Howling Winter by Thiago Andre AS

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made by Thiago Andre AS for LD 43 (JAM)

ss.pngNature is beautiful and cruel. Feed your puppies, don't let them starve!

Hey! This was my first Ludum Dare as a lonewolf gamedev, and that's all I could do. It's a really big amount of work doing a little game by oneself. All respect to all of you guys who can do it. And all respect to everyone doing with a team too, mhahaha.

Hope you enjoy!

_GAME RULES:

Player is supposed to find/get the rabbit and give it back to Wolf puppies. WASD for move and SPACE to RUN.

Ratings

Overall 225th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 520th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 473th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 457th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 106th 4.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 145th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 551th 2.765⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 19th 4.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Carbonara
04. Dec 2018 · 22:09 UTC
Hi there! I realy like the art style: Trees with this white fade out on the floor and on the edges works pretty well, the blur on running animations is cool, maybe the head of the wolf when its running is to abstract but it works anyway. The music nicely highlight the graphics. The puppies are so cute ahah. As you said, this game is not perfect but I'l take it as it is and I liked what I saw. Nice job!
haharo
04. Dec 2018 · 23:18 UTC
I was almost crying, i didn't want my puppies dead :(

Awesome game! Loved the sketches of wolf
Mitch Cutler
04. Dec 2018 · 23:22 UTC
Certainly a cool vibe. The audio and visuals play well together. I wasn't sure what was ending the game. I brought back a second rabbit and the wolf howled. Were the babies dead?! oh no
🎤 Thiago Andre AS
05. Dec 2018 · 00:07 UTC
@mitch-cutler oh, yeah, they were dead already, sorry. The last moment should have been mother Wolf sniffing at them and howling up, but bugs gave me no time to animate =(

@haharo and @carbonara, thank you very much =D

Thanks everyone for playing =)
Arvejeitor
05. Dec 2018 · 00:31 UTC
Liked the "sketchy" art style!
Too bad puppies are dead :(
phanxgames
05. Dec 2018 · 00:50 UTC
Being a momma wolf was awesome, it felt wholesome to feed my pups. Loved it!
Plepletier
05. Dec 2018 · 01:26 UTC
E aeeee Thiagoooo!!!! Massa de mais o seu game. Eu acho que você conseguiu fazer muita coisa massa sozinho. Programar e desenhar é foda, aquilo que conversamos, as vezes tem q deixar um de lado para terminar o outro eheheh mas acho que tem coisas boas. Vi que não deu para colocar o esquema da loba se sacrificar para alimentar seu filhote. pelo menos isso não deu para polir para que ficasse claro. Mas o game ta completo e você conseguiu passar a experiência para o player. O ambiente todo branco trás esse sentimento de melancolia e desespero por ter q achar o alimento e correr para entrar pros filhotes. Bacana, bom trabalho ThiagoMachiroSaaaam!!!! Vlw!
Jungle
05. Dec 2018 · 12:35 UTC
Cara, já fiz muitas game jams sozinho e sei que não é fácil entregar um game. Esse seu game ficou bem legal mesmo, gostei bastante da ambientação e da sua ideia para o tema. Parabéns!!
Codesity
05. Dec 2018 · 17:17 UTC
looks good and its really harmonying with sound/Design. Good Work!
Ludo
05. Dec 2018 · 17:23 UTC
It was a pleasure to play your game, your art style is really nice =)
MarcoMing
05. Dec 2018 · 20:39 UTC
WOW! The sort of sketch looking art really fits in the game and it's beautiful. The sound goes really well too. It's really sad to see the puppies die :( really well done, I'd like the game to last for a little longer the puppies died too soon :(
Maruki
06. Dec 2018 · 00:01 UTC
Cool game, it feels pretty dark, which I consider commendable for the theme. The game would benefit from a small UX addition: besides having "hungry days" and "rabbits" on the HUD, there could be another line showing "rabbits caught", so the player is sure that he has a rabbit caught (there are no other indications of that in-game). Good job!
Alvar Gamez Zerban
06. Dec 2018 · 12:00 UTC
Love the animations so far. It's a bit weird that the snow fall is linked to the direction mama wolf goes, but the overall design goes really well together.
AwiX
07. Dec 2018 · 08:40 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics. I put a rating) Please rating and me, thanks in advance)