Caterpillar Cowboy by eldogg

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made by eldogg for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Wrap your caterpillar body around all the critters that have gotten loose at the ranch, and watch out for the law.

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WASD - Move

R - Respawn

Instructions in game.

Make sure you have sound on or headphones.

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Code, Art & Music by Foxdog Studios: Lloyd Henning & Peter Sutton

Mixing of song "Caterpillar Cowboy" by Alex Marczak

Foxdog Studios Twitter

Foxdog Studios Twitch, Thurs Web dev streams

Built using BabylonJS, NeoVim, Webpack, Typescript, Blender, Ardour.

Our making of video

https://youtu.be/544Z51WIdoo

Ratings

Overall 2th 4.569⭐ 89🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2th 4.5⭐ 89🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 63th 4.167⭐ 86🧑‍⚖️
Theme 18th 4.494⭐ 88🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 139th 4.343⭐ 88🧑‍⚖️
Audio 3th 4.693⭐ 90🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.554⭐ 86🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 82🗨️

Feedback

Yamo the Lucky
05. Oct 2020 · 22:23 UTC
the audio.. fantastic
alarathehuman
05. Oct 2020 · 22:25 UTC
BEST GAME EVER GUYS!!!
ismailtemirci
05. Oct 2020 · 22:29 UTC
what a game. Great jop ... :D
arifacid
05. Oct 2020 · 22:29 UTC
now I AM the cowboy...
alarathehuman
05. Oct 2020 · 22:30 UTC
THANK YOU, THIS GAME IS AWESOME
Tom_A
06. Oct 2020 · 11:10 UTC
Love this game. The graphics and music are brilliant. Would have liked a little less slip and slide on the surface, felt a bit like ice. But other than that this is a top game.
Dom Harris
06. Oct 2020 · 11:18 UTC
okay I don't think I've ever given straight 5 stars to any jam game but that... That is perfection. I can find no faults. As soon as I thought "I wish I could become a butterfly and fly around", that wish was granted. Next time I should wish for something more useful like a new house :thinking: tl;dr this game is magical and you should play it
LetterAfterZ
06. Oct 2020 · 11:19 UTC
Omg getting the wings at the end just made it all the better. That is an incredible entry! The music and vo is excellent, the level design is fun - def got my into that Katamari Damacy mindset.

Excellent use of the theme, and currently the best game I've played all LD. Finished it and still was craving a loopin'.
Naamed
06. Oct 2020 · 11:23 UTC
Only thing stuck in loop after this is my heart for the caterpillar cowboy
Daniikk1012
06. Oct 2020 · 11:28 UTC
CATERPILAR COOOOOOWBOOOY!
digitaldude555
06. Oct 2020 · 11:29 UTC
Extremely fun to play.
Vollfeiw
06. Oct 2020 · 11:37 UTC
One of the best entry in the jam so far
Croxel Studios
06. Oct 2020 · 11:46 UTC
Really nice entry, loved the fact that you wrote a song in a weekend just for the game!

The gameplay works pretty well too :)

I didn't know what to do after getting the sheriff, was that the end?
Tad
06. Oct 2020 · 12:00 UTC
This is ridiculously fun - well done to the team!
Maytch
06. Oct 2020 · 12:20 UTC
I can't give anything less than a perfect score. Fun mechanics, unique interpretation of the theme, funny as hell, satisfying low poly, and a very fitting song!
Adiwan
06. Oct 2020 · 13:00 UTC
That was a darn fine piece of ranching.
Yulia_li
06. Oct 2020 · 14:32 UTC
This game is fun! good music, i liked it!
Robinerd
06. Oct 2020 · 21:12 UTC
Haha pretty nice, love the voice acting and art! Good interpretation of the theme :) Only down was that controls felt a bit unused. Might have preferred to move use a/d to turn. But I got used to it. The whole "chase your tail" thing was interesting
Erlioniel
06. Oct 2020 · 21:24 UTC
Just the freaking best game I've played for this LD at the moment :D
Victor Hallock
06. Oct 2020 · 22:19 UTC
Great job! Looking forward to MORE caterpillars levels one day :D
jonah
06. Oct 2020 · 22:20 UTC
What a great game! Great build up and awesome gameplay!
TheBookSnail
07. Oct 2020 · 00:07 UTC
10/10 would be a canoodling cowpokin' caterpillar cowboy again
Jordanfb
07. Oct 2020 · 00:56 UTC
Pretty dang fantastic! Lots of fun, from the concept to the graphics to the music to the sound effects to the voice acting! Every once in a while I would fall off the edge but I got reset so that was fine. Also obviously the final win screen seemed a little rushed but getting the wings was a fun ending to the tale! Good buildup and story as well :D. Nice work!
ThunderSalt
07. Oct 2020 · 04:51 UTC
Absolutely amazing, godspeed caterpillar!!
socratesken
07. Oct 2020 · 04:53 UTC
the music and theme wasexcelent and the mechanics simple and fun. very good!
Adil
07. Oct 2020 · 05:03 UTC
I wrote post about this game and I want to leave my feedback here.
Game is wonderful, I love everything in this project, I'm sure that it would be cool if you port it to mobile, I believe that if you release, it will be great.
GG
Tyler Law
07. Oct 2020 · 05:20 UTC
Haha perfection. I love it!
kuro
07. Oct 2020 · 05:31 UTC
This is exactly the type of game I reserve 4.5-5 star ratings for. The audio made me lol, also very pretty, original, and good use of theme. I missed some kind of adversity or a challenge, but understand that would be very difficult to implement with how long the "frikin cowboooooy" would grow near the end.
Shortbread
07. Oct 2020 · 06:34 UTC
Absolutely hilarious! I was super surprised to hear voice acting and the song as well. Great concept and execution, well done :thumbsup:
Rein
07. Oct 2020 · 08:35 UTC
Wonderful little game with fantastic execution! I especially enjoyed the Easter Egg-esque credits. Only bug I encountered was new segments of the tail could spawn inside of things and get me stuck, but there was always a way out of that. Great job!
PaulHudson
07. Oct 2020 · 18:18 UTC
Snake rules... Or Caterpillar 🙂
Pretty good game and graphic
Like how level of difficulty grows.
LurkinMcClerkin
07. Oct 2020 · 19:28 UTC
One of the best entries so far. The graphics were super fun, the mechanic was well executed and the humor in the concept and the music just brought it all together. Absolutely fantastic job friends!
Baran
07. Oct 2020 · 21:48 UTC
6 WORDS. I JUST PLAYED THE WINNER GAME.
That music, the idea, that cute little caterpillar... Solid 5 stars on everything. Thanks for the experience. :smile:
JavaSaurus
07. Oct 2020 · 22:22 UTC
Heya! Thanks for submitting your game to my stream [twitch.tv/drjavasaurus)[www.twitch.tv/drjavasaurus]. I had a great time playing it and I actually took a note to pass it on to my 5 year old. He'll go bonkers for this ! Everything just falls in place with this one, great audio, great artwork, great gameplay... One of my favorites for sure! I did discover a bug where my caterpillar-butt got stuck in a rock, but a quick reset fixed it :) Great job !
🎤 eldogg
08. Oct 2020 · 10:50 UTC
@javasaurus Thanks for playing on your stream, sorry we missed it live, think we submitted it just as you finished up the previous night. Enjoyed watching your playthrough, thanks for highlighting the butt in a wall bug, haha hope your 5 year old enjoys!
Arthurds
08. Oct 2020 · 14:03 UTC
I mean I just love this so god dawm much. I alredy complimented the audio to hell and back on my stream but everything else is just so dawm good as well. Holy fucking shit dude this is awesome. Amazing Job! Gezus Xcrist dude its SO GOOD! Thanks for submitting it! - PomoTheDog
WegPast
08. Oct 2020 · 14:36 UTC
God ! That the best entry I've tested for me so far ! Really great job ! And you even done a song for it you maniac ! xD
Clever !
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humnyn
08. Oct 2020 · 20:08 UTC
Nice caterpillar game! :wink: Wonderfully nutty and fun. For a jam there's so much polish in the gameplay and content. Such good progression, good job!
Noam Blei
08. Oct 2020 · 22:10 UTC
Loved the voice and the graphics and all aaaaaa this game is super beautiful.
Noam Blei
08. Oct 2020 · 22:16 UTC
ALSO the music is AMAZING and it was super fun tu play as well, one of my favorite games so far
Runtra
08. Oct 2020 · 23:16 UTC
The best game i played so far. It is truly excelent. It was really hard to catch the sheriff!! :))
tostada
08. Oct 2020 · 23:38 UTC
i love it, ill protect caterpillar cowboy with my life
limered
09. Oct 2020 · 15:19 UTC
Awesome entry. Now the song is stuck in my head forever.
droo shayne
09. Oct 2020 · 22:21 UTC
Pretty simple idea, awesome execution! Loved the music/audio. Really funny game.
Honest Dan
09. Oct 2020 · 22:54 UTC
haha such a fun and silly idea - really glad I got to experience this. The ending too <3 PURE ART
alpacalypse
10. Oct 2020 · 16:17 UTC
Like a combination of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy with a cowboy theme. I especially liked the credit sequence, fantastic job.
JuanSabadoPeron
10. Oct 2020 · 20:28 UTC
Amazing amazing amazing. Going for music with lyrics for a jam is a hell of a gamble and it turned out really well, congrats.
lectvs
10. Oct 2020 · 23:28 UTC
Some of the best music I've ever heard in a jam game. Graphics were great as well, and the gameplay was smooth, simple, and fun! Great jam entry!
Sean Holloway
11. Oct 2020 · 06:31 UTC
In every epoch of human history there is a defining work of art. The Sistine Chapel. Hamlet. The Mona Lisa. And now? Caterpillar Cowboy.
Cerins
11. Oct 2020 · 09:25 UTC
Fun game, the music is a masterpiece.
Sunti
11. Oct 2020 · 11:33 UTC
Loved this one, the caterpillar voice lines were so good :P Could have used some additional mechanics to make the gameplay more diverse, but it's a good entry nontheless. Good job!
MrchickenBoy
11. Oct 2020 · 11:46 UTC
love the game man! How did you pull such good music off?
Artyom Volkov
11. Oct 2020 · 11:47 UTC
Absolutely hilarious game with vibes of Katamari. It's a very polished submission with fine art and decent music.
Kylie Trace
11. Oct 2020 · 12:11 UTC
this game was fun and really cute! before i realized i was able to eat the fence post and other inanimate objects i was just like no way you cant eat rocks but i laughed out loud when it happened. good job and thank you!
MrchickenBoy
11. Oct 2020 · 12:14 UTC
I love how the chicken just slides
🎤 eldogg
11. Oct 2020 · 12:31 UTC
@mrchickenboy One of us mostly made audio and programmed it all into the engine the whole 3 days, while the other worked solidly on the chicken physics.
michaelaranda
11. Oct 2020 · 14:04 UTC
Quite a unique take on the theme! Great job!
SharkWithLasers
12. Oct 2020 · 05:14 UTC
Getting some donut county vibes from this! It's so satisfying to wrangle up random critters/objects.

Love the humor and music in this especially. Put a smile on my face!

Great work!
Snowdrama
15. Oct 2020 · 15:18 UTC
Thanks for linking this to me! Easily my favorite game I've played so far, It's hilarios, It's fun, It's silly, it's great nuff said.
Omiya Games
17. Oct 2020 · 17:05 UTC
Well, take the max Audio rating. You deserve it.

The game is well-presented, with consistent and endearing graphics, excellent music, auditory commentary on gameplay. The controls are intuitive and smooth, to boot. Pacing was decent: new elements were added in each "level," and the game never felt too long nor too short.

I felt like the game was a one-note comedy game. It's a great playground game/simulation, but at least I have a hard time thinking about how to further expand the game beyond what's presented. I think it's simplicity is also a bit of its own downfall.

ETA: the credits reveal was really cool, nice job in being creative on that!
coderTrevor
18. Oct 2020 · 15:00 UTC
Not much feedback I can give; this was a perfect jam game! I especially loved the music which referenced what happens in the game in a funny way. Awesome job!!