Terror from beneath by v_n_j

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made by v_n_j for LD29 (JAM)
There are hungry worms beneath the surface.
And they're going to eat you alive.
So pick up a rock and throw it in their head :D


Kill the worms, thats the goal. Only head is vulnerable.
When worm is coming, ground starts to shake(and strange noisy sound grows louder). So prepare to jump... a lot.

Not sure if it's fun, but pretty sure it can be hard to play, sorry, even extra third day was not enough for me to polish mechanics. And there is still a lot to do. Add more sounds(normal sounds), more weapons etc.

CONTROLS

!XBOX controller compatible!
!controller recommended!

left, right / left stick - move
up, down / right stick - aim
space / Y - jump
q / X - pick up
e / right button - attack
s / start - obvious :)
r / back - restart, only when prompted
and most important - m to mute repetitive music

Protip for slaying worms: you actually don't need to aim precisely, you can aim just a bit down and hit a worm every time it's descending


Update
- Fixed small bug with constantly shaking ground

Update2
- It was noted that unity web player is not fully cross platform =/ so I added Linux & MacOS builds

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall(Jam) 2.90 548
Audio(Jam) 3.39 225
Fun(Jam) 2.84 455
Graphics(Jam) 2.68 625
Humor(Jam) 2.43 423
Innovation(Jam) 2.82 451
Mood(Jam) 2.71 566
Theme(Jam) 3.44 232

Feedback

MarsBar
29. Apr 2014 路 04:35 UTC
This is tough XD I like it! Good music and definitely challenging/ addictive. Great Job
udvaritibor
29. Apr 2014 路 10:26 UTC
Love the music. I find it hard to control the character on the keyboard. Maybe just me. Good fun overall.
Greg Power
29. Apr 2014 路 10:30 UTC
Cool concept - it's like playing the human side in Mega Worm. Pretty hard to get the worms head, but I felt boss when I did. I think it would control really well with a gamepad or with a mouse - a was bit awkward just on the keyboard.
Franklins Ghost
29. Apr 2014 路 13:53 UTC
Nice music. Liked the movement of the worms but found it difficult to move and aim with the keyboard.
馃帳 v_n_j
29. Apr 2014 路 15:09 UTC
Yeah, controls are not so easy, sorry, my bad.
Somehow I decided to try it this way, and then I believe just got used to it.
You can aim in advance though :D makes things more manageable.
XrXr
29. Apr 2014 路 15:55 UTC
I liked the music! Doesn't play too well on the keyboard through. Also I don't like how the aim arrow has momentum to it. Pretty good!
CaiusTSM
29. Apr 2014 路 20:15 UTC
Wow this is hard. I like the music :)
perfect victim
29. Apr 2014 路 20:19 UTC
nice one,love the music
Maschinen-Mensch
30. Apr 2014 路 09:03 UTC
Nice idea. First I thought this would just be a deathworm clone - so glad it isnt :-)
I think you could have improved the controls a lot by making them simpler.
Why not auto-pickup the stones? Or why pick them up at all, just give the player infinite stones. Also, I would have put the aiming on the mouse position, this would have felt much more natural. As a last thing, I like the feedback sound you have before a worm appears. Having a little particle effect on the earth where he will emere would have seriously helped players to feel more in control of the situation.
OVerall a nice idea and very true to the theme.
zedutchgandalf
30. Apr 2014 路 09:12 UTC
Lovely little game!
Thorig
30. Apr 2014 路 09:14 UTC
Nice take on hunting worms. Fun game!
triforcespark
01. May 2014 路 08:38 UTC
Gamplay feels difficult because of controls, and the worm itself is unpredictable.
The music is excellent, though...
OddballDave
01. May 2014 路 08:43 UTC
An interesting twist on the death/mega worm games. I feel it should give some indication where the worm is going to break the surface, maybe have a mound appear first. Could be fun multiplayer with some extra weapons/items if you continue development.
finefin
01. May 2014 路 09:16 UTC
nice game. but pretty hard. wish I had some nukes or at least a shotgun :)
shadow64
02. May 2014 路 07:08 UTC
I didn't feel like the game was hard. If you run far enough it forces the worm to come at you horizontally. Then you just bop it in the head before it dives and it won't hit you.

The music is great and the gameplay is nice once you get the hang of it. I think that the aiming could be better and the controls need a little work. Simply moving left and right feels very limiting. You could probably add a jump or a double tap to leap left and right.

Overall I think you did a nice job and it was fun to play. Thanks for sharing!
馃帳 v_n_j
02. May 2014 路 09:00 UTC
@shadow64
you can jump, actually, or do you mean something else?
shadow64
02. May 2014 路 09:18 UTC
Oh crap. Really? I'll try it again. Sorry. And thanks for rating and the compliment on my game! :D
shadow64
02. May 2014 路 09:19 UTC
Ahhh, jump is in your LD website control list, but not the intro screen for the game. I was wondering how I missed it. Sorry about that. I'll re-rate after I play.
shadow64
02. May 2014 路 09:26 UTC
Okay, sweet. I bumped you up in a rating because of the jump and also I was able to get through to the later levels (with a glitch) and the new weapon makes it really enjoyable. Nice work! :D
javierecf
02. May 2014 路 10:30 UTC
I played with a 360 controller, and even then it was hard, maybe using RB to do the same "pick" and "use" would make the controls more easy to use. The music is nice and the animation and movement of the worms is really well done.

The jumping movement seems slow to me, i dont know why a lot of games are doing this thing of a lot of inertia and slow jump velocity, seems like useless and frustating for the player if you ask me. But overall it is a fun little game.
SzRaPnEL
02. May 2014 路 10:32 UTC
Nice :) I would like to see a mound before the worm jumps. And bigger rocks! Hell yeah! :)
gwa
04. May 2014 路 13:17 UTC
Tremor :)
gre
04. May 2014 路 13:41 UTC
Underground worms!!! Nice music and graphics.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
romandtom
09. May 2014 路 11:05 UTC
Too haaaard ;(
Loved the music!
kristof
15. May 2014 路 18:57 UTC
Awesome music! And I like the gameplay as well, even though I didn't manage to kill the worm once :) Maybe you should make the worm visible below the surface. This would allow to aim a bit sooner. Oh man, I am still hyped by the music! Great work!
loxo
15. May 2014 路 19:05 UTC
Really great idea, but the game is rather challenging with those keyboard controls. It took me a while to get past the first worm, but I didn't manage to get past the second level.
馃帳 v_n_j
15. May 2014 路 19:51 UTC
@loxo
maybe I didn't make it clear enough but you can skip levels, just die and press "s", there is melee weapon later that makes it more easy and fun
BMacIntosh
16. May 2014 路 16:08 UTC
I played with an XBox controller. This was very fun, even though like others I had trouble with the controls. For gamepad, the best way to do aiming in a game like this is to aim (immediately) in the direction the right stick is pressed. I was expecting the trigger to be "throw", but it was actually the bumper. Also, jump is traditionally on "A" (it's much easier to reach quickly).
jsmars
17. May 2014 路 17:26 UTC
Nice game and music, but quite hard :)
Alex Rose
19. May 2014 路 21:37 UTC
Game was awesome, although I was really bad at it. The movement arcs of the bad guys are really well done.

I would add mouse controls in the future if I were you by setting the rock velocities to throwpower *(Vector2)(Camera.main.ScreentoWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition)-character.transform.position).normalized, but other than that, absolutely great game, great music, very cool concept that ties in with the theme very well, especially for your first entry.

Hope to see more of your games in the future!
Alex Rose
19. May 2014 路 21:38 UTC
Oh, also, screenshake was awesome, screenshake is always awesome, forgot to add that :P . Nice one.