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Big Fat Pig

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Updates:
15/7/14: Slightly altered graphics and game play mechanics.
14/7/14: A glitch where you couldn't get one of the gold stars (only bronze) should be fixed.

BFP – Prototype

I did this on my own in a day, I expect criticism, but please make it constructive.

I have only tested it in chrome so cannot guarantee it's function in other browsers.

Genre: Puzzle/Platformer

Controls:

Use the mouse to navigate menus and to click the music icon to pause the music.

Use arrow keys or [WASD] to roll the pig. Space to jump.

Press down to drop through blue platforms.

Jump: [W] [UP ARROW] [SPACEBAR]

Move/Roll: [Left/Right ARROWS] [A/D]

Restart level: [RETRUN]

Pause game: [SHIFT]

Top Tip: Ignore the time and score at first, just stick to trying to find the apples, in order to get a quick time or high score, you will need to know where the apples are.

Game:

Play as Big Fat Pig, in a level full of apples. Roll around and collect apples. To finish the level roll in the pile of mud!
BFP wants to find and eat all the apples, will you help him find them all?
As you change size this will effect what you can do and where you can go in the level, so you will have to discover and strategically plan the best way to be able to find and eat all of the apples! That is just one of the 3 challenges within the game.....

You are rated on time, amount of apples you eat and score (calculated with time and apples).
The more apples you eat, the bigger you get.

Brown platforms are solid, cream platforms move, you can jump or drop through blue platforms. You can break through blocks of hay when you are big enough.

So the unknown mysteries are; How many apples are there? Where are they? How can they all be collected? How can you achieve 3 gold stars? Why is this pig so damn fat?

Aim:

I have made one level for this game so far, but it should take some time and be rather challenging to achieve 3 gold stars. You can achieve each star by completing different challenges within the level. For each challenge, you can achieve a bronze, silver or gold star depending on how well you do. See if you can get all 3 gold stars.

About:

For this entry I tried to reflect the theme in the game play rather than the setting or plot. In my previous entry for the Construct 2030 jam, it was a bit more plot focussed, theme wise, so I wanted to do something different this time. Like my previous entry this is a platformer where strategy is key, but with this game it is more puzzle focussed rather than action, and you can play at your own pace.
I hope people will enjoy playing this game and trying to figure out how to obtain those 3 gold stars.
If anyone gets stuck, needs some hints or thinks they have discovered any bugs, please let me know what they are.

It will be great to know how people get on, so please share your best food score, overall score and best times in the comments/reviews!

Thanks for reading and thanks for playing!

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While the starting idea is interesting since I do like a lot games revolving around getting bigger and bigger, this game does not succeed in taking the cake.
-First lets talk about the overall look of the game. This game looks like it was made ten years ago, if so he would look acceptable but it is not by today standard. The sprite used for the pig is too basic and the hud is just a couple of letters incrusted quickly atop the screen. The platforms are just big lines, there is little to no background and you can actually see the line where the background is repeated. This is unnaceptable by quality standards. The breakable blocks doesnt look like breakable blocks. It does look like the game was made in mspaint. First impression is paramount, a game that look that bland and rushed will aggravate it's ranking. Even though looks arent everything I think it is one of the main issue with the game. If you gave it a little polish by making a more complex character sprite or some detail backgrounds it could help a lot. Maybe your specialty isnt drawing but coding. In that case I would suggest you find an artist that would take over the whole drawing part.
-Now let's go to the sound, the retro music is okay but I feel it somehow doesnt quite fit with the style of your game. Perhaps because it doesnt seem that your game is retro. The noise the pig is making each time he eat an apple is fine at first but it's really getting on my nerve after the first dozen apples. You should look for a more satisfying sound that would give that extra push the player is looking for while getting the apples.
-As for controls the pig feels heavy to control especially when he jumps, but not in a good way. you should start to feel the weight of your character as he increase in size, not when he's small, besides there are no difference between the small pig and big pig control except for the fact you dont really fit through some spaces anymore. The pig look more like a cardboard cutout than an actual pig. Maybe you should try to make it feel like some kind of softball, so even if he gets big you can try to wedge him through slightly tinier spots instead of having him go into a complete halt everytime the obstacle is an inch over his height. There are also little possibilites is gameplay. It would be nice to know when you are heavy enough to smash trough some blocks (And that those blocks are breakable in the first place. Plus adding some extra move would smooth out the control and give the player the idea he has more control (Possibility to double jump or pile dive up or down or maybe spin to give yourself some momentum ala sonic)
-On to level design : This is a cluster, a complete mess. There is barely anything to salvage here, the apples seems to have been put at some place at complete random, the platforming makes little to no sense, There are barely no indications on what everything does. On my first try I ended up reaching the pool of mud without even knowing it would end the level by going underground and then going up the only way I could by the blue ladder. It also seem that you cant just collect apple randomly since some apples are quickly getting out of grasp if you go too big so you have to carefully pick what apple you want first. This gives to the game a layer of exploration and think through that shouldnt be the focus, not if you cant see all of the map at once.
-Gameplay wise there is one level. the goal is to have a 3 stars ranking. But with the previous flaw I mentioned I doubt anyone would have the patience to go through the game to achieve that score.

The game should provide more levels, with puzzles to make itself interesting but could also be a relaxing destruction game. It's up to you now. But most importantly : Put actual effort into the design.

HenerzH responds:

Hi, I appreciate what you have said and I agree with a lot of it, my excuse to most of it is a lack of time, I'm not an artist you are right, but I could do better, I didn't focus on the visuals at all, just trying to get an idea across if anything. I did use ms paint for quick temporary art. Please don't suggest I didn't make an effort, that is an outrageous statement. Something I must disagree with is that there is a massive difference in the movement when you get bigger, you can jump really high, far and move quickly when small, the opposite is true when you are large. I think some of the problems you have found are to do with me trying to not make it obvious how to do it straight away, the breakable blocks are different, at first I wasn't even going to do that, but I didn't want you to necasarily know you could break anything at first, I thought it would be a fun surprise that would lead to more thought. As for the soundtrack I wouldn't call it retro myself, so I plain don't get that one. Most of the apples have been thoughtfully placed so you have to really think about what order you do the level in. I agree the art can of course be improved upon a huge amount, it's not a finished game by any means. Obviously I would like to add more levels and puzzles. I just focussed on the one level for now as I made the game in just over one day, and wanted to focus on making one thoughtful level. I thought it was interesting that you want the apples but often need to avoid them, sound effects were also rushed and I agree can massively be improved upon. If I develop the game I think it might be a good idea to switch the main focus to finishing levels rather than finding all the apples like you said. Also yep the HUD is extremely basic as I didn't see it as a priority at this stage. I see it as a massive positive you believe more can be done with the idea, I think if I made the one and only level more clever/complex at this stage, it would mean more people would struggle even more. If people don't enjoy trying to get the 3 stars that's a shame, the idea is to try and search and discover the apples and level, not to know where they are to get them, I think that would be extremely boring personally.
So to some up I agree with the sounds and art, the level design is visually ugly but I believe it is challenging and thoughtful, although I would like to do a lot more with it.
I think you are being overly critical of a clear very basic prototype, but I guess it's fair enough as people expect a lot from games that are featured. Everything you said are obvious things to address if this was to be made into a full game.
Cheers.

Interesting concept, but was just plain boring. Art and sound are good though.

HenerzH responds:

Sorry to hear this. But glad you liked the concept. Hopefully I will be able to make it more exciting with further development.

1 Star and i will tell why

I have fun for the first 20 seconds, really, makes me laugh alot spin over and over!

But hey! U use construct 2 and let the standard stuff there! And hey, how do you lose or win the game?

In some point is impossible to move along the scenario!

One star for the fun

HenerzH responds:

I would like to start by saying well done with your game entry. I like that you have these questions as the theme was "the unknown", hopefully you can try and enjoy figuring out the answers for yourself? Like most puzzle games you can't die, but if you are trying to get all the apples and get them in the wrong order and can't progress then you have failed and must restart, which you can do anytime by hitting the [RETURN] key. Try and get 3 gold stars. Start by trying to find all the apples. Yep stared with a basic construct template and went from there, I've added a fair bit but left some in because it worked well with my mechanics. If you get stuck, try rethinking the order you are getting the apples in..
To complete the level roll in the mud bath.

good concept, good music lower when more fat lol

bad same level only, bad instructions, bad not so good developed (has more posibbilities!!)

anyways, innovative

HenerzH responds:

Hey, thanks for the constructive criticism, I appreciate it. Thanks for likeing the concept and thinking it has more possibilities, I agree, which is why I would argue that is a good thing not a bad thing. With just two days I decided to focus on one level and have a few challenges within it. I would like to add a lot more to this game in the future. I also didn't want to add anything in that was too confusing with just the one level. The lack of detailed instructions was intentional as I wanted people to have to gradually figure out the game on their own, this would help reflect the game jam theme also. Having said that, there is an instructions page and in my comments there is lots of direction as well. In a fall version of the game I would add more explanation and more gradual build up with tutorial levels etc.

I thought the game was great fun! It's very addictive, I couldn't stop playing until I got all the apples! I'm a very novice game player and thought it was quite difficult to begin with but I still enjoyed playing it. Can't believe it was made in a day - very impressive. Also, Big Fat Pig, great name haha.

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