Harry The Unusually Happy Worm by Mat

made by Mat for LD34 (JAM)

Eat Humans and Potatoes to Grow your length. (The max length is 1000)

Left Arrow turns left.
Right Arrow turns right.

I was going to add minigames and goals to accomplish and such. But i ran out of time. All i was able to add was a race.
You can start the Race by crossing the checkered flag on the middle left of the map then follow the arrows.

Made in C++ with SFML.
Images From: Public Domain (Some textures by me) and http://opengameart.org/
Sounds From: http://www.freesfx.co.uk/ and http://publicdomain4u.com/

Windows	http://files.negusma.com/HarryTheUnusuallyHappyWorm-LD34.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=56122

Ratings

Coolness	74%	3
Overall(Jam)	2.79	938

Audio(Jam)	2.89	562
Fun(Jam)	2.74	829
Graphics(Jam)	2.35	953
Humor(Jam)	2.91	361
Innovation(Jam)	2.08	1020
Mood(Jam)	2.77	807
Theme(Jam)	3.50	681

Feedback

mockthebear

15. Dec 2015 · 02:59 UTC

what is that music? XD
I FOUND THE SMILE FACE C:
it made me happy

Krafty

15. Dec 2015 · 03:10 UTC

This game reminds me of Lego Island. It doesn't seem complete, but it still is nice and I liked the worm. I thought the turns were a little bit too wide and sometimes I got stuck or had trouble getting to an item. Also, the music got on my nerves a little bit. Nice game and I hope you continue to improve on this idea! :)

Cruzer_AU

15. Dec 2015 · 03:12 UTC

@mockthebear
Thanks for playing!
The music is: "Sweet Potato Blues" By: King David’s Jug Band.

Andy Gainey

15. Dec 2015 · 03:58 UTC

Good use of the brake sound effect when running into things; I liked that.

Building in the race minigame as a thing to just stumble upon was pleasing.

The collision bounds on the worm's mouth felt a little small; there were times I felt I'd gotten close enough to a human/potato but still didn't actually eat it. It's a subjective point, but I can't help but feel a little cheated out of a rightfully deserved potato. :-)

Ka-Wiz

15. Dec 2015 · 04:19 UTC

currently my favorite LD34 game! it just has such a great charm to it, the art style & music especially... i love the open-world exploration which you don't really see too much. as Krafty said, turns feel a bit too wide, but that's my only complaint.

wesley werner

15. Dec 2015 · 04:19 UTC

I can see why Harry has that big smile - which worm wouldn't love eating all those beach-goers. Nice little game with a fun race-track meta-game.

DieBackStudios

15. Dec 2015 · 09:05 UTC

Fun :D That audio tho

NoWandStudios

16. Dec 2015 · 10:58 UTC

Music makes me happy!

architect404

16. Dec 2015 · 14:09 UTC

there doesn't seem to be any win or lose conditions and the hitbox on the food is a little unforgiving, but it's an amusing little game with some nice touches like the change in friction on sand and the race

fluidvolt

17. Dec 2015 · 01:34 UTC

What a cute, feel-good game! It's unclear where to go at first but I figured it out eventually. That great music though... it puts a huge smile on my face :) Good job.

flukeshot

17. Dec 2015 · 12:13 UTC

I like Harry, this game is kind of charming.

Hot Box Games

17. Dec 2015 · 22:06 UTC

Hahah that music <3
Cool entry :)

HUMANICS

20. Dec 2015 · 21:48 UTC

The music is really nice ;) Funny little game!

simon.parzer

23. Dec 2015 · 09:52 UTC

I like the exploration, the turning angle of the worm seems a bit wide at times. Overall very nice game.

Joror

24. Dec 2015 · 00:58 UTC

I dined mostly on human flesh. It was good. I smiled a lot.

Also occasionally did speed. Made me go fast, which felt good, but it was more a hindrance - more humans got away.

Even with no-one stopping me, I imagined that someone would, eventually... maybe...

LittleBlueFrog

29. Dec 2015 · 10:35 UTC

Nice little game, love the musical score!