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The Mosquito Effect (mosquito simulator)

By 01rafael

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor2353.17
Audio4792.77
Graphics6063.06
Innovation6222.85
Fun6862.81
Mood7332.71
Overall8442.78
Theme10131.95

Comments

kate-kligman 2014-12-09 05:13

I like the screaming, also, I didn't realize I was a large mosquito until I was near the two men. I have an Oculus, will be interested in trying the VR version!

01rafael 2014-12-09 11:08

Hi Kate! We broke oculus version tomorow and got to fix it as soon as possible. I will let you know when we finish that. Please stay tuned!

Thanks,
Mike

besieger1 2014-12-09 22:49

Has to be the strangest game this LD, yet absolutely brilliant. I can see this being a steam game.

wezley 2014-12-09 22:51

5 star everything from me! Great job! :D

guldlock 2014-12-09 22:52

Cool idea but how is it connected to the theme?

01rafael 2014-12-09 23:00

guldlock, I'll try to explain. Well.. mosquito watch only one screen every time during the lifetime. And this screen is his life.
Well... its a joke :)
Seriously, I dont know how to connect this game to theme, but anyway I like this game and I really want to show it to somebody else.

fil00dl 2014-12-09 23:03

completely crazy and awesome, nice soundtrack in chillout zone

endesga 2014-12-09 23:15

Awesome game :) love it

01rafael 2014-12-09 23:17

thank you guys!

d3garcia 2014-12-09 23:18

Really good idea but you should have enemies like frogs that eat you or pest control humans

caryoscelus 2014-12-09 23:25

Had more fun with it then with Goat Simulator. Then again, always thought that watching paint dry is more fun then playing Goat Simulator.

lonely2012

01rafael 2014-12-09 23:31

caryoscelus, we should try to make this game more like a game :)
this is onle concept. But we'll add some features soon, that's boost up gameplay. for example a gunmans that will shoot the mosquito and many many more.
Please stay tuned.

masterhyjinx 2014-12-10 08:23

Reminds me of Mr. Mosquito. Interesting idea, hope you had fun making it. I didn't make it to killing all the Unity Engineers.

I hit a fence and broke my mosquito.

01rafael 2014-12-10 08:51

Oh.. poor mosquito. I promised to him thats he'll be ok.
And we try to fix all this bugs very soon :)

ishadow 2014-12-10 11:37

Oversized mosquito hunting humans - OMG!
And I though after goat, rock, grass, [you name it] simulator nothing would suprize me.
Nice Game!

aare 2014-12-10 11:40

Nice game, I would love to try it out with oculus :) I wish though the scale would be cranked up a little mit more. So that the landing on a person would feel like a real challenge.

01rafael 2014-12-10 11:44

aare, I'll get in touch with you, after we submit fixed oculus version.

soulgame 2014-12-10 11:54

What the hell :D Crazy game. I would have continue playing but at some point the camera was completely out of control: to see my mosquito centered on screen, I had to scroll all the way to the right, very weird. Still, impressive work for 32h. P.S: I've read your description but I'm not convinced by the theme interpretation though...

01rafael 2014-12-10 12:06

SoulGame, when this bug with camera is happened is better to restart game. This is my quick fix :)
About a theme. We not much try to convince somebody, because all proofs is rediculous. But, anyway, game build only on one screen. No menu screens, end game screens, etc. I hope this is our alibi ;)

depp 2014-12-11 08:39

Run, puny humans! This is the sound of your death! The controls seemed a bit janky, but that's part of this game's charm.

stevekratos 2014-12-11 09:13

Good work...

louie 2014-12-11 09:26

We have a lot of mosquitoes where I live. I think this helps me understand them better. :)

leaden 2014-12-11 09:53

Idea have a potential, but controls and level design makes me cry. I think you can make killer of Goat Simulator if you find proper designer in your team.

apiotrw 2014-12-11 13:10

Nice idea

bkgh 2014-12-11 15:54

This game's amazing!

spitfire87 2014-12-11 15:55

BTW, mosquito is the most dangerous specie in earth, after humans ofc. Not that this game has any social background anyways, its just about the lols. One of the funniest games, great job!

gemberkoekje 2014-12-11 17:04

Reasonable game, I found it a bit confusing what I was doing, and why I was doing it, a mosquito killing humans by touching them... The graphics were good, the screams were... unpleasant. Maybe I missed something, so it could use a bit more guidance or tutorial.
Finally, i was unable to exit any other way than using Alt-F4, so please add that when pressing Escape the game quits or at least goes to a menu or something!

01rafael 2014-12-11 17:50

Gemberkoekje, we'll definitely fix this bug with Alt+F4 and have to advance sounds to create them a bit groovie.
Thank you for advices and stay tuned. Improvements coming soon!

ali312 2014-12-11 22:48

Wow, what a nice turbo Mosquito thing))
I wish I could play this with Oculus Rift)))

badlydrawnrod 2014-12-13 18:15

The screaming took me by surprise, despite the comments here. Those firemen sure do make a lot of noise when they see a mosquito.

cheetoturkey 2014-12-14 01:12

Well dang if i saw a mosquito that big i would scream to, Haha nice game man it was fun

jannesn 2014-12-14 19:10

Well that was unexpected. Not sure what was the goal of the game. Did not fit the theme at all. But well done?!

poupi 2014-12-14 21:25

Nice work :)

croze 2014-12-15 03:25

Very interesting lol

gokuhd 2014-12-15 05:32

It's crazy to be a giant mosquito!! hahahaha those humans that panic like that... pussies! xD great job

geckoo1337 2014-12-15 22:57

Mosquito simulator. After goat and rock I have waited this many years. Lol - well done ++

tommyboys0107 2014-12-16 04:18

Good idea but the camera's movement behaved weird.

kitch 2014-12-16 05:17

Very interesting entry. Different, and fun. Looking for a theme connection... and not coming up with a lot... but good luck with it in the future! It's a really cool idea.
Thanks!

benmcnelly 2014-12-16 07:24

Finally! Someone else with an Oculus version! I tried it very nice! I should do the Jam next time, 2 days was just not enough for me to finish all my game concepts. You did great though!

meta-link 2014-12-16 20:25

The concept is really cool, I liked it !
But it's really hard to get accomodate to the gameplay and control our mosquito, maybe it's easier with the occulus version ...

mrbadivan 2014-12-16 21:58

Very fresh experience, but a strange one also =)))

ynots 2014-12-17 16:25

nice//

mach60kas 2014-12-17 22:25

I have no idea what I just played. I turned all those workmen into a paste made of cubes? I'm so lost. A chair was playing music. 10/10

davidb 2014-12-18 10:10

I can't run it on my windows 8 32bit, and no linux version.

01rafael 2014-12-18 11:26

We'll try this out on 32-bit. And, also, upload the Linux version soon. Plese, stay tuned.
Thanks,
Mike

igoramendola 2014-12-18 19:33

hahaha it's a really funny entry! xD
Like others said: although it hasn't a direct relation with the theme, it's very original and is a nice work :D

mathmadlen 2014-12-19 01:40

Great, now I'll also have recurring nightmares about giant mosquitoes...? ,)

Insane. Absolutely insane. In a good way.

cardboard 2014-12-21 01:17

Even though the camera was rather wonky, I enjoyed exploring the map and pestering the humans. The music is nice as well.

submundo-games 2014-12-21 17:38

Nice game dude!!! I like the mosquito!!! hehehe

phocker 2014-12-22 06:42

omg - crazy but fun game - camera is out of control tho

peterthehe 2014-12-23 16:43

Brilliant! I'm not too sure about the theme though :P The scaling seems a bit off too but great game overall :)

pigeonsfromouterspace 2014-12-27 10:32

Really neat idea for a game :) Definetly something I would like to see developed further :D

paffe 2014-12-27 22:52

Cool!!

babajaga 2014-12-28 17:10

Can confirm, the screams are accurate

kirbytails7 2014-12-29 05:49

Nice and goofy. The audio balance is off, though.

anachron 2014-12-29 09:07

Wacky and hilarious! The humans are evil and must be punished. I can see this becoming the next Goat Simulator-like blockbuster.

local-minimum 2014-12-29 15:01

Flying a mosquito was awesome. It was a bit hard to get a grip on the position of the mosquito and direction of flight in relation to the humans. Part of it may have been that I never use inverted Y axis on mouse... so I would recommend adding the ability to toggle that. I also suppose the way the camera moved around is optimized for VR?
I liked the panic screams and the work on the graphics is really great.

banana4life 2014-12-29 17:48

Kinda boring

01rafael 2014-12-29 17:58

banana4life, this discussion open for any offers and solutions, not only strong opinions ;)
Sincerely,
Mike

kate-kligman 2014-12-29 20:25

I'm away on vacation without my rift, but if you leave it up, I'll play it when I get back!

piscythe 2014-12-29 21:03

Cool. I liked the audio environment and the concept, but the PC controls felt limited and the camera easily lost sight of the mosquito. It was quite fun chasing around screaming guys though.

maxmetallica 2014-12-30 00:34

nice graphics

orion_black 2014-12-30 02:01

Weird in a good way, reminded me of Mr. Mosquito. The camera is kind of off but would love to try it in an oculus.