I love this! :)

Super intuitive controls and the map layout was easy to navigate though. The explosion of colors really puts you in another world! Nice work!

Fun Game! I found it a little challenging but pretty fun!

I think it would've been nice to have the box a little closer to spawn but otherwise a really fun and interesting game, good work ^^

That was fun and felt very polished - if I had one major criticism, it would be nice to be able to know where the book is even if it's off screen.

thanks for all your comments ! and yeah @adam-gould I'm definitely going to do that for the release on Lexaloffle BBS

Very difficult and polished game. I just feel like the summon theme isn't there, yeah, you're a summoned skeleton but it feels bland, BUT, the game was pretty and played well => FUN. Good entry!

@roughskin oups.... not so easy to brainstorm when you're alone... thanks for your comment

Thats a nice fun polished game! The only thing that bothered me - the animation of flies was making an impression that the movement direction was constantly changing. Good luck on this project!

Very fun! The particles, the sfx - so crunchy and invigorating! I absolutely adored bouncing around this lil room and honing my book-chucking skills. Once you figure out the arc, it is a very fun and rewarding task of timing our shots (and not getting touched by another icky fly!)
Really great work! Fantastic entry

@asatrain thanks for your comment, you wish you could predict the movements of the flies?

@ugly-robot thanks too, i'll try to make it juicy and fun, I'm happy if that's the case

@piero-pbes-studio yeah, I think in this particular case it is important to feel that your analysis of the image on the screen as a player affects the outcome

YAY Pico-8 game!!!!! Throwing a book at flies is a new one, and quite fun although I'm not sure how I feel about destroying our winged friends XD - j/k! The pixel art is really cute!


@impalpable really scary .... urg les papillons de nuit

You are really great! The game turned out great!

@kirass you're great too, thanks a lot

Very nicely done! It's hard but fair and feels really polished, especially for a compo gam. Félicitations !

Pretty nice game. The throw mechanic was a bit difficult to understand for aiming would have been really fun otherwise

Fun game and a bit unintuitive; it took me a while to move freely, but when I started to control the character better, it was quite fun

Great animations and effects, really feels great. I wish I would have someone that would kill the flies for me... Joking asides, I also think it would be a good idea to have an indicator where the book is. And maybe some temporary invincibility when you're sent back to the original position? In third level, I had a lot of trouble to even get to the book. That said, I spent quite some time with game and it was a lot of fun, so, I would say, well done!

Nicely done! Loved throwing VFX.

Ufff.. what a combination of annoying and satisfying. Just like going after actual flies. Well done!

It was a nice game, I like the main idea of the game

@sozey thank you so much

@allclair @josang1567 mmh thanks it could be more progressive to better understand the character, I note it

@dzejpi for the post jam version that I published on lexaloffle I added an arrow that appears all the time to indicate where the book is. And for the invincibility zone it is already the case the flies cannot come to the place where we appear but it is true that nothing indicates this.

@ein thank you thank you

@tesseus lol that's right thank you

@martonel thank you you're nice too

I really felt I could relate to the story of this game. The flies were so annoying!!!!

Love the main character's little sprite. Nice game!

@jezzamon yeah so annoying, you don't have other choice to take a book and throw it through the room, true story

Congrats on a solid and very playable entry! I tend to confuse jump with throw, maybe using the up key for jump would make it easier for me.

@loveapplegames thanks for your comment but i'm really sorry i can't put jump on the up key It's against my religion

Very charming game! Love seeing pico8 projects, you really used it well. Funny and cute with a nice gimmick. Great job!

@animawish oh thanks we're legion (pico 8 lovers)

Simple fun! Looks great and feels very juicy and satisfying to play. Not the most inventive use of the theme but otherwise super solid!

@silkworm-sweatshop oups...caught red-handed... thx for your comment

Man, the particle effects go HARD

that bug splat effect is absolutely bonkers lol! I do wish the book would re-spawn back a starting point between rounds. Cute little game well done!

Great game. I love how it's initially difficult, but also easy enough to get used to the throwing mechanic and be able to finally beat it. Sfx were on point, maybe a bit too much fly noises at the beginning of level 3, but maybe it accents the fact that so many of them are there, so that's okay :) The only thing lacking for me is some kind of cursor that would tell you the position of the book when it's not on the current screen.

Nice Ludlum dare entry. Feels very self contained.

My only real issue with this one was I had a fly fall asleep and block the path out of the spawn area. Also, might be nice to have flies animate in some fashion before they start moving again as a warning (didn't cause any issues, but I did feel some fear on some manuevers).

You mentioned a post jam version, care to link to it? I'm curious to see the changes.

@jacobingalls I always wonder if there is enough? so I always add more...thanks for the comment

@alec thx i want it to be crunchy ! yeah you're right for the book i think i'm gonna make it.

Hi! what a cool game, the art is really cool, love the Pico palette. Thanks!

@sirjupitron it's an honor sir and thank you very much

@lisek-gagatek @zliebowitz thanks you very much for your comments, i made a post jam version with all these littles suggestions.

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141758

Thank you again

Very satisfying gameplay and great effects and audio! The graphics are very cute and it just feels very good to play. Reminds me a bit of Bubble Bobble somehow - I'd love to play an expanded version of this

Good game :)

Quite nice. So rewarding to splat those annoying flies.

@neontropics whooo thanks i love Bubble and bobble !!! i think about a 2 players version.

@jennyhe @epicgamefan thank you so much!

Really very nice. I like both the graphics and the sound effects, very much in the style of 80s arcade games! The gameplay is fun and very well programmed. I enjoyed trying to finish all three levels, but unfortunately I gave up on the last one! A really great job, especially considering it was a competition and you had very little time! Making a game that has a beginning and an end and is so cute isn't easy. Congratulations.


Fantastic game! It really reminds me of Flicky, but with a special twist, and the inclusion of flies adds an incredible touch of humor! The game is well-polished, and there's not much more I can say—perhaps adding another type of enemy, like spiders, which are also quite a nuisance in a house, haha. Even so, it's a fantastic game that, considering it was made in less than 48 hours, is simply great. Great game!

@nuanda79 @milq thank you very much for your kind comments, it’s very encouraging and it warms my heart.

Damn flies, I wish I could choose a safer starting spot so I'm not surrounded by flies on start.
But anyways, nice fly squash game. Took time to get used to book throwing thing but I've managed to squash all flies in all waves.

Cute little game. Love the pixel art. Very frustrating controls though; jump would've better on the up key, with the other movement keys: I kept throwing the book when I wanted to jump. Good work.

@bloodbane good work...all is fine now

@digital-bacon whooo jump with the up key i'm shocked...but thanks i'm gonna think about it

adorable!! i love the humorous dialogue and all the juice makes the throwing mechanic super satisfying. well done!

@dishwand thanks a lot ! This is the first time someone has spoken to me about the dialogues, I am very happy

The map is really fun top play and the gameply is smooth and pleasant (love throwing this book even though I don't know how to aim). The visuals are amazing and the only thing I disliked wad the sound of flies wich is the theme of this game.

It was fun, well done !

@hollowtsun thank you! yeah this sound makes me want to throw a book across the room

It would be nice to be able to know where the box was, like an indicator if it was offscreen. Other than that really cute and enjoyable game, I really liked the particles when you kill a bug.

@weirdo-studios yeah i made it for a post jam version
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=146734

@weirdo-studios yeah i made it for a post jam version
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=146734

A masterpiece of fly-swatting gameplay. Other fly-swatter developers need to play this and play it well. Juicy, bursting with blood, and great story. Thanks for this little game. :)

Excellent polish for a pico8 entry! The throwing mechanics were a bit tricky to master, but the rest worked well. The fly sfx is exactly as annoying as one would expect.

@levi thank you! you're so kind ... i want to rule all the fly-swatter devs!!

@samh thx pico 8 lover !!! for the throwing mechanics I think that with hindsight and the feedback from the players I would do it differently but hey I wanted it chaotic at the time and the possibility of crossing the screen while crushing flies