Bento Bugs by superjai
Summary
Dispatching these simple beetles should be no problem at all!
How to Play
Protect your food from pesky pests!
- Swipe your mouse to slash.
- P for pause & settings.
If you're lucky, you might catch an illusive scarab.
Team
Made by: Jeremy Weeks (@superjai), Yenny Yulianni (@doraemon), Zach Hahn (@Kidabra) and Jake Grice (@Jake-G)
Play it Now!
See the links below to play in the browser (no download required).
Screenshots







| Link | https://jeremys-stuff.com/games/ld56/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/bento-bugs |
Ratings
| Overall | 1th | 4.574⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1th | 4.632⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 264th | 3.632⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 19th | 4.485⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 28th | 4.662⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 12th | 4.397⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 213th | 3.641⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 91th | 4.172⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
Very relaxing & easy to play - would make for a great mobile game to sit and waste time with. Yuo guys killed it!
Only feedback is - slicing feels unpredictable at times, maybe giving a buffer of where the slice is to make it easier to get used too (can reduce as levels go on)
really enjoyed it! basically fruit ninja but the enemy AI made for some nice variety and the goo physics were great without feeling out of place in the overall art style.

Awesome fun game, really satisfying and the upgrades felt really rewarding. The visuals are well presented. All the food looks delicious and i love the effect on the bug goo.
The end screen with the jar filling up is very satisfying.
Some minor balance issues and i think some of the waves can feel a bit long as my wrists started hurting.
Great entry.

Then I saw Kaida's comment and decided to try playing with my tablet monitor. Then I became OP.
I wanted to include the "Thanks for Playing" but also wanted to overflow the jars, but the text went away as I was overfilling the jars XDDD

Reminds me of fruit ninja, but this one feels nicer to play! (And more fun)

Great sound designs and beautiful icky bugs! the way they moved around felt really organic and had a lot of life to them. until i cut them up >:D
https://www.youtube.com/live/I2NaC9C0rDI?t=13697
Also Wanted to ask if youre fine with me using gameplay from the game in this LDs [score chasers tournament](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/$405421/ludum-dare-score-chasers-qualification-begins) intermission video. (Would play in the breaks of the tournament on my stream). Last year for reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuddhZScWxo
Thank you for submitting it to the stream, I played it and here's my fun experience :)
https://youtu.be/607xcdSIFB8
~XpMonster
Such a well deserved win. I feel like I was playing one of the historical greats when the first smart-phone apps came out. Pure dopamine hack.