Mutant Snakopede by TLansdale

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made by TLansdale for LD33 (COMPO)
You are a giant mutant snake... centipede... thing which breaks out of containment and wreaks terrible havoc. The goal is to sate your hunger on hapless humans before moving on to the next area. You can burrow in grass to hide, reposition or ambush your enemies.

You can play with WASD/JK on keyboard, or use a joypad.

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall 3.81 78
Audio 2.73 462
Fun 3.78 73
Graphics 3.52 250
Humor 3.25 235
Innovation 3.80 73
Mood 3.33 235
Theme 4.24 33

Feedback

walaber
23. Aug 2015 · 22:10 UTC
this is really fun! nice idea and great execution. the story is a nice touch!
Cryptix
23. Aug 2015 · 22:14 UTC
This is really fun! :) I like the snakopede's movement a lot!
Krillzz94
23. Aug 2015 · 23:41 UTC
Nice story
Revolving Ocelot
24. Aug 2015 · 09:52 UTC
I loved the smooth transition to burrowing. I wanted to move faster when burrowed. And how some kind of "emerge" attack.

I WANTED MORE. But basically excellent.
vegapomme27
24. Aug 2015 · 10:12 UTC
Great game, man. Really cool. The monster is responding really well. I assume it could have been a total fail but it is very responsive.

The digging mechanic is a good idea too.

good job
peterthehe
24. Aug 2015 · 10:16 UTC
Really fun, great physics. Humourous premise (too bad it I can't vote for humour :( )
tayl1r
24. Aug 2015 · 10:19 UTC
You were the monster all along.
DragonXVI
24. Aug 2015 · 10:25 UTC
Impressive visuals given everything's primitives :D Nice tutorial introduces the concepts, good selection of enemies too. Found the city level to be pretty easy just avoiding all the tanks. Nicely done!
🎤 TLansdale
24. Aug 2015 · 10:27 UTC
Thanks for the nice comments everyone - I turned on humour and audio as voting categories as I can't really think of a good reason why I turned them off in the first place.
TwixtorTitan
24. Aug 2015 · 10:43 UTC
10/10 snakopede
AnaglyphCoding
24. Aug 2015 · 11:04 UTC
Loved it, 5 stars overall, great job!
terop
24. Aug 2015 · 11:06 UTC
nice.
JayWoody
24. Aug 2015 · 11:14 UTC
Very nice! Best game I've played so far. The burrowing mechanic is really cool! Also nice AI on the people.

Very solid game! Nicely done!
raducumiczzz
24. Aug 2015 · 11:58 UTC
I love the gameplay, borrowing made it very very cool. The graphics are great. Nice gameplay and also great story. The movements of the 'little guy' is great!
cgriff
24. Aug 2015 · 12:14 UTC
This game was worthy of a better name! But a fine job nonetheless.
DesignerNap
24. Aug 2015 · 13:06 UTC
Great work and super fun! also, best name I have seen for a game ever.
MrDave
24. Aug 2015 · 13:13 UTC
I have loads of great things to say about this game. You really nailed the look and feel of the game. I really enjoyed just moving around and bursting out of the ground.
Grhyll
24. Aug 2015 · 16:35 UTC
Too bad it's only on wasd and not on arrows keys, Unity won't hear anything about switching keyboard layout, it always stays on this unplayable setting for my azerty keyboard...
🎤 TLansdale
24. Aug 2015 · 18:20 UTC
Sorry to hear that Grhyll. An Xbox controller should work too, if you have one of them?
Aiursrage2k
24. Aug 2015 · 18:24 UTC
Good concept that should be fleshed out.
uvwar
24. Aug 2015 · 20:10 UTC
Very cool worm mechanic!
ronsap123
24. Aug 2015 · 20:10 UTC
HaHa, One of the best! Liked a lot!
sneeuwpopsneeuw
24. Aug 2015 · 20:13 UTC
4/5 ign, no 5/5 because of the K and L buttons,why not Q and E

but overall nice
Jamie Guillemette
24. Aug 2015 · 20:14 UTC
Tunneling was easily the most surprising mechanic of the game. controls are a bit tight but overall didn't interfere with the enjoyment to the game. great job!
Wevel
24. Aug 2015 · 20:14 UTC
Nice game, fun to burrow under people, did seem to get a bit repetitive.
TooMuchPete
24. Aug 2015 · 20:16 UTC
Awesome! The controls were nice although a little soft -- I wanted to move a little faster. It'd also be pretty neat if tricking tanks into shooting each other caused them to blow up.

Excellent submission!
scriptorum
24. Aug 2015 · 20:32 UTC
Nicely done! Very fun to play as the monster especially when you get to attack right after unburrowing.
Clément Duquesne
24. Aug 2015 · 20:37 UTC
Cool ! Gameplay and realisation are very nice, and they are tons of ways you could expand on that basis :)
Ixeno
25. Aug 2015 · 01:55 UTC
Really innovative, one of the best "Monster Simulator"! (:
Maybe with better graphics?
Franklin's Ghost
25. Aug 2015 · 09:02 UTC
Really nice submission and liked the use of the theme. The burrow was also a really nice stealth move which was fun to play around with.
shimage
25. Aug 2015 · 22:22 UTC
The monster is very cute. The movement is also great and beautiful. Good!
KPapaGeorge
25. Aug 2015 · 22:44 UTC
I love the burrow animation.
The game was really fun to play.
The story was great too.
bigbuggames
26. Aug 2015 · 10:59 UTC
Fun game, and nice hidding mechanic. Although another kind of camera would had been much better.
glimaleite
26. Aug 2015 · 18:30 UTC
I really liked the burrowing mechanic. I think you could've used it more, it opens a lot of possibilities. Good job!
Cloudeyes
26. Aug 2015 · 19:30 UTC
good mechanics ,nice graphics too
EwChap
27. Aug 2015 · 03:15 UTC
Great fun. I loved the burrow mechanic. the look and feel of it both were very spot on. I agree with another post here that an attack out of burrow would be really fun and rewarding. Awesome job
RockhopperGames
27. Aug 2015 · 13:52 UTC
I really liked this little game! The snakepede's design and movement were really good, and it's still fun destroying a city, even if the game was never that difficult.

One suggestion though, it might be more fun if you could hold down the attack button to attack. It was a little annoying when your attack ends right before you can eat the last human in a little clump.
Halleflux
28. Aug 2015 · 20:52 UTC
A fun game, but the battles are long and... well, dull. While an interesting mechanic, burrow in a of itself doesn't hold up the game enough. It's a great start, but adding in something else is needed in order to really make the game engaging.
(Don't get me wrong, it's fun, it just gets a bit boring after level 2, as there isn't really anything new at that point; any new enemies are still one hits, shoot at you, etc, to my knowledge.)
Also, it was tedious to restart from the beginning, rather than the level you were on. It just takes a long time.
Apart from that, the graphics were good, the animations were good, I really did like the burrow mechanic, overall it's good.
Well done!
Geckoo1337
01. Sep 2015 · 04:41 UTC
Really good project. I like how move this creature. The digging possibility is a great idea which I have never seen in another project. Well done. Thank you ++
Manoloko
06. Sep 2015 · 08:47 UTC
Nice looking and entertaining game. I find amusing the story we're told.
AndyBrown
07. Sep 2015 · 21:04 UTC
Great entry! The primitives based art was charming and effective. It was challenging, but not too difficult. The burrowing mechanic was fun. The one thing I think was a little off was the pacing- which is something I totally flopped on my own entry. Some more sound effects and some music would have really added to the overall quality as well.
handkor
12. Sep 2015 · 02:42 UTC
Very well done, the creature controls quite well.
Catmoo
13. Sep 2015 · 16:31 UTC
Really enjoyed it Tom, great first LD! Loved burrowing under ground and completing it :)