GURU GURU by Makio

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made by Makio for LD27 (JAM)
"Guruguru" is a hungry monster.
You feed him odd creature "Pompoms" by using cursor keys.
He only be able to be real figure within 10 secs in the night
and he loses his power when the time change to daytime.
You have to escape from Pompoms to keep spirits!
When Guruguru lost all his spirits, it's game over.

Bon 'appetit and Good luck!

Create with html5, you can play here - google chrome recommended :
http://makiopolis.com/ludum27/

Members:
-Developed by David Ronai ( @Makio64 - makiopolis.com )
-Designed by Aki Aoki ( @Akican - akiaoki.com )
-Sound created by Mike Stoney ( @Bulbamike soundcloud.com/mike-stoney )


Special thanks to :
- HARIBO happy box
- Chocolate
and
- Lemon syrup

GURU GURU !!!

Ratings

Coolness 64% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.75 58
Audio(Jam) 3.57 80
Fun(Jam) 3.58 61
Graphics(Jam) 4.32 44
Humor(Jam) 3.33 90
Innovation(Jam) 3.38 132
Mood(Jam) 3.57 77
Theme(Jam) 3.72 49

Feedback

Just_delete_it
27. Aug 2013 · 04:42 UTC
Great art and concept! Is there anywhere to hide during the day?
futuristteletex
27. Aug 2013 · 04:54 UTC
love the art.. and interesting concept.. i didnt really get what to do during the day tho.. still enjoyed it!
FireZenk
27. Aug 2013 · 09:25 UTC
Good graphics and funny!
lordjosephdeburg
28. Aug 2013 · 00:47 UTC
hahaha guru guru has a really good twist. worth playing
GagaPete
28. Aug 2013 · 17:26 UTC
I love this game, seems to be simple but hard as hell. Okay, you can abuse the path-finding to collect Pompoms during day but thats a minor problem. The whole presentation is great. Very, very well done.
🎤 Makio
28. Aug 2013 · 19:07 UTC
@Just_delete_it / @futuristelex : sorry, a bug with cloud on some config, I fix it yesterday :)
@GagaPete : Hehe, there is no pathfinding in this game, but I also abuse it when I played haha ! It's a pat of the charm and will be great to complete some challenge ( not enought time to add this feature during the ludum :( )
skywing
29. Aug 2013 · 22:21 UTC
Very cool. The time cycles are very well done as well, since they change the gameplay completely.
kibertoad
29. Aug 2013 · 22:26 UTC
loading got stuck for me in firefox.
Mesene
29. Aug 2013 · 22:29 UTC
Nice entry! it deserves more visits
Brejlounek
29. Aug 2013 · 22:35 UTC
This has a great feel to it! I survived for cca 5 days most... Escaping during the day is quite hard. Transition to night is cool! :D
🎤 Makio
29. Aug 2013 · 23:03 UTC
@kibertoad : Thanks ! Bug fixed :)

Arigatoooo others, happy to see people get fun ! :D
brobutter
29. Aug 2013 · 23:45 UTC
Great graphics and the gameplay reminded me of PacMan for some reason. It would be cool if you could hide under the shadows of the clouds during the day.
ddionisio
29. Aug 2013 · 23:47 UTC
I really like the art and music in this game, very charming! Very creative presentation as well: the sun and moon display above the screen and the emoticons in the intro. Unique game mechanic.

Great take on the theme too!

I lasted 5 days, I'm a disappointment to Guru-Guru :(
🎤 Makio
29. Aug 2013 · 23:48 UTC
@brobutter : actually the cloud protect from the sun ( else your spirits leave you even if no ennemy touch you ) but some new cloud mecanics as well as more ennemy during the day and night will be nice yeah !
johnfn
29. Aug 2013 · 23:49 UTC
Beautiful art, good music, neat idea but SUPER hard, though it felt kinda fair for the ghost to get justice because he kills so much at night :P. My high score is 50 pompoms!
Hayawi
29. Aug 2013 · 23:51 UTC
excellent art! confusing game and pretty slow though.
flarb
29. Aug 2013 · 23:55 UTC
WOW! This is one of the most polished entries I've seen! I did mange to somehow break out of the map, though.
🎤 Makio
29. Aug 2013 · 23:59 UTC
@Hayawi : Did you play it on chrome ? It shoudn t be slow..
naufr4g0
30. Aug 2013 · 02:14 UTC
Awesome graphics and nice concept! :)
brodavi
30. Aug 2013 · 02:58 UTC
Wow so great! Wonderful music, excellent character design, fun mechanic, nostalgic! :)
Brejlounek
30. Aug 2013 · 09:56 UTC
Played it some more, actually, running away at night isn't that hard, got to 180 or so eaten crabs :) I feel bullied over day :(
Nick Weihs
30. Aug 2013 · 11:28 UTC
Wow I really liked the art on this and the game was fun! My only complaint is that during the day due to not being able to fly over grass it was a little difficult XD. Nice job!
magicdweedoo
30. Aug 2013 · 12:12 UTC
this was fun I got 66
HD408
30. Aug 2013 · 12:48 UTC
This game looks and sounds really funny, but doesn't display game graphics after the loading screen in my Opera 12.
HD408
30. Aug 2013 · 12:48 UTC
Music still works.
kibertoad
30. Aug 2013 · 13:12 UTC
LOVE the main character design. interesting idea, but it it seems like it could use better collision detection and controls.
iterative deepening
30. Aug 2013 · 16:34 UTC
The concept is really cool. It's pretty stressful when the sun rises with the pompoms, but it also gave me the envy to eat them all at night :)
Also, I played on firefox and it was fine
dekart
30. Aug 2013 · 16:43 UTC
Awesome game, I like how it matches the theme. Art and music is good too.
gre
31. Aug 2013 · 16:06 UTC
Ahah, That's like LD25 theme (You are the villain) mixed with this LD27 !

Very good art and awesome game mecanisms.
oxysoft
31. Aug 2013 · 19:44 UTC
That was absolutely awesome. The pixel art style is astounding. The only thing I didn't like was how hard it was to escape during the day.
Zerot
31. Aug 2013 · 20:07 UTC
Confusing at first and day time is a pain but good graphics and audio.
Volute
31. Aug 2013 · 21:28 UTC
Fun game, great art and great music !
Manoloko
31. Aug 2013 · 22:03 UTC
A great game, amazing pixel graphics and cool music and FX. Easy to learn, hard to master. I love it. 5 stars.
Solifuge
31. Aug 2013 · 23:29 UTC
I enjoyed this game.

I liked the graphics, music/sfx, and gameplay. It was a bit hard at first but once the right spot was found it became easy.

I would have liked to see an overall objective such as collect X pompom souls. Or stay alive for X days.

More levels could have prolonged the fun (but then there's the time constraints).

Played on Firefox 23 with no apparent problems.

Overall it was much fun.
DevMax
31. Aug 2013 · 23:56 UTC
Very nice little game, the art style is great, Gameplay reminds of variation of pacman, overall very good!
🎤 Makio
01. Sep 2013 · 08:01 UTC
Thanks guys for feedback !

We agree with the majority, the level design should give a better learning curve.

Happy to see it works on firefox :D
x3zinja12
01. Sep 2013 · 14:05 UTC
I love the art and music. It compliments the game-play well.
Gear
01. Sep 2013 · 14:13 UTC
Must eat more pompoms.
🎤 Makio
01. Sep 2013 · 15:28 UTC
@gear : Yeah guruguru ! :D
domrein
01. Sep 2013 · 21:12 UTC
Great art and concept and fun. Super hard to survive the day though.
gmaker
02. Sep 2013 · 15:34 UTC
loved this game! =) awesome mosters =) good job sir!!
Colapsydo
05. Sep 2013 · 09:57 UTC
Nice universe you've created here.
I really appreciate the dual gameplay.
I found a bit difficult the day part since the creatures are really fast, but I really dig the fact that we can't go through grass and that we need to think about it during the night.
Kimidori
05. Sep 2013 · 14:36 UTC
fun game 5 stars!

it was hard at first, though once I figured out the safe route, I can pretty much play this game indefinitely without fear of ever dying :P. played it for half a hour then stop at day 71 with 563 Pompoms eaten.

though I would like to report a little bug, there are one flower that have chance of spawning out of the map in the screenshot here.

http://i.imgur.com/I4DDvdZ.png
rissatto
05. Sep 2013 · 16:52 UTC
Cool lol
danhett
07. Sep 2013 · 15:24 UTC
This is fantastic, artwork is brilliant. Great entry.
🎤 Makio
09. Sep 2013 · 22:20 UTC
Thanks guys !
@Kimidori : 71 days ?!!! Oh my god.. you deserve all ur respect sir :)
Martin_Monosys
13. Sep 2013 · 18:56 UTC
He, very nice game, so cute... :)
canvapps
17. Sep 2013 · 00:10 UTC
Cool art and concept and fast as hell! That are the best ones!
Awesome!