops too early! Cool entry.
Awesome game, great job!
great game :D
-ENDESGA
Also, there's no way (that I could find anyway) to extend the time limit, which again seems at odds with the upgrade system.
Though it could be that I'm not very good at the game - I kept getting 35-40% =(
the cat names were hilarious
music is top notch as well
Too bad I had two bugs: Once a kitten was directly spawned inside a seamine, and after I bought something (speed +10%), I suddenly couldn't rescue any more kittens, I just drove through them. :-(
P.S: Sometimes mines appear over kittens :(
cool little game though! Just wish wasnt 120 seconds only :P
also, i died straight away!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/iamboss.jpg
The random cat names are great and naming your boat is always a good thing ^^
Never could let a kitty drown. Awww.
Theme applied well and a well executed concept, good luck!
I wish the restart would work properly. I'd probably play this game until the end of my days.
So, uh, in case you didn't already know: Your game is superb and a lot of fun. I think might have a winner here!
But a bit more feedback and reward would be nice. More action, water particle effects. Kittens jumping for help and meowing heart-breakingly would be persuasive.
And it took a lot of restarts to realize, that I have to bring the kittens back to the station (didn't recognized the text there m)). Maybe make the amount of kittens in the boat more prominent. And seeing all the rescued kittens on the platform would be really awesome as well.
Well done!
I felt so guilty when I realized I couldn't save grumpy cat.
Anyways, really nice game. It was solid, didn't find any problem with it and it has some replay value. The music was good but it could have used some sfx.
Good job! Had fun
THE COCO IS THE KEY OF SUCCESS!! YOU COCO YOU COCO ARRRGGAGGGGG!!!
Congratz if you really play 200 games else Congratz too. XD
Nice idea and cool upgrade system. Boat didn't feel very 'boaty' though.
Cat names are amazing!
1/ using kittens is very a very low move on your part ... I mean... seriously... kittens :D
2/ I couldn't find any ways to get better.. Always stuck to 40-42%, I checked various strategy in buying power ups but nothing
3/ sometimes cat spawn on mines.... you should have filtered such case in your randomness =)
But overall the game is working and well... kittens!
Really fun and well-made game! Actually it's kind of too bad that there is a time limit. I would have loved to play it for a while longer and buy more upgrades.
Also that music is great.
Very solid game though.
Fun and fast little game. I like it. :)
Fun take on the theme. A little cruel though. Who put all those kittens there and pays for them? So many questions...
Apart from that, game was really fun, and I loved the audio.
Otherwise, nice kitten-saving simulator :D
I actually finally bought it a few days ago. Now I only need to invest time and get fluent
Nice game, well done.
(I like the cat names :3)