Monster Be Good by MHaton

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made by MHaton for LD33 (COMPO)
Second time around, tried factoring in some sleep this time, but still ran low time and energy!

Instructions (as I never got around to putting them into the game itself, sorry):

WASD - Move
Esc - Pause/menu

Objective: Avoid the angry villagers, find chests, use the money from chests to build traps and other helpful things (click the icon and click on the map to place the trap).

No attacking the villagers. Bad Monster. Monster must be good and only drop them in pits.

I'm slightly disappointed I didn't manage to get everything I wanted in (more traps, enemies and upgrades were on the list of things on my whiteboard), but such is life and game jams. I may come back to this later and fix it up.

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1897
Overall 2.89 683
Fun 2.94 522
Graphics 2.63 681
Innovation 2.75 623
Theme 3.50 391

Feedback

adsilcott
28. Aug 2015 路 21:19 UTC
Fun and simple game. Love the monster design.
Grahhhhh
28. Aug 2015 路 21:21 UTC
I liked the idea a lot, just wish you hadn't taken the time to sleep and could put more into it, I was doing pretty well until I got stuck in a treasure chest :(
馃帳 MHaton
04. Sep 2015 路 22:08 UTC
Yeah, definitely could've managed my time better this time :( Planned in some sleep, but overslept and was still too tired, need to find the balance between sleep and work next time.

...or buy more coffee. Coffee works.
istoicheva
05. Sep 2015 路 11:45 UTC
Wow... I love this game!
superfreak
05. Sep 2015 路 23:28 UTC
Surprisingly endearing little game! Could use a little bit of balance work but overall it was a great deal of fun :)
Nurbs
06. Sep 2015 路 02:17 UTC
I got stuck in a tree :<

I wish the traps were a bit more effective, since my strategy is basically to make a wall out of holes and wait it out. The most dangerous day is the fast day, since you can generally outmaneuver the villagers any other.
Cosmic5
06. Sep 2015 路 06:13 UTC
the monster is cute, I really like the map view at the end of a day
dhargan
06. Sep 2015 路 11:26 UTC
very good innovation but I can't understand how chests and traps work. I just run around and cheer if any villager die :D
Daisuke909
12. Sep 2015 路 18:03 UTC
I was pleasantly surprised with how much content there was, but the actual gameplay is lacking in variety, and I only actually died from getting stuck on an obstacle.
schnerble
12. Sep 2015 路 20:23 UTC
Interesting idea, and I like the style. It made me smile several times :) I guess in practice it ends up as mostly just running away from the villagers, as you can't really stop enough of them to make a difference, but still, a nice run-around :)
Anti
12. Sep 2015 路 21:33 UTC
I actually really liked. It really is a fun and simple game. It could need a little polishing overall but very good game!
PlasmaErnst
14. Sep 2015 路 16:13 UTC
Wow, ambitious Concept. Even if there is still much you could work on, you got pretty far in this limited time.