Yumbugs by Hypnohustla

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made by Hypnohustla for LD29 (COMPO)
Yumbugs are fun loving creatures that enjoy flute music and prancing around in the magical fruit forest. But beware of what lies beneath that cute colorful shell...

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Instructions:

Arrow-keys to move.
Get at least one Yumbug to the exit.

If you are having some trouble with the controls, try to remember that bouncing from walls keeps the momentum. Also, Yumbugs have zero friction so they'll run even after letting go of the controls!

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Other notes:

This time I wanted to do something more colorful and happy. I hope it shows.

I also finally decided to learn about raycasting! Handy stuff! :)

There's a lot of bugs in the game (no pun intended) that I noticed after sleeping the night. Sometimes the yumbugs get stuck in corners. I'll try to fix this in a later version.
I also wish I had made the enemy spawning and slimes a bit more cpu friendly. There might be a serious framedrop on older computers now.

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Tools used:

Photoshop
Propellerheads Reason
Unity
A mic and my sexy mouth.

Ratings

Coolness 81% 2
Overall 4.09 24
Audio 4.16 14
Fun 3.97 34
Graphics 4.39 28
Humor 3.91 35
Innovation 3.80 121
Mood 3.84 74
Theme 2.84 889

Feedback

Spierek
28. Apr 2014 · 08:32 UTC
Wow, this is really great :D Bouncing them off walls is confusing, but overall I really enjoyed this game.
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 · 08:33 UTC
Another game that feels like a kid's game.
That's fun.

Kinda like Lemmings or something.
indigofiz
28. Apr 2014 · 08:42 UTC
This is so great. Graphics and audio are top notch, I'm extremely disgusted at the 'real' yumbugs (that's a good thing).

Wish it was a little bit easier though, I'm stuck in level 5. Anyway, great great job!
primaerfunktion
28. Apr 2014 · 08:51 UTC
That is so cute. Really fun!
zell2002
28. Apr 2014 · 09:00 UTC
love the graphics in this. the colour and design are sweet !
game play is fun too
DavidErosa
28. Apr 2014 · 09:05 UTC
Great style, great audio! A pity the controls are a bit hard. I guess you are using AddForce for driving those little fellas, but it doesn't feel right. I like my player to stop when I stop pressing a key, but they kept on walking and I had to go the opposite direction to stop. Leaving that apart, an amazing game!

Thanks for making it!
tinytouchtales
28. Apr 2014 · 09:34 UTC
Cute and scary, a classic Hypnohustler game. Mechanics are fun but frustrating at times. Nice take on the lemmings theme. 5 Star Audio for sure!
zebi24
28. Apr 2014 · 10:21 UTC
Just soo good... it looks like it took you a month to make it, not just 2 days. Awesome game! :)
Zolkren
28. Apr 2014 · 13:03 UTC
Cool game.
manabreak
28. Apr 2014 · 13:04 UTC
Awesome work! The graphics and the handling was cool, and the whole concept is really original. The sounds were a tad off, but not that much. Solid work throughout!

PS, nice to see another guy from Finland here!
Reinkout
28. Apr 2014 · 13:46 UTC
You sure have a purdy mouth, nailed the audio.
j_peeba
28. Apr 2014 · 14:24 UTC
Cute, disturbing and funny. A very solid lil' game!
feiss
28. Apr 2014 · 14:27 UTC
great!! best overall entry I've tried so far. Amazing in every aspect, I hate those bugs..
ninjacharlie
28. Apr 2014 · 14:33 UTC
Nice job! This game was pretty polished :)

I don't really see how this related to the theme. Was it how the happy bugs had the evil ones under the surface?

The audio was awesome, and the evil bugs freaked me out a bit. Good job :)
PapyGaragos
28. Apr 2014 · 14:39 UTC
Haha, I spent a while running left and right in the level selection screen wondering what I was supposed to do.
quill18
28. Apr 2014 · 14:45 UTC
Fantastic graphics, great sound, excellent gameplay ideas and puzzles.

Given the child-like graphics, it's super disturbing (maybe in a good way) how jarring it feels when your critters turn "evil".
Ludonaut
28. Apr 2014 · 16:05 UTC
Great game. The bugs are so cute!
NightShadow0
28. Apr 2014 · 17:28 UTC
OMG, this is incredibly adorable and disturbing at the same time. Brilliant.
WhiteWolf93
28. Apr 2014 · 17:53 UTC
Cute monsters being corrupted and then RUUUUUN, really fun!! Sounds are awesome and helped a lot, a bit hard but enjoyed it :D
Aaants
28. Apr 2014 · 22:20 UTC
Hah, great fun
TomBoogaart
28. Apr 2014 · 23:17 UTC
them little monsters scared the crap out of me haha
ehtd
29. Apr 2014 · 07:39 UTC
Quite enjoyable
oatsbarley
29. Apr 2014 · 08:41 UTC
When they lose their shells it's pretty horrifying! Nice job.
kyyrma
29. Apr 2014 · 08:50 UTC
At first I thought the graphics were really cute, but man, the game is downright disturbing once things get going! Fantastic graphics and audio, especially love how the music changes once things start going south.

Game feels like something that could work as a full game, probably on mobile platforms.
mortus
29. Apr 2014 · 09:02 UTC
They are some scary bugs!
Franklins Ghost
29. Apr 2014 · 10:52 UTC
Brilliant game and so polished. Impressed with what you got done in the time.
Tweak
29. Apr 2014 · 14:29 UTC
This game was beautiful! (and disgusting.. poor bugs)
Seriously very addicting and enjoyable!
Beavl
29. Apr 2014 · 15:15 UTC
Wow, Roope, we love your twisted mind, man. Those anus-like exits are awesome. Game is great, with good balancing and level design. Congrats on another amazing entry!
tripleVisionGames
29. Apr 2014 · 16:05 UTC
This is beautiful, great sounds and as brutal as a game like this should be! The drippy things seem a bit unfair but this is otherwise winning the competition so far for me. Excellent in every way. Fantastic work!
wdebowicz
29. Apr 2014 · 16:23 UTC
Very nice art!
Jared Sartin
29. Apr 2014 · 17:59 UTC
This is rather fun and challenging. More levels!
Mekuri
29. Apr 2014 · 18:43 UTC
This game is really great. I decided to download the exe, to have it for later, since I really enjoyed this game. I could easily see this as a marketable game, with some more levels. - Great level design, great mechanics, great sounds- Great everything!!!
Secret_Tunnel
29. Apr 2014 · 19:59 UTC
This is goofy and colorful and great. I played about half the level and had my fill, but just seeing those little guys run around onscreen was fun for me. Nice job.
Jupiter_Hadley
30. Apr 2014 · 00:55 UTC
This game is really cute and well made. Good job! I included it in part 2 of my LD29 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :)
http://youtu.be/JHNjbQTDBuQ
rylgh
30. Apr 2014 · 01:46 UTC
man, so well done. the zombified bugs creep me out, love it
Dreii
30. Apr 2014 · 03:03 UTC
Great job! awesome graphics and sweet level design!
xerohuang
30. Apr 2014 · 04:05 UTC
Wow, really great! The sound is cute. :)
Halbernacht
30. Apr 2014 · 05:24 UTC
Somehow fun and frustrating at the same time. I've yelled some obscenities as these Yumbugs that are best not repeated.
Tifu
30. Apr 2014 · 10:39 UTC
This was great XD
I'm so glad I don't get scored on how many made it in the door, cos most levels it was just one :P
garygreen
30. Apr 2014 · 19:27 UTC
This is great. Looks, play & sound. Nice work. :-)
Impmaster
01. May 2014 · 08:28 UTC
These little things are the cutest things ever, until they started to terrify the fuck out of me. Great game, although the controls kind of sucked.
Oddly Shaped Pixels
01. May 2014 · 09:55 UTC
So cute and the gameplay is really great! Only thing is that it doesnt really relate to the theme.
Brian Stegmann
02. May 2014 · 00:08 UTC
Liking how you used the theme for a nice twist on an otherwise colorful and playful game. Wee hew!
Thorig
02. May 2014 · 08:15 UTC
Good game, it is like a mix of pikmin and lemmings.
zdonkeyx
03. May 2014 · 01:09 UTC
So CUTE :3 It was actually pretty challenging, I enjoyed this entry.
malmazuke
03. May 2014 · 01:59 UTC
Great game, but very hard!
petey123567
03. May 2014 · 07:40 UTC
Awesome use of split-attention!
petrih
03. May 2014 · 09:37 UTC
Hah, love it! Great, great, great!
icereci
03. May 2014 · 10:41 UTC
liked the sound and the art style. good job.
zedutchgandalf
03. May 2014 · 10:44 UTC
This is great :D
I love the graphics!
Good job! :)
Azatoni
03. May 2014 · 14:07 UTC
Nice atmosphere, beatiful creatures and interesting gameplay!
But it becmoes too difficult at levels with mushrooms
jacklehamster
03. May 2014 · 15:06 UTC
Nice challenging levels. After reading the description I thought. Yeah, this is definitely colorful and happy. So when those creatures turned into little monsters, I was caught off guard! Great entry!
mrexcessive
03. May 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Hi. Lovely mood, and change of mood when bad things happen.... Excellent!
Catman
08. May 2014 · 16:55 UTC
Fun and innovative, I like it! The graphics are great too, awesome. :)
pinkmonkeyhead
11. May 2014 · 05:33 UTC
Cutest game all time. The mechanics are very original!!
GFM
11. May 2014 · 13:57 UTC
This game is so polished! Amazing!
This was also a great take on the theme! I just noticed and I say out loud "Why do these bugs have to transform after they lose their shell..."
Graphics were really good and cute! :)

Overall, an outstanding game. Congrats! =D
mark.goetz
12. May 2014 · 02:38 UTC
Very good, love the graphics and sound! It gets hairy pretty quickly, but it is just too adorable.
madflame991
14. May 2014 · 07:01 UTC
Really funny and challenging. Good job!
ohsqueezy
14. May 2014 · 15:46 UTC
Run around with crazy bugs it's so nutty it's like the ultimate physical dream