Papaya

by tsumei
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.27
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★64%
Play the game online at: www.aardal.nu/Ludumdare

Batty the Bat has a need for Papaya. Help him hunt down the Papaya within the fortress of the Beaver-hipsters.

The beaver hipsters do not care for eating or hunting bats, but will be suspicious and attack if you veer too close to them.

Eat plums to increase your energy levels, allowing you to survive a scrap with beavers should you stray too close.

(Plums add to your hidden energy counter, this is a game about avoiding enemies; Try to not get caught or bumped into!)

The game requires HTML5 to run, and will be playable from any browser capable of it's features.

I hope you like it!

Comments26

kcpunk666
kcpunk66616 Dec 2013, 13:28
Short and made me laugh. Good job!
supremefist
supremefist16 Dec 2013, 13:29
Nice interesting and varied terrains, with good graphics. Enjoyable!
Mental Atrophy
Mental Atrophy16 Dec 2013, 13:30
I took the half-eaten one because it's icon looked more familiar. Don't judge me.
Tsumeiauthor16 Dec 2013, 13:35
Haha, Mental Atrophy! Yeah, that's why the half eaten end is not as judgmental, It's just confused. I realised later that it was probably due to the similarities with the logo; But it is hard to represent a papaya without seeing it's insides!
Gear
Gear16 Dec 2013, 13:37
I could have easily mistaken those guys for humans if you hadn't told me they were evil beavers. Yay for papayas.
windwalkerranger16 Dec 2013, 14:31
Don't know why I had the grin on my face in the end. I took the half eaten one, though. Didn't want it to go waste :)
henrykun
henrykun16 Dec 2013, 15:02
I ruined the game xD haha. Nice idea, do you like Papaya? :D
mcgraw
mcgraw16 Dec 2013, 15:44
Clever! Solid work!
TijmenTio16 Dec 2013, 15:49
Haha the half-eaten ending was very clever!
CarlsonAndPeeters16 Dec 2013, 15:51
The concept just makes me giggle. A bat...looking for a papaya...protected by an army of preps. A little simplistic in design but pretty and funny.
xrm0
xrm016 Dec 2013, 18:50
Funny!
Sometimes the bat can touch the beavers without being caught
Tsumeiauthor16 Dec 2013, 18:55
Yes. I added a global variable that gives you some wiggle room. Aswell as Plums to give you more wiggleroom, as the goal of the game is to get you to the end :)
q7204k
q7204k16 Dec 2013, 19:10
Well done =)
voltorben16 Dec 2013, 19:51
Haha. i took the half papaya - loved the reaction!
The graphics are great. The beavers looked a little like humans, though.

I would have loved for the game to be a little longer. And maybe a little more interaction from the beavers. But i can imagine that there went quite some time into those graphics :)
DallOner
DallOner16 Dec 2013, 23:23
Nice no Audio no history Only One Message!!! You know do a Good game this theme ruined my career xD goob job seriously
Tsumeiauthor16 Dec 2013, 23:38
Thank you! And thanks to everyone who writes a little message, I really appreciate it as this is my first Ludum Dare^^
soy_yuma16 Dec 2013, 23:46
Nice game! The controls felt a bit weird at the beginning, but in the end it was pretty good :-)
Christopher Schulte17 Dec 2013, 00:42
The ending choice was worth the play, very funny. Also the premise is great. Sound and a bit more difficulty would help.
MyGrandmother
MyGrandmother17 Dec 2013, 13:30
Not bad not bad at all. I liked the movement system and the progression (like the arrows help the player to understand the direction). The fact that you have to click each time to make the hello world text go away is annoying.
Crabman
Crabman17 Dec 2013, 19:14
I can't tell you why, but something about a bat looking for some delicious papaya just cracks me up like crazy. :D I wish there was a little more to do in the game, but the end is funny enough that I felt compelled to play through 3 times to see all of them.
Jellycakes17 Dec 2013, 22:57
Short and sweet. Really enjoyed it, got all 3 endings. Mechanics were simple and pretty fun. Nice work!
mortus
mortus19 Dec 2013, 18:57
Clean graphics are quite cool and look good. Jerking collision kinda ruins the experience, but overall controls and the game are very nice. I liked the humor around the theme very much!

Beside the controls I can only mention windows that I had to click to dismiss among the cons, they were distracting and unpleasant sometimes.
kristoffer zetterberg
kristoffer zetterberg21 Dec 2013, 12:36
good and responsive, though a little slow, controls. like the graphics too.
Linus Lindberg30 Dec 2013, 22:15
It would have been a lot better with music... still, good job!
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