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Sneaky Purple by bigbuggames

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made by bigbuggames for LD35 (JAM)
In this game you play as a monster. And you are very hungry...

Prey upon the kid, but be careful with his dad! Once you see him coming, shapeshift into an item of your surroundings to make sure he doesn't realise you are there.

IMPORTANT: This is a memory game that will also test your reflexes.

Controls:
SPACE- to go forward
Q W E R T (on easy)- to transform into items (they will be randomly assigned once you choose the difficulty)
Q W E R T A S D F G (on normal and hard)- to transform into items (they will be randomly assigned once you choose the difficulty)

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Edit: Easy difficulty has been made easier
Screenshots and cover were added
Web (unity player) https://bigbuggames.itch.io/sneaky-purple
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=55109

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.45 341
Audio(Jam) 3.52 209
Fun(Jam) 2.84 761
Graphics(Jam) 3.94 219
Humor(Jam) 3.29 187
Innovation(Jam) 3.72 122
Mood(Jam) 3.72 140
Theme(Jam) 4.23 34

Feedback

FinGamer
19. Apr 2016 · 14:43 UTC
The idea is very interesting!
Andreas Brandt
19. Apr 2016 · 19:44 UTC
Amazing, pretty original, nice gameplay, the graphics are really nice, the only bad thing is the wait time between every match, you need to wait till reset and then till the items gone, but obviating that small detail pretty nice entry, good job!
WeaverDeveloper
19. Apr 2016 · 22:38 UTC
Super cute game. I like how the correct shape isn't perfectly obvious and you have to look around to get it right. Animation and graphics are very cute.
Ironhead
20. Apr 2016 · 01:18 UTC
This was a really cool original. Well done with the mood and Innovation especially.
torcado
20. Apr 2016 · 18:19 UTC
interesting idea, but i couldnt get the dad to not catch me. and it also took a long time to reset.
APantaloni
20. Apr 2016 · 19:53 UTC
Interesting idea. Made me realize that my memory isn't that great ;) Nice music and drawings!
KairosXIII
24. Apr 2016 · 15:30 UTC
Great idea for a memory game. The art is nice too.
FistBumpGames
24. Apr 2016 · 16:00 UTC
Really cool idea! We had something similar in mind, but decided to go with another idea. Really good to see someone else doing a similar approach! I liked the mood of this, the moster is cool and you really need good reflexes for this! I finally had to go with easy, but if I had more time, I would try it on nightmare too! For improvement, you could signal when a right choice is made before dad is killing you.

Greetings, Bruz
ajayajayaj
24. Apr 2016 · 16:08 UTC
Interesting Idea, just very confused what items are the correct ones to shapeshift into. Maybe I'm just stupid...
cptalbertwesker
25. Apr 2016 · 20:05 UTC
What a fantastic game! So simple, but so tense! The graphics are lovely, and the sound effects when you eat the kid! AMAZING :D I love it

I was a little confused at times at what I should shapeshift into because there didn't seem to be much in the room.
Gtron
26. Apr 2016 · 12:00 UTC
I think the game's biggest weakness is its iteration time. If you were simply sent back to the beginning of the level after being caught, the game would be much more playable. I also think shuffling the button mapping was a bit unnecessary. I couldn't keep them straight. The game's visuals are great though, and the concept is very fun.
Xanjos
26. Apr 2016 · 16:00 UTC
Even on the easiest difficulty the game itself is ridiculously hard because of how insanely eagle-eyed the Dad is but I like the concept a lot plus I loved the art style.
Freank
26. Apr 2016 · 16:10 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
🎤 bigbuggames
26. Apr 2016 · 16:35 UTC
Thanks everyone for the comments! The feedback is helping us a lot on deciding what we did good and wrong so that we can improve the overall for the next LD. Please feel free to say honestly what you think.
@Freank of course you can use it for a video :D
Ibzy
26. Apr 2016 · 19:08 UTC
Original idea with great hand-drawn graphics. Took me ages to realise it was spacebar to move, and then I was pressing keys at random for shapeshifting - rarely the right shape.

Great entry, and I think proves everybody on here has poor memory skills haha
Fabraz
26. Apr 2016 · 19:09 UTC
Saw your blog post. love the bouncy animation on the purple monster. Fun memory game, could work for kids! Definitely tweak that difficulty, dad is totally mean as hell.
Rock Eaters
29. Apr 2016 · 19:46 UTC
Very Original ! Cute game ! cool controls
gelisam
08. May 2016 · 16:50 UTC
A suggestion: when I transform into an object which I think is appropriate but the dad doesn't, maybe show an example object which would have been appropriate for that location?