The Swarm is All - lead your insects to the victory!
Assemble an army by gathering food and defeating other bugs, try to survive as the levels become deadlier and your foes become fiercer.
CONTROLS
Hold Left Click to charge your assault, aim and release!
While click is held your swarm will increase its ranging area and gravitate toward the mouse.
WARNING
The Flash port was made mostly for people who couldn't play the PC version. It is missing some graphical touches, and includes a copious amount of platform-exclusive glitches :P
CREDITS
A game by @Jyrkface, @MarcoSpiess, @somepx, @djwildebeest.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 61% |
| #140 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.69 |
| #155 | Audio(Jam) | 3.54 |
| #289 | Overall(Jam) | 3.46 |
| #303 | Mood(Jam) | 3.32 |
| #348 | Humor(Jam) | 2.89 |
| #391 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.50 |
| #397 | Fun(Jam) | 3.19 |
| #442 | Theme(Jam) | 3.61 |
Comments
Fantastic graphics and sounds. The controls took me a while to figure out, especially since the controls settings in game seems not have related to how I was to control the game. So I think that could ave been clearer when the game started. Like the little bug saying "click on me" or something.
The swarming was really neat too, unfortunately the game crashed after a while without much information about what was wrong. Just the standard Windows thing about it having stopped working.
The gameplay is really interesting though, but I think picking up all bug pieces should be optional and that after killing the last bug it should just give 2-3 seconds until level stops.
Pretty good entry and very well made. The concept is great. The graphics are simple but transmits very well the essence of the concept. Also, the music/sounds fits well with the game. Perhaps, there could be a message about controls at the beginning, but it's ok. Really nice work :)) My best is 13551, so far.
Lovely looking swarm, nice mechanic even if a little repetitive. Audio was good as well. Overall could have used a bit more variation, but everything felt very nice and it was a neat idea. Good work!
Greqt great gameplay, graphism are simples but effective.
I'll keep it in mind for play more later ;)
Something really satisfying about devouring all the enemies on the screen and growing your mass of insects. Great work!! Played the flash version, don't know if this was an issue for anyone else, but the score numbers were hard to read/too small. Thanks!!!
Nice and innovative gameplay - it is very addictive.
Sadly, I couldn't finish the second level in the "Flash"-version... A single yellow piece was left, so I run out of time. But you mentioned some gliches in this version, so I assume it would work in the windows build. ;-)
Good job!
The gameplay's not my cup of tea, but I really like the visual style you've got going on. Very nice detailed sprites.
I loved the graphics, very nice. Very original, simple but very fun!
Wow this game is strangely addicting. I love the sound of the swarm just taking out the mobs. Great job!
Really beautiful audio-visual presentation. Had a lot of problems with controls (on the flash version) but I liked what I saw
The sound and music were awesome in this coupled with the sweet graphics! Fun game and interesting mechanics!
The control scheme is really interesting. When combined with the swarm's motion, it's quite unique. The music and visuals work nicely together to form a sense of creepiness.
I found the flashing circle with the swarm in front of it to be a bit much for my eyes, and I'm not usually affected by blinking lights in games.
Great art and sound. The main mechanic is easy-to-learn and fun. This game would work pretty good on mobile devices.
I'd make it a bit more fast-paced and harder.
I didn't quite get the aim and release part but after a few tries it was really cool!
Clean, funny graphics and very good music and sound effects! Could be a little harder for my taste but I think the idea has potential. Really well done!
I liked the graphical style of this. The gameplay was unique, and was never sure the best way to proceed. I think this was a well rounded game, however it wasn't my personal favorite type of game... but that's just my preference. Good work on this.
Very cool mechanics, and the I really dig the art! Great goin guys!
Awesome, one of my favorites I've rated so far. I love swarms :)
Fantastic Idea and Graphics! I got some problems with the controls sometimes it seemed stuck, but very good game, nontheless
Love the graphics! I Included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/3EfYtGD2H88
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I like the gameplay, it just took me a little while to get the hang of things. It's also a little annoying to have to pick every piece of bug that's left on the screen. The graphics were simple, but I feel like they fit the mood of the game. Overall, pretty solid game.