The life of Jerry, a mayfly

by anton_d
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.74
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%
This is my second time participating in Ludum Dare and I have to say, this theme was a lot harder then the previous one.
But in the end, after searching google for a while I decided to write a game about a mayfly, Jerry.
As Jerry, you have to find food and building materials for your queen. You only have one day for this (which lasts 60 seconds). However, you're not the only one trying to survive. There are also wasps and they will attack if you come to close.
After the first day, your children will also have to survive but the world will get tougher each day.
I hope you will enjoy this!

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Comments10

ParaPup16 Dec 2013, 05:48
Little buggy, Seeing as I got attacked from nothing? not sure what happen there the enemy was only just enterting the screen.

It's nice to see someone comeback for a second Ludum dare and yes the theme was hard.
archaeometrician
archaeometrician16 Dec 2013, 09:57
Nice game ! Congratulation on your second LD. No bug encountered, I made it to level 2 twice but didnt got enough time to return to start point ;)
ambi16 Dec 2013, 09:59
The controls are a little awkward but the gameplay is solid in its simplicity.
stephan_h16 Dec 2013, 10:07
Nice little game. I enjoyed this.

Some critique:
Controls felt a bit strange. I am so used to WASD for movement. And the character facing the mouse direction felt without purpose.
SamH
SamH16 Dec 2013, 12:55
Nice idea; could very well be made into a proper casual game. My major issue is with the very sensitive collisions; sometimes I would die while the other insect was still at some distance.
rnlf
rnlf17 Dec 2013, 09:35
Quite a nice game. I would have preferred if the controls were relative to Jerry's heading.
Ekilibr
Ekilibr18 Dec 2013, 12:50
Good entry for a second LD !
danbo
danbo19 Dec 2013, 16:07
It's a tough world out there
tobbez
tobbez22 Dec 2013, 13:19
Seems like there is no real end. The timing got more and more tight the longer you played. Would be nice with a real goal except for just surviving as long as possible.

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