Serious Ham by Saurabh

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made by Saurabh for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

“Give a hamster his food, and he’ll be fed for a day. Give a hamster growth supplements and a massive hamster wheel and he’ll start a hamster war.” – Xi Jin Ping

Once upon a time, in a land close, close away, a hamster had finally had enough of its monotonous life. Finding his owner’s muscle growth supplements, the hamster grew to incredible sizes. Fashioning a new hamster wheel out of castrated iron, the hamster now wants payback for all those times he’s been pet and poked in the ears. main_menu.png

Ratings

Overall 1398th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 840th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1451th 2.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1057th 3.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1359th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 849th 3.025⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 172th 3.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1176th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

ruddgasm
06. Oct 2020 · 22:35 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing this game. I even laughed out loud when I hit beyond godlike and heard the "holy shit" voice line. The game fit the theme and was enjoyable. I will say that the quit button on the start screen didn't work so I had to alt f4 to quit. Another thing that would've helped your visuals is to not tile the textures so much. Make the ground textures a bit bigger so its less noticeable. Overall it was fun to play even with some rough edges.
sankacoffee51
06. Oct 2020 · 22:44 UTC
This is so hilarious, I love when the hamster wheel desintegrates the ennemies!!!!!
🎤 Saurabh
11. Oct 2020 · 14:14 UTC
@ruddgasm Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, since this game is only for SERIOUS players, we decided to repurpose the Quit button. It behaves quite as intended :).
BlackLambert
14. Oct 2020 · 12:52 UTC
What a fun game! Really liked it. But I'm missing UI with my life points left. And I didn't see the damage coming. The game is strange as I would expect it from a Ludum Dare entry. :D
badabooom63
14. Oct 2020 · 13:04 UTC
Really fun game to play! Enjoyed the process, but it will be so much better with task or objectives! Anyway, pure gameplay is great. Voiceover is amazing.
Pepijn
14. Oct 2020 · 13:12 UTC
..

why do i enjoy this so much

..

Seriously tho, imma give you 3 star graphics even though they don't look good, because they simply work. nothing feels out of place and nothing is too cluttered, or too simple.
DevParty
14. Oct 2020 · 13:34 UTC
Very fun game. Good job!
KRYSH
14. Oct 2020 · 13:47 UTC
This was a lot of fun! I would definitely play a more polished version of this game. I love that the quit button just starts you again. This was good!
Hadik
14. Oct 2020 · 14:10 UTC
Fun factor is not high at this game, but maybe next time you will think more about that and it will be better. Average audio, it not bad but not good, try harded next time. Good game, but average art for me. Averagly fit into the theme.
One last note: I always write down honest review, because everybody need that, not just nice craps with some bullshit, but sometime I will aperceite very good games. So if this review insult you, but use it well :) Anyway every game is counting so :)
gamescodedogs
14. Oct 2020 · 15:12 UTC
That was disturbing. But funny :)
blobo
15. Oct 2020 · 03:29 UTC
You should absolutely display the score in the "you died" screen. I had a 400 kill streak going, but didn't look at my score for a while. Also- I just *love* the idea of the voice actor for the kill streak losing his cool and dropping some swears, like, my lord that's one heck of a kill streak. Hilarious game, and brilliantly done!
SlavTurtle
15. Oct 2020 · 17:57 UTC
This is my type of game
AreyWarlord
16. Oct 2020 · 18:39 UTC
Awww yezzz guys, this is awesome. Some UI and controls polishing would be great, but still - awesome.
Croped
16. Oct 2020 · 18:40 UTC
weird game!!
MS ANNOTATION X
18. Oct 2020 · 19:06 UTC
**Fine game! It needs some improvements.**


Here is my feedback:


**What I liked?**
- Good music and SFX.
- Nice camera shake.
- Good mechanics.
- Nice particle effects.


**What I disliked?**
- I didn't like visuals.
- Buttons navigation is not set to none. (After pressing a button its highlighted colour still can be visualized)
- Buttons's highlighted and pressed colour. It feels off with the buttons's colour.
- Game logo's text colour, doesn't feel right with its background.
- Instructions's content text is hard to read.
- Instructions's background. (The purple background, no need for it)
- No need for the difficulty selection/selector, while there is only one difficulty.
- The font.
- The hamster wheel is turning left/ right too fast.
- The hamster wheel is falling from a far way.
- After destroying an enemy it goes upward too far, then it falls. It is unrealistic.
- Enemies that has gun, their bullet is too small.
- Jumping. No need for it.
- Jumping SFX.
- Didn't enjoy the gameplay.


**Bugs:**
- When I smash the spheres, I see ragdoll body with death animation.
- Sometimes, jumping SFX doesn't play when I press the space-bar to jump.


**Suggestions:**
- Maybe, include some screenshots on the game page.
- Maybe, smooth a little bit the camera movements.


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**Sorry for the critical feedback.**


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ColeSlaughter
25. Oct 2020 · 09:20 UTC
[We played your game on stream this weekend!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/779942253?t=02h49m02s)

We actually had a lot of fun with this one! :smile: The humor is excellent, and the we got a lot of mileage out of the combo system, for sure. xD