Hungry Huey

When is the full game dropping?

Game is fantastic. I've also left (the same) feedback on the Discord.

If your high score goes over 32768 (makes sense, it's the max for a 16-bit integer), saving to the leaderboard stops working, and the results screen also never shows. Additionally, any scores over 9999 don't display properly on the game screen.

I played again, keeping track of my score so it didn't roll over 32768. I got to the results screen, but it no longer recognizes that you set a high score. The bonuses also rolled the number over in a weird way. So if the score is bumped over 32768 at any point, scores aren't saved.

When (and if) this gets corrected, my highest score has x1807 slimes cleared, 33m15s, and score of around ~40,000.

Until then the above screenshot is probably the closest I've gotten to the (current) maximum possible score. I dare anyone to beat it! :D

Hi Niels,

I really enjoyed your demo, I included it in a video on my YT channel. Feel free to reach out in the future when the game is nearing completion or if you need some help testing for release as I have a background in testing. Looking forward to the full release.

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when you have no more combos it should shuffle or directly give you a game over screen instead of waiting till the timer runs out :P

Really loving the art & style and enjoying the mechanics. Played for a while tonight and got a decent sense of the game and a modest score.

A couple notes:

• Seems like the fullness meter continues to drop while the board is being cleared and updated? Would be nice if that paused during that as it seems like there’s a bit of a penalty for making longer chains of slime colors that are already completed (since they don’t refill it).

• The A button doesn’t seem to register for a number of frames after clearing, or feels that way. So if it’s pressed too soon then it gets missed. And if you’ve already pressed the D-pad to start linking then the cursor ends up misplaced and requires backtracking. Would be nice if A button held down intent was noticed coming out of slime clearing state and applied before applying the first D-pad movement.

• I can’t tell if it’s intentional or not, but it feels like bit of a loophole that the full meter can be paused when the A button is held down and at least two pellets have been selected. So it can be left it there indefinitely to look around the board while the game is held in a sort paused state (but not fully since the clock still ticks).

Two things that would be nice:

• If loops auto-closed in scenarios where they could be (when end directly adjacent to start) when the a button has been released. Sometimes I flubbed and missed it the last dpad movement, having the game recognize that would be helpful.

• Being able to cancel / back out of linking slimes up. Like Pressing B, Select or Start while A is held down. Sometimes you realize it’s a mistake but there’s no way to stop once start.

Anyhow, really enjoying it and hope the feedback is helpful (whether integrated or not :D). Thanks for posting the demo!

I really like your game! I tested both v01 and v02. You should polish the mechanics for some inconsistency. Whenever you select two symbols, still holding, the hunger-bar stops decreasing. In that moment, when you select more symbols (extend the slime), still holding A, the hunger-bar increases with a certain amount, which will be transferred upon releasing the buttons (symbols get munched). The entire munching animation (including the filling-up with new symbols) slows down your cursor. Now comes the inconsistency: sometimes the selection (holding) is not registered by the muncher, so the hunger-bar keeps decreasing. In that case, even if your selected symbols disappear and the set gets filled-up, your muncher don't do the muncher animation and the hunger-bar doesn't increase. In this scenario, the cursor doesn't slow down during the fill-up, so the previously mentioned lag is likely a result from the munching animation. These seems like tiny details, but I think that this affects significantly the game play.

Hey man, really enjoyed the demo and also the art style is incredible! Loved both theme options too!

Looking forward to the full game release...

Really cool! And beautiful. Everything looks very polished. Well done!

I see it is a demo so what's your full release plan? Looking forward to what's next.

I would also love to request the Retro Achievements community to add an achievement set for this.

Why dont you put a playable version here on the web browser????