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Piggybanks in Space by Flying Dog Fish

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made by Flying Dog Fish for LD 44 (JAM)

If your life is a currency, you're obviously a bank, but banks are boring as hell and not suitable as game characters, unless, of course, they are piggybanks. Your goal is to become the biggest pig of them all. You control your piggybank by moving the mouse. You should pickup coins and eat smaller pigs to grow, while avoiding being eaten by the bigger ones. Hit Space to get back to the menu. Tools used: - Unity - Visual Studio - Inkscape to draw everything in the game, including the font (the only thing that was done in advance) - freesound.org to get the base for the sound effects - Audacity to edit the sound effects - OBS Studio to record the gameplay video

Special thanks go to Aziraphal for the soundtrack made especially for this game, not to mention QA. https://youtu.be/-r8fc87QwnA

HTML5 (web) http://flyingdogfish.com/ld/44/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/piggybanks-in-space

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ldjsq
29. Apr 2019 · 23:24 UTC
nice game, although I am no 100% sure if it reminded me of some other game :cop:
CaOrJavier
29. Apr 2019 · 23:28 UTC
well done by putting a video ;D
Barrier
30. Apr 2019 · 08:02 UTC
Cute art! Maybe a bit too easy at start, but snorting pigs is fun! :D
Manuel Rauber
30. Apr 2019 · 16:38 UTC
Well done! Art it cute. It could be a bit faster though, it takes a long time to get a fat piggy :D
Fabian Pohl
30. Apr 2019 · 16:43 UTC
Fun little game with spore mechanic. The Gameplay fits the given theme. Well done and spore on!
Jam373
01. May 2019 · 15:39 UTC
Very fun, always liked these kinds of games. And good interpretation of the theme :)
JofersGames
01. May 2019 · 15:51 UTC
Its like agar.io, fun :)
Minemes
01. May 2019 · 23:25 UTC
The game reminds me of Spore.
Draconimous
02. May 2019 · 05:55 UTC
Great idea for a game :) Very fun. Reminded me a little of katamari damacy! their were a couple time where it seemed like my little piggy got stuck on something and I got chomped up. Good job!
Shaolin Dave
02. May 2019 · 06:07 UTC
I don't think it fit the theme very well. You aren't using your life to purchase anything, so how is it currency? I think you could have made this same game buy replacing the characters with anything, and the coins with anything that they eat.

Artwork was cute, and I really liked the music.
Conspite
02. May 2019 · 11:15 UTC
Pretty decent game. I wish there was another way to interact in the game though, perhaps a stamina bar that allows you to speed up temporarily for example.
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
02. May 2019 · 12:49 UTC
@minemes And spore reminds me of some other games before it :)
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
02. May 2019 · 13:04 UTC
@draconimous Thanks. I never heard of that game before, but it looks like fun. I have something similar in my Steam library called The Wonderful End of the World.
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
02. May 2019 · 13:05 UTC
@conspite That's a good idea, I'll remember it for possible future improvements.
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
02. May 2019 · 13:11 UTC
@shaolin-dave I disagree. Your life is **literary** currency here, the only purpose of a piggy bank's life is to hold currency (coins and even bills). That you must use your life to purchase stuff is only **one interpretation** of the theme, and rather boring one at that if you ask me. My first idea was to do that, but then I saw almost everybody was doing that. Besides, I already did something like that last time with "sacrifices must be made".
Weine
02. May 2019 · 16:14 UTC
Everybody is reminded of different games. For me it was very much like flOw: http://www.xgenstudios.com/game.php?keyword=flow

Anyhoo, I liked it and found it very soothing (except for my first game were I spawned just in front of a giant piggy). The graphics is simple and to the point, and the scrolling is so perfectly smooth.
Theme-wise you did a great job of integrating the theme completely in the game (don't listen to @shaolin-dave ;-).

Gameplay-wise the early- and mid-games are interesting and have slightly different strategies. Sadly, the late game is lacking (and lonely) as grow so big that no other pigs want to play with you. Some kind of piggy-radar or other way of finding your friends would have made it possible to eat them all and win the game =)
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
02. May 2019 · 17:32 UTC
@weine Thanks. Piggy radar was on the list of ideas, but there wasn't really time to do that, but it's on a list for future improvements, if I ever make any. Past a certain size the field of view actually grows with the piggy to help you see more, but sometimes that's not enough. And you don't actually have to eat all the other pigs to win, you just have to grow to a certain size.
Sockyman
03. May 2019 · 00:15 UTC
Fun and relaxing game. The enemy bank AI is not great as they will just wander, follow or run away. It would be cool if they ate other banks too. Music is very chill.
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
03. May 2019 · 02:35 UTC
@sockyman Thanks. Banks are just very simpleminded creatures ;) But I agree it would be fun, I actually toyed with that idea myself, but decided against it, because it would be hard to implement properly in the short time available.
Eelstork
03. May 2019 · 10:20 UTC
I actually think this game is *on the money* regarding the theme. Some may find it too simple, but it's hard enough to keep you busy, easy enough that there's not much stress involved; also, the execution is thorough. I didn't personally like the gfx/music much but they still do a job (I do like the starry background and galaxies though.
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03. May 2019 · 10:20 UTC
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Eelstork
03. May 2019 · 10:21 UTC
Sorry for the spam thing looked it wasn't posting so I erm. Kept clicking and here's the result. Can't seem to be able to remove these posts either.
JamesOliverMusic
03. May 2019 · 15:13 UTC
Nice! But piggybanks in...... space? Interesting! Was challenging and entertaining enough to keep going until I could eat everything in my path. Maybe add a control to 'sprint' or something? To make piggy move a little faster. Music was a little repetitive, but the game is only short anyway. maybe add a few variations of the coin sound.
GerardB
03. May 2019 · 22:18 UTC
Really like the take on the theme and the Agar.io like mechanics.

That being said I would have enjoyed faster gameplay and some particles and effects when collecting coins and eating other piggybanks.

That being said I enjoyed the game and congrats!
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
03. May 2019 · 22:36 UTC
@jamesolivermusic Yeah, the name was inspired by Pigs in Space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmI77ZBeJrQ
Thanks, I'll remember that for a possible future expansion.
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
03. May 2019 · 22:39 UTC
@gerardb Thanks, I'll add that to the list for future improvements.
Copper_Aardvark_Games
04. May 2019 · 16:58 UTC
Very relaxing and enjoyable, it reminds me of one of those games you play ironically because you are bored of all your other games, and it turns out to be really good xd
gurkan96
04. May 2019 · 22:29 UTC
Love how you dont just kill the other pigs but suck the life force from them 5/5 brilliance!
Dioinecail
04. May 2019 · 22:29 UTC
A nice game, it has some Spore vibes to it.

Id add a little fart mechanic that would allow you to speed up a little bit while spending some coins and producing a coin fart particles :)
🎤 Flying Dog Fish
04. May 2019 · 22:32 UTC
@dioinecail That's a great idea. I'll add it to the top of the list for future improvements :pig:
Blondhie
04. May 2019 · 22:42 UTC
This was fun! The longer I lived the more focused I became. I would have liked a counter for the coins I was collecting.
someone
04. May 2019 · 22:49 UTC
Nice relaxing game. I enjoyed the music though the coin sound was a bit jarring compared to the overall mood.
I like how the eating is gradual, so you have a chance to escape rather than being an instant game over.
I did die the second I pressed play on my first attempt though. I guess a pig spawned on top of me.