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Nessie: Hide 'n' Eat by Jerre

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made by Jerre for LD33 (COMPO)
Nessie: Hide 'n' Eat
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You play as Nessie, the famous monster of Loch Ness. You need to eat, but do not want to make your self known. Eat the fish, and avoid the flashes of the ever increasing photographers.

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Since I did not have more time I made this in total in about 9 hours, still quite happy with how it turned out.


NOTE: 1-sep: I fixed a bug where you could be hit immediately by an appearing photographer, this was obviously not intended behaviour, so I hope it is not against the rules nor spirit. Otherwise imagine you still can be hit.

Have fun!
Web (Unity) http://www.jerreav.nl/LD33/Nessie/Nessie.html
Source http://www.jerreav.nl/LD33/Nessie/Nessie%20source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=13020

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1668
Overall 3.18 425
Audio 2.60 517
Fun 3.09 423
Graphics 2.82 609
Innovation 3.32 267
Mood 3.21 312
Theme 3.59 337

Feedback

donaldm
24. Aug 2015 路 03:15 UTC
This was an interesting take on the game snake. It was fun, but the audio got old after awhile and it was really hard to dodge the camera flashes for long before dying.
TerraCottaFrog
24. Aug 2015 路 20:18 UTC
This is an interesting game, but I think it could be improved by having some sort of hunger meter. Now it feels like you can just sort of wait until the perfect moment. There isn't enough tension.
LeekAnarchism
24. Aug 2015 路 21:22 UTC
The graphical style and the haunting drone give this a really cool atmosphere!

The idea of the coloured beams is really cool too.

I felt that it was a bit too easy to curl up into a corner and hide, so I think something to increase the pace / tension would help -- a hunger meter (as TerraCottaFrog says) or maybe the inabilty to stay still, or maybe some of the beams could move around.
馃帳 Jerre
25. Aug 2015 路 07:54 UTC
Yeah, thanks, a bit of time pressure would be a good idea!
blubberquark
27. Aug 2015 路 15:38 UTC
Nice mood and a cool gameplay idea.
I agree with what everyone has said about just hiding in a bunch in the corner though.
Slashee the Cow
28. Aug 2015 路 10:26 UTC
Pretty good, especially for only nine hours! Main thing I'd change is photographers not flashing as soon as they spawn, doesn't seem fair when you eat a fish and a photographer who wasn't there before immediately flashes you.

Also I have to disagree with your theming: Nessie's not a monster, she's just misunderstood!
mathijs750
28. Aug 2015 路 10:47 UTC
I got a score of 15, a lamp spawned right on me. That felt really unfair. Like the creepy atmosphere and art.
馃帳 Jerre
28. Aug 2015 路 13:23 UTC
Yeah i noticed this too late (that the photos flash for a split second when spawning, this is off course a bug)
Biruts
30. Aug 2015 路 13:31 UTC
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
mantis
31. Aug 2015 路 10:57 UTC
Really nice idea and loving the style! Too easy to get randomly captured by flash that you don't know will appear. Blue flash killed me the moment it showed up, had no chance ;_;
ChaosCult
01. Sep 2015 路 19:58 UTC
Audio is very bad, otherwise an OK simple game.
hgcummings
01. Sep 2015 路 20:18 UTC
Fun game with a neat mechanic. Quite like the dark mood of the artwork and audio as well (although the audio did get a bit grating). Wasn't quite clear what the end condition was as I seemed to survive a few hits before dying.
glerikud
05. Sep 2015 路 13:06 UTC
Fun take on the Nessie idea. It works fine, the mechanics are good, the art is moody. Great work in 9 hours!
pixzleone
05. Sep 2015 路 14:17 UTC
That was cool, great mood, graphics were a bit lacking and it would be cool with some kind of hunger meter as mentioned above.
Good job!
awesomerex
13. Sep 2015 路 20:10 UTC
Cool ambiance with the music. Creepy graphics really added to the mood. I liked the snake mechanic and the beams of light on timers.