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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1566 | 3.844 | 3.844 |
| Artwork | #1623 | 3.719 | 3.719 |
| Narrative | #2183 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Audio | #4166 | 2.719 | 2.719 |
| Enjoyment | #4173 | 2.844 | 2.844 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Looping lifetimes through reproducing while surviving the environment
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All assets (sounds, visuals and animations) are made by us
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Just as I was starting to feel smart, I got stuck in a spiderweb...
I had fun playing! It was funny just how dangerous the world felt as a fly with a minute to live lol
thanks for the feedback! Yea..we didn't have time to finish the spider web part. The plan was that the spiders would be notified if you got stuck on a web and they would come to eat you and if you pressed space 10 times or something like that you would escape.
Ohhh, I see. I figured it was a complete feature and just accepted that I made a silly mistake that doomed me, so it didn't feel particularly bad! I laughed when it happened because it reminded me of how in games where people can fly around like birds, they sometimes end up flying into windows by mistake
I do like the idea of the spider coming to eat you though! That way if you make that mistake at the start of the loop (like I did), you don't have to wait until you run out of time or restart manually. And if you're able to have a long lineage (unlike I did), you have a chance to save yourself and keep going
Fun little game! I really liked how foods are randomly spawning instead of a fixed place, it was fun to look around. The flying speed was a bit too fast for me but I kinda liked it bc it felt like an actual fly simulation!!
Bzzz... is my life style now.
The game is funny and cheerful. Of course, there are bugs everywhere, especially in a game about bugs. But it's still cool.
The art and general vibe was great.
Ran into a few bugs (pun intended), but it was pretty fun overall. I liked the fly swatter jump scare, but found myself a bit annoyed at some food being very particular about where it could be eaten from (bread especially), and sometimes dying seemingly randomly (lots of time left, nothing nearby?).
A tiny bit more polish and I could see myself playing this more.
Reminded me of early 2000s video games for kids in a good way, though some things weren’t that clear to me (just like early 2000s video games) like what type of junk could give me energy etc. It it still very impressive you managed to pull that off in a couple days!
A cool idea that - given a little more polish to the character controller and difficulty - could make for a fun couple hours of game. The model of the fly looks great btw.
Thank you for your input! It definitely is in the "prototype" stage. We wanted some wonky flight mechanics that would mimic fly behaviour and it needs tweaking :))
I actually had no idea what "3d housefly controller" would feel like; but that's definitely exactly right. So silly whenever I would miss my target too. Very fun!
Thank you for the input! That was exactly our vision for some wonky fly controls :D
Fun idea! Creates a nice feeling of being super tiny and exploring a huge room. If you add more after the jam, I'd like to see some ability to hover briefly or glide more slowly so it's easier to see your surroundings. It was a little tricky to tell what was food and what wasn't (I think some pizzas were edible while I didn't think I was able to use others). All in all, this is inspiring for a short jam!
Thank you very much for the comment! You have some great points that we will definitely add if we decide to continue this prototype!
the fly swatter is such a jumpscare... the fly breeding cutscene was so cute and unexpected?!?!?! hahaha
Hahaha Yea :D The swatter was a last day addition to make it more difficult and we didn't manage to add a clear warning for it. Glad you enjoyed it!
I could play a full game of this.
fly breeding jumpscare
Really fun concept ! I was kinda surprised that after laying 2 eggs, I still got a game over after my first natural death.
Bonus point for the aerial control !
Thank you for the input and glad you enjoyed the mechanics! We didn't have time to sort out all bugs, sorry that you encountered one :/
Got stuck!!!! But lovely artwork!
oof got stuck accidentally, love flying tho it feels gud
Neat idea and obstacles. Some feedback that you were eating would have been helpful.
hahah i loved the little egg layin animation xdd this was great, the environment and characters were dope!! the movement around the map was a little challenging at times and it was a little easy to avoid getting hit by the swatter if you just quickly let go of E and pressed it again. i had a fun time tho, great work!!
I'm very glad you had fun with our little creation! Thank you!
The flying mechanic is fun. The art is also done really well.
A visual feedback about the incoming attack from swatter and highlighting the food when you're near it would be good.
Rated your game. Cheers!
Thank you for the input and I'm glad you enjoyed our game! We will consider the feedback in case we do continue the prototype! :D
Wish you could move the camera vertically a bit more but interesting idea.
I got stuck in the microwave ! Controls are a bit twitchy for the camera :)
Thank you for the feedback! We envisioned the controls to be wonky as is a fly irl xD, but it definitely need more tweaking