Jean GADIN on the Prairie by mlho7

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made by mlho7 for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Jean GADIN is going deeper and deeper on the Prairie, mind the sheeps!

(un gadin is a french old slang word for a fall)

POST JAM version (05/02/21) (Rating the other version will be more fair) : * little zoom out * some little boost on character acceleration. * visible HP.

Thats it.

Ratings

Overall 1345th 3.27⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 772th 3.446⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1795th 2.392⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1733th 2.757⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 934th 3.662⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Audio 524th 3.622⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 55th 4.216⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 620th 3.7⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 54🗨️

Feedback

2bitcrook
27. Apr 2021 · 03:51 UTC
When I saw the sheep from Black Sheep I had to check it out. That's quite an experience! Very strikingly odd, love the different sheeps you have to avoid. Nice simple and straight forward gameplay, I was a little confused on what the space bar did, so I left it until it was full. Then I realised ahhh slow down, that's a nice mechanic. I love the drunky slo-mo warp sound and effect you did. Music was nice and trippy. Funny stuff! I made it to 310m :D
ryjcio
27. Apr 2021 · 03:53 UTC
Lol nice, had a good laugh
TheseusInABottle
27. Apr 2021 · 04:24 UTC
This got a good chuckle out of me. I appreciate the slowdown ability and the rainbow invincibility star. Good work.
Ismael Rodriguez
27. Apr 2021 · 12:14 UTC
Cool little game. I like the music + audio effects, and the visual style.

Constructive feedback: I wish the visible distance was further out so I could react to the incoming waves of sheep. (maybe I'm just too old and my reaction time has dwindled lol) It mostly feels like a guess game. I also wish the acceleration to the movement was faster or near instant.

A good entry overall :thumbsup:
🎤 mlho7
28. Apr 2021 · 05:39 UTC
@2bitcrook Yes this whole thing is confusing, nothing is clearly explained but honestly 310m is pretty good score.
Thanks for your feedback!
🎤 mlho7
28. Apr 2021 · 05:40 UTC
@ryjcio and @theseusinabottle Triggering chuckles was the main purpose, if you laughed then my job is done hehe.
Thank you both for your feedback!
🎤 mlho7
28. Apr 2021 · 05:48 UTC
@ismael-rodriguez I can't say anything against your constructive feedback, you're right, there was lot of little easy things I could have done to make it better but I thought of them after the end, classic.
Thanks for your feedback !
KepperSnapper
28. Apr 2021 · 06:03 UTC
This game is wild! Really stupidly unique and humourous and I love your take on it! However I think i did glitch out the game where my character stopped moving when i pressed space and the sheep continued to move up but the background and character didnt move :( But overall still really awesome!
🎤 mlho7
28. Apr 2021 · 06:18 UTC
@keppersnapper Oh yeah, I'm not surprised at all that you glitched it, the "coding" part is dirty as hell (probably the dirtier I ever made, honestly), and I'm sure there is an infinite way to reproduce the bad effect you sadly encountered.
"stupidly unique and humourous" I like that! thx for your feedback.
Sam_ONella
28. Apr 2021 · 07:39 UTC
A surreal masterpiece, gave me a good chuckle. Well done
RexGame
28. Apr 2021 · 09:17 UTC
Nice
MatiF100
28. Apr 2021 · 11:16 UTC
Pretty fun game, nice mechanics with time slow, although i don't get is there some kind of HP or something
Elektroney
28. Apr 2021 · 11:28 UTC
Nice game!
Squeele
28. Apr 2021 · 11:33 UTC
What a game. The game over screen absolutely destroyed me.
Minipeps
28. Apr 2021 · 11:34 UTC
Great music and art style. Loved the humour and the sheeps! Simple yet surprisingly addictive, good job :smile:
🎤 mlho7
28. Apr 2021 · 17:18 UTC
@sam-onella @rexgame @matif100 @elektroney @squeele @minipeps Thx guys for the feedback

@matif100 yes there is some kind of "totally not really visible" HP, first hit is free then you've got 10HP , each hit adds +5° to the character's angle.
DS Nahogara
29. Apr 2021 · 05:30 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this game, reach about 380m and more! It is hard haha, that sheep at gameover is spooky lol.

Fantastic game man! :heart:
tengusheath
29. Apr 2021 · 05:57 UTC
That was definitely something lol the music reminded me of the anime Paprika. Funny game
Videt
29. Apr 2021 · 06:39 UTC
XDDDDD that game is really funny! I've been giggling like an idiot the whole run XDD and the game over screen is amazing!
kr0s
29. Apr 2021 · 07:31 UTC
Very fun game. The game over screen made me lol.
FireSlash
29. Apr 2021 · 07:48 UTC
Simple but well executed.

I would have liked some kind of more clear health bar to know how many sheep before it's game over, the slanting mechanic is a cool concept but not really super visible. also sometimes you get cheap shotted coming out of the star straight into a sheep.

otherwise solid and fun!
🎤 mlho7
29. Apr 2021 · 10:48 UTC
@fireslash You're totally right, clear HP could have helped, and a little dezoom too.

@tengusheath Wow Paprika! thx! To be honest music inspiration was from there :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HikMKdl6Rnc
And whole game inspiration from the 34th second, ahah.

@ds-nahogara @tengusheath @videt @kr0s @fireslash Thx you all for trying my game !
michaelyount
29. Apr 2021 · 12:55 UTC
@mlho7 I totally thought of Little House on the Prarie as I played this. Good music and a great laugh. Thank you.
🎤 mlho7
29. Apr 2021 · 13:11 UTC
Thx for trying my game @michaelyount and thank you for being old, like me, ahah.
Nicso
29. Apr 2021 · 17:00 UTC
knew you for your music, didn't knew you was making games ^^

I wish there was more feedback on the "totaly hidden healthbar"

adding to the character inclinaison is in fact a great idea but it doden't really show in game

Nice work :thumbsup:
joonamo
01. May 2021 · 09:03 UTC
Wow, we made very similar games! In my game, the controls were gimmiccy, so now I can play your game to see if the controls weren't so tricky :joy: The star powerup made me laugh! Why didn't I put any powerups in my game :weary:

Good job! :thumbsup:
Sotsnut
02. May 2021 · 10:42 UTC
It was fun! The sheep are cute, and that game over screen had me cackling. :D
Jordgubben
02. May 2021 · 10:50 UTC
This game is very French. It also reminds me of [Rock'n roll Diogenes](https://ludonaut.itch.io/rock-n-roll-diogenes), which is another old favourite.

(Both statements above are intended as high praise)
🎤 mlho7
02. May 2021 · 18:43 UTC
@joonamo @sotsnut @jordgubben Thank you all for trying it.

@jordgubben TY for the link, I didn't know it lol.
Nice Gear Games
03. May 2021 · 06:02 UTC
That game over screen :laughing: Great art style and very funny touches really make this one shine. The slowdown effect was cool and the gameplay, though simple, was quite fun. I do wish there was a high score mode at the end to compare my runs! Great game!
johnryanaudio
05. May 2021 · 13:10 UTC
Loads of humor here. The game may have been boring but you added a lot of character to this one which made replaying all the more entertaining.
DragonZBW
08. May 2021 · 22:54 UTC
This was a blast honestly. Very simple game and I wouldn't play it more than a couple times but the humor and animation and music are all great. Goes to show that a lot of polish on an otherwise simple game can be really fun. Great job on this.
DoctorTM
15. May 2021 · 04:37 UTC
Haha great XD love the sounds, animations and the humor. Nice jam :)