A downloadable game for Windows

*Controls*

WASD or Arrow Keys: Movement

Spacebar: Hop

Shift: Roll

R: Reset position (useful if you end up flipped on your head, or stuck)

Esc: Exit application


Flashing Lights Warning.


Entry for the 2022 GameDevTV GameJam.  5-10 minute experience.

In nature, death is only the beginning...

You have just hatched and have only one thing in mind: Feeding. However, it would seem your voracious siblings have already eaten most of the food. Thankfully, you are an unusually agile maggot, with a knack for launching yourself through the air.

Use your abilities to traverse the carcass and find something to eat. But be careful. You and your siblings aren't the only hungry creatures in the forest.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Release date May 30, 2022
AuthorBlack Boar Software
GenrePlatformer
Made withKrita, Unity
Tags2D, jumping, nature, Short, Unity, weird
Average sessionA few minutes
LinksTwitter

Download

Download
V1.1(Latest Version/On-Screen Controls) 49 MB
Download
V1.0(Old version, but kept to show game's state at time of gamejam submission) 49 MB

Install instructions

-Unzip the files into a folder of your choosing.

-Execute "Maggot's Life.exe".

Development log

Comments

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I played this because I felt about about a comment you left on a YouTube video saying how your game didn't get a chance during a jam. 

While the game isn't at all what you said the game jam hosts said it was, it is a bit frustrating at 2 points. The fact your thing can flip upside down causing you so be unable to jump is weird too, but you made an unstuck button for that reason. I am interested in what else you'll make next. I will be watching your career with great interest.