Moth Loves Lamp

Guide the skittish Moth to the tempting Lamp with your dangerous Candle!

Made in 48 Hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2020

How to Play

• Use your mouse to move Candle
• Moth must be within Candle's radius to attract Moth
• The closer Moth is to Candle, the faster Moth will move towards it
• Don't let Moth touch Flame!
• Guide Moth all the way to Lamp, avoiding dangers along the way
• If Flame is blown out, Moth will stop following Candle until you reignite it.
• Watch out for these Baddies:

About

My submission for the Game Maker's Toolkit Game Jam 2020. With the theme of Out of Control, I decided to make a game about a fluttery, unpredictable moth that wants to meet her beloved lamp.

The moth is constantly moving in random, out of control directions, and will be drawn towards any light sources. Along with a variety of other obstacles that both Moth and Candle have to avoid makes this short experience challenging & unpredictable.

This is my first attempt at making a game with the Unity Game Engine! It's also a very different style of game than I would normally consider if it weren't for the theme.

Credits & Thanks

Audio: Most audio was found on http://freesound.org/

Art: Most images were found on Google Image Search (with "Labeled for Free Use" filter turned on). Some images from http://opengameart.org/. Pixel art was made by me.

Thanks to...

Mark Brown for creating Game Maker's Toolkit and hosting these jams (and for allowing a 30 minute late submission period)

Kelly, Alex, Zach, and Sam for feedback, reviewing, and brainstorming ideas.

@kingscrown on the GMTK Discord for solving a programming issue I had. This game wouldn't have been completed without them.

Rick & Nina from gamedev.tv for the Complete C# Unity Game Developer 2D course, which I completed in just over a month in preparation for this jam. I knew nothing at all about Unity before taking that course.

You, for playing!