Batz by recursor

made by recursor for LD31 (COMPO)

Due to scheduling conflicts, I was unable to participate until Sunday afternoon, so I threw this together in about 6 hours. I wanted to keep my successful entry streak alive.

Write your score in the comments below!

Instructions:
Eat all bugs and avoid other bats.
Other bats can be destroyed by diving on top of them.
To eat a bug, touch it with your head (wings don't count).
Venturing offscreen will kill you.

Scoring:
Score more points by flying faster when eating a bug.
Eat a bug while diving gives a 2x multiplier.
Killing a bat gets you the same as above +10pts.

Controls:
Left Mouse = Flap Wings
Right Mouse = Dive

Web (Unity)	http://proto.pixelbytestudios.com/jams/Batz/Batz.php
Timelapse	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTUfYQe7VI
Source	http://proto.pixelbytestudios.com/jams/src/LD31-recursor-src.unitypackage
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=1105

Ratings

Coolness	68%	3
Overall	2.90	860

Audio	2.50	673
Fun	2.78	845
Graphics	2.33	1025
Humor	2.63	451
Innovation	3.10	576
Mood	2.50	920
Theme	3.23	957

Feedback

Absor

08. Dec 2014 · 03:20 UTC

Damn bugs are hard to catch! Nice sounds. :D

tyty5949

08. Dec 2014 · 03:23 UTC

Pretty well done game it it was only completed in 6 hours. The bugs tend to fly off the screen and then not come back for about a minute. But other than that good game. I ended up with a measly 196.

mrexcessive

08. Dec 2014 · 15:30 UTC

Hi there. Grats on entering! The graphics are a bit small and found the aiming frustrating. The fly mechanics work well. The fly sounds... sound a bit like you shouldn't listen too closely...

Tipyx

08. Dec 2014 · 22:11 UTC

*cham* *chu* *cham* *chu* *cham* *chu* :p
Good job o/

AdventureIslands

08. Dec 2014 · 22:12 UTC

Not bad, perhaps the graphics could be bigger so aiming would be easier. Sometimes the bugs like to go outside screen and not show up in a while. The flying mechanic was pretty interesting.

Thermite

08. Dec 2014 · 22:13 UTC

Nice job, especially for 6 hours work!

Nobuyoshi

09. Dec 2014 · 01:30 UTC

Good job, but it should be easier to catch the bugs.

FlashRocks

09. Dec 2014 · 01:30 UTC

Very well done :), and quite fun, too! If the controls were a bit easier (a keyboard option might've been nice), I probably would have played for quite a bit of time :) The "off screen kills you" really reinforces the theme, and it was a very good game mechanic.

frenzyasii

09. Dec 2014 · 01:31 UTC

Cool! :)

kburkhart84

09. Dec 2014 · 01:33 UTC

It was interesting, good concept for a casual/mobile game. The bugs were hard to catch though.

FerraWare

09. Dec 2014 · 06:04 UTC

Nice movement mechanics, but the game is really hard! Some bigger hitboxes, and the bugs not being able to fly off-screen would provide a much rewarding experience. Nice sounds!

Fanttum

09. Dec 2014 · 15:45 UTC

way too hard to play on a laptop, haha, but a cool idea and well done.

Drtizzle

09. Dec 2014 · 18:08 UTC

Flying is fun!
I would like to see the dropping being a bit more extreme, you can hardly notice you are dropping.

Nice job!

MaesK

09. Dec 2014 · 22:43 UTC

Nice controls! Being a bat is hard, but I liked it! Maybe a first easier round to learn the controls would have been nice, before letting bugs go wild and move randomly. Great work

Elemental Zeal Games Studios

10. Dec 2014 · 01:25 UTC

Those're some crafty bugs!

Ryusui

10. Dec 2014 · 01:26 UTC

Controls are a bit slippery. Wish I could just stop at the top edge of the screen - annoying how flying too high kills me.

Murchurl

10. Dec 2014 · 01:29 UTC

Nice job as you only did it in 6 hours! I like the simple controls, Audio is pretty standard. At one point i considered wether the bats flappy sound was saying fuck you haha! overall, nice job for the timeframe you made it in!

bushmango

10. Dec 2014 · 02:06 UTC

Thanks for commenting on my game, Four Seasons!

Great sound effects ^.^ This is really well put-together, especially for the amount of time you put in. It's like a great version of balloon hunter. Maybe an easy version with bigger collision circles? Also the bugs would tease me by flying off the screen! Love it.

dylanwolf

10. Dec 2014 · 02:35 UTC

It was frustrating at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty fun. The mouse controls were a nice touch, even though it took a while to get a feel for how to use them.

trykondev

10. Dec 2014 · 03:00 UTC

Super impressive for only 6 hours of work :) Way to dig in and make something instead of just giving up.

vinull

11. Dec 2014 · 01:37 UTC

Okay, I can honestly say I've never played a game with this control scheme! I got the hang of it pretty quickly but still died a lot because I had to go for multipliers!

Demy

12. Dec 2014 · 05:43 UTC

Nice audio and controls

DarkEngineer

12. Dec 2014 · 18:03 UTC

Nice job, good game

CodeNMore

14. Dec 2014 · 20:39 UTC

I love the gameplay - but its unfair that the bugs can go off the screen and not you :(

asobitech

16. Dec 2014 · 16:28 UTC

I hate those pink bats. Dive bomb the lot of them :D