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Munchy Crunchy Trolly Woahly! by OxyOxspring

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made by OxyOxspring for LD33 (JAM)
In "Munchy Crunchy Trolly Woahly!" you play the role of a rather hungry forest troll who has come across a bridge in his territory! People are using the bridge all day for transporting food to the kings banquet, so you're going to take this opportunity to feast on all the food coming your way - just be careful not to get caught by the guards because they do not like monsters at all!

I wanted to try making a one button game for this Ludum Dare and I like to think I've succeeded. I hope that you enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it. I clocked about 18 hours of development time on this one because I was kinda distracted this weekend.

How to play:
☉ SPACE or LEFT CLICK to make the troll hide in the water!
☉ Keep an eye on your oxygen meter on the left hand side of the screen!
☉ Try to eat the three food combo on the left in order to score a point!
☉ You have to eat the three foods in the right order to score a point!
Windows http://oxyoxspring.itch.io/munchy-crunchy-trolly-woahly
Android http://oxyoxspring.itch.io/munchy-crunchy-trolly-woahly
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=19104

Ratings

Coolness 88% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.33 425
Audio(Jam) 3.34 284
Fun(Jam) 3.06 521
Graphics(Jam) 4.31 101
Humor(Jam) 3.02 398
Innovation(Jam) 3.19 384
Mood(Jam) 3.29 410
Theme(Jam) 3.79 252

Feedback

dickpoelen
24. Aug 2015 · 10:26 UTC
Took me a few tries before I figured out how to hide, and I'm not 100% sure on how to score but it's a nice game. Great graphics. Maybe have the difficulty ramp up somehow the further you go?
pavel_insight
24. Aug 2015 · 12:21 UTC
Definitely like the artwork!
Hyoga-3D
24. Aug 2015 · 13:11 UTC
I was not understading in the beggining, but after a while I got it and liked, also the art style is very nice, great job.
Romaing
24. Aug 2015 · 13:21 UTC
I enjoy the art, it looks all hand made, and original.
The gameplay is ok, sometime we have to wait a long time before the good food is coming, but its not a big problem.
🎤 OxyOxspring
24. Aug 2015 · 13:31 UTC
Thanks everyone! Clearly people are liking the hand-drawn style I went through!

I did try to balance the game and increase the spawn-rate of the food that you need to eat - but it doesn't show very well in the build that is currently uploaded. I might tweak some of the values after the voting is finished to increase the spawn rate of useful carts.
Arnage
24. Aug 2015 · 14:39 UTC
Considering how little oxygen you have it would be nice to have a clearer indication of the soldiers "hitbox". Currently it's very hard to catch a breath in between multiple soldiers as you can't really see when they'll hit you.
Juin
24. Aug 2015 · 14:43 UTC
I didn't understand what i was supposed to do and after i did(i think i did atleast), i thought the game was way too hard you have almost no window of reaction to identify the right food you need. But the graphics were really nice awesome art!
raducumiczzz
24. Aug 2015 · 14:50 UTC
The art is great, Feels great. I love the wait for the food, sometimes it's like that in real life also, hehe.looking forward V2.X:D
LeoM
24. Aug 2015 · 16:27 UTC
Nice graphics, a bit repetitive a too easy otherwise.
gene-z
24. Aug 2015 · 18:27 UTC
Ver Nice artwork... congratulations
teknic
24. Aug 2015 · 18:34 UTC
game is unplayable? it appears to play itself and end with "0 successful combos". fish, carrot, star, wha?????
Crypto137
24. Aug 2015 · 18:37 UTC
The graphics and music are very nice, but I found the gameplay to be way too hard and unengaging. The only way I found to predict the soldiers coming is by sound, and avoiding them requires near-perfect reaction.
baykush_figtree
24. Aug 2015 · 18:44 UTC
Heeeey you did a troll game too :D
I like the simple gameplay, even tough it gets quite repetitive in a short time.
the style is LOVELY, absolutelly adore it.
It took me a (short) while to understand the combo mechanics.
ajopart
24. Aug 2015 · 18:59 UTC
5 stars for Mood, Graphics and Audio !! My favorite of the day.
KeyboardCat
24. Aug 2015 · 19:50 UTC
Amazing graphics ! Really great game.
Stanleys_Stoop
24. Aug 2015 · 19:54 UTC
This is a gem! The artwork is perfect and reminds me of a coloring book which fits well with the troll theme. I figured out the hiding mechanic quick enough but it took me a second to figure out how the combo system works. Perhaps a tad too easy but otherwise I was very much entertained.
🎤 OxyOxspring
24. Aug 2015 · 19:57 UTC
Thanks everyone! <3

(Sorry that the mechanics aren't that self-explanatory, it wasn't something I thought about until I'd finished and uploaded, unfortunately!)
dmcfarline
24. Aug 2015 · 20:44 UTC
Lovely artwork, gameplay was a bit too fast at first, but got the hang of it eventually
Hegback
24. Aug 2015 · 23:42 UTC
Awesome graphics! Sure reminds me of school days where I played this on papers with my friends. But the game lags for a moment there when I lost the game, wonder why?
hrd_games
25. Aug 2015 · 11:07 UTC
Tried the Android version, very nicely made. Took a few moments to work out my goals and how I achieve them, but after that, very fun.
🎤 OxyOxspring
25. Aug 2015 · 14:05 UTC
I'd assume that the lag is it loading in all the unoptimised artwork I did! :P
Jupiter_Hadley
25. Aug 2015 · 20:30 UTC
Really neat concept, love the graphics! I included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/NqmWO8MUX6c
inbetweengames
27. Aug 2015 · 16:53 UTC
A surprisingly tense mechanic and game! But with something so simple, a tutorial would be good: it took a while to get the hang of it and I had to come back here and check the description.
CtrlAltTea
28. Aug 2015 · 00:33 UTC
Cool idea and art, the soldiers seem to really hate me though - and they're FAST /and apparently angry/
rudra
29. Aug 2015 · 14:25 UTC
The art was pretty awesome! Enjoyed playing it, Good Job!
Slothmachine
29. Aug 2015 · 17:06 UTC
Really nice painted graphics. The troll looks cute. Good gameplay. Well done!
aprotasenya
29. Aug 2015 · 22:21 UTC
This is a nice one-button game indeed! Could you some more balancing, I guess, and maybe a bit more events to happen or tasks to complete, but overall very nice and fun to play. :)
tripleVisionGames
30. Aug 2015 · 09:32 UTC
Love your drawing! The soldiers looks particularly cool. The sound and music work perfectly with it too. Really good concept. I couldn't see my score on screen though and it'd be good to have it get harder and chuck something like a high score table in there maybe?
superfreak
01. Sep 2015 · 07:48 UTC
I cannot get enough of the art in this. Also enjoyed the attention to using audio as que and the easy to pick-up hard to master style of game-play. Great fun :3
Biruts
02. Sep 2015 · 01:05 UTC
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
lkpridgeon
08. Sep 2015 · 18:05 UTC
Good game, Nice visuals and audio however there was a light hinderence my end with the frame rate being all over the place. I enjoyed the mechanics and could easily see it being picked up on a mobile platform.