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A Fly's Life

By recursor

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall264.0924
Fun164.1524
Innovation334.0224
Theme344.2024
Graphics1743.6324
Audio1033.6124
Humor174.0922
Mood873.7123

Comments

dan-whiffing 2022-10-03 02:14

Wow this is amazing! Love the concept, the graphics, and the sound! The buzz switching pitch is so good. Level design is nice as well. Great job!

m4ttu 2022-10-03 15:29

This is absolutely brilliant! The sound is so good! I love the buzzing sound. The concept is cool and having to bate the enemies to get hit by the swatter is really satisfying! Well done !!

cameron-borthwick 2022-10-03 18:08

great game. good fun to play!

xenoparticle 2022-10-03 18:16

Really liked the buzzing sound and the cute pixel graphics. Was it supposed to end at the hopper level since you couldn't kill them with the swatter? I couldn't move to the next level even after eating all the food. Regardless it was pretty fun!

recursor 2022-10-03 20:34

@Xenoparticle thanks for the feedback and identifying a bug in the game. The hoppers were being counted as enemies and since they can't be killed, the level was unwinnable. This has now been fixed.

pvg 2022-10-03 22:45

Very nice interpretation of the theme. Visualizing the shadow of the flyswatter is a great alternative to just a simple timer.

busisen 2022-10-03 23:37

Honestly love this entry. A fun concept that's also easy to learn and intuitively understand, that I feel like I'm getting better at every time I play. I genuinely think you nailed the theme. I also appreciate that you explicitly introduced the fly boost feature in level two, otherwise I would've probably not used it until later. Btw, love the buzzing sound. Really solid!

charred-axolotl 2022-10-04 19:57

I really liked the idea of having to use the fly swatter to kill the enemies as well. It created a lot of tense moments just waiting for the attack while trying to avoid it myself.

rob6566 2022-10-04 20:02

Loved almost everything about this. The buzzing sounds are cool, you implemented some cool enemies and mechanics and introduced them slowly and well. Nice job!

tom-stephenson 2022-10-04 20:05

What a great idea! I love this take on the theme and had a lot of fun playing. I really like how the fly swatter can kill enemies as well as the player - it made me take risks. Loved the fly sound too - Great job!

zimonitrome 2022-10-04 20:28

The buzzing sound is a little annoying but FLIES ARE ANNOYING so it's okay. Really fun game. Among my top 5 so far.

coatline 2022-10-05 00:27

This is fun. It's so simple and easy to understand. I like that the buzzing sound pans from ear to ear depending on which side of the stage you are on, really nice touch! The music was only on for part of it for me though, I liked it. Gameplay is fun. I felt cool, being a fly and all.

elysiagriffin 2022-10-05 15:53

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1609823066?t=7h11m42s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

🪰

nardandas 2022-10-07 17:14

Really really cool mechanics. At first I felt like this would be a rather simple game, but with the baiting and the grasshoppers, it turned into a very nice puzzle game! I really felt that the grasshopper level was a bit too difficult. There was just very little room to move around with death around every corner and the swatter could hardly help! Perhaps it'd have been better at the very end? The buzzing SFX was cute, though I think maybe a bit much if you were to spin this out any more. I'm also kind of unsure about the turn radius, it got me into trouble in a few cases and felt kind of unexpected when I was sitting and taking off. Overall I really liked the game, really really cool concept!

jackaljk 2022-10-08 15:56

Great idea, mechanics and implementation! The game is really fun and polished. Good level design too, I think the difficulty curve was just right. Great job!

melektaus 2022-10-09 08:06

BZZZ..! :laughing: Simple gameplay but clever implementation of the interactions between each single component so it feels really dynamic. Good job :thumbsup:

sdelay 2022-10-09 12:54

This is so nice to play, lot of fun! And stressful also, I have to admit. Good exploitation of the theme, I love the shadow getting more and more present, without a timer explicitely displayed. Love it.

rendow 2022-10-09 14:46

The game is easy to understand and very satisfying when you complete a level. The last level is quite a lot harder than the rest and serves as a good final test for the player. I had a very fun time playing, well done!

dejvoss 2022-10-09 14:51

Really awesome game and idea!

johanhelsing 2022-10-21 07:45

Great entry. Getting the spiders and other flies squashed was so satisfying. Love the green gunk :)