Butterfly by mdotedot

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made by mdotedot for Ludum Dare 58 (COMPO)

You can join with friends to collect butterflies.

This is a multiplayer game where you collect butterflies with friends.

The mini - game levels will generate butterflies to be collected.

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I am excited to get feedback on the multiplayer aspect of the game!

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Ratings

Overall 211th 2.328⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 211th 2.25⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 184th 2.703⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 182th 3.031⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 196th 2.516⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 157th 2.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 182th 2.655⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 44🗨️

Feedback

Endurion
Oct 06th · 04:25 UTC
Testing multi player is hard, I can't see how to join a game with someone?
I kept getting Nibbler style stages, repeating. Are there other game parts?

Also, half that info seems to be a Chrome ad. Friends don't let friends use Google :)
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 06th · 08:17 UTC
@endurion, thank you for testing. When using the play button you are automatically joined to the world. Every connection to this world is visible. Only the part where you make butterflies is private.
thejackimonster
Oct 06th · 12:07 UTC
Controls feel a bit weird on desktop with mouse but I assume the game is intended for touch screens? Otherwise I enjoyed playing it.
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 06th · 12:42 UTC
@thejackimonster : you can use keyboard arrow keys to move and use Enter key for dialogscreen. But you can play the game on a mobile device!
Thanks for playing en commenting!
VikFX
Oct 06th · 13:52 UTC
A simple game that fits the theme well. The character’s design is nice, but the world could have been a bit larger (and the butterflies much smaller) to really give the feeling of searching. The introduction of the snake mini-game is a good idea to add some gameplay variety.
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 06th · 15:44 UTC
@vikfx : thank you for commenting and playing. Good points and I had planned so much more .. but alas .. that is what happens in a compo entry when you make a multiplayer game :D
IndigoWolf
Oct 06th · 17:36 UTC
A simple concept and extremely bold to try and implement multiplayer into an LD game. Respect for giving it a go.
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 06th · 17:44 UTC
@indigowolf : thank you for commenting .. I didn't know if you were the player I played against just now. That made the game 100% nicer. It was just so much fun grabbing the butterfly before you. And it actually felt good as well when the other player grabbed one from me!!!!
cogcomp
Oct 07th · 19:15 UTC
Interesting concept. The music was funny and the minigames were actually quite stimulating after a while. Clever stuff!
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 07th · 19:19 UTC
@cogcomp : propably that was you that was playing together with me. You got a few butterflies before I did, but I got some ' of yours ' .. ha ha .. This was actually why I made the game. To be able to play together/against others online.. that is so much more fun than playing alone :D :D :D Thank you for playing and the nice comments!
LDJam user 280624
Oct 07th · 20:12 UTC
The music is so epic... I'll try to make something similar at the next jam!
Baluj
Oct 07th · 23:57 UTC
Interesting idea and found it enjoyable.
MxAndromeda
Oct 08th · 00:05 UTC
Interesting idea!
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 08th · 03:18 UTC
@torte478 : thank you for commenting.
@baluj : thank you for your nice words
@mxandromeda : Thank you for your words
Avhatar
Oct 08th · 07:36 UTC
I swear, it felt like staring into the abyss. Little bushes, blades of grass, a caterpillar — and then I pressed the sound button… Mother of God, both literally and figuratively. Then I clicked on the caterpillar and it started eating leaves, after which a butterfly appeared and the boy shouted “Yippee!!!!” — which, together with the music, had a mind-blowing effect on my psyche. Then I went back to the caterpillar and somehow ended up eating my own tail. And then there were butterflies. They were everywhere. The whole screen was butterflies. That’s when I broke. It was too sacred an experience — my soul wasn’t ready for this :D
But overall — thank you for the game, really. It’s one of those cases where you feel like the work is trying to tell you even more than the author originally intended.

P.S.
I don’t understand why you weren’t nominated for sound — I’d honestly give 5 stars for the music alone.
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 08th · 15:25 UTC
Hi @avhatar . I have opted out of the music since I used the google blob opera program to generate the music. And officially that is considered AI and not particularly composed by myself allthough I moved the sound up-down .. it is technically not composed by myself. But I thank you for your nice words.
atsh
Oct 08th · 18:05 UTC
I couldn't test it with friends - but it was nice little game!

I would try to make the movement more fluid and less tile base when controllign the person, and also try to hide the seams between the snake parts

The music is really surreal lol, no wonder AI created it. Together with the unique graphics it really creates a nice mood. Well done!
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 08th · 18:31 UTC
@atsh : thank you for your comments. You made some good points for later projects! Much appreciated!
danicoredj
Oct 08th · 19:51 UTC
good game
nekowei
Oct 09th · 01:15 UTC
The art style is lovely with a playful, childlike charm. I can tell you put a lot of heart into the visuals! Adding multiplayer support in just two days is great! Keep up!
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 09th · 03:27 UTC
@danicoredj : thank you for your words; @nekowei : Thank you so much for these kinds comments; Multiplayer is something I try to do each LD entry in various settings to learn from! And this lovely community is willing to provide necessary feedback! I'm so proud of my fellow developers!
tanis
Oct 18th · 14:34 UTC
Congrats for making a multiplayer game for the compo, that's quite a feat itself. Unfortunately I had no one joining with me when I played your game. Collecting the butterflies is pretty straightforward and the snake minigame is fun. I actually spent more time in the minigame than the actual game :smile:
The urge to collect the butterflies is quite missing, though. It would have been a good idea to have something in the game that rewards when you collect the butterflies, otherwise it becomes pretty pointless after a while.
Nonetheless congratulations on making this in such a short time frame
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 18th · 20:27 UTC
@tanis: completely agree with all your points. Thank you for playing. I've found this game most enjoyable by playing with others. Than there is a 'race' to the butterflies and strategy of who is doing the minigame to spawn more butterflies. Again, thank you for your nice words and good points!
Dengyixa
Oct 21st · 06:13 UTC
It is intersting and I caught many butterflies hhh!
🎤 mdotedot
Oct 21st · 15:45 UTC
@dengyixa : thank you for your kind words and feedback!