The Monster Who Was Not (Yet) A Kiwi by Yakka

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made by Yakka for LD33 (COMPO)
The very tiny story of a monster who wants to be a kiwi.

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1627
Overall 3.26 347
Audio 3.35 182
Fun 3.54 153
Graphics 3.48 261
Humor 3.96 36
Innovation 3.83 60
Mood 3.41 201
Theme 3.55 358

Feedback

Stanleys_Stoop
24. Aug 2015 · 03:13 UTC
It looks interesting and cute, but I can't get the jar to run. It just locks up? I'm on Windows 7.
RobotHoboDanceParty
24. Aug 2015 · 04:05 UTC
Nice little story. I'm from New Zealand and thought you were talking about the Kiwi BIRD ha ha. Great work though!
lcarpentier
24. Aug 2015 · 11:52 UTC
The jar took a while to load but when it did I was not disapointed.
AlariSilver
24. Aug 2015 · 20:47 UTC
That was really funny. Though, aren't kiwis a little bit fuzzy?
AzureAspect
24. Aug 2015 · 20:55 UTC
Funny game with a story to boot :)
I had to update java to make it work and then the loading time was kind of long (grey screen for 10 secs before anything happend)
🎤 Yakka
25. Aug 2015 · 07:59 UTC
To answer comments: yes, loading screen is too long (and I couldn't personalize it... I won't use this framework again >.<). And by kiwi, I meant kiwi fruits. In French, when we say kiwi, we firstly think about the fruit but it seems like we need to add "fruit" in English for disambiguation. Sorry!
gdquest
25. Aug 2015 · 11:41 UTC
A really fun little game! I think it's fresh and funny. Now, the writing part was too slow to my taste. I couldn't use an input to fasten the writing of the text, which is really small. In other words, it didn't felt really reactive. Also, I think it's partially following the theme: You are the monster - here you aren't really. But congrats, that's a really nice concept!

I think it'd be really great in web, with a very light engine: to me, the format makes for an innovative kind of webcomic.
StaNov
25. Aug 2015 · 16:14 UTC
Oh yea, why not. My game is focused more on the story than gameplay too :)
Ptolo
25. Aug 2015 · 16:15 UTC
Interesting presentation style to do it as comic panels. Were the hairs progressively more difficult to dislodge? Anyway nice animations there :)
JustASHadow
25. Aug 2015 · 16:17 UTC
Those were the best 2 minutes of my life. Thank you!
Random Seed Games
25. Aug 2015 · 16:18 UTC
cute... but kiwi fruits are fuzzy too.
miwuc
25. Aug 2015 · 18:41 UTC
Aww so cute. I love is the sound effects!
Pierrec
25. Aug 2015 · 20:43 UTC
Well. This is awesome.
Seriously. I love it.
I wish it was longer, it's a great idea for interactive comics!
Dianouille
29. Aug 2015 · 10:10 UTC
So cute and painfull in the same time :D
freaknarf
31. Aug 2015 · 11:33 UTC
Interesting idea of making half a comic half a game,;the gameplay could have been a bit more complex/harder, but I loved the jelly effect and the story.
dunin
01. Sep 2015 · 18:40 UTC
Nice game. So nice that I search to change the first action to have an other story (but it didn't work... maybe an idea for the futur...?)
BNeutral
06. Sep 2015 · 06:30 UTC
I'm in stiches
deepnight
14. Sep 2015 · 17:28 UTC
This was the strangest experience ever :)
The feeling of removing a hair was almost painful... But I have what it takes to become a Kiwi too!