MOTHERTONGUE

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%
Mother can fly through the sky

Mother has a long sticky tongue

Mother is good to her children

Mother likes to eat crunchy humans

Mother hates spicy food

MOTHERTONGUE

Made for Ludum Dare 33 compo

Font by @Somepx

Uses sounds made using sfxr by DrPetter

Genres: puzzle

Comments25

hexabeast
hexabeast24 Aug 2015, 13:13
Graphics aren't amazing but the gameplay is really original and fun :)
gene-z24 Aug 2015, 20:01
Very good gameplay
Boehrsi24 Aug 2015, 20:08
Nice one!
Deadpan-Gamez24 Aug 2015, 20:20
Awesome! loved the change up with feeding the children great job!
OxyOxspring
OxyOxspring24 Aug 2015, 20:39
Creepy but wonderful game!
raducumiczzz25 Aug 2015, 10:53
Creepy graphics, gameplay is really fun! Amazing work for 48 hours. Congratulations
LeafThief
LeafThief25 Aug 2015, 10:53
Nice game fun to play. Good job!
Reyn25 Aug 2015, 11:26
Great game. The only thing that I would suggest is making the "containers" lighter so that we can see them more clearly, I kept trying to understand why my tongue gets stuck top right on level 5. Mmmm guacamole human babies ... Glad all the monster babies got to have a happy life :P
Infininete25 Aug 2015, 16:19
This is a very good idea, it's probably the most original idea I've seen so far. The physics in this game just make it that more enjoyable. The only bug I've found so far is that sometimes I start the level off with the tongue thing stuck to the environment statically. I do wish the mom would collide through the wall though. Possibly if the humans were to run around it would make this game better.

Level 6 and 10 are very stressful. There seems to be a new mechanic in every other level, unfortunately in cases like level 8 they aren't taking advantage of very well. The tongue mechanic seems to run pretty OK but that it's so stretchy makes it very likely that you'll end up eating the babies when a stretched out tongue becomes unstretched.

The graphics are a bit lacking but they do not bother me at all, Specifically I like the head tilting when the mom is just sitting there or when moving. The text effects are very nice as well.

A very original and fun game that fits to the theme perfectly. Albeit the mechanics needs some tweaking to be less stressful.
celisoft31 Aug 2015, 10:23
Original & funny game !
Silverfyre31 Aug 2015, 10:31
Creepy indeed, very nice game nonetheless.
Waterman731 Aug 2015, 10:45
This was great fun! Definitely my favourite entry so far. Flinging around humans with your tongue never gets old...
Sounds got a bit annoying after a while and the Game Maker standard particle effects were somewhat out of place imo, but apart from that I very much enjoyed it. Good job!
Eleneas31 Aug 2015, 10:48
Great Game, nice mechanics.
But all the levels are pretty easy ... the only challenging one is that one where you have to feed 3 of your babies with normal humans but where you have to throw them to reach the babies ... especially the middle one was really hard to get working :D
But overall really nice ... i´d appreciate it if it was at least slightly harder but the ideas and references to mexican food are funny :D
SlayerEXE
SlayerEXE31 Aug 2015, 10:53
Great gameplay! Art falls short of our expectations, but it's very funny and creepy, so it compensates xD
Good job.
AnaglyphCoding
AnaglyphCoding31 Aug 2015, 11:23
You know this game is good when every time you die, you say to yourself just...one...more...try...

Unique idea, found it surprisingly challenging (in a fun way). Well done! :)
reiknight
reiknight31 Aug 2015, 13:05
One of my favourite entries until now
Zeffi2 Sep 2015, 09:44
Great game! :)
DDRKirby(ISQ)7 Sep 2015, 20:18
This was surprisingly ingenious and skill-intensive! My only complaint is that the sfx are really grating in the high-end frequencies; I know they're made using sfxr, but still! Other than that this was quite entertaining, bwahaha...
DalaiLlama9 Sep 2015, 06:29
MY GOD! That creeped the fuck out of me. Loved it!
Well-executed concept, good level progression. Keep it up!
OadT
OadT14 Sep 2015, 09:29
Great entry! The mechanics work great together and your leveldesign is cool. It gets quite difficult in later levels, but makes fun

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