this game is inspired by one of my favorite childhood games “whack a mole”, however we played a different version where all of the kids would set and one would stand and keep an eye on the sat kids, every time the person that was standing would look away the kids who were setting would start to jump and the standing player had to slap on top of their heads to catch them.\nthis game took seven days to code for me as a beginner woman from Afghanistan, its mostly Javascript and CSS also a little HTML, the LOGO, and every other art work used in the game is done by me, i did take help from AI when i needed to debug the game but the game itself is entirely my own work, i do understand that the idea isn’t very niche and new but i believe the math questions twist made it fun and interactive, i wish i could add an HP bar and a history of high scores or a game over if the player missed more than 5 lasers but due to the size allowed in the competition i couldn’t.\noverall this is my first time joining this event and my first year as a self-thought programmer and hope the best.
\n","source":"shiturstupid/The-Laser-Cat","stars":0,"comments":[{"at":410400198,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"the penality is a math quiz lol >_< , i try to hit the lazer but for some reason my score is fixed at 0. the game is fit and light and streight to point, best of luck in your future games
\n","games":["The Familiar"]},{"at":410409479,"author":"Noumisyifa Nabila","login":"numshv","gh":149067096,"twitter":"numshv","text":"I played it until i got 100 score! It has interesting premise! If i were to nitpick something, sometimes the bomb and the light is on the same grid and then one of them got clipped out of the grid.
\n","games":["Clawstruck"]},{"at":410427610,"author":"Camilo Ramírez","login":"jucarave","gh":8118259,"url":"https://camiloramirez.dev/","twitter":"jucarave","text":"I liked the idea, very nice work considering your experience, I definitively wasn’t expecting a math quiz there haha. Sometimes the flash goes beyond the 3x3 grid or appears behind one of the blue squares, but other than that, it played nice. Great job :)
\n","games":["Guardian Cat"]},{"at":410512357,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Great imitation of what webpages looked like in 1995. Is it intentional?
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"typ":1,"at":410513255,"re":410512357,"author":"sodium ","login":"shiturstupid","gh":208161057,"text":"yes! I’m glad it was noticeable, I’ve always loved the 19s videogames or web themes.
\n"},{"at":410557201,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"Good effort for your first time. The background is very Geocities websites from waaaay back! The odd time when a laser rendered in the bottom row the bomb would be drawn outside the grid and vice versa. Some audio feedback after clicking the laser and the bomb would be a nice small addition.
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"typ":1,"at":410578376,"re":410557201,"author":"sodium ","login":"shiturstupid","gh":208161057,"text":"thanks for the feedback! i wish i had added some audio too, i submitted the game and realized i still had a lot of space for audio tracks as the game took only around 7kb.
\n"},{"at":410686608,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"I didn’t really understand the concept of ‘black cat’ other than the paw and little black cats in the corners. Very simple yet effective: I liked the fact that there were bombs that you had to try not to click or press because otherwise, you would have to answer 5 maths questions.
\nLinking back to the maths questions, they were a bit easier than I had thought (I think you could change the difficulty of the questions to make them a tad harder). Also, I think that you could add a timer so again it would be a bit harder.
\nThe link to your childhood was a really nice touch and I loved it. The graphics were pretty good considering the fact that it was a simple (but still effective) whack a mole game.
\nOverall quite fun!
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":410720446,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"Good job. I think its worth it to keep building out the game. The math caught me by surprise!
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"at":410924842,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"Nicely done, that you tricked me into engaging with your game with cute graphics. But are you trying to prove me that I am not a bot or something? What’s 3 + 7 ? It is 0 points all the way.
\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"typ":1,"at":411368606,"re":410924842,"author":"sodium ","login":"shiturstupid","gh":208161057,"text":"wow this was a pretty different feedback I’ve got haha, i obv wasn’t trying to proof if you are a bot. i found out about the competition in 10th September and i didn’t know there are game jams like this before so yes not much time for me as a beginner and i also didn’t wanted to enter with a pretty basic whack-a-mole game so i added the math part just for a small twist, thanks for the feedback tho :D
\n"},{"at":410955758,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"It wasn’t immediately clear that the puzzles were given as a punishment - and in that case, it would be nice to pause the main game progress while solving them.\nThe puzzles themselves aren’t particularly difficult, but clicking into the text field and hitting the button feels awkward. Maybe this could be simplified using something like window.prompt.
Overall, with some polishing of the gameplay - like adding animations and motion design - this could really shine. I often see whack-a-mole mechanics used successfully as mini-games in larger titles, even today.
\nGood job, especially for a first attempt! 🎮👏
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"typ":1,"at":411368727,"re":410955758,"author":"sodium ","login":"shiturstupid","gh":208161057,"text":"yes! adding some animations or a bit more twist or maybe different stages could’ve make the game a lot better, thanks for the feedback :D
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411167400,"author":"Ania Kubów","login":"kubowania","gh":51362610,"url":"javascriptgames.online","twitter":"ania_kubow","text":"What a fun entry! I like how you put puzzle on top of puzzle. It is something unique that I was not expecting and adds to the pressure. Very fitting in a world where we have so many different distractions thrown at us daily. I would love to see some different puzzles, and perhaps in a more cohesive style?
\nIt would also be great to see the theme of back cat woven in a bit more. Perhaps instead of a laser, we are trying to catch a mouse for example. And the math puzzles involved cheese.
\nA few things to think about but relatively easy to implement if you choose to do so.
\nNice work!
\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411368936,"re":411167400,"author":"sodium ","login":"shiturstupid","gh":208161057,"text":"thank you! yes building some more connection between the game and theme could’ve make it way more fun, i also wish i had added sound to it. this was a great experience for me to learn and be more ready for my future entries :D
\n"},{"at":411289394,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"Good entry! I enjoyed the whack-a-mole aspect.
\nWell done!
\n","games":["Black Cat's Herbs & Brews"]},{"typ":2,"at":411516633,"author":"Emanuele Feronato","login":"triqui","gh":389551,"text":"I liked a lot the idea of making a whack a mole game adding more puzzles.
\nYou say you’re a beginner, but actually you managed to build a fun game, so you have a lot of potential, keep coding!!
\n"},{"at":411618728,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"✨ Nice idea (even if not really on theme). For a first entry it’s great, and it’s well optimized since there’s still space left at the end. Looking forward to what you’ll create next year! Adding some sound or feedback when clicking on elements would make it even better.
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"at":411620348,"author":"Attila Horváth","login":"attilahorvath","gh":4081005,"text":"Congrats on finishing your first compo entry as a self-taught programmer, that’s no small feat!
\nThe idea was nice enough and the cats very cute. You even had the black paw pointer cursor, similar to what I did in my game so obviously I’m partial towards that! ^^
\nThe game itself is very simple which is perfectly fine for a first submission. I did see some technical glitches, like the laser pointer appearing outside of the box but nothing game breaking.
\nI thought the idea of having to solve some math problems as a penalty was hilarious, props for coming up with that!
\nAll in all, great job finishing your first game and I’ll be curious to see what you submit next time!
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