Mars needs Cows
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
They return to Earth for one thing.
Mars needs Cows.
Defend your farm, save Cows and stop the Martian's invasion.
Its a short scary lowpoly FPS heavily inspired by 12th level "Mars needs cheerleaders" of a classic horror game from LucasArts "Zombies Ate My Neighbors".
The game was designed for a DreadXP's Extraterrestrial Terror GameJam, developed over 2 weeks by solo gamedev in Godot.
Assets Used:
Eric Swanson and Joe McDermott for "Mars Needs Cheerleaders" and "Unused" song.
Kenney and Rikikiz for environment meshes.
Some gibberish voice lines: its from from Hungarian language book but in reverse.
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Development log
- "Mars Needs Cows" — 1.2 PatchApr 08, 2024
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So, first things first - I love the idea, I love the design of the aliens. It's fun, fast-paced and a lovely cartoony take on the prompt.
That said... I have NO idea what to do to win or get other endings. I saved the cows almost instantly on every run and blasted at the spaceship forever, with it giving me no indication of wether I was anything near close to defeating it - basically just running around headlessly until the game decided I got abducted.
It's a shame, cause everything else about it so charming, I really wanted to keep going. Some touch-ups, and this would be great!
Yeah absolutely agreed. Got that feedback from other players too, in 1.1 upgraded UI to clearly communicate UFO health to a player. Added 2b ending (run away but with cows) and "Player's health".
(in the original game from 1993 it was not clear too, how much health the monsters had left, but the time has changed and I should used the best practices of gamedev from the last 30 years)
I love it when a game has a heavy horror themed to their world reminds me of some family friendly horror games from the ps2 era like gregory horror show or the haunted mansion.
Really fun, loved the design and the pace of the game. Congratulations!