Heroic Cat! by Frib
Heroic Cat! Is a hero!
Be a heroic cat on an epic escort quest!
Note: Requires XNA 4.0 to be installed. Grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97
Every level can be finished without you or your escort getting hurt. Technically. But some are very hard to pull off.
Also, it's not over until you see the credits screen!
P.S. If the game doesn't run because it complains about your graphics card not being supported, try the Non-HiDef build. I've no idea yet if it solves the problem but it should not complain about that. And it should look exactly the same and all that.
Be a heroic cat on an epic escort quest!
Note: Requires XNA 4.0 to be installed. Grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97
Every level can be finished without you or your escort getting hurt. Technically. But some are very hard to pull off.
Also, it's not over until you see the credits screen!
P.S. If the game doesn't run because it complains about your graphics card not being supported, try the Non-HiDef build. I've no idea yet if it solves the problem but it should not complain about that. And it should look exactly the same and all that.
Ratings
| Coolness | 11% | 52 |
| Overall | 3.44 | 51 |
| Audio | 2.32 | 157 |
| Community | 3.79 | 11 |
| Fun | 3.53 | 38 |
| Graphics | 2.37 | 223 |
| Humor | 3.67 | 18 |
| Innovation | 2.95 | 146 |
| Theme | 3.58 | 33 |
Pretty nifty, had to kill the audio because it was killing me.
Solid effort, congrats on submitting!
Thank you for the instant level restart, which made failure painless!
The music was cringeworthy though. I had to turn it off about halfway through so it didn't drive me mad. Would have been better if there hadn't been any. :(
Was also a pain to get running (needed to download and install .NET 4.0 and XNA, and my first XNA download was corrupted *shakes fist at Microsoft*), but the game more than made up for that and it didn't affect my score. :)
Well done! I just read that this is your first LD. And not your last, I hope, because this was a quality entry!
I liked the idea, the puzzles and the revenge part ;)
Great entry!
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Now for the bad part... you are an evil, evil person :P!
After giving me hope for kitty there's that part with the traps and the fire spewing monster and the levers - that last F jump for the top lever is impossible I managed it once in 100+ attempts and then I have to do it under time pressure :(... would've loved to see the ending :'(...
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Your best bet is to practice the jump a few times without the time pressure. Just let the guy die and try to do the jump a few times. It's tricky, I know. Once you think you have the hang of it, try again under time pressure. There are a few more jumps in the game which should be tweaked. Or rather, the cat movement should be tweaked so he accelerates instead of the current instant max speed.
****** BIG SPOILER ALERT ABOUT THE ENDING ******
Basically the ending is that you take the red guy to the home town. The princess and the green dude are in the house upstairs, presumably kissing. The old man rambles that it's dangerous to have unprotected sex, and to take this. Then, two seconds later, the red guy shoots a fireball at the house, and the house instantly burns completely in a huge fire, and the old man yells he's on fire and that it hurts and he wonders why it's happening and then he probably dies together with the green guy and the princess. Then the red guy moves out of the screen, you follow him, and then you see the ending credits with "Heroic Cat! Is a Villain!", which is exactly the same as the intro screen, but then with evil eyes and the altered text. And that's it!
I should make a video about it though. The text doesn't do it justice.
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I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the game though :D