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Florence and the Alien by joewolf

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made by joewolf for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Help Florence save the Alien! (And save yourself...)

The very first submission to a game jam from a husband/wife/9 week old daughter dev team. We stuck to a standard genre but tried to add some funny puzzle elements.

Florence and the Alien is a game about a young girl who finds a starving little alien crash landed in the forest. She takes it upon herself to save the alien by getting it back home and keeping it fed. Let us know in the comments how many attempts and how quickly you managed to help Florence save the alien!

Controls:

Walk - left/right arrows OR A/D

Jump - space

Grab Alien - up arrow OR W

Restart at any point by holding R (if you get stuck in a pit or a bug...)

DON'T MISS THE ALIEN AT THE START!!! IT'S TINY!!! Screen1.png

Youtube https://liveonahillstudios.itch.io/florence-and-the-alien
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/florence-and-the-alien

Ratings

Overall 2435th 2.7⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2360th 2.571⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2448th 2.368⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2033th 3.2⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2167th 2.653⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1286th 2.788⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 2198th 2.676⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 43🗨️

Feedback

JamesOliverMusic
21. Apr 2020 · 10:12 UTC
For a first submission this is great! Some sounds would have added some more depth to the gameplay, and a few of the animations, the running one in particular could be improved. Well done though.
Shubh
21. Apr 2020 · 10:18 UTC
Graphics is great but it cann be improved
Anthony Pengelly
21. Apr 2020 · 10:25 UTC
This is a really nice looking game and I love the theme. I couldn't jump while holding the alien though, so I wasn't sure how to get past the first hole with the alien
Human Writes Code
21. Apr 2020 · 10:27 UTC
Made it all the way to the end before I realised I forgot to grab the alien. Once I realised that I had to push the rocks around to reach the end, it made a lot more sense! Great job for a first submission. I got stuck in a few walls and I feel like there needed to be some music or sounds, but the graphics were good and the puzzles and overall concept were good too! Well done.
birchy
21. Apr 2020 · 10:29 UTC
I did it! I saved the alien! This is so cool! Thank you!
BiOniKMonSTeR
21. Apr 2020 · 11:54 UTC
Yeah: I got it! I rescued the Alien! Nic egame, took me a while to understand that I had to pick the Alien up though (I'm not the kind of guy that reads before playing ^^).
Congratulation for this submition! I would advice you to add game clarity, for example, when you're close to the Alien, show a "Press UP to catch me!".
kara
21. Apr 2020 · 13:43 UTC
The alien is so tiny! I've missed it so many times! I really love the visuals.
Oune
21. Apr 2020 · 19:15 UTC
Nice game. It took me several attempts to notice the alien but once I found it I enjoyed the experience.
NathanT
25. Apr 2020 · 06:42 UTC
Super cute game jam. Enjoyed moving the rocks around and carrying my little friend along. The acorn was my favorite pickup. Good job!
FinnThePirate
27. Apr 2020 · 22:03 UTC
great theme, animations and music could be better. good job
disperse
28. Apr 2020 · 14:16 UTC
Congratulations on submitting a complete game on your first game jam! I think the third member of your team may have influenced the design of the alien (who is very cute).
Matootsy
29. Apr 2020 · 05:37 UTC
I love this kind of gameplay where you have to manage a way for an other character. It's very funny to see the alien growing up. Movements are a bit slippy, but it's not a problem to enjoy to play. Haha. At the first time I fed the alien too much (I had made the same system in my game, as a bird, if you feed too much the chicks ^^). It's a pleasing small game. Congrat.