Mayfly by keksdev

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made by keksdev for LD28 (COMPO)
My first solo entry!

So after thinking about the one problem - the theme - for
the first 10 hours, I came up with the idea of a mayfly's day.

During the only day of her whole life she gets out of the
water, visits dangerous caves and meets her loved one. Just
to give birth to another day of another mayfly.


Controls:
Flap the wings by pressing/holding the mouse button or space key.

Developed with:
Java, LibGDX, Eclipse, Gimp, autotracker, convert

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1083
Overall 2.88 603
Audio 2.57 469
Fun 2.04 941
Graphics 3.92 93
Innovation 3.38 209
Mood 3.63 79
Theme 3.64 110

Feedback

Vanish
16. Dec 2013 · 03:53 UTC
Nice graphics and music, simple but still innovative.
Udell Games
16. Dec 2013 · 12:17 UTC
Beautiful backgrounds. I think this would be nice if you fleshed it out to tell the story of the mayfly more. Maybe build it up to be more of an adventure. Short, simple, but very innovative.
Linus Lindberg
16. Dec 2013 · 12:17 UTC
I like the idea, but it felt more like a movie than a game..!
Love your use of colors
DustyStylus
16. Dec 2013 · 12:20 UTC
At first I was like, "hrmm"... and then realised what a lovely take on the theme it was. A really nice idea, implemented nicely. Simple but effective. :)
reecpj
16. Dec 2013 · 12:21 UTC
Gorgeous, but not much gameplay. i suppose that's the point!
Toki Anholmes
16. Dec 2013 · 12:37 UTC
Great job on the art ! The lack of gameplay creates a particular feeling, which I love !
It seems that there still is some debug features, like when Q is pressed :)
Raphy
16. Dec 2013 · 12:43 UTC
Poetic game ! Very simplistic gameplay but that's part of the experience, gives a feeling of contemplation and discovery that I really like.
On the other hand, it's sometimes buggy when I fly, I instantly teleport and it's kindda weird.
AlanZucconi
16. Dec 2013 · 13:28 UTC
The graphics has something magic in it! *_*
Tanner
16. Dec 2013 · 16:40 UTC
Graphics are beautyful. Mood is awesome :)
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
17. Dec 2013 · 16:31 UTC
NIce but lacks of gameplay.
goerp
17. Dec 2013 · 20:22 UTC
It's an experience not a game! And I don't mean that in a bad way.
Sounds like autotracker though, it doesn't really go with the beautiful game, I think.
DaanVanYperen
17. Dec 2013 · 20:47 UTC
Really artistic, me like!
rincewind_cz
18. Dec 2013 · 02:22 UTC
This (not even a proper) game has best theme interpretation I've seen so far. Graphics are really impressive and artistic. Unfortunately music doesn't fit this.. As an experiment it's great ;-)
Anshul Goyal
19. Dec 2013 · 05:03 UTC
happy game. nice graphics.
the character swims sooooo sloow :D
grifdail
20. Dec 2013 · 21:01 UTC
Whaouuuuuuu, this was very beautiful... Thank for the experience.
Dry Tree
20. Dec 2013 · 22:01 UTC
Very pleasant artwork and a nice take on the theme. Personally, I felt the lack of gameplay (i.e. player choices or skill) left something to be desired, but this was nice nonetheless. Good work.
mmickyman
22. Dec 2013 · 00:49 UTC
Slow start but it's a pretty little poetic game.
atombrot
29. Dec 2013 · 16:03 UTC
very nice graphics! :)