Momma's Little Monster by dalbinblue
Your momma's been kidnapped, and it's up to you to defEAT those that took her away. The gameplay is a simple platform puzzler, where you need to eat all the enemies in the level to progress. You can only eat monster's smaller or the same size as you, otherwise you'll be hurt or die.
This entry is written in C# and Monogame.
Controls
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Well, this followed both themes, so controls are easy:
Left - Move left
Right - Move right
Left/Right - Progress on any other screen.
Additionally, if for any reason you get stuck, you can press enter to restart the level.
As always, constructive feedback is encouraged. I've turned on anonymous feedback, but consider leaving your name visible. I will never take points off your entry for anything you say on mine.
Update: Found a few places in the game where it was possible to get permanently stuck and made the game unsolvable. These have been corrected. Let me know if you find any cases.
Update 2: Fixed level 9 based on cppchris's and Paraxite's comments. Thanks for the screenshot.
Update 3: Another round of game breaking bug fixes. I had to change the layout of level 15, and added a size cap to every level so that you only grow as big as you need to be to complete the level. Thanks for everyone noting areas where you can get stuck. This game should now no longer have any sticking points anywhere, but just in case, I added a fail-safe. If you get stuck, press "Enter" to restart the level.
This entry is written in C# and Monogame.
Controls
--------
Well, this followed both themes, so controls are easy:
Left - Move left
Right - Move right
Left/Right - Progress on any other screen.
Additionally, if for any reason you get stuck, you can press enter to restart the level.
As always, constructive feedback is encouraged. I've turned on anonymous feedback, but consider leaving your name visible. I will never take points off your entry for anything you say on mine.
Update: Found a few places in the game where it was possible to get permanently stuck and made the game unsolvable. These have been corrected. Let me know if you find any cases.
Update 2: Fixed level 9 based on cppchris's and Paraxite's comments. Thanks for the screenshot.
Update 3: Another round of game breaking bug fixes. I had to change the layout of level 15, and added a size cap to every level so that you only grow as big as you need to be to complete the level. Thanks for everyone noting areas where you can get stuck. This game should now no longer have any sticking points anywhere, but just in case, I added a fail-safe. If you get stuck, press "Enter" to restart the level.
Ratings
| Coolness | 52% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.97 | 54 |
| Audio | 3.57 | 122 |
| Fun | 3.94 | 40 |
| Graphics | 4.06 | 95 |
| Humor | 2.86 | 261 |
| Innovation | 3.43 | 306 |
| Mood | 3.58 | 130 |
| Theme | 4.39 | 31 |
That said, this is one of my favorites so far. It's almost reminiscent of bubble bobble. The graphics are simple but effective, the background music is enjoyable
On the level where the electric monster first appears, when you eat all the small enemies on the bottom level you become to big to fall down, so you cannot eat the final big one and get stuck on that level.
I also suffered from the "getting stuck on the level" -plague.
I think it was...level 7? It was the level with many little brown enemies and two bigger green ones.
I could eat the bigger ones even though there still was one little guy left. And I couldnt fall through the ground to get to him.
Nice game overall!
Nice little game, excellently captured the retro feeling :)
Unfortunately, I stuck on one level when I ate all enemies except one and was too big to fit into the hole in bottom of screen. I do not remember number of the level and I did't made a screenshot (and I closed the game pressing random keys trying to restart the level), but I can recall that the level has a dragon in the top of screen, big knight at bottom and very small knight over whom you cannot to eat if you are too small. I think a restart button may solve this problem.
Anyway, great work! This game is one of my favorites.