NEK.O. by Ametentia

made by Ametentia for LD 42 (JAM)

The Cat Sumo Fighting Game

A sumo cat fighting rumble game with shrinking and changing arenas! We've added 4 different characters with 4 different special moves!

Neko - Japanese for cat smashed together with K.O.

Controls:

WASD: Move
Q: Special Move
W/A/S/D + Space: Dash Attack
Tab: Toggle Fullscreen (Only on Main menu) Escape: Quit game (Main menu), return to main menu (Game over)

There is a crash on macOS when trying to return to the main menu.

Special Moves:

Sumocat -> Strength: You can no longer be pushed around! Luchadorecat -> Power Boost: You're now twice the size of other cats!
Astrocat -> Swap: Swap with the closest player, it can cause some serious confusion
DevilCat -> Inversion: ???

Installation:

Windows: Just run the exe

Linux: You'll require to have SFML installed:
* Ubuntu: sudo apt install libsfml-dev * Arch: sudo pacman -S sfml

Afterwards you should be fine to run the .sh

macOS: Should be up and running again. Just unzip the .app and run it. You may have to go into Settings > Security & Privacy to run it as it is an unsigned application.

Missing Original Features

Local co-op
Network co-op
Controller Support

Tools used

SFML
Visual Studio
Vim
CLion
Photoshop

The Team:

Graphics by: Cameron Thornton
Coding: James Bulman
Coding: Matthew Threlfall
Music provided by Anttis

Source Code	https://gitlab.com/Ametentia/LD42
Linux	https://mega.nz/#!HxRTXKSA!lqYCw4LXORsg40dx3vxvV1XkHa9FVvlOPm-3H9ah1kk
Windows	https://mega.nz/#!e1RTWIKb!tA_6jYX7mduRb_vP8LaSRLn0OOjC7huAwAYuG4QwyjQ
macOS	https://mega.nz/#!jsZ30QrZ!0V-DLyy7EPmTTiJ885rx0d3oDMAHce3f6YXPFHs4rbg
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/nek-o

Ratings

Overall	1156^th	2.75⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	857^th	2.95⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1065^th	2.65⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	759^th	3.3⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	901^th	2.975⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Humor	518^th	2.737⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Mood	1014^th	2.5⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Given		23🗳️	1🗨️

Feedback

RyanJavanshir

15. Aug 2018 · 14:49 UTC

Love this game! Really good take on the theme. My only suggestion is that the attack could be mapped to a mouse click or something else (Might be easier when using WASD). Graphics were really impressive

Capernoited

15. Aug 2018 · 14:50 UTC

I liked the artwork on the selection screen, though the in-game graphics could use some sprucing up. The idea fits well with the theme and is quite amusing. Well done on programming in AI, though the characters could be more balanced (Astrocat blasts everyone into outer space!). It's difficult to tell when some characters use their special abilities, so some visual feedback would be helpful - perhaps a character could glow when their ability is in effect. It would be great to see the introduction of local co-op in a future build.

Joshuc

15. Aug 2018 · 15:48 UTC

I wanted to try and play this game, but the download for mac did not work. Could you fix that?

DjeyCreations

15. Aug 2018 · 15:57 UTC

I must admit I am quite disappointed. I loved the character selection screen art. And then, the game appears and there is nothing like the previous screen. Moreover, the in-game graphics lack of clarity. You could really improve the game just by reskinning it! Anyway, a jam is always a challenge and you passed it. Well done!

🎤 Ametentia

15. Aug 2018 · 16:07 UTC

@djeycreations Hey thanks for playing! I get your upset at the in-game graphics, I feel if we were to remake it or continue on we'd definitely reskin the players and probably resize them for greater clarity. Thank you for the feed back and I'm glad you gave it a try :smile: //Fletch

DjeyCreations

15. Aug 2018 · 16:09 UTC

@ametentia The cats are awesome. I wish you'll be able to use them as in-game player characters!

🎤 Ametentia

15. Aug 2018 · 16:13 UTC

@joshuc Hey sorry about the issue, thanks for bringing it to our attention. We'll look at trying to fix the mac version. For now we're going to remove the download link and have another look at building it to work without fuss. //fletch

🎤 Ametentia

15. Aug 2018 · 20:21 UTC

@joshuc Hey, I think I have fixed the macOS build now and have uploaded the new .app. If you are willing to give it a go that would be great as we don't really have any other way to test the macOS version. Thanks -- James

Joshuc

16. Aug 2018 · 05:21 UTC

Thanks for fixing the macOS build! I found it very fun, and the idea was very innovative. The game looked polished, and it looked like a game I would play in my free time.

Lucas Ferrantelli

16. Aug 2018 · 17:17 UTC

Wow the art are greats! Thats a shame the in-play arent as good, thats why I only put 4.5 in graphics, anyway, I love the ideas of special move, and I had fun, good job guys, this is a nice entry !

Dev_For_Pizza

16. Aug 2018 · 19:34 UTC

Funny game ! The game parts are too short for listen a music ^^

mike_inPrinciple

16. Aug 2018 · 23:54 UTC

Interesting case study. I was completely convinced I would find a graphically interesting game from the thumbnail, and the only screenshot here, showing the only art that the game has that is actual art. But the game graphics and mechanics are very rough instead and fairly simple as well. This game sells itself well thanks to the thumbnail, but I found it quite shallow to play it.

Zicboy

17. Aug 2018 · 05:28 UTC

Really like the art style!