A very fun and beautiful game; it was a pleasure to play.
Play game
Guard Dog's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #6 | 3.881 | 3.881 |
| Creativity | #16 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
| Overall | #25 | 3.637 | 3.637 |
| Presentation (Look, Sound, Feel) | #26 | 3.905 | 3.905 |
| Cozy Fall Vibes | #105 | 2.905 | 2.905 |
Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game tie into the extra theme (optional)
Every dog in Guard Dog is part of a family line. When your dog falls defending the flock, it's buried in the row of graves behind the barn, and its pup takes over the watch. The pup gets its parent's coat, and every upgrade you've earned passes down to it. Each night adds another dog to the family tree. Even the monsters are rooted: turnips, potatoes and rutabagas crawl out of the fields after dark.
Comments
this is a super fun game!! the graphics are adorable, the concept is great, no notes!!! could play for hours
Submitted
Beetle's Burrowthe title screen is super cute, defending the chickens is nice. it kinda feels like a bummer that either my dog or all my animals have to die in order to move on and get upgrades. I do like how extensive the upgrades are, its good options. animals cute.
Submitted
monchy moleI really love your concept, playing as the dog with the goal of defending the flock is really fun and engaging! You've put a lot of thought, creativity, and effort into it
Submitted
Tracing PawprintsI think it is a really good game.
-I liked how you used the optional extre theme of roots. The fact you added the dogs generations mechanics I think is fun and it makes sense with how dogs lived in farms and the where buried back in the barn.
- The pixel art is great, not too simple, not too complex. My fav was the dog little animations when it runs and bites.
I would have enjoyed you added some brackground music to make it more cosy and mesmerizing. I could play this game unironically not only to rate it. Good job :)
Submitted
The Wind Knows the WayReally fun to play and not easy at all! I would play this for hours. Great job!
Submitted
Leaf and LearnEvery thing is so polished for just 3 days i cannot believe my eyes rn. peak game i loved saving all the animals (defo didnt lose after 1.5 mins fr fr)
Submitted
Colorfull FallWow! Such a good game! Impresive! The enemys feel really polished, the upgrades are balanced and the art is really good! Congrats on making such a polished experience!
I especially liked that the farm animals didn't just run away, but that they had different "abilities", like the horses kick or that the turtle hides and acts as a sort of distracting tank!
Submitted
Rangle Them RootVegNeat game! I thought the progression scaled well in the beginning and I liked how that the meat that spawns outside is like risk/reward for the amount you get vs not being able to protect the animals. As you do get more animals to protect though, I found it hard to see where the monsters attacking were, so maybe having the monsters highlighted would help with that.
Submitted
Root, My BelovedI'm not good at this game, but I really love the retro esthetics, so cool made!
Submitted
Krotik and CheeseHi, thank you so much for playing and for the kind words! :D
That's fair, the early waves are pretty forgiving for the dog. My idea was that early on the real danger is losing livestock, and later on it's dying. Enemies get stronger as the waves progress, and there are 2 upgrades in the barn that ramp up the difficulty (more enemies and stronger enemies) if you want more of a challenge. I should make those easier to find after the jam, thanks for pointing it out!
This game was very fun and felt retro. It reminded me of playing games on my gameboy color as a kid. One thing that almost got me is that I didn't know how to start the game initially maybe putting a exclamation mark over the farmers head would be a good indication that you can talk to him. I don't know why in my mind I didn't think to try to interact with the farmer. Overall really good game!
Submitted
Camp CryptidThank you so much for playing, and the Game Boy Color comparison totally made my day!
This is a really good point. When I watched friends play, none of them read the signposts (where I put the tutorials) either. I was thinking of having a message like "Read the signs!" fade in when you first launch the game, and an exclamation mark over the farmer is a great idea too!
Thanks again for taking the time to play and comment!
Very impressive to have done this within the weekend! Even with premade assets you've got so much content packed in in terms of number of upgrades and different entities 😯 Was this actually a solo project?
Submitted
Cozy Barista SimulatorThank you! Not truely solo i used purchased assets for the sounds (see credits section on the page) and as you said i use premade art.the only new art was the veggie enemies and the banner. So really most of the project was just programming animal ai and behaviors, which is something i have done for a loooot of projects that never saw the light of day lol. also I may have stayed up a couple of nights and days and did nothing else... lol
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.