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GMTK Game Jam 2020

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A jam submission

The Long NightView game page

GMTK 2020 Game Jam Submission

Submitted by trmrddr (@trmrddr), matthemagician, giraffalope — 35 minutes, 20 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Presentation	#340	4.059	4.059
Overall	#495	3.632	3.632
Originality	#599	3.750	3.750
Fun	#770	3.368	3.368

Ranked from 68 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?
Herding cats is a famously difficult thing, even more so when the aliens are trying to get them.

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all art during the game jam

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all audio during the game jam

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11LSubmitted3 years ago

Nooo my cats ^^ the alien pushed me out of the screen and I couldn't come back ^^ but it is a nice game ^^ good job ^^

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MaxMitchellSubmitted3 years ago

great work on this game! quite spooky and intense trying to keep my cats safe! the atmosphere was fantastic! good job! :D

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AtymTima GamesSubmitted3 years ago

I was a little confused if is there any strategy to save the cats most of the time, because I really wanted so badly, but aliens were so persistent ;(
One thing that I didn't like is that there wasn't a way to save the cat from the alien who took one (or was it, and I'm just small brained?)
But overall, the sound design was on point, the visuals establish the atmosphere well, and the idea is original but sad (in a good way). Surely, adding much more elements can turn the game into something much less repetitive, but for a game in 48 hours, your submission is great!

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matthemagicianDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

It definitely seems like we should have had some way to counter the aliens for a bit: either stealing a cat back from them, shooing them away, or maybe throwing some light to scare them temporarily? Unfortunately, it was one of those things we just didn't have time to playtest+figure out a good solution for.

Glad you enjoyed the atmosphere of the game, our artists did some super good work!

AtymTima GamesSubmitted3 years ago

Yeah, I figured it was the time limit. But it just made the game so much sad, the feeling of hopelessness when you can't even save your cat... XD
Best of luck to your team!

NeatGamesSubmitted3 years ago

It took me a while to understand how exactly do I operate the game, but once I got an idea, the game-play was pretty smooth. The UI was very cool looking! nice sound and graphics too. Awesome job submitting a challenging game to this jam and If you have time, please check out my game :D

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Black Hole Defense

MonsieurPazurSubmitted3 years ago

Fun concept and nice visuals and audio.

Though it's rather a one-shot game. It gets tedious after a while, especially the second (and probably next) time around.

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Baaaaad Neighbourhood

AnjosustrakrSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Hard game, and sad. :(

But well done! My only complaint is that the character sprite goes under the cats even when not carrying them, which looks a bit odd.

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Anchovy Apocalypse

Nine2dieSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

this is a really cool game. I loved the are and the movement was pretty solid. Great work!

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Into The Blood Room

DarknemsSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Original take on the theme, allthough felt a bit tidious (for me at least). Overall presentation is good, the pixel art is of good quality, the music fit the ambiance and the sfx are well done and use. Didn't encounter any bug, so yeah good job !

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arkicadeSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really cute idea! I liked the pixel art style and the general look of the game was very polished :) Was not a fan of how you could collide with the cats (as you had to avoid those, the monsters and had to pick them up at the same time). Excellent job overall :)

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Rob HoffSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Cool concept but I did not like that the cats had colliders I had to avoid. Fantastic visuals and theme, it felt super creepy in a good way. Good job, and I hope to see this expanded upon!

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Sunroof Shootout

ChickenBarbequeGamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really fun and iteresting game. Mom the devil whats to eat my cats!

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GeegazSubmitted3 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Fun game ! it wasn’t too hard and the movements of the aliens was speedy but predictable enough to still be manageable. I just don’t know if it was intended that the cats have a hitbox ? Good job !

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Anurag1212Submitted3 years ago(+1)

wow, this one is really awesome and cute, totally worth the time

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Bryn MikulskiSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

My cats were all murdered, so that's probably a good place to call it a night. The mechanics feel solid, my only complaint was that an alien was able to push me into the trees on my first playthrough so I wasn't able to protect my poor children. I don't know what I was expecting, but the aliens scared the livin daylights out of me, the sound design and creature design there is terrifying. Good work! Loved the atmosphere, loved the game.

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tranquilmageSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

such a cute game! i am apparently very bad at it but that did not stop me from having a lot of fun! the artstyle and color scheme came out great! i love it!

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Real Estate Rescue

tomlumSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

I loved this!!! Super super cute and super fun to corral a bunch of little sweetos who don't know what's good for them (very true to real life with cats). Also I'm super curious about the enemy AI! The way they just wait in the darkness and then RUN was so creepy.

matthemagicianDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Glad you enjoyed it! The enemy AI didn't quite get where I wanted it to, but it's a pretty simple state machine.

When they enter the field (from spawn, or after stealing a cat), they run at full speed until they're roughly onscreen.
If they're stealing a cat, they run at full speed to the nearest edge (that's the idea, at least)
If they can "see" a cat (read: they're within X distance of one), they move full speed towards it, by tweening their velocity in the direction of the nearest cat.
Otherwise they're considered to be "wandering." While wandering, they use a movespeed a fraction of their usual, and pick a random direction to tween towards every half a second or so. The cats also wander around like this.
We noticed that they'd often end up crowding the light with that simple wandering algorithm though, so I added a bit to have them notice it they're too close to the center, and make them run away in a random direction if so. It only sort of worked haha

Hopefully I haven't just rambled, and that actually conveyed something useful.

tomlumSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Ahhhh, makes sense! Wow I hadn't even considered that the cats and enemies might share AI mechanics, but in retrospect, duh why not reuse it. It always amazes me how a little bit of logic can feel so complex.

SpaceGuinea ProductionsSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really fun game! It's also very hard, I couldn't keep more than 3 cats at the same time.

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JuliaSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

i love playing anything as a scraggly old wizard. super cute game, as someone who uses the phrase "it's like herding cats" often i think this is a perfect digital representation of it. love the art, easy to play. well done!

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Danial JumagaliyevSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Very addicting, I got to a score of 50! 5/5 for the originality!

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