Belly
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Belly is an organic and dark Shoot Them Up (SHMUP) experience with a complex audio identity. You control a creature in gestation who faces several waves of monsters. Be ready to survive as long as you can !
We made this game in 6 weeks at the ENJMIN. Our team is composed of 9 students.
All sounds, assets and textures were student made.
We hope you will enjoy the experience!
Team:
Game Design: Marine Espinasse • Théo Verpillat
Graphic Design: Hugo Malezieux • Mélusine Wagner
Programming: Florent Vain • Sébastien Violier
Sound Design: Louis Naudin
Producer: Louis Le Gacq
UI/UX: Dorian Souc
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I just played it for the first time and it was a very nice game: Graphically it's good, there aren't a ton of keybinds (which is a thing I really like), and the concept is quite original !
Also here is my highest score, so far :)
I actually enjoyed this once I figured out what I was doing
Thank you for your video ScottishGeekPlays :) !
The Belly Team.
My pleasure :) keep it going buds
Got a chance to play this for my Indie Game Showcase. Really loved the whole atmosphere of the game. Hope to see more work from you in the feature.
Good video ! Thank you :) !
The Belly Team.
This was about as gross and weird as it looked. I rewally enjoyed it
Good video MrBobbly !
The Belly Team.Thank you for your feedbacks !
Love the game! Make more. Thanks!
@9:45
This is awesome :-)
Thank you for your video, always a pleasure to see some Belly's experiences :-)!
I was able to launch it ONCE, the config came up, then it crashed. Never again I was able to even launch it.
Mind blowing I love it!! I hope you guys enjoy it too!! If you guys like what I do subscribe really appreciated all the support thanks!!
This is a great game. The design is very good. We enjoyed it very much.
Here is a short video we made while playing:
Thank you for your YouTube video Vampirschi Gaming!
The Belly Team.
This game is addictive and really fun! Gross, scary at first, then addictive! I couldn't stop playing it and trying to get first place. I'll settle for 2nd for now, though I might go back and try to get that coveted 10,000 perfect points to see what the ending is in the future. :)
Hello Leckakay :-)!
Good video, don't hesitate to try again!
Survive as long as you can in Belly!
Definantly my favorite!
Glad you like it ! Well it certainly is the one who left the most people wondering " WHAT IS THAT THING ?" ( huheuhuheuheue )
SO I've played this game before and it was amazingly awesome !
but then I decided to make a classic mortal kombat edit for it ! Was it a wise choice ?!!
You decide !
This really is a shooter game game with a difference! Learn as you go, and survive as long as you can!
There's a lot more to this than I initially expected, and I didn't do the best job of surviving either, but this is definitely the kind of game I can see myself playing a lot more of in the future. Keep up the awesome work and I'll keep trying to escape the womb! =)
Good video MikeyBlighe :-)!
"Birth Challenge" is definitely a nice name for Belly's experience!
Very strange game but I really appreciate the uniqueness of the game!
Hello Jar_Red,
The team is really glad when players enjoy the uniqueness of the game because that was the vision of the game that we had of it since the beginning of the project. We wanted something really different of what you could expect of a SHMUP and your comment is a kind of proof that we managed to do that successfully, Thanks.
KudoJr
Gave it a go...
Hello StepVibes,
We appreciate the video you did on Belly, to answer your question about why we didn't materialize the monster in the background is that we had somes rules to respect, like you can see it is a SHMUP experience which is a gender of game that rely a lot on the Highscore. Therefore we decided to create an endless game in which you can always score points as long as you stay alive. Having a boss here would put an end to the game which would lead to a restriction of what score you could do at maximum.
KudoJr
maybe if you put a boss every 10 or so waves, not as a finisher wave, but like a bonus wave, y'know?
this game is awsome
Thank you SOLAR WOLF !
Hi !
Thank you for your video flxp :) ! Always a pleasure to watch new Belly's experiences !
The Belly Team.
Hello flxp,
It seems you had fun playing our game, we're glad of that, thanks for your video.
KudoJr
I contact you on behalf of Softpedia's gaming department.
We have added your game in our database, and would like you to contact us for further details.
We await your Reply!
Hello,
I've send you an email last week. I'm waiting for your answer !
The Belly Team.
Love the different types of monsters. I had fun!
Hello GuillermoFornaris,
We are glad you liked our game !
Thanks for the feedback.
KudoJr
Very creative game and cool concept. I really enjoyed playing it!
This was one of the most creative and strange games I have ever played. I was both fascinated and creeped out the whole time. Belly's gameplay for some reason reminds me of older retro defense shooter style games like Galaga. Which is not to say the game feels old. The visuals and experience I think truly capture what it would be like to be in a creatures stomach. I hope that the developers take the creativity used to develop this game into all their future projects! If you want to see what my experience was like you can check out my lets play below.
Hello TylerTheTornado,
We appreciate a lot your feedbacks and feels about our game. We will definitlvy put as much heart in our next project as we did for this one if it's not even more. Our next project will be released around June so if you really liked this one you can follow each member of the team on Itchio, we don't know yet the composition of the next teams but this team probably won't be together for the next project, at least not in the whole. Thanks !
KudoJr
Will do! I look forward to seeing what everyone involved does going forward!
Played your game for an indie romp! Gotta say this was nifty and gross in a good way. I played more of it just casually after I was done recording :) Hope to see you make more in the future
Your game starts at 6:23!Hello LordofNope,
Thanks for the feedback, we are happy that you appraciated it. If you don't want to miss our next project that will be release in June, you can follow each member of the team (we probably won't work on the same project).
KudoJr
Omg I really Loved this game !! I didn't know what to expect at first but I was pleasantly surprised !
Thanks Theo V. (developer) :)
this is my gameplay btw:
Hello Nobody In Nowhere (kinda weird hehe),
We are really glad you had a great time playing Belly. Thanks for the feedback and the video !
KudoJr
no problem man ! This game was so enjoyable 😍
(P.s just call me nobody even if it's still weird 😅😂)
What are the Requirements for your Computer?
Hello G_C4T!
You don't need a powerful computer. If it doesn't work well, just choose "low" graphic setting.
A laptop plugged into a mains is the best option.
Have fun with Belly!
The Belly Team.
The game was alright, but could use a few fixes, the enemies after the first few waves bombard you and it's hard to fight them back, neat game but needs a little work. This was the last game I played in this video.
Hello Spancore,
Thanks for your feedbacks, we're already aware of them because we made this game in a short amount of time and we won't change anything since this project is over now. We're going to move on a new project pretty soon at ENJMIN. You can count on us to do better games in the future.
KudoJr
JayPlaysOfficial, great video !
Yes Belly is quite difficult, but keep going ! I'm sure you can destroy this leaderboard :) !
The Belly Team
Gave it a go ;O Made me think of Devil Daggers in a way
Hello Neco The Sergal :) !
Thank you for your video, it's always a pleasure to watch players experiences. Your in-game reactions are linked to our intention, that's cool.
It was a 6 weeks student project and we love our game, we are thinking on how we can improve our "Belly".
Have a nice day !
The Belly Team
Really enjoyed my time with this game. Great job devs.
Thank you for your video Jordanthompson.
Your theory of "Reflect Them Up" is very interesting :) !
Have a nice day !
The Belly Team