That cape animation is smooooth as buttah!

I like that! the colored nose really brings out the personality.

....    amazing on so many levels 

This looks awesome. The conceit is very cool and immediately made me think of this:

That picture is awesome, if this game had terrible realistic box art it would look like this.

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you guys like it, today I'm adding some more enemies so far I got this  little bugger added:


There will be dozens of these little guys digging up from the ground and swarming your cactus at certain points in the game.

[¡Cacto Loco!]

¡Cacto Loco!




  Cacto Loco is an action game about a cursed man in search for his long lost lover.

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Oh god Forstride that's so good it burns!

This was a great compo, so many awesome games came out! Congrats to everyone and goodluck! Btw did anyone else see some of the entries were on indie statik?

Thank you thank you!
Yeah I would have preferred to keep it that style but it just wasn't working out. This version is a lot more fun in comparison believe me.

This game would be perfect for player vs player, if it had online multiplayer I'd spend countless hours playing this thing.

This was pretty fun a bit short but I got what you were going for. Good submission!

I'll be having some friends come over later to try this out, it looks great! I'm real excited to play it!

The text scrolls a bit oddly but it was a really fun game! It's so frustrating but pretty addicting, good job!

The game has been submitted to the compo, It's hardly a game but if it can put a smile on anyone's face I'll be happy.

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[Saturday, December 1st, Midnight]

Sorry to be that guy, but when you say "Saturday, December 1st, Midnight", do you mean "One minute past 11:59 on Friday night" or "1 nano-second before it's technically December 2nd"?

I wondered this myself.. I assume it means the first minute of December first. Hopefully I'm wrong though because I know another day would help everyone with their last minute stuff.

I'm dying to play this beast already, I hope u can get it out by the end of the year, then it would be a truly great christmas.

@marquet
The tree looks really nice but I'd agree the shading seems a bit off from the player. 

I like the one with the fish.

I know these screens don't look like much so far but the first track is now fully built. Hopefully I can add some enemy racers tomorrow, I'll post more soon!

Really like this idea, good luck man. The name is great. The animations and the sprites are going to sell this concept, not to mention the setting, maybe make the characters a little bigger.

Thanks! Yeah the art will hopefully look way better later on into the project.

God please make this happen.

That art is really crisp! I like this idea, can't wait to see those characters in motion!