August 23rd-26th 2013 :: Theme: 10 Seconds
Ludum Dare 27 — August 23rd-26th, 2013
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I am very proud to present our entry, Hyper Furball!
It's a side-scrolling RPG about a cute cat named Furball, trying to rid the world of mushrooms and babies. When Furball finds milk, he turns into HYPER FURBALL for 10 seconds! Can you reach level 15 and defeat the evil boss?
- 9-track original chiptune soundtrack by DDRKirby(ISQ)!
Listen to it using the Jukebox in-game, or download it at:
http://ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/hyper-furball-original-soundtrack
- Hand-drawn art by xellaya!
Tools/Frameworks used:
- FL Studio
- FlashDevelop
- FlashPunk
- Paint Tool SAI
- GIMP
- LabChirp
DDRKirby(ISQ)'s music: http://ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/
My current records:
Normal Mode, no continues: 3:54 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TevoNBYFmY
Hard Mode, no continues: 3:46 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7UWfCJ7i6I
I also have a Hard Mode 3:38 run, but not on video ^^;
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Audio(Jam) | 4.61 |
 | Fun(Jam) | 4.37 |
 | Coolness | 51% |
| #4 | Overall(Jam) | 4.26 |
| #13 | Humor(Jam) | 4.11 |
| #19 | Mood(Jam) | 4.05 |
| #34 | Graphics(Jam) | 4.39 |
| #118 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.41 |
| #438 | Theme(Jam) | 2.79 |
Comments
That was a lot of mileage you got out of a simple mechanic. The upgrades made sense as did the progression system. Great job all around.
A sample run of normal mode: https://sphotos-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1170843_10201189790681054_1177605334_n.jpg
4:15, no continues. Can you beat it?
My favourite game at the moment ! It's really fun especially the hyper mode !
Incredible. Got me playing for like 15 minutes (until i realized the game was endless hahaha)
Great job you guys!
BEST LUDUM DARE GAME PLAYED SO FAR!!
would rate 6 stars if it was possible. :D
@Foxtacy: The game is not endless; there's a boss at level 15 :)
Wow, this is amazing!! The musics are wonderful, and the gameplay is incredibly fun! The use of the theme was kinda lame though. :P Still, one of my favorite in this LD so far! Good job!
It's DDRKirby.. so instant 5 for audio.
Combat could have been fleshed out more than block and attack (And it's waaay to easy when you get the long arm as you get longer range than the enemy), But I really enjoyed it. Another really enjoyable entry from you :)
When I saw the picture of the cat while browsing the entries, I knew right away I have to play this game. I have no regrets!
I'll have to play this again to get to the end.
I love the art throughout, and omg, the music is so good!
The gameplay might've been overly simplistic, but the hypermode makes it fun.
Hyper furball mode is my jam. I am envious of your musical skills! Great work on all parts of this.
Hahaha... Lots of fun, super cute graphics, great music. Though I kind of wanted some more variation out of the gameplay later on, this didn't really detract too much from how much fun it was. Hyper furball mode was appropriately insane. :D
As always, suberb music! :D
I always look forward to your great chiptune music. ^^
The game is great and I played it 4 times, I think, trying to beat your highscore... I'll come back later to try again! (4:50 something was my best time, dying 4 times >.<)
The graphics are really simple, which adds a lot to the atmosphere!
Hard mode: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1238801_10201209682658341_2096374654_n.jpg
4:40, no continues. Hard mode is fun!
Great music and very detailed, cute graphics! :)
I've played several levels so far and my only complain is that it gets a bit repetitive (I love the levelups, they're one of the main reasons why it's compelling to keep playing). Also, the theme plug is loose at best. Despite this, the game clearly reflects how much work has been put in it.
Congratulations!!
Wow, really nice game! Really great with the upgrade-system; really prolongs the game. And the hyper-mode was really nice done.
From the story to the music this game is excellent.
I was afraid the slash and move would have been annoying after a while, but thanks to the right upgrades, it becomes almost funnier.
The gameplay is pretty simple, but music, graphics and sfx make up for that. And then exactly I thought - okay, but that is a bit repetitive, I level up and up pops a skill upgrade menu! It still got a little bit repetitive, but really only a bit - I had a lot of fun!
I love the intro. And the ending. And the last boss, haha. That one was really unexpected and clever.
The graphics - woah, I can't get over how adorable those character designs are! And the backgrounds are super great too. And the music - the music! I've downloaded the soundtrack and I'm listening to it while I write this comment.
This is an amazing entry!
Oddly enough I was really entertained by reading the liner notes in the Jukebox, and absolutely amazed that you spent an hour and twelve minutes on the 200bpm 8-bar loop :)
Great graphics and audio work, the gameplay mechanic was pretty simple but it was compelling enough for me to keep playing. I think more variety in attack patterns and enemies as you progressed would have kept the game more interesting - I think every enemy attacked at the same rate so you got a good idea of how to effectively attack.
The upgrades and hyper mode were really fun.
Great work!
I've recorded two speedruns of myself blazing through the game - one on normal mode and one on hard mode. Fun! :)
Great style & great music as usual. Gameplay gets a bit stale but hyper mode IMMENSELY makes up for it :D Nice job!
That is ... mhmhmhm ... I don't know... I mean... this... IS SO FUNNY!!!! Hahah I laughed all the time... Innovation Award!
Awesome entry! Even though the theme is themes isn't perfectly implemented, everything else is perfect! Very, very impressive for a game made in 3 days. And cool soundtrack!
Well the gameplay could have been more varied, but the music is so great *.* Also loved the graphics. This was a ton of fun.
Very nice! Even though the mechanics are simple (specially after you get a high attack power and range, which renders the defense less necessary), you really get all the juice out of it! Also, due to a sum of simplicity, great level of polish and excellent aesthehics, the game is simply FUN! Seriously guys, this is one hell of an aesthetical accomplishment. The music, in particular, is extremely good and appropriate for the frantic, nonsense atmosphere of the game. Congratulations, one of the best games I've played so far, I think I distributed like 784 stars all over your ratings. hahahah
Cheers!
At first I thought the limited enemy interactions were going to ruin my fun, but the upgrade system kept it interesting. Nice job!
Woah...
This sure was a lot of fun!
The theme is a bit light, but that would be my only critic
The cat is so cute! I really like the art of this game. The gameplay itself was OK and the upgrades kept me interested. The normal mode is pretty easy especially after getting some upgrades. And in the end the hyper mode was just pressing forward and watching how the cat mercilessly destroys everything it encounters in split second. :D It's funny though. Hard mode isn't that easy and needs more use of defense which is nice. Somehow the level up or hyper mode music tends to get stuck in a loop and is repeated until I close the game. It gets somewhat annoying.
An excellent overall! :)
Nothing can go wrong with Cat! So cute :3 I enjoyed the game, it wasn't really long and it was fun. There are different skills to explore, gameplay seems a bit repetitive towards the end but the game ends at a good time so overall it was really fun.
Fun, cute, awesome, HYPER, addictive, just aaaah it's GREAT!!!! Too bad I went HYPER just before the boss battle, so I didn't really get to see him. But that's okay, I felt special :)
Simply amazing.
It didn't feel grindy at all, purely enjoyable.
Until now, my favourite game by far! Though the gameplay is simple, it merges together music, graphics and cuteness that it fits awesome!
Small minus: when getting to (about) lvl 11, everything seems to get slower. Maybe you should check the garbage collection in flash a bit, removing dead shrooms and dead babies ;)
Awesome game. The music is really well done and the progression of the game is perfect.
Cool game but I have to admit it is a bit weird, I mean, the graphics are so cute and fluffy and after all we are killing babies and mushrooms... and baby-shrooms, I feel a bit guilty but overall it was very fun.
Wow, I absolutely loved this game. Gameplay is solid and the upgrades keep it interesting. And Graphics, story and overall visuals are terribly cute and make a full, well-rounded game. And the soundtrack is completely mind-blowing. Especially "Search the Ruins". Wow! For 72 hours alone that would have been amazing.
All in all, an incredibly polished and fun game!
HYPER FURBALL MODE! :D upgrades are really good (though I found things became a lot easier with long arms and most of the hyper upgrades), I was starting to wonder if the game was endless but then I found the ending. Really fun and feels like a complete well rounded game rather something rushed out in 72 hours.
The most epic and awesome game I've ever played on Ludum Dare! It has everything: a cat, a boss, good humor and turbo mode! Purrfect!
This is just unbelievably fantastic. The sound is top notch. The art is great. There's even a lot more design and player choice in there than I had first thought. Great job!
Adorable graphics and fun music, great little "button mashing" RPG.
Music awesome, graphics ADORABLE, so much work has gone into this! Amazing you guys, +++++ votes!
and bonus points for making an upgrade system. just WOW
haha, adorably awesome! love the music, visuals and story. a little repetitive gameplay, but definitely fun and polished.
I love cats and I love insane things happening fast whilst surrounded by colours. This ticks all the boxes
Simple but fun, really good job making a nice whole package and getting a bit of polish all around. The progression and skill upgrades made the ramping feel pretty good, and I'm sure it'll be great with some balancing and tuning. Good job!
It's amazing how addicting such a simple game can be. The music was superb and the graphics pleased the eye. Great job on the upgrade system. :) Very good game!
The gameplay gets pretty repetitive up until the end part, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't amazingly fun. The game length seems perfect, and the upgrade system is very well designed for keeping the game interesting. If you work on it more in the future, adding more types of enemies could really add a lot of replay value to this game.
The amount of work you put into this game is absolutely stunning. Everything is top notch : art, music, polish level (several environnements ? Several GAME MODES ? Sort-of-balanced upgrades !!??). Only your use of the theme is quite weak imo. I have some remarks if you wanna work on a post-jam version.
I would have liked some extra variety in the enemies behavious tho, and some extra challenge, as the game is quite easy and repeats the same pattern again & again. The "fuzzy cat" (ultimate defense) upgrade isn't so easy to understand either, as I would have expected the block to be absolute to begin with.
The gameplay of attacking and blocking is quite repetitive, but everything else is absolutely brilliant: the artwork, music, intro, RPG-like upgrade system and psychedelic hyper furball mode! Well done!
That was epic. Hyper mode with the massive claw fully upgraded was hilarious!
Excellent music, well done.
Woah, great job with the audio. The masses want more and promise to do their best to not execute the emperor this year. I also like the details like upgrades having their own icons.
Too bad the core gameplay gets old fast. It's like eating rice with lots of spice, there's spice but it's still just rice, y'know?
This is the 51th game I'm rating and I can say it is my favorite one by far. The upgrading system is very sweet, sound track is AMAZING, graphics are absolutely beautiful.
My first run results: https://twitter.com/ghRibacki/status/376219139011928066
I seriously doubt I'll find a game that I like more than Hyper Furball in this Ludum Dare edition!
Fantastic game!! I was so sad when the game was over. I was in godmode :(
The theme was bad implemented in my opinion though
Nice game. Very well polished with nice tutorial and power ups. THE MUSICS ARE AMZING!! The only downside is the theme usage but wonderful work. Congrats.
This game was very addicting, loved the upgrade system, wanted to see how far I could go, the game overall is fairly basic but its super fun! Great music and sound effects too, really wrapped it all together!
My first impressions on the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPVf_T-kHSQ ^^
Cool game. The music and the graphics are really good.
I disliked that the fighting didn't really get more complex through the game. So I was happy to get some more diversity once I reached the endboss.
I've just updated the file to v1.05. The only new feature is Japanese language support (thanks to A-zu-ra for the translations), so I believe this should fall within the compo rules :)
Nicely done! The biggest complaint I had was the sound volume was really loud. On my iMac I had to turn my volume to 0.25 bars (the lowest possible) and still thought it was loud. But other than that, it was great!
All around fantastic. Really liked the upgrade system, and the graphics and audio were both all around top notch. My only suggestion is that I wish I restarted at the beginning each time I died so that the upgrades were carrying me through the easier stuff faster. And I'd love to be able to keep going after the boss to take full advantage of a full upgraded cat :D And hyper mode was amazing!
I love this game! It was so much fun and I played it all the way through. Great work! :D
THIS is LD #1. Played all the way through, great pacing and just wonderful! Dont know what I can say kirby.. 5 stars in everything! Would give more if I could, amazing!
Thanks for all the support, everyone! Voting is almost over :D
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I really like it when entering hyper furball mode