Herding Cats: The 400th South Winchester Jr. Semi-Finals with Fiona Pennywhistle by Cercle

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made by Cercle for LD 40 (JAM)

My first game jam ever! It was such a blast! Play as Fiona Pennywhistle in this 2d Physics Puzzle game and try to take Jane Cavendish's place as Semi-Finalist Cat Herding Champion. If only the little buggers would go where you told them. Keep playing to unlock more narration! !main.png2.png3.png

Ratings

Overall 30th 4.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 20th 4.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 138th 3.768⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 228th 3.875⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 584th 3.482⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 25th 4.241⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.482⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

BouyertheDestroyer
05. Dec 2017 · 05:36 UTC
More challenging than I thought. The puzzles have got me hooked.

Get in the box kitteh!
interface
05. Dec 2017 · 05:41 UTC
This.Is.Hilarious. Tears-inducing laughter. I'm still playing but just had to post something.
Nammflow
05. Dec 2017 · 05:44 UTC
You've put together an excellent game for this game jam! I love all the voice commentary you provide between the levels. It really adds that extra level of polish. I also am a fan of the hand-drawn cartoon look you have for your game. Great game!
🎤 Cercle
05. Dec 2017 · 06:02 UTC
@nammflow @bouyerthedestroyer @interface Thank you! Thank you!
CMLSC
05. Dec 2017 · 06:26 UTC
This is probably my favorite game this Ludum Dare so far! It was very funny and the puzzles were pretty good. I saw that one of the characters was deceased, I'm not sure if I missed it, but I don't think that was explained. Also, I noticed a few physics glitches where in some cases your cats would get stuck in the fence. Still, great work(I beat it)!
Kerrigan
05. Dec 2017 · 06:26 UTC
Absolutely enjoyed the humour, I'd let Frank and Diane narrate my life forever. The puzzles were great too and you nailed the theme.

Also, the 7 cats I ate? They were delicious.
LordMiji
05. Dec 2017 · 06:45 UTC
Very clever little puzzle game, and a good fit to the theme. It was driving me crazy after the third puzzle :P.. love the voice acting too. Well done. Oh sorry, forgot to mention, the art and animation sequences were done incredibly well also. a very neat entry. it wouldln't be too much of a stretch of the imagination to see this on iOS :)
Benjamin San Souci
05. Dec 2017 · 08:17 UTC
The audio recordings were a blessing. Super funny and well put together.
The puzzles were great too, though they didn't feel like they were going from least challenging to most challenging. I had a lot of trouble on the first 2-3 puzzles, then the rest felt much easier. Really good stuff!
SaraFilipa
05. Dec 2017 · 08:27 UTC
Extremely funny and also challenging. Art is lovely. I loved the audio as well! Congratulations!
Bonelazy
05. Dec 2017 · 21:24 UTC
Incredible game, amazing humor, astounding presentation. Words are simply not enough to praise this gem. Good fuckin' job.
Z4zion
05. Dec 2017 · 21:57 UTC
The graphics are great and funny !!!!
DraperDanMan
06. Dec 2017 · 10:52 UTC
Woah! This was a great puzzle game! The humor at the start made me chuckle and that was some pretty good writing/voice acting! The simple rules of the game made for some very interesting puzzles! The first level had me stumped for a good minute until I learned that you could interrupt moves with a new one. It would have been nice to have a visual hin on the blue and red cats in their diamond in which directions were flipped. Eg. arrows on the top and bottom or on the left and right to help aid in remembering which color was which. The puzzle designs were really great, whenever you achieved the goal ahead of par it felt so rewarding. Congratulations on finishing the LD!
fishbrain
07. Dec 2017 · 07:46 UTC
Nice little puzzle game... brilliant presentation! Funny stuff :)
Keppu
07. Dec 2017 · 07:52 UTC
Clever use of theme. Solid game over all. 5/5 for audio due to narration!
Thomas FUentes
07. Dec 2017 · 10:05 UTC
Very nice puzzle game!! More challenging than i expected!
Sharon Anquetil
07. Dec 2017 · 10:07 UTC
Awesome puzzle game, even if sometimes level was easier than the previous one.
Anyway, a good game with funny audio :thumbsup:
Mr.MadCat
10. Dec 2017 · 18:46 UTC
This will definetly be among the top contendors for humor.
Well done.
Bastienre4
10. Dec 2017 · 22:26 UTC
Very good entry ! Smart puzzles, super fun, top notch commentary... Well done !
SubZtep
10. Dec 2017 · 22:31 UTC
One of the best game so far, I really like it! It's pretty fun, smart level design, all the assets just work together.
sovogirl
11. Dec 2017 · 10:08 UTC
GOD DAMN voice acting is good! <3
Also very challenging game.

p.s.Why do kitties never go into the box when you want them too...
qzqxq
14. Dec 2017 · 07:10 UTC
This game was extremely funny. I loved all of the effort you put into the voices: at first I felt like I would quickly get bored of the commentary during the puzzles, but there were so many unique and funny lines that it was entertaining the whole way through. Also, the scoreboard narration was excellently-written. Sometimes I feel like games can try "too hard" to be funny and end up just cringeworthy, but the humor here avoided that and was well-done. The funniest part for me might have been when the 10th place person was listed as "deceased", it was just so absurd that I couldn't help but break down in laughter.

The puzzles themselves had a cool mechanic, but I feel like you could have done a lot more with it. There were a few interesting levels (like the one with 4 cats in each of 3 corners and each corner having a different color of cat), but most of the puzzles got pretty repetitive after getting the hang of the rules. However, I will say that I never got bored and played through to the end, probably because you only had two levels in between scoreboard commentaries.

One small suggestion: I agree with @draperdanman that some indication of which color corresponded to which directions would have been nice. Even by the end of the game I was screwing it up.

Overall, this was a lot of fun to play, even though the puzzles themselves were kind of unremarkable. The graphics and audio were very polished, and I never would have guessed that this is your first game jam. Great job!