Lasso | The Cowboy Bull (GDKO Round One)

As Lasso the Cowboy Bull you'll bullrush through levels filled with killer cacti and treacherous jumps as you make use of your lasso to pull off acrobatic stunts beyond the ability of any other bovine.

!!LASSO (the rope, not the bull) CODING | Please Read Below!!
If the lasso hits a wall it automatically goes into pursue mode to return to the player, so if you're having trouble figuring out what's happening, that's why (will fix in an update). It travels ~4 times the length of the player when thrown up, down, left, right and if you throw in any diagonal it doesn't go quite as far so it ends up at a height you can jump on. 

You can also call the lasso back to you after you throw it out by hitting the same button, so in this way you can jump up, throw the lasso down then call it back to you after it travels a little and then get a big jump bounce out of it.  

>>> Recommend Windows build for best experience (full screen and a more responsive rope—I'm still figuring out HTML builds with GameMaker Studio)<<<

Recommend: Gamepad Controls (Xbox layout) // Only able to test with an Xbox controller
D Pad | Movement
A | Jump
X | Throw Lasso (8 direction) — can bounce off of it twice until grounded again or hitting a swing
X Again | If the lasso is out you can recall it by hitting X again
B | Bullrush (dash)

Keyboard Controls
WASD | Movement
I | Jump
J | Throw Lasso (8 direction) — can bounce off of it twice until grounded again or hitting a swing
J Again | If the lasso is out you can recall it by hitting J again
L | Bullrush
In Case You Encounter Any Bugs:
R | Restart Room
Hold Shift and press R | Restart Game

CREDITS
- All art, code and concept by MF of Endmark Games.
- Thaleah Fat font used in game (from Tiny Worlds on itch.io).
- Rewild 64 palette by Kelbster on Lospec.

Special Thanks to my wife, AirBear, for supporting me during round one!

Huge thanks to Xanderwood for hosting.  Grateful for the inspiration and education from folks like Shaun Spalding, Benjamin Anderson, Aaron Craig, Slynyrd, Pixel Pete, AdamCYounis, Vimlark, Jonas Tyroller, DevDuck, Brandon James Greer, and the YoYo Games Community.