Life's the Wurst by jimmothysanchez

Everyone loves a picnic unless you happen to be the one on the menu. Run, jump and wiggle your way past forks, knives and chomping teeth. See how long you and your hotdog brethren can survive, but fair warning being eaten is inevitable.


Controls
Mouse - to move the camera
aswd - move your hotdog body
space - jump
| Link | https://jimmothysanchez.itch.io/lifes-the-wurst |
| Link | https://github.com/JimmothySanchez/LD50 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/lifes-the-wurst |
Ratings
| Overall | 190th | 3.65⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 217th | 3.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 253th | 3.425⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 191th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 10th | 4.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 253th | 3.325⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 11th | 4.375⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 259th | 3.35⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
Art style is very pleasing and striking - the wiggle the hot dogs do are awesome, and i love their little screams!
A few things I think need some tweaking:
- Camera is a little too close to the wiener, i think it needs to be zoomed out more
- Gameplay is a little barren, there are only two enemies and i think its pretty easy to survive since the forks/knives are so slow
- The music is just a little too loud/bombastic. At least imo!
I also noticed the jump sound wasn't bound to the jumping mechanic, rather just the press of a spacebar.
This was a great submission overall though. Nice work!
That person that's going to eat you. He looks genuinly terrifying.
My computer doesn't run this level of graphics that well but I still had a pretty great time.
It feels a bit too easy? I could stay alive for quite a time. Maybe add more enemies / have increasing knife/fork rate?
My main problem with this game was framerate, if you're gonna make an after jam version with improvements -- let me know, I'd check it out!
Thanks for coming to my stream! Here's a recording in case you'd like to refer to it: https://youtu.be/xAmitsB_F9k
- your hat has collision : bad : wich bugs camera
- your hat has collision : good : it gave birth to its own mechanic and i believe it deserves discovery of its service! will make a great gameplay if you can handle it well!
good job thanks for sharing your game
ps: You can remove the .pdb file in Engine\Binaries\Win64 to reduce download sizes significantly :)
I liked the world style and especially the physic based body of the protagonist-wurst, it almost made me laugh :)
The only thing preventing me from fully playing is lack of optimization, I played it with 5-8 fps on my old GPU.
Probably it's because the game was made with the newest UE5.
Anyway, good job!
Very nice weenie physics, and I liked the light shining through the wicker baskets as well!