Very cool idea, though it's very hard to get a grasp on, controls-wise.
Also I like the visuals and I know, that it's intentionally dark, but it seemed too dark for me at times.
Nevertheless, good job :)
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Rattenkönig's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #88 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Overall | #334 | 3.822 | 3.822 |
| Presentation | #422 | 3.978 | 3.978 |
| Fun | #1100 | 3.267 | 3.267 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You are bound, in flesh, with your vermin
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
Really cool game, tough controls but really nice audio and visuals! Lags a bit in browser, but definitely better as a download.
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Turtles All the Way DownGreat concept and presentation. Controls are a bit of a damper on the experience - 8 way movement on one character but tank controls when aiming the projectiles is really tough to get the hang of. Maybe just eliminate controlling the projectile and have some light homing towards the nearest target. Enough such that there's still some skill required in aiming.
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Blaze A WayReally unique and interesting game! Mechanically swinging the rats is very difficult to control, but that's my only complaint - it's a very polished and fun game!
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Quantum Bulletreally loved the theming, i've always thought rat kings were pretty cool.
The controls were pretty brutal for how merciless the farmer pitchforks are. Maybe next time just have the rats go in the direction that the cursor is?
thanks for making this!
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Rick Shaw's Radical RickshawLatest version of Chrome!
idk if it helps but here's a video of the behavior https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABNf3kWheoGTzEian2J1gpdiiphSUdWZ/view?usp=shari...
Really fun. Takes some getting used to, but really satisfying once you figure it out.
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Kreepy and KrawlyCompletely missed that you controlled the rats with the arrow keys, but when I got that it was fun to sling rats at enemies :)
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Space ThreadThe game is so strange and hard, but definitely it might be of interest. And by the way I broke the game on the second level. :D
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Spaced TogetherWow I really liked the gameplay. Was fun controlling my hoard of rats haha. I think the torches making the fire was a great touch!
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Sammich StackVery good idea, fits a topic. But sometimes I have a bug, when peasant spawned at the begining on replay
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Space RescuersIncredible art and cool concept! I might just be bad, but aiming is kind of hard. Great game!
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String MaceI really liked the art and the idea, congratulations. It was just really hard to hit the targets lol
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Friendly SquareThis is really interesting! But I had a lot of trouble with the second level. Aiming is tricky and those pitchforks are devastating. Maybe I'm missing the trick to it?
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Ratking RouletteThanks for playing- we wanted to incentivize the player to keep the number of farmers down. Once the whole town is out on the hunt you're gonna have a bad time. If you take it one farmer at a time from a distance you should be able to turn the tides.
You can also assign multiple rats to the same farmer to make quicker work of them.
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