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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3014 | 3.478 | 3.478 |
| Narrative | #3624 | 2.391 | 2.391 |
| Enjoyment | #3899 | 2.913 | 2.913 |
| Audio | #4392 | 2.652 | 2.652 |
| Artwork | #5524 | 2.609 | 2.609 |
Ranked from 23 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?
You create loops with your Space Lasso to capture escaped Space Cows!
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Music by Spring Spring
https://opengameart.org/content/spaghetti-western
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As the basics this works well. First time I see the energy depleted become a secondary hinder when you lose control, good addition. Would have love some more spice to wrangle those bowie cows.
Thank you for playing! I thought after the submissions ended that maybe I should have added collision to the lasso so they couldn't escape as easily.
I love the lasso mechanic so I enjoyed this game :))
it is fun and cute good job making it love it
Best I could do was 30 cows with lots of luck Aaaargh, nice little game very reminiscent of .io games
Love the setting, very fun. Mouse controls could do wonders for having more control of your loops
Congratulations on getting through the jam!
I liked the game, but it took me a long time to understand why my energy wasn't recharging from just standing in place, especially since the hint prompted me to "wait a bit"
Thank you for playing!
You are right! I should have clarified better that it recharges when fully depleted! It would probably have been better if it did recharge if you stand a bit!
Solid experience! The visuals really pulled me in.
I must say, for a 2-day time limit the game's pretty good!
The graphics are simple but completely functional, and the gameplay is quite enjoyable. Maybe catching a cow could also increase the time left? That might make the goal of catching all the cows more attainable.
I like the spaceship controls, but personally I'd prefer if acceleration and the lasso were separate inputs. I understand this might be intentional design, but I simply dislike the loss of all control when you inevitably run out of energy.
But I must say it again - for such a short time limit, you've done a really great job. Congrats!
Thank you!
Yeah the lasso and the accelaration were meant to be tied but the original idea was that you kinda have to manage both, go for a bigger lasso to get more cows but risk running out of energy (i wanted to add multipliers for multiple cows caught) or play it safer and cupture less cows without the fear of losing your lasso.
But I run out of time and wanted to submit something rather than nothing!
Controls can be a bit frustrating, but good game overall! My best was 28 :D
Wrapping cows in noodle lassos, that's what I call a true spaghetti western :D
As someone else has already said, mouse controls would've probably worked better. A fun little game, well done!
Thank you!
I did try with mouse controls at first but it felt too easy and you were kinda just drawing instead of flying a spaceship.
Maybe some sort of delay or something to the movement of the ship compared to the mouse could have worked!
Really fun! Great idea that match the theme well, controls nicely and wrapped in a cute package. Good job!
See you space cowboy... Really cool execution on the theme
Cool concept! I love the gradient line and movement felt really smooth. Every now and then my guy lost power for a bit which felt a little jarring, but I had a lot of fun lasso'ing around the cows. Reminds me of a mobile game I really enjoyed, paper.io.
Great interpretation of the theme and great concept. I think it may be more user friendly though to have the mouse control where the player flies (similar to a point and click game) as it can be a little bit finicky controlling it with WASD. Great job none the less!
it plays really well, i like the idea of the trail catching the cows, and that you need to watch your energy is a nice touch, well done
I played this game because it shares a name with one of my favourite Jamiroquai songs. Game is quite unique; I haven't really seen anything like it before and it has good controls. However, the gameplay can get repetitive and a bit tedious. Still, with only 2 days to make this, it could be worse.