I made this nostalgic 8-bit-style game for my 5 year-old niece as a gift for the holiday.

While on an adventure, Buzzy the Cricket finds an injured spider named Stella. Stella loves watermelons and hotdogs. Buzzy nurses her back to health, and the two become best friends.

One morning, Buzzy wakes up to find Stella is missing. He checks on her in his cricket village and his friends don't know where she is. Buzzy is scared, but he makes a big decision. He'll collect hotdogs and melons for Stella so she won't starve. He'll make sure he eats broccoli often to stay healthy. And he'll travel through meadows, lakes, mountains, forests, and even winding caves to check on Stella, wherever she may be.

Features:
- simple run and jump controls and game mechanics
- challenging platform action where foes are rats, goblin bugs, and mutated fish
- graphics by surt over at opengameart.org
- music by shiru8bit
- sfx and programming by Lazy Nerd

In-Game Controls:

Keyboard
Left and Right Arrow Keys: move player
Spacebar: jump
X: shoot cricket balls at foes (this ability is available after swimming in a lake)
Escape: pause the game
R - restart current level while the screen is set to pause
E - erase game data (can only do that during the intro cutscene or title screen)

PC Game Controller (based on the Logitech Controller)
Left and Right D-Pad: move player
A: jump
X: shoot cricket balls at foes (this ability is available after swimming in a lake)
Start: pause the game
R1 (can be labelled RB) - restart current level while the screen is set to pause

Check on Stella