Earigator by alec

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made by alec for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

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Only you can help this poor poor man clean his ears. Stick your trusty Q-Tip deeper and deeper into hit his ear and clean out all the junk!


Features

  • High stakes ear cleaning action.

  • 3 mini games to clean your Q-Tip

  • Guaranteed to make your wife dry heave.


Use the arrow keys to move, and X/C to reload your Q-Tip when it gets too heavy.

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Ratings

Overall 22th 4.205⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Fun 20th 4.2⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 61th 4.1⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 25th 4.388⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 62th 4.238⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Audio 43th 4.051⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Humor 6th 4.463⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Mood 101th 3.91⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 58🗳️ 57🗨️

Feedback

Budark
25. Apr 2021 · 18:04 UTC
very funny hahahaah. Bit weird in the beginning, I didnt notice that I had to do a minigame when you extract the Ear wax
danielhamngren
25. Apr 2021 · 18:07 UTC
Haha! What the f did I just play. Amazing and relatable. 61 seconds was my best run. But man, that dude has many ears :D
almgru
25. Apr 2021 · 18:26 UTC
Very nice work! Everything from art, sound effects, music to gameplay felt very polished. Was a bit confused the first time I "reloaded" the Q-tip though since I didn't notice the minigame screen. Maybe it would help to have the minigame screen in the center of the screen?
drom1x
25. Apr 2021 · 19:31 UTC
Very cool graphics, fun gameplay and minigames
Panacea
25. Apr 2021 · 20:47 UTC
Super bizarre and fun! Love the theme interpretation! And the music and art and everything!
cavedens
26. Apr 2021 · 00:32 UTC
That cracked me up. Very fun and entertaining and felt really good to play once I figured out the controls. Great job
KeyLime
26. Apr 2021 · 03:45 UTC
I love the art style and the music is great!
Noam Zeise
26. Apr 2021 · 06:50 UTC
What a bizarre game! I cleaned two ears getting 84 and 62, I'm "not sure if that's good or bad" either.

A game about cleaning ears, with Minigames included, what a perfect premise! The animation on the ear bud was good, plus the hand in the strange pose I found particularly amusing.
squimmy
26. Apr 2021 · 10:14 UTC
> WARNING: Do not insert swab into ear canal.

I'm always amazed by the quality some people achieve with pico-8! This is a tight and focused game with great visuals, catchy music and intuitive gameplay. My only complaint is that the intro feels a little bit wordy, especially compared to the concise and streamlined feel of the rest of the game.
Chad Mongo
26. Apr 2021 · 22:29 UTC
Really fun! The art and music were sick. And the game was funny without coming off as trying too hard.
eboatwright
26. Apr 2021 · 22:41 UTC
This is amazing! XD and hilarious and weird at the same time! Also I loved the character sprite XD I also used PICO-8 for this jam, if you want to check it out!
JLMast
26. Apr 2021 · 23:43 UTC
Argh, this is disgusting (but fun!) (but disgusting)! ^^
PS: The guy with the big ears looks like french politican François Bayrou.
PS2: It is disgusting.
cninja_
27. Apr 2021 · 00:08 UTC
Fun to play and really enjoyable, same about graphics and audio - they're just great. Minigames during "reload" are also a nice addition.
CeeJap
27. Apr 2021 · 00:22 UTC
Great art, definitely reminds me of world of goo. The gameplay was fast-paced and fun, great work!
🎤 alec
27. Apr 2021 · 00:24 UTC
Thank's so much for the feedback everyone!
GarethTheDestro
27. Apr 2021 · 01:23 UTC
I'm kind of obsessed with this one, it's so different and funky. I love the concept and the minigames keeps the whole thing paced really well. The music and sfx all fit really well, the whole experience is just fun. Keep making lots of games, just keep going!
haztro
27. Apr 2021 · 03:47 UTC
Lol this game is so cool. Don't know why but seeing the dude's brain at the end gets me every time. I loved the music especially. Awesome submission :)
PhthaloGold
27. Apr 2021 · 04:29 UTC
It was a disgustingly fun game. It's gross but the whimsical premise is part of the experience. An engaging game loop with great audio and clear visuals. The loop to the start is a bit weird if you've already done it a second time, but who knows, maybe he just has a lot of ears.
Predominant
27. Apr 2021 · 07:18 UTC
Really enjoyed this one!
adele.illustration
27. Apr 2021 · 08:07 UTC
Well I didn't expect THAT concept when I woke up this morning! Really fun and a bit crazy but it's a really nice little game.
snesgaard
27. Apr 2021 · 08:40 UTC
Ah this great and a bit crazy!

Got stuck on one of the cleaning mini-games. No button seemed to work.

Not sure if it's a Firefox on Linux or a me issue though!
VeryGenuineCraze
27. Apr 2021 · 10:01 UTC
Cool graphics, cool gameplay, the sound design is good too.
Nothing to say more, you game is very fun to play and quite simple to understand
treslapin
27. Apr 2021 · 10:04 UTC
Nice little game! Very polished. I had a good time playing :smile: The text and controls were a little hard to understand at times, but not too much.
Dorkulon
27. Apr 2021 · 10:07 UTC
Goofy little jam game with very Warioware-esque gameplay (which I can definitely appreciate). I liked the little minigames to clean up the q-tip, although in the mash 10x game I would have expected to fail if I mashed more than exactly 10 times. Also the final slider minigame was unresponsive.
Fabian G
27. Apr 2021 · 11:16 UTC
Wow, impressive polish! Good job!
GlowGlew
27. Apr 2021 · 12:45 UTC
I kept pressing x because those minigames were so much fun. Congratulations for such a polished game.
The1
27. Apr 2021 · 16:06 UTC
I didn't know scratching my ear could be so much fun :D Really like the graphics! Good job!
Shaolin Dave
27. Apr 2021 · 18:18 UTC
Pretty fun. The graphics were good, the music is amazing.
LDJam user 0
27. Apr 2021 · 19:08 UTC
This was absolutely brilliant. I felt like I was playing a Warioware kinda thing.

Overall the game felt very polished. Not like I was playing an LD entry at all. The sound was great and the music catchy. Everything was just damn good.
Rusty Bailey
27. Apr 2021 · 21:24 UTC
The music was fantastic! At first it wasn't entirely clear I needed to press a button to remove the q-tip from the ear, but once I figured that out, it was a lot of fun. Hilarious concept!
rubenwardy
29. Apr 2021 · 02:03 UTC
I like this, the idea and the audiovisuals are really good. My only comment is that the key icons weren't clear at all, looks like they were intended more for console :)
hypp
29. Apr 2021 · 05:03 UTC
Very funny and original! The minigames was a nice touch.
GeneralSturgeon
29. Apr 2021 · 17:34 UTC
Lovely game! Really enjoyed the wiggly physics of the Q-tip and the music fit very well! Great job!
colapolka
29. Apr 2021 · 20:38 UTC
Oh man. I'm always stunned by what Pico-8 developers can come up with.
And this right here is an especially remarkable specimen of Pico-8 glory!

I liked your game so much, I ended up speedrunning it! I really tried to push for that sub-35, though I'm stuck at 36 for now.

Awesome game!


![highscore-earigator.png](///raw/6e7/z/41a74.png)

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Update 1 day later:

![sub35.png](///raw/6e7/z/41d58.png)

Woop, woop! But now I wonder... can I go deeper?
FloGames
29. Apr 2021 · 21:51 UTC
Heh, very nice and polished! graphics, controls and sound all work together well. At first I couldn't read the keys for the minigames, but eventually I figured it out. When I played the first time, I couldn't advance past the end of the first ear (maybe I took too long?), but after restarting everything worked fine. Good job!
Caterpillar Games
01. May 2021 · 01:21 UTC
Really well done! A great PICO-8 game!
Tom Kun
01. May 2021 · 19:22 UTC
Great game with great style!
Trexxak
01. May 2021 · 21:42 UTC
Terrifically hilarious game :D Felt really polished and the music was a real treat! Kudos!
🎤 alec
02. May 2021 · 22:06 UTC
@colapolka I'm going to need to go and update the games end text, since I now know what a good time is haha.
felo07
06. May 2021 · 23:03 UTC
ok, thast a weird and creative game at same time, I did 66 and 44. Loved the color pallete and grapichs, music is also good, congrats for the unique mechanic
duo-afgebeld
08. May 2021 · 15:17 UTC
Very funny, and actually very playable as well! Good graphics. I think the music is a little grating. Beating the time is a nice to make the game replayable, though it would be nice if there were different levels as well.
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28. Dec 2021 · 08:16 UTC
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