Insecticide by unprecedented

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made by unprecedented for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Insecticide Title Image.png Exterminate the bugs and grow powerful fruits to help keep the bugs at bay!

In this game, you will play as an exterminator defending a fruit tree farm from ravenous pests. Protect yourself from the incoming hoards of insects with your pesticide gun, pick and plant seeds to grow trees, and harvest fruits for defense/attack buffs.

Every 10 seconds your planted trees will grow into a new stage, until they are ready to be harvested. How to Image.png Gameplay 3.png

Ratings

Overall 296th 3.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 97th 4.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 312th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 976th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 381th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 300th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 445th 3.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 364th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Pygargue_pirate
03. Oct 2022 · 22:35 UTC
I really love the game :) ! It has a very nice mood ! Graphics and music are pretty good !
BugByte14
03. Oct 2022 · 22:35 UTC
I really like this game, it's oddly addicting. I really love the graphics style you guys went with (Fans of Don't Starve Together?) Really fun game, good job! :)
LDJam user 202408
03. Oct 2022 · 22:39 UTC
man the multitasking in this game is really well designed, love how you have to fight enemies while having to manage the plants! also like how some enemies chase you while other you have to chase yourself that's a great idea! nicely done
Motti
03. Oct 2022 · 22:41 UTC
Love it! love everything! the doom music kicks in is excellent.
check out my jam game!
Foulkes Art
04. Oct 2022 · 20:36 UTC
Super creative concept and I love the cute drawings. Definitely one of my favorites so far.
LDJam user 300020
04. Oct 2022 · 20:38 UTC
Really love the concept of the game. High rate for the harvest and grow theme. I really like the harvest games! The interesting part is that you guys add the enemy which not just attack player, also the plants. Well done! Great idea!
Rowdy3
04. Oct 2022 · 20:38 UTC
I love the upgrade system and how overpowered you can become after a while, great job!
digitaldude555
04. Oct 2022 · 20:39 UTC
Its fun, it has good graphics and I really like how punchy the gun sounds. But it's very hard the difficulty goes from 0 to 100 in seconds. 10 seconds is actually too long for the plant because of how fast the bugs can kill it. It needs some tweaking. Overall decent game.
innocuousuk
04. Oct 2022 · 20:39 UTC
Neat game, love the style of the graphics, lot of fun.
Gn0cchi
04. Oct 2022 · 20:47 UTC
Cool gameplay! The graphics kind of remind me of factorio of all things but it's a charming look
Pusheeneiro
04. Oct 2022 · 20:47 UTC
Nice art and game design.
johnnysix
04. Oct 2022 · 20:50 UTC
Pretty cool - I had to restart the game to do a second round , but the concept is cool. Some kickback or other weap
on to scatter the wasps would be cool - once they start bunching up you can easily get insta-death :smile:
alec
04. Oct 2022 · 20:52 UTC
@unprecedented I would love to try this game out but am unable to download due to lack of storage on my device. Do you have an online version of this or no? Just from the screenshots it looks really fun. My wife has a garden and is always complaining about the bugs eating her plants lol
LDJam user 298364
04. Oct 2022 · 21:14 UTC
@unprecedented Well done! This is a very exciting game. The graphics and audio effect are really nice. I played for several rounds! I think it would be great to increase hp for trees since bugs would eat them pretty quick lol. Great game!
Kostas Nik
04. Oct 2022 · 21:31 UTC
i liked the art and nice animations also, the sound was good and overall pretty fun! pressing E is tricky when moving all the time, i would try right click maybe. i think a different font would be better for the "pick up seed".
Brovovar
04. Oct 2022 · 21:52 UTC
10 avocados made me unbeatable! I think it would be cool if enemies gained their speed/damage/hp over time to make the game more challenging.
Wendy222
04. Oct 2022 · 22:26 UTC
I love this idea, but I don't know why I can't use WASD to move, that's so sad
moi93101
04. Oct 2022 · 22:41 UTC
I did 4 or 5 tries, to test differents stats, and I found the step up of the player really satisfying !
The only point I found annoying is the health provided by apple, as it take long time to grow + may be destroyed, it give really a little heatl compared to the effort :(
Also it became really difficult to choose the seed I want (I wanted to plant all seeds that give more projectiles :p )
I liked the music, it fit well !
LDJam user 293046
04. Oct 2022 · 23:32 UTC
Super solide game. Loved the investment into growing the powers to use haha. I would have like to right click to pick or plant so I could keep my fingers on the movement.
LDJam user 233138
05. Oct 2022 · 21:22 UTC
Really good, the visuals are neat