Beetle Morphosis by Recursiveanomaly

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made by Recursiveanomaly for LD35 (JAM)
Journal Entry - April 18, 1887
In these distant and mysterious lands of the Orient, biological curiosities are everywhere. The most remarkable are the fantastic shape-shifting beetles who fight endlessly for dominance. Those who lose return to cocoons, and reemerge transformed into wholly new species only to begin the struggle anew!

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Controls:
Up Arrow or W or Space bar: Jump Forward
Left Arrow or A: Turn Left
Right Arrow or D: Turn Right
Back Arrow or S: Back Up

Your beetle is invulnerable from the front, yet can easily be hurt from behind!

The game is a online beetle death match.

Beetles with RED names are other people playing online! Beetles with BLACK names are bots.

The base art is in public domain from the Internet Archive. We chopped it up, mixed it up, and animated it! Since we didn't create it from scratch, we have opted out of being judged on Graphics. We ask instead for you to consider the great mood we were able to create with this fantastic art! https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/

Credits:
Chris Floyd (Design, Art)
David Hein (Design, Programming)
Tom Marnell (Programming, Animation)
Robert Marnell (Music)

Technologies Used:
Unity
Spine2D
Paint.Net
Excel
Audacity
FL STUDIO

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall(Jam) 4.00 44
Audio(Jam) 3.59 182
Fun(Jam) 3.86 67
Humor(Jam) 2.68 409
Innovation(Jam) 3.77 106
Mood(Jam) 3.96 71
Theme(Jam) 3.39 508

Feedback

PickledBrain
19. Apr 2016 · 02:53 UTC
Good theme and audio. I love how they wiggly in the beginning
distemp7
19. Apr 2016 · 04:45 UTC
I want full version of this game with ranking, more shapeshifting and more atmosphere! Go team bugs!
Le_Sarus
19. Apr 2016 · 10:06 UTC
I really like everything about this game, very impressive work
Anikki
19. Apr 2016 · 14:41 UTC
I'd like to have a standalone beetle generator!
The Walking Kiwi
19. Apr 2016 · 14:42 UTC
Great job! Really nice game, pretty art and attractive gameplay.
Trickman
19. Apr 2016 · 15:38 UTC
Even if the graphics weren't yours, great animation nonetheless! This would make for a great quick/fun multiplayer game.
Shatter Point Studios
19. Apr 2016 · 19:03 UTC
Very fun! Even if the art is public domain, you used the style really effectively. Very fun and interesting concept.
ermrk
19. Apr 2016 · 20:42 UTC
Great art, it looks and move fantastically. I didn't play with any player sadly.
MerriGrape
19. Apr 2016 · 22:24 UTC
This is an incredibly fun game, the art style is reminiscent of biology books and encyclopedias which fit really well and looks awesome. The sound design is also very fitting. The fun and gameplay is definetly what makes this one stand out, and the fact that it is online makes it even more so, this definetly has great potential, replayability, and is just overall so well put together. Amazing job!
aemiliu5
20. Apr 2016 · 14:57 UTC
awesome art!
very interesting set up
Croze
21. Apr 2016 · 08:49 UTC
Reminded me of my spore days! Really cool game, nice graphics too
Black Horn Studios
21. Apr 2016 · 11:18 UTC
Nice game!! i saw in japan a game similar, two beetles fighting for glory
Oliver_MB
21. Apr 2016 · 11:27 UTC
I love the graphics :D
JuDelCo
23. Apr 2016 · 19:05 UTC
Sure it's online ? I kill about 30 bugs so easily ._.

Good game!
rhastapunk
01. May 2016 · 16:10 UTC
Nice job there, I miss a bit shahpeshift theme, but audio and graphics make this a nice entry.
Rock Eaters
01. May 2016 · 20:36 UTC
real great graphism and animation but the game is a bit repetitive imo :)
TheCain
04. May 2016 · 00:50 UTC
Very nice game. a health bar would be nice though.
Marius
10. May 2016 · 11:02 UTC
Hi, nice game and congratulations ! We're realizing a video with several winners of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description