Monster Cookie Factory by buggy213

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made by buggy213 for LD33 (COMPO)
My first LD entry! Only worked for four hours on this as I stupidly missed the announcement. Only thing it's missing are those lovely sound clips from the show.

Feedback

UncleChris
24. Aug 2015 路 14:25 UTC
Can't run - Getting 404 on web link (http://buggy213.itch.io/cookie-monster-factory) Tried searching itch.io for buggy213 - nope. :(
Tigris
24. Aug 2015 路 16:12 UTC
404 still.
ceosol
24. Aug 2015 路 18:39 UTC
Ditto, same with the source code.
馃帳 buggy213
24. Aug 2015 路 22:50 UTC
sorry, i forgot to verify my email address. Both links should work now(hopefully)
tanjent
25. Aug 2015 路 21:22 UTC
Sorry mate, still 404!
UncleChris
26. Aug 2015 路 00:35 UTC
Came back to check, and still 404. :( Looks like a cute game - love me the cookie monster.
馃帳 buggy213
26. Aug 2015 路 03:48 UTC
Huh, that's really weird. It doesn't show 404 for any of my computers
ehtd
28. Aug 2015 路 03:12 UTC
the controls are incredibly difficult
Electron
28. Aug 2015 路 14:31 UTC
404
馃帳 buggy213
29. Aug 2015 路 01:46 UTC
This is bizarre. Some people are getting the game while others aren't. I'll probably have to use a different platform next time around
ceosol
29. Aug 2015 路 15:18 UTC
I remember something about unity player not working on some browsers. I just got it to work. I agree that the controls are very difficult. The squiggly lines only randomly work on the turnips. It is an ok attempt for the time you put in, but it might have been better to use Sunday night and time on Monday to enter the jam.
馃帳 buggy213
29. Aug 2015 路 17:51 UTC
Hm. Advice Noted
hgcummings
31. Aug 2015 路 20:40 UTC
This could be a lot of fun with some more polish. Very challenging to focus on all four conveyer belts at the same time. I seemed to lose even when I successfully removed any 'contaminants' though and directed the monsters to eat delicious cookies. Some visual feedback for the 'eat' controls would have helped a bit I think, and maybe a slower ramp-up in difficulty.
馃帳 buggy213
01. Sep 2015 路 23:32 UTC
thank you for the feedback cummings!
MrTwister
14. Sep 2015 路 20:44 UTC
Interesting entry! This is the first game of this kind I've found so far.

It's a bit too unforgiving though! Even from the start is incredibly hard, and sitting through the instructions over and over again made me quit after a few tries.

I have some suggestions that may (or may not) help you improve the game:

If you are going to have buttons in your instructions, they should "keep" their position between pages, so "Next/Skip" is always at the same position in every page. Same with "Prev/Cancel". Helps with usability and makes the UI consistent.

There should be a button to skip the instructions entirely. Alternatively, they shouldn't appear at all after you've gone through them once. You can still have them in a pause screen if anyone actually missed them by mistake.

Having "lives" would also make the game a bit more fair and enjoyable (so when you eat something you shouldn't have eaten, you lose a life instead of going straight to gameover). This would allow you to add "lives" in the conveyor belts to create some moments of relief that will contrast very well with the moments of tension as the game becomes faster/harder.

For a first LD entry however this is really good. Good job man!