Wamps Hate Falling Apples

Wamps Hate Falling Apples

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Instructions


Use the tools to dig and places ladders.

Scroll with mouse wheel or up/down arrow keys.

More ladders are created over time. Be careful not to get the wamps stuck in a deep hole.

Dig up worms to eat apples and seek revenge!

You win when you destroy 100 apples.

Gameplay


This game was inspired by *Maginot or Womps Hate Water* from LD56. You should go play it. It's awesome! Thanks vfqd! I played through that game like 20 times with my kids!

About the game


I worked on this game with my 2 kids (9 and 11). They did a lot of the art and design. The crunching sound is my kid eating an actual apple.

The music was composed by Suno. I wish I could write music as good as the AIs.

I used a custom game engine I’ve been tinkering with for the last few years. It’s C++ with emscripten for the web build.

I love the Extra format! It’s the only way I can make a game with everything in my life. I put in more hours this time than I normally do. This game was bigger than I intended to make, but it's fun to make games! For this LD, I put in about 40 hours.

Thanks for playing!

Comments17

egawag
egawag21 Apr 2025, 04:11
This was such a wonderful game! Really loved the intro comic, I felt very invested in my wamps! NO APPLES ALLOWED >:(. Enjoyed making the simple decisions about how I wanted to upgrade, focusing more on digging, worms, or passive boosts. So glad there was a keep playing button, because my only wish was that it was longer!
lukethecat200321 Apr 2025, 04:53
fantastic game, the only thing i'd change for a fully fledged game (besides length obviously) would be the upgrade mechanic, a little messy.
Michiel Barten
Michiel Barten21 Apr 2025, 07:52
A nice little management game, it took me about 314 seconds the first time when I was learning the game, then 142 seconds the second time around. I do wish there was something antagonistic to play against, I didn't see anything that provided setbacks. The option to keep playing is nice, and while things get overpowered with the upgrades real quick, I ran out of upgrades as I hit the level cap and I realized I should've used those upgrades to summon a lot more worms as there were still 868 apples left.

The art is cute; simple but effective. The music was probably too dramatic for the gameplay, but it still set a tone. Nice work!
Flying Butter Studio
Flying Butter Studio21 Apr 2025, 07:55
Fabulous! Very nice to play, II had a great time playing your game, congrats! 😄
For me, that's almost a perfect score!
LDJam user 234769
LDJam user 23476921 Apr 2025, 09:08
Absolutely LOVED the intro 😂 pure gold

Liked the epic music that reminded you that this was not just a game for the wamps 😆

Very cool gameplay, the first time around I was wondering if it was too easy, but then trying to beat the game as fast as possible ends up being quite a challenge! My lowest time was around 220s and I still felt like I made some lame choices lol.

Thanks a lot!!
alyd asmar
alyd asmar21 Apr 2025, 09:08
Absolutely LOVED the intro 😂 pure gold
Liked the epic music that reminded you that this was not just a game for the wamps 😆
Very cool gameplay, the first time around I was wondering if it was too easy, but then trying to beat the game as fast as possible ends up being quite a challenge! My lowest time was around 220s and I still felt like I made some lame choices lol.
Thanks a lot!!
OadT
OadT21 Apr 2025, 15:21
Guess these wamps will never figure out how gravity works. Loved the hilarious intro and story! 😄 Also very fun game. Wished it was a bit easier to notice when you can choose a new update and maybe some buildings could be a bit better explained, but it was cool to notice all of the sudden that there is a housing mechanic! Also complement to your kids for the art, looks very charming!
Static_Leap_Studios
Static_Leap_Studios21 Apr 2025, 17:50
This was really fun! I pushed the button to keep playing after the first tree was defeated, eventually all the buttons disappeared, I might have had too many wamps.
Aizomon
Aizomon23 Apr 2025, 00:59
Lovely that the kids are a big part of this game!
This game reminds me of Lemmings in so many good ways! Great work! :D
vangrail23 Apr 2025, 13:00
Very fun game! I had to scramble my last worms but they could not eat the last apples. Definitely a well thought-of strategy game! Nice that your kids are involved in game dev the process!
Zettelkasten23 Apr 2025, 20:49
I love how you can use the good-old Minecraft alpha ladder technique, placing a ladder only every second block.

Really cool game! I enjoyed it a lot and played through a few apple trees until I mined away literally the entire map. The upgrade system makes it very satisfying (although I didn't find it first, maybe some better visual indication could help).
Some small issue: Later in the game, the upgrade menu started to disappear and the text on the top-right box flickered.
LDJam user 276121
LDJam user 27612123 Apr 2025, 23:47
Excellent work, albeit tooltips on the building buttons would have gone a long way.
HexyVexy
HexyVexy23 Apr 2025, 23:47
Excellent work, albeit tooltips on the building buttons would have gone a long way.
LDJam user 261037
LDJam user 26103724 Apr 2025, 15:01
Really fun game I am definitely coming back to play again, but it really needs a better explanation as to what each object does. I know they have a bit of an explanation under the upgrade, but I still found myself really confused for a bit and it would have been nice to read more an explanation of how the game works in the description.
Kobato Games
Kobato Games24 Apr 2025, 15:01
Really fun game I am definitely coming back to play again, but it really needs a better explanation as to what each object does. I know they have a bit of an explanation under the upgrade, but I still found myself really confused for a bit and it would have been nice to read more an explanation of how the game works in the description.
jtap
jtap24 Apr 2025, 17:16
Great cute and funny game, I really liked it. Great idea and plot. Funny worms and their animation. Unfortunately, I did not have sound in the built-in version. I recommend uploading the game to itch.io, and also replacing the picture with a piece of a screenshot from the game. Thank you and your children for this game!

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