The current Ludum Dare #46 theme is "Keep It Alive", and so the idea of protecting the Kumquat seemed ideal.
Reasons it doesn't really work as a Ludum Dare entry.
1. You don't really keep the Kumquat "Alive"... It's an inanimate fruit, and if we're honest, pulling it from the tree is pretty much killing it in the first place..
2. This game is part of a compilation, not a single thing that I could simply upload and say "I made this!"
3. This game uses tons of pre-made assets, and even though I really really did code this game in the past 24 hours or so, it uses SO many things that I didn't, that it would never be allowed into the compo, proper, and .. meh, whatever..