Stump (itch)

Disclaimer:

A submission for the Bring Out Your Dead jam.
That means the game is NOT FINISHED. (and probably never will be)

Description:

Help little placeholder eggs find love. Or just kill them all.

Controls:

(Keyboard / X-Box Controller)
Arrow keys / Left Stick: Move
Spacebar / A-Button: Dig

Also, you can Debug-spray blood with the left mouse button.

Cause of death:

Stump was a game I worked on for about a month back in 2014. It started out with the idea of playing as a thorned plant which has to avoid touching other creatures and hurting them. At some point I decided to cut off the thorns because after having some friends play it, I thought the gameplay was too frustrating. Looking back at it now, I think that's one of the reasons why I lost interest in the project after a while; I traded away the core concept for a less frustrating experience, which sadly was also less meaningful.