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Worm Simulator 2014: Ultimate Home Wrecker Edition

By marsbar

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness356
Theme633.84
Humor1793.11
Graphics2263.74
Innovation3053.16
Fun3133.09
Overall3983.16
Mood4272.97
Audio5322.61

Comments

eldog 2014-04-28 10:13

Gargh! This game looks so good! Like Dune! Can't play it because I'm on linux though :(.

givemeallyourcats 2014-04-28 10:21

Fantastic, the only thing that bothered me was the buggy feeling of the worm and the appearing of houses out of nowhere.. Very nice work :D

samoatesgames 2014-04-28 10:21

Can't help but smile. What an amazingly qwerky game.
Had to play it on low quality though as ultra crashed out :(

Also, can I recommend you upload in .zip as I'm not sure windows does .rar by default (I used 7zip to extract it).

Music was cool though :)

juaxix 2014-04-28 11:15

Nice use of the terravol plugin, also:
Bloom, SunShafts, AntialiasingAsPostEffect, Vignetting, Flares, dune worm model,etc...
So, you changed the textures for sand, add dune particles and set the skybox, add the model to the controller and the huts with a particle fx and a collider to pick them...but without any gameplay this is boring...you may try something like "Effing worms" or "Worm Madness" , since the sources are from different authors you are in time to complete gameplay and present it as a Jam entry ;)

martijn 2014-04-28 15:32

Probably the best hat simulator since team fortress 2.

It doesnt work very well as a game though

marsbar 2014-04-28 18:51

@eldog This game idea was definitely inspired by the Sandworms of Arakkis and also those nasty Sarlacc's :) Also a Linux build is up as per your request :)

@Sam Oates Games thanks and great suggestions, the game has now been uploaded in a .zip :)

mrshortee 2014-04-28 21:43

Biggest flaw: I wasnt able to get a good view on my ~50 hats.

zillix 2014-04-29 05:50

fantastic! I feel like you really captured the nuances of the life of a worm

thorig 2014-04-29 06:08

Great! I love games where I can destroy everything, but where is the hunter. The worm has to eat;-)

eldog 2014-04-29 08:14

Thanks for the Linux build!

Was fun being a worm. I like the idea of exploring a huge desert.

warboys 2014-04-30 05:45

Great sense of speed, I felt like the smoke monster form lost. Movement of the worm was a bit floaty though, might be more interesting if it felt it had more weight.

yo_milo 2014-04-30 06:01

Collecting hats does not make a lot of sense, but it is a good game nevertheless... I had problems returning to the surface... THAT IS HARD!

mtinkerhess 2014-04-30 06:09

Nice dynamic terrain generation and destruction! I like the animation on the worm, how the tail changes direction based on how you move. Nice model for the worm too.

I had the game crash a couple of times, I think once was because I used the high graphics setting and the other time was because I dug too deep.

demonshanker2 2014-04-30 14:16

Very cool, its amazing you guys were able to put this together that quickly! Infinite terrain and decent graphics, color me impressed.

voxel 2014-04-30 15:45

This is 110% the best Shai Hulud hat sim I have ever seen. There are not enough stars on the vote form for how much fun this is

quady14 2014-05-02 00:59

This game is literally sex. 100 out of 10.

koe415 2014-05-05 00:42

Game looks great but the hats look out of place. The digging felt smooth but the game would hitch often when moving to new areas. I kind of wish there were some type of objectives in the game. Reminds me of the old Tremors movies. I eventually got stuck in one of the buildings and couldn't destroy my way out of it.

kirbytails7 2014-05-08 06:44

Heh, nice. I like how the tunnels carved themselves out irregularly.