Maratus In Love by robin_schmitz
In Maratus In Love you play a teeny, weeny, itsy, bitsy peacock spider in search for their soulmate.
Who knew spiders could jump? You do - now.
Use it to your advantage and overcome all the obstacles the forest has to offer.
And if you see a mushroom, don't hesitate, you know what to do.
Press Esc / Q / P to open the menu to access audio settings or reset the game

| Link | https://github.com/Cluster7ck/ld56 |
| itch.io | https://robin-schmitz.itch.io/maratus-in-love |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/maratus-in-love |
Ratings
| Overall | 186th | 3.944⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 159th | 3.875⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 306th | 3.583⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 182th | 4.122⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 172th | 4.284⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 97th | 3.971⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 417th | 3.258⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 135th | 4.068⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 47🗳️ | 53🗨️ |
I'm too good at this game — I dare someone to beat me! : 2min 59sec
[SpeedMaratus.JPG](///raw/eec/84/z/676a2.jpg)
Well done, guys! I loved the effort put into the Maratus animation, and the level design was perfect. Really appreciate it! Shoutout to the little feedback of the trajectory — I hate doing that in my own games, It could have taken me the whole jam to do it. Congratulation ❤️
I loved the use of the blurry art to create perspective and atmosphere.
The art, animations, music, and gameplay were on point. Did it with 19/21!
My only recommendation is to adjust the hitbox, it felt weird that sometimes nothing stopped me from jumping under a branch/rock.
i got stuck :(
Took me a few tries to realize that you can double-jump :laughing:
All in all, really cute game!
The jump is responsive, the thajectory is always clear (I **really** appreciate that), the animations are so bouncy, sfx gives nice feedbak and ambient music makes the experience meditative. It's just perfect.
And while it's easy to play, it's hard to master! There is some room for competetive speedrunning haha. I still have some room for improvement though! (current record: 1:49)


Just reminded me to put an info in the game description, that you can open a menu to restart with ESC, Q or P :) Thanks for that.
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This game is really pretty and cute! I love the little spiders. Trying to get all the leaves was fun. I got stuck once but with the "load last checkpoint" button it was no problem. Very well made!
the slow motion on jump was cool but i kept wanting to do like multiple jumps while mid-air, that'd change the game mechanic a bit but that'd make room for more approaches. also this has a high speedrun value haha

Really clever mecanic, congratulations
Overall really cute and silly game, loved playing it!