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ARACHNID by BuffaloPhil

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made by BuffaloPhil for LD23 (COMPO)
Spider simulation! Build a web to catch the insects, once they've been trapped, move in for the feast. Avoid birds. Browser only- some difficulty with sound and music in some browsers... Please play with Chrome. EDIT: The mouse cursor needs to be over a section of tree or web in order to build more web. You also need more than 0 webbing (acquired by eating bugs. When the icon in the bottom right is red, one of these conditions is not true.

Windows http://dirigogames.com/ludum/arachnid.html
OS/X http://dirigogames.com/ludum/arachnid.html
Linux http://dirigogames.com/ludum/arachnid.html
Web http://dirigogames.com/ludum/arachnid.html
Source http://dirigogames.com/ludumsource/ARACHNID.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=8563

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall 3.40 185
Audio 3.28 124
Fun 3.12 262
Graphics 3.79 113
Humor 2.25 410
Innovation 3.77 84
Mood 3.05 234
Theme 3.37 249

Feedback

馃帳 BuffaloPhil
23. Apr 2012 路 15:14 UTC
Instructions are included, but I'll post here as well. WASD keys to move, mouse to aim and build webbing. Insects will become stuck to your traps and can then be eaten. Building a nest acts a respawn point. Thanks for checking it out!
Andrew
23. Apr 2012 路 23:50 UTC
It took a while to get used to it but not bad. I liked that I could save myself from falling by shooting a web at the tree.
FunkyDelPueblo
23. Apr 2012 路 23:52 UTC
Neat concept, felt very original. Had a little bit of trouble maneuvering across some of those branches, but overall I thought the controls were pretty good.
cobrajs
23. Apr 2012 路 23:59 UTC
Awesome game! I think that's the first spider related game I've ever played, too. Graphics are top notch, and I like the nice touches like the grass at ground level. Well done sir!
KevinWorkman
24. Apr 2012 路 00:06 UTC
Cool game, nice idea. Reminded me of this: http://www.digyourowngrave.com/arachnophilia-spider-web-game/

I like the freedom and outdoorsiness (that's a word now) of your game, though.
kutuup1989
24. Apr 2012 路 00:52 UTC
Very cool idea! Pretty fun and challenging too!
vigrid
24. Apr 2012 路 00:57 UTC
Great interpretation of the theme, I'm really impressed! Original concept - please make a tablet version of this game, I want to shoot webs :)
馃帳 BuffaloPhil
24. Apr 2012 路 01:03 UTC
Thanks for all the kind words! What an awesome community here.
uberneen
24. Apr 2012 路 01:04 UTC
I really enjoyed this, even though I detest spiders. I fired up Chrome to hear the sounds and the music was great. I'd love to see web upgrades, or spider growth so you can eventually feast on the bird.
Sestren
24. Apr 2012 路 01:15 UTC
The graphics, sound, and music are all top-notch for a 48-hour entry. The control is well-executed and the game is fun. I love coming back to my webbing to find new insects caught there. Gameplay is a tad bit on the shallow side (not much to do once you've built your nest except rack up a high score), but overall, I think this is an amazing entry.
Sestren
24. Apr 2012 路 01:34 UTC
Not sure if you were aware of this already, but I got a 404 on the Source link.
馃帳 BuffaloPhil
24. Apr 2012 路 01:52 UTC
@Sestren- Hey, thank you for pointing that out- I had entered the wrong link... I edited above- it's at http://dirigogames.com/ludumsource/ARACHNID.rar if you still have trouble. Thanks for the compliments!
kirbytails7
24. Apr 2012 路 02:19 UTC
Not bad! It got a little boring after the first couple of minutes, though, but it looks great.
oldtopman
24. Apr 2012 路 02:21 UTC
Cool game, but I'm not sure what the point is, or where the challenge lies. I'll just assume that it was cut due to time.
gavin5564
24. Apr 2012 路 03:19 UTC
Cool Game.
FaBrito
24. Apr 2012 路 03:25 UTC
I enjoyed the controls, even though I coudn't quite understand what made the web unavailable and for how long. I'd probably remove the web after the insect were eaten, because with the predefined path when it respawns end up catching the same bug over and over.
Congrats on the originality! ;)
Shigor
24. Apr 2012 路 18:01 UTC
Very good! Nice art, excellent music, quite innovative gameplay. Could use some more possibilites (maybe I missed something, I gave up with score about 25). About the only thing I disliked was the "clunkiness" of the controls while moving on the webbing or on thin stick, spider allways moved for a while into falling mode, it was bad to control... maybe moving spider after a fall more to the center of the stick would help?
M氓rten Jonsson
25. Apr 2012 路 21:05 UTC
Web-building mechanics were a bit mystifying. But fun use of the theme, and interesting game.
馃帳 BuffaloPhil
25. Apr 2012 路 22:17 UTC
Yeah, I can see that is confusing. The mouse cursor needs to be over a section of tree or web in order to build more web. You also need more than 0 webbing (acquired by eating bugs. When the icon in the bottom right is red, one of these conditions is not true.
ekunkeo
26. Apr 2012 路 03:00 UTC
very neat idea.

I spent a long time trying to catch the birds in my webs, but either I didn't make enough webbing, or you just can't do it. Oh well :(
davidllanos22
26. Apr 2012 路 03:03 UTC
Very cool game! Spiders rules! Great graphics :)
Rybar
26. Apr 2012 路 03:37 UTC
This is a fantastic entry for 48 hours. crawling controls are a little clunky, moving at odd angles when the controls are 8 direction, but that's really all I can complain about. The difficulty could ramp up quicker; bird is very easy to avoid.
the8donut
26. Apr 2012 路 09:01 UTC
Interesting concept and mechanics. Loved the music as well!
R3ason
27. Apr 2012 路 01:39 UTC
Pretty fun! It was a little hard to walk along some of skinny sticks, but then again, perhaps spiders face this same challenge every day? :D Thanks!
icefallgames
27. Apr 2012 路 01:46 UTC
Great music and very nice graphics. Interesting gameplay mechanics too. It seemed a bit too easy, but overall this is very well done.
otaviogood
27. Apr 2012 路 01:47 UTC
That was a really cool idea. Just needed some longer-term goals or difficulty ramp up or something. I know it's hard in 48 hour though. :)
AlwaysGeeky
27. Apr 2012 路 03:17 UTC
Nice , great graphics and cool interesting gameplay... I love it! :)
evilseanbot
29. Apr 2012 路 01:09 UTC
Looks great! Ran too slowly on my machine to play, though.
Zillix
29. Apr 2012 路 01:15 UTC
Pretty cool feeling of being in a world! Loved the idea you were going with
raarlac
29. Apr 2012 路 02:02 UTC
One of the most original ideas in this LD! I loved the concept and the execution. I think the graphics just need a little more polish, but overall is great.
summaky
29. Apr 2012 路 10:09 UTC
It takes too much time to start falling and I became bird food because of this so many times :-D The music is great, but is a pity it doesn't loop, breaking the mood. I was unable to make webs as cool looking as the ones in your screenshots, but I had fun nonetheless.
netguy204
29. Apr 2012 路 14:48 UTC
Clever use of the theme!

Visually it looks good. The audio and music is good too.

I found myself wishing I could fire cooler looking webs. Granted, I can stay in one place and design an awesome spider web but it won't do me any good since I have to go to the bugs.

I also didn't think birds felt particularly threatening.

Fun, clever, nice look and sound. Good game!
ratboy2713
01. May 2012 路 21:12 UTC
I liked that you put the instructions right up front, most games don't do that. Very pretty, though you move kindof slow.
someone
04. May 2012 路 21:04 UTC
Music didn't work for me. (Firefox 11.0 64bit Linux).
Very cool game though. Did start to get a bit slow around 300 points.
Starting to fall seems a way too slow, I mostly died when trying to navigate a thin branch or web and the spider kept stopping to fall for a few pixels.
matthias_zarzecki
05. May 2012 路 14:49 UTC
Nice idea! I like how the game scales up and gets prgoressively more complex.
marudziik
06. May 2012 路 20:23 UTC
Great idea. I love the sandboxy feel to it, it's really awesome. I wish there were some levels, or some goal to accomplish - but it's very, very entertaining nonetheless. A pity that sound doesn't work in firefox.
noddy2006
10. May 2012 路 00:33 UTC
I found the movement a bit frustrating (especially the falling mechanic - having no control when falling especially), but the gameplay was pretty unique, so I enjoyed it overall
Make A Game
12. May 2012 路 00:37 UTC
I liked it. Collected 50 bugs before closing the game. I even tried to build a proper web, in hopes that I could trap a bird. No such luck. I wish there were more objectives.
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
12. May 2012 路 22:22 UTC
I echo the trouble others had with maneuvering, but it was a matter of time before I got it. Lovely mood as wel!