Ludum Dare #22compo

The Lonely Sphincter

by crackerblocks

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.92

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.40

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★32%

The Lonely Sphincter.

You are a giant worm and people want to be friends with you, but you eat them so you are lonely.

Controls: Mouse moves, Space to bite, Z to toggle posterior clenching.

There is no goal. It's just a toy at this point. The bar at the top of the screen doesn't do anything. Make noises with your mouth as you play.

I wish I had more time. There's something really compelling about eating people as a giant worm. The main thing I would like to add is helicopters.

* people will keep spawning forever, therefore it will eventually start to chug your computer.

Comments11

namrog8419 Dec 2011, 23:34

I wish they stayed inside of me! nom nom nom!!

I found this to be amusingly fun :) Work on it more and release !
Something about eating people is just rewarding, especially munching on them to breka their bodyparts off

2321 Dec 2011, 14:21

Remarkably fun! Wish you'd had time to put a goal on it. Are you familiar with the Death Worm games which also feature a giant worm flying around (from underground) and eating people? I think that may be phone-only, but the gameplay is mostly like Moby Dick 2.

Anyway, I hope you do something with this! Good stuff.

Hazard23 Dec 2011, 08:19

Incredibly funny! Really enjoyed playing it for some minutes. :) Some kind of end or challenge would have been nice. The worm could also start smaller and grow over time as he eats. Or he would grow a bit each time the stomach is full, also increasing difficulty at the same time, or something like that.

Benjamin23 Dec 2011, 21:47

Wow ! That's a Katamari Damacy Rank game ! Very fun to play !
It just need some way to make it easier to eat people, maybe by sucking people inside for one second when you open the mouse

kernel panic25 Dec 2011, 20:38

Funny little game, not really that related to the theme though. It entertained me for a good while.

Jack25 Dec 2011, 23:04

GOTY? I think so.

caranha2 Jan 2012, 14:47

Nomnomnomnom. This is surprisingly fun! :-D Needs a bigger mouth, and separate controls for the teeth and gullet. Also, it would be nice if the citizens started saying more desperate things over time :-D

Nomnomnom!

Stargoat4 Jan 2012, 14:03

om nom nom nom

Cute game, i love the graphics. Don't think it really fits the theme though.

Beerman5 Jan 2012, 15:40

Absolutely brilliant! Needs to be a bit easier to get the people to stay inside, but it's really fun.
This *needs* to become a full game.

Odra6 Jan 2012, 17:02

This games teach us a valuable lesson. Do not do flying stunts with your mouth open after eating.
Loved the game, really funny and that is the most memorable nom nom nom face I ever seen!