Life of a Mosquito by Cary Stanley

A Mosquito's life is fleeting, suck blood, and avoid your inevitable DEATH
Use Arrow Keys or WASD to control Mosquito
| Link | https://carystanley.itch.io/life-of-a-mosquito |
| Link | https://github.com/carystanley/ld50-life-of-a-mosquito |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/life-of-a-mosquito |
Ratings
| Overall | 193th | 3.645⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 157th | 3.671⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 181th | 3.605⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 330th | 3.618⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 108th | 4.013⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 196th | 3.474⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 68th | 3.789⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 276th | 3.303⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 36🗳️ | 56🗨️ |
I'm the goddess of mosquitoes!!! Uahaahah

Right now the only problem I see is the fact that the game is not that challenging. But as a game jam, it is great. The controls are nice and simulate the flying well while also making the main gameplay loop better and harder.
Kudos!
@mgear Thanks!
@bangthewall My "Play Testers" were my Wife and my 6 year old daughter, they thought it was too challenging, so I capped how hard it can get. In retrospect that was probably a bad idea. If only I could change those 3 thresholds numbers :face_palm:
@jk5000 Thanks!
The aspect ratio seems a bit weird for me but I like the aesthetics in general. Good job!
Overall though it isn't a bad entry and good use of theme. Maybe some sort of difficulty slider or something would have been good.
But this is a jam game so it's perfect, I spent a lot of time playing and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it.
@paroxysmal Thanks, yup adding the ability to "kill" the people would definitely add to the game mechanic
@elede thank!
@simplepotential Yes, I capped the difficulty, and regret doing that :disappointed:
@payaosito Haha, I love "those huge heads pack a lot of tasty blood", so true!
Thanks all for playing!!!
Well done!
One other thing I'll mention is I thought the bug spray cans were water bottles at first, because it looks like the people are holding them up up to their mouths to drink from them. I was like, "Why is this guy spitting water at me-- oh, it's not water". This doesn't really detract from the game, just something I found funny that I thought I'd mention.
@raphiell Thanks! Yes, the controls are acceleration based, and meant to be floaty
@colineobordello thanks!
@f1krazy Thanks! Haha yes, by daughter thought the same thing, when I told her it was bud spray, she would laugh and laugh "why are they drinking bug spray!!"
@orcifried Thanks! Yes, the Campers AI is one of the highlights / learnings of Jam game for me
@senso Thanks! Yes, I'm not much of a gamer myself
@cslupius Thanks! Music & Audio are not my strong areas, but learning a little more each game
@sinus I agree more guys may make it easier with the spray themselves dynamic, originally I didn’t cap the campers in development, You can only imagine the craziness that happened when you has 100+ campers on the screen. 🤪
@glaikunt thanks
@diego-escalante thanks
I was the smoothest mosquito that ever lived (for 2 minutes 32 seconds)
Thank you for sharing your game on my Twitch stream (MsMiaChar). Please see my feedback at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1448706042?t=00h01m55s
One of the highlights of this Ludum Dare for me!!! :grin: