You're a fly

by esenti
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.18
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★72%
You're a fly. And you have ten seconds before you die.

Controls:
WASD - move
ESC - go to menu/exit game

Made with Python + PyGame.

Comments21

skarab26 Aug 2013, 14:41
I enjoy the clean graphics, audio is not boring. The generation is idea is coolish as well. Great one! (note: a bit fed up with WSAD, arrows please)
Ravetcofx26 Aug 2013, 17:51
I cant find the main class to start it up in the python version
Jishenaz
Jishenaz26 Aug 2013, 17:55
I like the arcade feel it exhibits.
gameXcore26 Aug 2013, 19:51
Nice little game, makes me feel sorry for those poor little fly's :p
valgriz26 Aug 2013, 19:51
Pretty cool little game!
valgriz26 Aug 2013, 19:51
Pretty cool little game!
Skully
Skully26 Aug 2013, 19:54
Nice concept, would be good though if the area was infinite so you didn't have to keep flying into the same spot to get flies. Well done though, needed minimal instruction to play
Esentiauthor26 Aug 2013, 20:10
@Ravetcofx - just run the file fly.py. You will need to have PyGame installed to run it though.
stephan_h26 Aug 2013, 22:33
I liked the presentation and the use of flies. :)
The gameplay got a bit boring / frustrating after a while.
As a great plus and already said: needed minimal instruction to play.
Feysoura26 Aug 2013, 22:35
Loved the game. One suggestion thou: enemies and flyes look really similar. I loved the graphical style but it was confusing for a while.
panurge27 Aug 2013, 16:11
Very cool little game. Lovely smooth controls and a simple but addictive mechanic (it's a nice trick to have the flies closely resemble the enemies) made for a very enjoyable game. I played this for quite a while - it definitely has the 'one more go' factor.
Shmarah
Shmarah27 Aug 2013, 16:27
Wow, I really liked it! I've always wondered what it'd be like to have a mayfly's life expectancy! It's very much an addictive arcade game. I kind of wish the enemies were a more contrasting color from the flies, though. :)
cardboard29 Aug 2013, 01:40
I like how minimal this is while still being fun to play multiple times. The best I could do with a handful of plays was 15 generations in 31.714 seconds.. until I edited the source to make the enemy flies super slow. Nice job with this.
Ciaran5429 Aug 2013, 15:12
7 generations :D it was a bit frustrating to start off with, but after I figured out what I was doing, it was a pretty fun game :D It would be nice if you could add some more fly-like movements as at the moment you just gather up an organised troop of nasty flies following you in an orderly fashion :P
RoseNinja30 Aug 2013, 01:27
nice game, i liked how simple the art style was, it looked good, well done.
awppy30 Aug 2013, 23:30
The black = good things, grey = bad things could have been telegraphed a bit better, such as having enemies be red. Border indicators would have also been nice; you need very good reaction time to avoid running into them. The flies sometimes did their best to dodge me and it gets hectic trying to find a mate with a ton of enemies chasing you, but that's what makes it fun. Very challenging, though
PAC1 Sep 2013, 07:53
Good work :]
Frozen Fractal
Frozen Fractal8 Sep 2013, 09:58
Wow, this is hard. Especially when an enemy is coming from the direction you're moving in, it gives you very little time to react. Perhaps this is also because I'm right-handed but it doesn't let me use the arrow keys.

The sound effects are a bit harsh. Otherwise, good job!
bitserum12 Sep 2013, 08:58
Nice game overall. It hard because when you panic enemies and flies look the same. I enjoyed playing it.
jomomomo
jomomomo12 Sep 2013, 18:21
Can't play windows games, and couldn't figure out how to get pygame to run
:-(
Vile Smile
Vile Smile13 Sep 2013, 00:20
The game was pretty quiet. I liked the concept.

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