The life of Jerry, a mayfly by Anton_D

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made by Anton_D for LD28 (COMPO)
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!

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1141
Overall 2.59 815
Audio 1.74 729
Fun 2.65 653
Graphics 2.14 862
Humor 2.33 446
Innovation 2.50 746
Mood 2.32 785
Theme 2.78 551

Feedback

ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 · 05:43 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 09:52 UTC
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 ;)
ambi
16. Dec 2013 · 09:54 UTC
The controls are a little awkward but the gameplay is solid in its simplicity.
stephan_h
16. Dec 2013 · 10:02 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 12:50 UTC
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.
capnramses
16. Dec 2013 · 23:02 UTC
well done!
rnlf
17. Dec 2013 · 09:30 UTC
Quite a nice game. I would have preferred if the controls were relative to Jerry's heading.
Ekilibr
18. Dec 2013 · 12:45 UTC
Good entry for a second LD !
danbo
19. Dec 2013 · 16:02 UTC
It's a tough world out there
tobbez
22. Dec 2013 · 13:14 UTC
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.