It Overtakes Them

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★81%
An unknown enemy is creeping towards the houses of you and your neighbor. The worst part is you don't have anything to fight them with, nor do you know what would even damage them. Every day you can push further and further towards wherever these monsters are coming from and put a stop to it once and for all.

Programming: Java with LibGDX
Art: Microsoft Paint and the Questicamatic! (an animation editor I made myself)
Sounds: sfxr
Music: Circuli

Controls (in case you don't catch them in the game)
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Move - AD or Arrow Keys
Duck - S or Down Arrow (<-- use this!!)
Jump - W, Space, or Up Arrow
Pick Flower - E (Pro-tip: picking flowers from the ground also heals you)
Throw Flower - E
Use Teleporter - X

Helpful Hints (only if you need them)
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-already mentioned this, but use the duck ability, helps out a lot, the game tends to be very hard!
-you pretty much have to use all the teleporters to beat the game, find them!
-the machine at the end you have to throw flowers into the top, 8 of them to be precise

I hope you all enjoy it! If you can, please play to the end, I spent a lot of time on that part ;)

Changes
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-At 10:30pm Mountain Time I uploaded a new version that fixes players falling off the edge of the map and having to wait for a new day. (I am assuming winmac32 got the error because he downloaded it at the same time I was uploading the new version)

Comments25

Justin Mullin20 Apr 2015, 02:51
Dropping flowery ground across areas you've completed is neat, and the run/slide animations are awesome. Unfortunately this is just too hard for me, after several frustrating deaths I was unable to complete the game.
ViliX6420 Apr 2015, 04:26
Nice and lovely idea :)
(You should put some barrier at the end of the platform. I fell off the level for the first time.)
winmac32
winmac3220 Apr 2015, 04:30
Error: Invalid or corrupt jarfile on windows.
jk5000
jk500020 Apr 2015, 05:40
A simple idea and a simple game. But so much fun.
Evgiz20 Apr 2015, 06:31
Loved the graphics and the music, the game had a great mood. Made me laugh a couple times in the beginning as well. Lovely game, good job!
Somnium
Somnium20 Apr 2015, 12:50
Very enjoyable game, simple, yet compelling. The music fits the mood perfectly.
frokes
frokes20 Apr 2015, 13:02
Love the graphics and animations. The only thing i would tweak is the length of the days, they are a little bit to short in my mind.
Good job!
lanza20 Apr 2015, 16:17
Very cool idea. and the graphics and music are very well done and fit in the mood of the game. The moving animations and the sky and sun are awesome.
MrSchlag20 Apr 2015, 20:29
Super game i love it ! The idea is really cool and surprising, great job. Thanks !
Daporan20 Apr 2015, 20:32
Really good take on the theme and enjoyable gameplay as well as music. I think the game might be just slightly too hard with the narrow platforms and the difficult jumping.
Sytech20 Apr 2015, 20:36
Beautiful graphics and good mood! Really good control and animation of the main character.
Logicon21 Apr 2015, 23:55
Very good. One of the best I've played so far. :D
Murchurl
Murchurl22 Apr 2015, 12:16
Nice little game. Interesting concept, enjoyed this.

Nice job!
TeamCalcium23 Apr 2015, 07:21
Nice Idea and i like the graphics! I didnt manage to finish it because of the difficulty.
Hyoga-3D
Hyoga-3D24 Apr 2015, 20:29
Nice game, simple but effective, good job.
slowfrog
slowfrog24 Apr 2015, 20:31
Very good: simple but effective graphics, good music and sounds, interesting concept. I will admit I abandoned at the cliff that needs lots of jumps onto small platforms (because there are lots of other games to rate) but I might come back to finish it :)
oparisy24 Apr 2015, 20:34
Great entry! Love the player design, and wall jumping? Particles? A nice concept (I like how the enemies are pacified and turned into "weapons")? What's not to like?

Oh, how am I supposed to survive night time, though?
garygreen
garygreen24 Apr 2015, 20:35
I still haven't got to the end, but I really liked this entry. Something different, with nice art style and music.
purenickeryauthor24 Apr 2015, 20:52
thank you all for your comments they mean a lot to me!

@oparisy all the night-time does is transport you back to your home and regrow all the flowers, so there is no way to "survive" it. The goal of the game is to make it to the end in a single day (which is why the teleporters are there to help). Glad you liked the rest of it though!
berkano
berkano4 May 2015, 14:27
Beautiful graphics and music, very immersive! Jumping up those small square platforms got quite frustrating. Very well put together though, nice job!
longshorts
longshorts11 May 2015, 19:08
Really nice and effective game. Impressive to see this done in 48 hours with LibGDX. Music was very good at setting the mood.
xandy11 May 2015, 22:56
very relaxing game with a nice progression mechanic!

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