Upsquid was made for Ludum Dare 34 - the themes were Two Button Controls and/or Growing. I chose to work with Two Button Controls, so you control the squid in three ways -
- Press Left or Right to change the heading of Upsquid (Counter-clockwise or Clockwise respectively).
- Release Left or Right to thrust in the direction Upsquid is facing.
- Press Left and Right together once the combo meter is full to go into Over-Boost
In the post-compo version, you can also press up to enter the menu, as well as up and down while in the menu.
The goal of Upsquid is two-fold:
- Reach the highest point you can
- Eat as many creatures in rapid succession as possible to build a high combo
If you want to see the original source code for the ludum dare submission, check out the ludum-dare-34-submission branch! The code is real messy though :)