HUNGRY CTHULHU by KodingNights

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made by KodingNights for LD33 (COMPO)
Thank you for trying HUNGRY CTHULHU
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Destroying Earth is hungry work.

Cthulhu has woken from a millennia long slumber and has finally woken up... and he is HUNGRY! Help Cthulhu build up some energy!

Kill all humans! Humans are so delicious! Then TURN THE WORLD INTO FLAMES!

Clear all levels to win the game!

REQUIRES JAVA (installed on most computers)

STARTING INSTRUCTIONS

Windows
Right click HungryCthulhu.jar, Open with.../Java Platform SE Binary
or
Double click run.bat

Mac:
Double click the jar file

Linux:
From the working directory:
chmod a+rx run.sh
bash run.sh

Alternative (all platforms)
In the working directory, type 'java - jar HungryCthulhu.jar' (no hyphens) - requires java on the path

CONTROLS

ESCAPE KEY exits the application

Keyboard
WASD to move
Space to attack

Mouse
Drag to move
Left click to attack

...or a combination of the above

I hope you enjoy playing the game as much as I enjoyed making it!

Please supply a comment with constructive criticism when you rate the game, I enter Ludum Dare to become a better game designer/programmer!

- DKoding / Koding Nights

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.13 465
Audio 3.08 303
Fun 3.19 348
Graphics 2.89 568
Humor 2.34 623
Innovation 2.56 730
Mood 2.75 611
Theme 3.51 386

Feedback

thx4nothing
24. Aug 2015 · 07:38 UTC
The game is very smooth, I like it :D
I had fun playing as Cthulhu and eating humans, but I think it was nearly impossible to dodge the bullets of the soldiers^^
Gaga
24. Aug 2015 · 07:44 UTC
Really liked the pounce move :) hard to master.
Pusty
24. Aug 2015 · 08:05 UTC
Nice one! But the 4th level is really hard for me lol
DragonXVI
24. Aug 2015 · 08:08 UTC
Nifty, like the lighting effects & the movement of the humans. Could *really* have benefited from some kind of Human Radar, often took me quite a while to track down the last guy :p
MarelisGameDev
24. Aug 2015 · 08:10 UTC
Hard but really nice one!
scorched
24. Aug 2015 · 08:12 UTC
Have a crash right after splash screen. Here is the log: http://pastebin.ca/3126095
🎤 KodingNights
24. Aug 2015 · 08:16 UTC
@scorched Thank you for reporting this! It seems your graphics card maybe is not hardware accelerated or has limited memory? What are your specs?
thebrickanator
24. Aug 2015 · 08:21 UTC
I quite liked it however allot of the time I didn't understand what some graphics were and I had 1 point still on my health when it said that I died.

otherwise though, the game was very fun. one of the better ones.
lanza
24. Aug 2015 · 08:37 UTC
It's very fun and addictive, well done
Slashee the Cow
24. Aug 2015 · 08:54 UTC
Pretty good! Hunting down the stragglers got pretty annoying (and time consuming), and it didn't seem that hard (I only went below 20 health once) - but aside from those minor complaints, it was probably the most fun one I've played so far.

Maybe if you had more time you could do a different graphics/sound theme for each level? They were good but they got a bit repetitive.
Somnium
24. Aug 2015 · 09:40 UTC
Great, another LibGDX game :-)

Entertaining game, and surprisingly hard, especially in the later levels where the soldiers have fortified themselves indoors.

Starting off the player in the middle of a group of soldiers in the later levels was a bit unfair :-D
grynca
24. Aug 2015 · 09:41 UTC
great main character and animation,
finding remaining humans is a little boring.
NexusBreaker
24. Aug 2015 · 09:44 UTC
pro
+ beautiful light
+ nice sounds and music
con
-graphics are not so beautiful
🎤 KodingNights
24. Aug 2015 · 09:51 UTC
@Slashee the Cow Thank you! Yes I will continue on this game POST-LD to improve it in many ways!

@Somnium LibGDX is great!

@lanza Thank you!

@thebrickanator Yes the stats update once a second only...

@DragonXVI Thank you! Yes a radar would be nice, I considered it but thought the slime would tell you where you'd already been. LOVE your entry by the way.
ajopart
24. Aug 2015 · 10:04 UTC
Pros :
- solid gameplay.
- smooth controls
- sounds and lightning

Cons :
- You should maybe have added an arrow pointing to the last human on the map. Easier to find.

Great job anyway
pixelgriffin
24. Aug 2015 · 10:11 UTC
Good to see a LibGDX user!
jorgemoag
24. Aug 2015 · 10:58 UTC
Nice. The use of lights is very cool.
terop
24. Aug 2015 · 11:00 UTC
nice
games-placeo
24. Aug 2015 · 11:03 UTC
Excellent game! I had a great deal of fun playing.
Techblogogy
24. Aug 2015 · 11:18 UTC
Fantastic game! The blood explosion is awesome!
Simple and neat, music is pumping and makes me jump straight into the action.

Job well done!
Acerio
24. Aug 2015 · 11:24 UTC
THAT WAS SMOOOOTH.
Aurel Bílý
24. Aug 2015 · 11:45 UTC
Pretty nice. Fun at the beginning, but got boring rather quick, needs more variation, enemies, etc.
Explosions got pretty loud, but the music was nice.
Controls are a bit awkward - WASD + click is slower compared to the 'dragging' method, but that one is a bit more chaotic.
Also, the barrage of bullets in later levels got impossible to dodge.
🎤 KodingNights
24. Aug 2015 · 11:47 UTC
@Aurel Bílý Thanks for your constructive comment, unfortunately I did not get enough time to tweak at the end, but I have finished the game so it is possible!
AdenMansonGames
24. Aug 2015 · 12:39 UTC
Pretty nice game!
azakhary
24. Aug 2015 · 12:47 UTC
I found the castle or whatever with tons of this crazy dudes, they were running lick cockroaches and I ate them all. well. nice. Bugged on the last guy though, couldn't eat him.
🎤 KodingNights
24. Aug 2015 · 13:20 UTC
@azakhary Thanks for telling me about this bug, I'll look into it!
Hurlenuit
24. Aug 2015 · 13:46 UTC
Good game, i'm glad i took the time to dowload it.

It feels very satisfying when you achieve to eat a large group while avoiding bullets.

Difficulty at the last level was good for me, a little bit more challenging.

Finding the last survivor is sometimes really frustrating.
kirilllosev
24. Aug 2015 · 14:34 UTC
Quite interesting. Engine looks interesting too :D
Nothing too bad to say about. I like the contols, i like sounds and the music, the AI is hard enough to make game enjoyable.
But I would like to see a pointers for people, because it's pretty hard to find them, IMO
Dizzyman572
24. Aug 2015 · 14:41 UTC
MWAHAHAHAHA I HAVE EATEN ALL THE HUMANS!!!! Anyway, excellent game! It plays very smooth, the graphics are nice, the music made me want to rock out! I also wanted to pat you on the back for the white trail and blood stains as they helped me navigate around the map to find the last humans. Excellent design choice! This is probably a keeper on my pc.
raducumiczzz
24. Aug 2015 · 15:35 UTC
Cthulhu destroys everything. Game is hard and nice. effect and movements are neat. Cool game what so ever! Good work
KingGames
24. Aug 2015 · 15:37 UTC
Amazing!
cgmorton
24. Aug 2015 · 16:39 UTC
Some thoughts: The white humans move as fast as I do, so chasing them down is just a hassle, never mind finding them. I'm also not sure why you don't just attack automatically, since the hitbox seems to stay out for the whole duration of the attack anyway. Also I wish the drag move could be combined with the asdw move, but it seems that the keyboard overrides the drag.

On a totally different note, the character design doesn't remind me of Cthulhu at all :P

Fun game overall though.
Ethan Allwood
24. Aug 2015 · 16:55 UTC
liked it
charliecarlo
24. Aug 2015 · 18:53 UTC
The batch file didn't open the game for me, but the java file did. I'm on Windows 7. As well, the game crashed for me when I went into the building in level one. The graphics definitely leave something to be desired but I like your interpretation of Cthulhu.
WizzardMaker
24. Aug 2015 · 21:12 UTC
Its a really nice game, the controls (killing someone) with the mouse are a bit wonkie but all in all the game is good, nice Work
SkullPixel
24. Aug 2015 · 21:14 UTC
I like this one a lot! The gameplay is good and smooth, music, well, I can't believe you fit it in! I am impressed by the music, especially compared to my own skill, which is to the point I just don't do Music. :)
architect404
24. Aug 2015 · 21:15 UTC
great soundtrack! gameplay is smooth and solid, if a little repetitive. good effort!
celisoft
24. Aug 2015 · 22:10 UTC
Really good game. Very hard to play without arrow keys on azerty keyboard.
CaptainKraft
25. Aug 2015 · 01:45 UTC
Works well, sounds good. Cool stuff
andyman404
25. Aug 2015 · 02:29 UTC
Fun exciting arcade action. Well done! Humans are crazy!
HiVE interactive
25. Aug 2015 · 15:00 UTC
I'm still hungry...
🎤 KodingNights
25. Aug 2015 · 15:38 UTC
@HiVE interactive Considering making a post-LD version to satiate that hunger :-)
RougeRogue
25. Aug 2015 · 18:44 UTC
Really fun an smooth gameplay and eating the humans felt so satisfying!
wg_phancock
26. Aug 2015 · 01:53 UTC
It was frustrating to catch up to the humans (and then get shot by them) but it was quite satisfying seeing them explode into a ridiculous blood spray when I did.

The music didn't seem to fit the cthulhu theme that well; something more creepy might have worked better. It kinda made me think of sci-fi aliens or something instead of cthulhu.
SinclairStrange
26. Aug 2015 · 10:08 UTC
Overall it was a well design game and I had a blast playing it. Things started getting tricky near the end and hunting the remaining humans got a bit tedious, other than those little nicpicks it was damn fun! Great stuff.
crucknuk
26. Aug 2015 · 14:13 UTC
Nice performance! I like the graphics. Maybe you should add a mini map to enchance visibility. Adding other enemies with specific pattern would be great too
🎤 KodingNights
26. Aug 2015 · 18:03 UTC
Thanks for all the ratings and all your comments! I will continue working on this game after judging, so I can incorporate all your ideas and fix the problems you mention.
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Aug 2015 · 09:09 UTC
A smooth easy to learn and hard to master gameplay ! Solid entry overall.
Resonious
28. Aug 2015 · 14:00 UTC
I enjoyed it! The animations for moving and attacking were pleasing to watch.
voidstar33
28. Aug 2015 · 16:25 UTC
Nice game play mechanics. Animations look good. Well done.
Linus123xbb
28. Aug 2015 · 16:55 UTC
Very cool game, the AI was impressive but the levels were a bit repetitive and the monster was a bit OP, at least in the first two levels I played.
tripleVisionGames
30. Aug 2015 · 09:26 UTC
I like the swish of the tail and the way the blood splatters is really satisfying! Movement is nice and smooth. Bit tough to dodge enemy attacks but you're very generous with the HP so it's fine!
Jupiter_Hadley
31. Aug 2015 · 19:35 UTC
Nice entry. Love the blood splatter. I included it in part 13 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/1VzFVc1MuWc
dollarone
06. Sep 2015 · 22:28 UTC
The light inside the building is awesome. The game is smooth and plays well with the added challenge of mastering the attack animation. Would have liked some more speed as tracking down the humans is hard. One one level, after I was down to 2 humans, the attack button stopped working, which was frustrating! Anyway, good effort!
LukeZaz
10. Sep 2015 · 04:59 UTC
Good game! Map walls looked like buildings which was a little confusing, and level 5 was quite hard, but still fun. I loved the mouse controls, too!