Critter Cannon by Stefan B.

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made by Stefan B. for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

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⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⊱ 🍓🦔🍃 Welcome to Critter Cannon! 🍃🦔🍓 ⊰⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄

Ready to unleash your inner Sweet Shooter? Join our adorable animal army on a mission to gather the juiciest strawberries ever! 🎯✨

Load up your magical cannon with cute critters 🦊🐿️, aim for strawberry paradise, and watch as your fluffy friends soar through the sky in a berrylicious frenzy. Whether you're launching Armadillos, Moles, or tiny pillbugs, each shot brings you closer to strawberry stardom! 🚀🍓

How to Play

Load Your Cannon

Choose from a variety of lovable critters like :bug: pillbugs, :frog: frogs, or armadillos 🦔. Each critter has a unique ability some dig, while others are smaller and fit into smaller passages, giving you different strategies to master.

Aim & Launch

Use simple controls to aim your cannon. Adjust the angle and power by dragging the cannon with your mouse. Hold Space bar to load your guns with as many critters as you need. The goal? Launch your critter toward the strawberry fields ahead, collecting as many berries as possible on the way!

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Score & Progress

Rack up points by minimizing the number of shots and critters used. As you hit berry-filled milestones, you'll unlock new critters and exciting levels to keep the adventure going!

Controls

  • Click and Drag the cannon to adjust the angle and power.
  • W/A/S/D to move the camera
  • Hold Spacebar to load more critters into the cannon — the longer you hold, the more critters you'll add.
  • ESC to pause the game.

Team Contribution

@BastelBasti – Our visionary dreamer! From sound effects to animation and asset creation, BastelBasti’s creativity is the heart of the game. Without his artistic genius, we'd be staring at empty shapes! 🌟

@Stefan-b – The coder with a clear vision! Stefan kept us on track and focused on making sure the core game mechanics were polished and achievable within the tight time frame. His dedication made sure our ideas came to life. 🚀

@Div00 – The code wizard! Div00 dove deep into GDscript, fixing bugs we didn’t even know existed and ensuring the game mechanics worked smoothly. Every launch and bounce is better thanks to his hard work. 🛠️

@MrMaico – The problem solver and organizer! Acting as our rubber duck to help make sense of tricky situations. From scoring systems to menus, he brought structure and clarity to everything we did. 🎯

Screenshot:

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Made with Godot :heart:

Ratings

Overall 886th 3.172⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Fun 820th 3.051⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 761th 3.026⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Theme 514th 3.72⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 829th 3.123⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Audio 360th 3.474⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Humor 289th 3.517⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Mood 734th 3.307⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Given 63🗳️ 115🗨️

Feedback

George K
07. Oct 2024 · 23:08 UTC
Nice job with the mechanics! A restart level feature would be nice :)
MrMaico
07. Oct 2024 · 23:25 UTC
@george-k we have a restart function when hitting the ESC key. You should be able to restart any level. Appreciate the feedback
kscerri
07. Oct 2024 · 23:39 UTC
Loved the voice acting and the general mechanics. I felt the camera movement was a bit wonky at times, since it didn't feel smooth or very responsive. Apart from that, it's a fun concept and I really enjoyed trying your game out! :)
ethan ly
07. Oct 2024 · 23:44 UTC
fun and cute game.
my favorite part was defintely the voice acting lol
Blue Pin Studio
08. Oct 2024 · 05:35 UTC
This game broke my browser haha. Lots of lagging and it froze entirely when i tried to fire the cannon. I'll try again on a more powerful machine!
Pigeonic
08. Oct 2024 · 10:50 UTC
The art is really cute and the voice acting is top-notch! Maybe the critters could despawn after sometime? The trampoline kept getting covered in critters and I had to restart a few times. Really cute concept!
Bobap
08. Oct 2024 · 14:13 UTC
I can't really explain why, but it feels like the whole game is AI generated
cascadee
08. Oct 2024 · 15:19 UTC
I love it when people voice their games on ld. Good job
Ein
08. Oct 2024 · 15:19 UTC
The voices are hilarious!
Lucy Z
08. Oct 2024 · 15:20 UTC
I was attracted by the cover. The cute little hedgehog and the complete gameplay are wonderful!
Kirass
08. Oct 2024 · 17:42 UTC
I really liked this game! It's awesome!
Yorsh
08. Oct 2024 · 18:26 UTC
Couldn't get pass the first shooting, it freezes and crash :/
Dominic Graziano
08. Oct 2024 · 18:27 UTC
Frog voice is my fav lol.
Sylf
08. Oct 2024 · 18:28 UTC
I felt bad for the amount of time I missed with these sweet loads of armadillos.:D
Great idea and I loved the gameplay!
Kluvenlaroplan
08. Oct 2024 · 18:28 UTC
THESE HEEEDGEHOOGS ARE ADORABLE!!!!!!!!! - such cute art, great job!
Mashas
08. Oct 2024 · 18:33 UTC
What a mood and funny voices! Great work team!
Maria Sh
08. Oct 2024 · 18:34 UTC
voice over is dope!
btw it was hard to cope with mechanics and understand what exactly I need to do
MrMaico
08. Oct 2024 · 18:36 UTC
We really appreciate all of your comments. We keep sharing them in our discord whenever a new comment comes in. We are very sorry for everyone that is experiencing the crash. It seems to be the first shot in every level that causes the issue. It's not happening in our debug godot build. We are investigating it and we hope we can fix it soon. Hope everyone had an amazing Jam!!
Shlolo
08. Oct 2024 · 18:40 UTC
I'm very sorry if I'm getting this wrong, and you guys actually made all those assets yourself, but to me this game gives off a strong vibe of being largely genereated with AI. Obviously it's not against the rules or anything, I just think it is a bit disingenuous to sell AI generated content as your own, since it is essentially stealing from real artists. Again, I'm really sorry if my assumption is wrong.

Other than all that, I think the game is actually quite fun gameplay-whise, so good job on that :)
ybzpp
08. Oct 2024 · 18:53 UTC
Very cute art, amazing voice, armadillos are cool!
Lussard Studio
08. Oct 2024 · 19:02 UTC
I really loved the voice and the graphics ! Maybe a better approach with teh camera could make the better !
Nice job !!
Bananplyte
08. Oct 2024 · 19:16 UTC
"Frooog. I'm a frog that helps you jump hIGH!"

This sound will haunt me from now on.
What a great little game, great work!
CrozzY
08. Oct 2024 · 20:44 UTC
Cool game, especially liked the mechanics) also the voice acting is cool
Fractal Flower Girl
09. Oct 2024 · 00:59 UTC
This was a cool idea! I would have liked a way to clear extra animals when the trampoline got buried. Overall, great job!
AthosPap
09. Oct 2024 · 07:46 UTC
Very funny game. Loved the voice lines!
korzhik
09. Oct 2024 · 13:22 UTC
Good tutorial with voice-over. Nice art and game idea.
![изображение_2024-10-09_162205808.png](///raw/4cc/b5/z/68454.png)
Wyvex
09. Oct 2024 · 13:25 UTC
Really funny game, so far, one of my favorite entries. It's most certainly a game about tiny creatures.
MrMaico
09. Oct 2024 · 13:42 UTC
@korzhik I love it! Thanks for sharing this screenshot. That's what we wanted to see!

@wyvex thank you for your kind words. It means a lot.
JuanRod707
09. Oct 2024 · 16:03 UTC
very cute and challenging puzzle, nice job!
WhiteFox
09. Oct 2024 · 21:18 UTC
Fun little game. I loved the voice over and the sfx. I faced a couple of freezes when playing from ldjam website.
Joshua_Reumann
10. Oct 2024 · 09:28 UTC
Really funny audio :D Was laughing alot playing it. Great job ;)
tremisabdoul
10. Oct 2024 · 09:40 UTC
Sorry to comment this but i agree with @shlolo i'm a composer and i know that the music is AI generated and the main menu bg looks like an pixelized AI generated art for the reasons that shlolo explained i feel bad abt it. D:

Sadly i couldn't play the game bc of a crash when i did try to shoot an animal but the tutorial voice was funny !

Don't hesitate to ping me if u fix the error so i would try the game !
Enad96
10. Oct 2024 · 10:34 UTC
Amazing voice acting
reecemungus
10. Oct 2024 · 17:57 UTC
This games neat! I love the voice acting, it's very fun! I did notice a little freeze when I shot for the first time but after that it was ok.

Nice work!
IBluebirdI
10. Oct 2024 · 18:17 UTC
Nice game =D And difficult tbh. Love the voices, they're very funny
asfdfdfd
11. Oct 2024 · 15:26 UTC
That voiceover hahahaha. Damn animals!
NemuiKoda
11. Oct 2024 · 19:37 UTC
i am absolutely loving the voice over on the tutorial. nice effort, thank you
jnur
11. Oct 2024 · 20:00 UTC
Great fun, perfectly silly concept. Aiming with a mouse (admittedly, I was using a trackpad) was sometimes a bit clunky, but it didn't hurt that much
Dywanix
11. Oct 2024 · 20:08 UTC
fun idea!
Rodgems
12. Oct 2024 · 11:57 UTC
This was fun - unfortunately got stuck when I had a pile of creatures blocking the trampolines and was also freezing my browser occassionally. I do agree with above and think some of the assets look AI generated, which is less ideal, but gameplay is fine.
Belle
12. Oct 2024 · 11:57 UTC
This was wonderful!!

I kind of lost track of time after starting with this game, and I enjoyed every bit of it! The fabulous voice acting had me laughing, and the art is well done and just enjoyable to look at while you toss around critters being uncertain if you're the good or bad guy.

Thank you so much for this game, awesome job to the whole team :heart:
Exa
15. Oct 2024 · 07:39 UTC
Nice game,very interesting plot!!!!Nice job!!!!
Andriana Mantidfly
17. Oct 2024 · 05:35 UTC
Not bad, but the visual reminds me of a neural network
Empyreans
20. Oct 2024 · 15:58 UTC
Beautiful game, well done :)

Really liked the voice over on critters xD Thank you for bringing it to the stream!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0pDj9jU-Bo

~XpMonster