Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD54 → Jar World
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 933 | 3.12 | 37 | |
| Fun | 758 | 3.18 | 37 | |
| Innovation | 453 | 3.48 | 37 | |
| Theme | 911 | 3.08 | 37 | |
| Graphics | 927 | 2.75 | 37 | |
| Audio | 695 | 2.02 | 20 | |
| Humor | 410 | 3.22 | 29 | |
| Mood | 858 | 3.13 | 28 |
I love the chaos of this, we need more chaotic games! I think I'd prefer to have snappier controls and more agency over my movement. At the moment it feels a little "floaty". Increased movement speed and harsher gravity could help here. The gameplay itself also feels a bit samey and repetitive.
Really like the concept. It kept me playing for a minute. I feel I should have been able to wiggle my way down a little easier and I didn't expect to be able to jump so high.
Nice game! like MapleLeaf said the chaos was wonderful! never really felt threatened by the purple creatures but they were always there in the back of my mind, excellent job!
nice! I got over 8000 points very pleasant to keep jumping and collecting the smaller bugs
I really liked the concept! Definitely agree that the jump was a bit hard to control and it would have been fun to be able to push into the dirt more, but the gameplay itself was really funny as dirt and bugs rained down from previous jumps. Nice job!
@mapleleaf thanks for the feedback! I agree there's a bit I could've done to improve the controls as they're really janky rn. I wasn't able to devote as much time to this as I wanted but I ended up with something at least semi-complete so I'd call that a successful first Jam.
@ethan-g yeah I could've made them spend less time "dormant" underground. But if the game goes for a few minutes, eventually the purple bugs start to multiply and wipe out the grey bugs completely lol.
Full points for innovation and I love these "simulated terrarium" type games, they're so hard to do and so interesting. Got to 8047. I think I understand the vision of the game, you're supposed to keep moss alive by controlling the population of grey greebles? I didn't really feel like I had much agency in that regard but it's fun as a thought experiment.
The gravity is a little wild, and I died via a purple greeble drop-kicking me from offscreen.
Also, this is your first jam? Really amazing if so!
@poboy first jam, yeah. I probably could've fixed a lot of the issues but the time constraint got me a bit. I barely got it playable and only added the textures in the last 30 minutes lol.
Nice cozy game, agreed jashyua that wiggling down should maybe be a little easier but at the same time it was fun to yolo jump and slam down across the terrarium
Nice chill game, feels like calm version of agar io. It's very replayable for how simple the game is, nice job!
Nice fun game, i really expected growing in size to consume those unfriendly purple things :) Also you can add some simple funny music if you wish :)
Cute game. Great job!
i lived a quite happy life at the very left side directly on the glass wall for very long time :)
Cute game! The mechanic is simple and easily understood!
Echo what everyone else said here. A very satisfying game!
a fun little physics-based collect-a-thon! Also an instructive lesson in ideal circle packing... I wanted to get at those subterranean grey bugs, but unfortunately lattices of identically-sized circles are stable :(
Really cute, a game over screen would be nice so that we don't need to refresh the page if we want to play again
I also agreed with (@mapleleaf) that we need more chaotic games. I liked the whole crazy thing. The jump is really crazy and insanely disproportionate lol, I practically kept quiet in the corner for a long time, following (@stefan-b)'s advice, but then I got tired and ventured into the middle and died, of course. The sound would have been great here. Really cool first jam. I love seeing different ideas. It really is within the theme, very tight and limited, and it would be even more so if the jump was much smaller. This jump is really crazy lol.
A nice and fun entry. Graphics is simple but it works and fit the mechanics. Yeah, I also think gravity will help improve the control and increase the fun. Overall a great game!
I love the tiny character and fun game!
有趣，但我无法深入泥土
I like the concept! Personally I found it a little easy, but I liked the feeling of finding a bunch of bugs at one spot and eating them, well done!
I definitely like this idea. It would be interesting to play with music, I hope it will be added in the future. Good job!
Cute little game. I really liked the simulation-type vibe of the progression of things, it was cool!
Cute! I enjoyed that the environment seemed to have some underlying rules, like moss spreading to dirt and bugs "naturally" dying. That would be an interesting ecosystem to expand on! It is pretty unique for a jam game :)
Now that you have a mechanic (moving around and eating bugs, while avoiding getting eaten yourself), there should be an overall objective. "Eat as much as you can" isn't really a clear objective, because it only lasts as long as the player's interest. Instead, maybe building a nest or getting to the bottom of the terrarium. Just a few quick ideas on an "objective"!
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Pretty unique game! It's more like a weird little ecosystem than a game, but it works! I wish you could bury into the ground a bit more. The purple bugs were not that much of a threat but they did end up killing me in the end. Maybe if the purple bugs multiplied more it would have been a bit more interesting. Still I think this is really fun! Could maybe work like a little multiplayer party game of some kind!
I've released an updated version of the game on itch.io! It fixes some of the control issues, adds a replay button, high scores, and 2 new bugs.