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Catch the Rats!!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #21 | 3.409 | 3.409 |
| Graphics | #34 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Fun | #39 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
| Originality | #39 | 3.227 | 3.227 |
| Overall | #44 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Controls | #53 | 2.455 | 2.455 |
| Theme | #55 | 2.545 | 2.545 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
3.2.2
Source
Yes
Game Description
Our initial idea was a reversed pac-man game, where you control a family of ghosts chasing the evil pac-man, and in the end it evolved to a game where you are a family supposed to hunt rats in your kitchen :)
Discord Username
N/A
Participation Level (GWJ only)
This is our first time participating in the GWJ
Participation Level across all Jams
This is the first game jam for me, but not for all members in the jam (all members are credited in the itch.io page)
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Comments
I like where the idea for this game comes from, its simple to pick up and play and i like running around the kitchen trying to anticipate where to catch the rat (cause the AI 's pretty good at finding alt routes to avoid you) the fact that you can leave a character running in a direction while switching on another is also nice to help you catch that rat.
One thing though about the charcter switching, its a bit odd that you put it on the number keys, cause on some keyboard you gotta have hold shift or caps lock to use those, other than maybe the difficulty that's a bit on the hard side, the game is fun, and i dig the artstyle and music ^^
good job to your team :)
Come here you darn rat! Running around like crazy trying to catch a slippery little thing was really funny and probably what it would be like in real life too haha.
I had a lot of fun running behind the rat :)
I found out that if you stay on top of it you can increase your score by a lot, instead of getting only one update. I don't know if that was intended.
Good job!
This was fun! I like the control scheme, and using different speeds for the different characters actually adds to the strategizing since you can do refined movements with the faster one and give overall rat direction with the slower one.
A small bug I found was where if you only skid the rat, you get a point but the rat isn't caught, leading you to easily get a higher score as your guys are still pretty close to the rat. Maybe the points are not tied to rat deletion/reset?
I hate that rat!
Very fun game, very enjoy it.
What a clever rat!! This was a really fun game - well done! I kept forgetting which button was for which character so I was a bit slow at toggling between the two and the rat just ran past me! Maybe one toggle button would make it easier?! Anyway, loved the game! Lovely art, music, atmosphere and gameplay and floor design :)
Hey,
nice little game you made, really like it. played and rated.
Only small remark I have, I'm on an azerty keyboard, so I couldn't swap before I read the comments. thanks to angeldustjdr I now can swap :).
please feel free to play and rate my game:
https://itch.io/jam/godot-wild-jam-24-our-2-year/rate/737061
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I guess I really need to make this swap system better so that it can support multiple keyboard formats :)
It's a good game, but I feel like it would be better if you could change the difficulty. The rat's AI is too good!
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I'm glad to hear that the game feels challenging :)
Cool game ! The swap system is odd. I am on a French keyboard, so to actually access the 1 and 2 buttonss I have to press SHIFT+& and SHIFT+. It took a while to figure this out :D Other than that, pretty cool game. I like the artstyle !
Hey, thanks for this feedback! I only tested the game in QWERTY keyboards so I didn't notice there could be some issues in other keyboard formats =P when I have time to work in the game again I'll try to figure out how to make the experience better in other keyboards :)
This was surprisingly fun!
I would suggest making a one button 'toggle' character swapping with some form of indicator for "currently controlled" (like a little arrow or something)
Sometimes the rat doesn't get counted when I catch him.
Hey, thanks for the feedback! :D
The toggle button and controlled indicator are great suggestions, when I have some time to work on the game again this will probably be a priority after fixing the most obvious bugs.
I loved the game. the aesthetics (art, music, SFX, animation...) are amazing.
I have a small problem with the controllers (a bit glitchy), especially when changing between characters. and you should work on the AI more is a bit easy to catch if the controllers work well. But over all I have so much fun playing the game.
Good job guys!.
Thanks for the review! :)
There are definitely a few issues with the controllers, unfortunately we couldn't polish everything in time, but thanks for playing and I'm glad that you enjoyed it! :D
Loved the game..
Mostly the ai of the rat is awesome..
Can increase the time limit the game is having great potential..
Thanks for the review! :)