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Growing Gertrude by edgeofcode

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made by edgeofcode for LD34 (JAM)
I've really enjoyed making Growing Gertrude. I hope you enjoy playing it!

You are Gertrude the amoeba. Eat those smaller than you to grow until you are large enough to take on Peanut the Octopus and steal her treasure (make sure you find the key first!)

Use the WASD keys to move Gertrude (the arrow keys also work, but will move the page as well as the character, so I recommend only using them in full screen mode where this is no longer an issue). You'll need 4 of each creature to grow enough to eat the next.

I used Unity, Inkscape, Audacity and LMMS to make this game.

Edit: I've added fixes to make Gertrude easier to control, and also to stop creatures appearing on top of Gertrude killing her instantly. Hopefully these fixes will make the game beatable. Though I'm wondering if it's too easy now - let me know!
WebGL http://www.edgeofcode.com/games/growing-gertrude-ludum-dare-34/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=56155

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.00 788
Audio(Jam) 3.15 448
Fun(Jam) 2.73 839
Graphics(Jam) 3.20 639
Humor(Jam) 2.92 354
Innovation(Jam) 2.36 950
Mood(Jam) 3.00 679
Theme(Jam) 3.77 428

Feedback

NecroMac
15. Dec 2015 · 01:24 UTC
It reminds me of Spore early levels as well as Agar, but controls are quite hard. And it is very easy to die from anything. Still, quite enjoyable.
deadread
15. Dec 2015 · 01:50 UTC
It's the multi cellular stage from spore. Nice idea, issue is that the randomly popping mobs gets annoying when your tail clips with the mob, as he spawns
Zknet
15. Dec 2015 · 02:09 UTC
Cute sound effects, but very hard to control.
pontooncity
15. Dec 2015 · 02:09 UTC
Controls are a little tough, being reversed from what you'd assume makes it tricky. Nice graphics and sound.
Alexander Ramsay-Baggs
15. Dec 2015 · 02:53 UTC
Really tricky to control. It would also have been nice to have some sort of chart so I knew what things I could eat at any one time or what the next one I could eat would be. Other than that, not bad. :D
jcmonkey
15. Dec 2015 · 02:53 UTC
this game would be pretty good if it had mouse follow, or mouse click in front of it to move. the controls got me, i had to stop playing. though this game looks like it would be fun.
xodene
15. Dec 2015 · 02:55 UTC
Not a bad game, but the controls are very much an issue as they're not very intuitive. That along with the randomly appearing enemies while you can't control very well is pretty rough.
Gunn3rboi
15. Dec 2015 · 06:02 UTC
cool game, i liked the concept of it but the controls were just to hard so i ended up quitting before even making it to the second stage but other than that i really liked it.
goffmog
15. Dec 2015 · 10:53 UTC
Lovely game, deceptively cute but hard as nails. A little bit of early warning before enemies appear would go a long way.
DrFallos
16. Dec 2015 · 14:13 UTC
I think game is good! I'd like to add something like hungry bar or timer to make player feed faster
alpha_rat
16. Dec 2015 · 22:07 UTC
Nice to meet you, Gertrude the amoeba!
I played it with the WASD controls and it ended up being very easy to play
Claire1605
18. Dec 2015 · 22:50 UTC
Quite similar to a few others but still fun and a cute graphics and sounds! There's something incredibly satisfying about being big enough to eat the guy that just ate you. Only small criticism is that it wasn't obvious to me straight away that the icon in the top left was the biggest creature I could eat so I spent ages being way to cautious eating small fish when I could've been advancing faster.
BubuIIC
20. Dec 2015 · 22:11 UTC
Great game. I liked the noises of Gertrude. It is not so hard, once you figure out the game. Sadly, I was a glutton and after findig the key I ate to much and got stuck in a cave.
Joror
24. Dec 2015 · 00:52 UTC
Nice little game, light in scope, but simple satisfaction to be had. Nom nom ya squid!