It's a really fun game, the controls are a bit odd to get used to but after that it's pretty good
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Laser 'Purr'cision's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of the Limitation | #12 | 4.244 | 4.244 |
| Concept | #15 | 4.024 | 4.024 |
| Overall | #16 | 3.933 | 3.933 |
| Enjoyment | #19 | 3.610 | 3.610 |
| Presentation | #26 | 3.854 | 3.854 |
Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
Cpt. Coffeepot
Software used
Unity
Use of the limitation
All artwork was made to the 8x8 limitation, or matches the style (in the case UI and Cursor)
Cookies eaten
2, with 4 pots of coffee.
Comments
Heyyo, I appreciate the feedback!
I'll be the first to admit that the controls are very nuanced and highly experimental, and as such, are prone to discomfort. I'll take your experience into considering when reapproaching the system in a post-jam update. At the very least, I intend to have an interactive tutorial, but we'll see what else I can come up with to help streamline the experience.
Thanks for giving it a chance by digging a little deeper, and taking the time to jot down your thoughts! :D
Hey there, thanks for the feedback!
I'll be the first to admit that there's a better solution to text instructions.
In lieu of the tutorial there wasn't quite time for, it serves to acquaint the player to controls that might be misunderstood by experimentation alone. Rest assured, I intend to implement a more streamlined approach in a post-jam update, making the 'lore' text completely optional.
Thanks again for your thoughts, and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the game nonetheless! :D
Heyyo, thanks for playing! I appreciate the feedback, and already have something in mind (by recommendation of other players) to ramp up the difficulty in a performance-sensitive way in a post-jam update; more dogs and plague mice! I'm also playing with the idea of ways to counter-attack Waffles (jump on his head), and other power-ups (instant laser charge) to compensate for the new difficulty curve.
Trivial or not, 40 points in no small feat. Would you say, higher than the Dev Score? 43, perhaps? I'd post a link to your jam submission on the game page for the remainder of the jam, if that were the case. Something you'd be interested in?
Well I only had 38 on the second run, so I did a third playthrough and here's an 80 score =P
Those ideas sound good, it'll be interesting to see how the game develops.
Two further things I noticed on this run:
1. You can catch a mouse while in tired/sleep state but doing so does not bring you out of the state prematurely, and I would suggest that either it should, or that you shouldn't be able to catch mice (of either type) at all in this state.
2. There are certain spots near each corner where being hit by the dog will result in you bouncing off the wall and landing on the dog again losing two lives in the process, so a limited invulnerability state after each hit might be a good idea. I got caught out by this three times on this recent run because I kept messing up when I entered sleep mode >.<
80?! Absolutely smashing! You're officially Supreme Mouse-catcher, posted for all to see :D
To your first point, I absolutely agree, and have plans to implement your second suggestion :]
To your second, that is a problem, and an excellent solution. Post-dog-bite temporary invincibility should be easy enough to implement. It's on my hit-list! Many thanks for all your thoughts! :D
2 years ago(+1)
Greetings, and thanks for playing! Glad to hear you enjoyed it, and I appreciate your thoughts :]
2 years ago(+1)
Heyyo, thanks for taking the time to play my game, that's some great feedback!
Makes perfect sense to me, too. After all, why punish the player for an already difficult to control movement mechanic? Stunning the watchdog takes the sting out of living dangerously quite nicely. That's definitely going into consideration for the post-jam update!
I appreciate the insight, and I'm glad you enjoyed the game nonetheless despite the difficulty. Happy Jammin'!
Hello there, and thanks for stopping by to give my game a whirl. Glad you liked it! :D
49?! Dayumn, that's some impressive stuff. Caustiously, you say? Hmm, might have to add more dogs and plague mice to the mix over time, shake things up a little! To commemorate the occasion, how about I link your submission on the game page for the remainder of the jam? If that's alright with you, of course :]
2 years ago(+1)
Hey there, 9 points for 9 lives is pretty poetic, so well done! I only got my score cause I had three days of practice :]
Happy to hear you enjoyed the game and found it appropriately challenging. Thanks for playing!
Greetings, and thanks for playing! The controls are a little nuanced, and are best thought of as an attempt at further gamifying the experience of messing with a cat using a laser pointer; the more you jitter it, the faster the cat makes a move on it. I appreciate the feedback, and I've updated the game page to provide more clarity on the controls.
Glad to hear you otherwise enjoyed it, and Happy Jammin'! :D
Hello there, thanks for playing!
By default, the laser pointer takes 2.5 seconds to fully capture Oscar's attention if you only hold down the mouse and don't move (as indicated by a slowly enclosing red circle). Once it does, Oscar jumps towards it.
Behind the scenes, time is taken away from that timer proportional to the difference of the mouse position between frames. As an experiment, try holding down left click, and swiping across the screen. Though you won't have much control over where Oscar jumps toward, he should do so almost immediately. Wiggling the mouse should give the benefit of control and charge efficiency. If not, that's a bug, and I'd like nothing more than to squash it! :D
2 years ago(+1)
Oh no! In a game about dungeons and rodents, there's bound to be few bugs, right? Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I've added that to my notes for post-jam fixes. Glad to hear you otherwise enjoyed it, and thanks for playing!
Happy Jammin'! :D
2 years ago(+1)
I hold 'a few tries' as a compliment of the highest degree, so thanks for sticking it out and congrats on the score! :D
2 years ago (+1)
Heyyo. Thanks for taking a moment to give it a go, and I'm happy to hear that you liked it!
Happy Jammin'! :D
2 years ago(+1)
Hello! Getting that bit of functionality to work was a bit of a head-scratcher, so I'm thrilled to hear you liked it!
Thanks for playing, and Happy Jammin'! :D
2 years ago(+1)
Hey there, thanks for the feedback! You're quite right with time being of the essence, but I totally hear ya there; Unlockable hats & skins would have been awesome! Among other bells and whistles, of course. Alternate level layouts, perhaps, or more dogs and critters... Who knows what post-jam updates will bring? *Feature creep intensifies*
Glad you liked the laser pointer; I was a little worried the charge and wiggle behavior wouldn't quite connect with a few players, but thus far the response has been beyond my expectations, and that's pretty awesome. Luckily, most people who have had a cat and a laser pointer in the same room all come to the same inevitable conclusion: fun & mischief.
Congrats on being the commenter with the highest score thus far!
Thanks for stoppin' by and taking a crack at it. I'm delighted you enjoyed it!
Happy Jammin'! :D
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