Beetle Blast by OursBleu

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made by OursBleu for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Escort your beautiful larva-child to the feeding grounds ! Collect Nutrients to have it evolve.

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Controls

Left Mouse : Shoot

Right Mouse : Blast

Space : Dash

Shift : Shield

Ratings

Overall 190th 4.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 28th 4.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 356th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 52th 4.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 702th 3.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 742th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 674th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Thierry Brochart
21. Apr 2020 · 06:05 UTC
Fun and neat! Congrats! Mixing an arcade genre with trying to get empathy to our little baby larva is a great idea for this theme.
JoAMD
21. Apr 2020 · 17:44 UTC
Good idea
Could add more features
Maybe like more puzzles or twists instead of straitforward gameplay
davision
22. Apr 2020 · 13:05 UTC
Usually I hate escort missions but this is very well made! Its also spot on with the theme. I love that unique art style!
neuronezero
22. Apr 2020 · 17:49 UTC
Very good game ! The Larva crying because I was too far made me laugh ^^
With a few tweeks on bullets (damage and speed VS enemy HP and numbers) I can see a very strong game. good job !
ROBOWARRIOR1982
23. Apr 2020 · 18:13 UTC
Amazing game, i like the retro style, and the art make me think to megaman. The idea to protect the larva and gain experience after feeding etc... really nice for the theme ! Great entry, i enjoy to play that.
legavroche
24. Apr 2020 · 23:18 UTC
I see a lot of games starting too difficult or starting too easy and never adjusting. This felt perfect in the difficulty ramp up. The only thing I think I would've liked to see was some powerups to add more gameplay variety, maybe in a post-jam version if you guys plan to continue working on it. Great job!
bitdecay
24. Apr 2020 · 23:30 UTC
I think I'm in the same boat as a lot of people where I can say that I hate escort missions in games, but this one has a different feel to it. Plays pretty well. Would have loved some more variety in what you can do as the player, but it felt solid overall. Quite unforgiving if you accidentally step into a pit, though :'(

Great entry!
PerpetuumMobile
25. Apr 2020 · 19:31 UTC
This is a great great game! Good graphics, and really fun gameplay. Well done.
rsninjadev
02. May 2020 · 17:56 UTC
Loved this, it felt good to play, and was easy to learn. Maybe something like a stamina system would be good, being able to spam both the abilities and hold down both shooting modes all the time feels OP.
Hernz
02. May 2020 · 20:22 UTC
What a great game ! The game feel is top noch and really helps sell the game, the graphics are simple but really well done. Everything feels nice ! The sound and music are good, maybe just a bit less than the rest. I really had fun, good job !
giraffesareburning
03. May 2020 · 01:16 UTC
Super fun! Graphics remind me of PS1 days.
grandtheftmarmot
11. May 2020 · 00:46 UTC
Fantastic game! Shocked you were able to do so much in so short a time. Was also unbelievably fun and tweaked. Perfect.
MaiMai
11. May 2020 · 03:41 UTC
This was surprisingly fun, haha. Very simple concept but balanced well, with a decent amount of game feel for a jam game! Not a whole lot to offer aside from a desire for more content and polish - which you're obviously not going to get from a jam game. Good job!!
VirtuaWorlds
11. May 2020 · 05:31 UTC
Awesome game! trying to get you to 20! graphics, sound, polish! awesome work
jk5000
11. May 2020 · 06:51 UTC
A simple and fun little game. I love both the music and visual style. The controls is good, and this makes game feel good to play. Overall is this good jam game. Well done.
RealKonstantin
11. May 2020 · 12:29 UTC
Thank you all for all the lovely comments and getting us over the 20 ratings hurdle. Much appreciated!