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Mozi Life

By kimau

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation1453.55
Graphics2953.17
Theme5062.89
Mood6502.32
Coolness67047
Overall7092.52
Humor7151.62
Audio7941.00
Fun7972.00

Comments

skullsoft 2012-04-22 23:30

That's weird...I tried it in Firefox and I got a tileset and some text tabs that didn't do anything, with a blank space in the middle of the page. It's like it took the resources and didn't compile them.

Cool idea for a game, though!

callidus 2012-04-23 12:03

Nice original idea :-) took a while to figure out how to do each part but I couldn't get the egg laying to happen :-/ clicking just made a black square show, mouse waggling didn't see to do much. Enjoyed the algae eating part best I think.

evgis 2012-04-23 14:01

Wierd game, but fun. I like the simple art style!

whitetigle 2012-04-23 14:08

I feel also that it has a certain something :)
The gfx and the concept are quite original

marekkpie 2012-04-23 14:14

Nice little distraction. Not too fun to play on a touchpad, though. I also didn't quite know what to do on the fourth level.

julianspillane 2012-04-23 14:17

Very unique idea! I like the staging though I couldn't get past the egg-laying section.

ericthecooldude 2012-04-23 14:23

I liked it! I like the children's book-style graphics and the Simple mouse-based gameplay. I would've loved to see a slightly longer game, though. And a bit of audio. You should make a full game out of this concept with these graphics!

artefon 2012-04-23 15:14

I like the idea and the mechanics. I had the same problem as @callidus in the egg laying step.

Thanks for the game!

johanp 2012-04-23 17:48

Very nice and different. Enjoyed the cycle aspect in particular.

kimau 2012-04-24 09:44

*Egg Laying Trouble*
Don't want to alter the game post compo till the voting is done but the egg laying is meant to start at the head and to the tail. If you hesitate or go off on the gesture the egg cracks (black square)

Missing Bits: Finding a Target, Blooding Sucking, Finding a Mate, Sex. Was going through it linearly but when running out of time I jumped to egg laying o help reinforce the cycle aspect

piterlouis 2012-04-24 14:15

Very original and completely different, very artistic. I see it more than a visual work of art than a video game but is ok :D

smvilar 2012-04-24 21:51

Nice art. Controls needs more polishing!

orgarus 2012-04-24 21:56

First time I play as a mosquito.
The first screen... O_o

suese 2012-04-24 22:40

It's a bit weird and abstract.

gingerbeast 2012-04-26 11:03

I like it - was a cool idea. Would definitely have liked the blood sucking part in there :D
The egg part was quite hard - but I got it eventually.

caranha 2012-04-26 17:35

That was a pretty neat game, I liked it a lot! Didn't find it weird at all, and it could even be educative. Kinda reminds me of the interactive encyclopedias of old.

The game seriously begs for music, though. Just a simple, calm tone to complete the mood would have been perfect.

Also, in the second hatching stage, some of the rectangles can be seen.

lacutis 2012-04-28 19:24

Interesting idea. Didn't really feel like a game to me though as much as a museum exhibit. It was different though.

namuol 2012-04-30 02:05

Very original in all regards (graphics, concept, and gameplay). I especially like the movement mechanic in the "eat algae" mode. It feels very organic -- excellent job. You should finish this -- if you want to continue working on it now, you can just post a "post-jam" version for people to try after they've rated your jam-version one. That's what I did. :)

Bonus browser-nerd points for doing all of this from scratch in HTML5/JS.

thotep 2012-05-04 14:10

I liked the graphics and concept... Kinda unique!

brighterorange 2012-05-06 16:29

This is a neat idea. The controls are pretty hard to get the hang of (I didn't know what I was controlling in the first one) though the Nom stage was very smooth and natural. I wasn't able to lay any eggs, even with your hint. Do I just keep running the mouse up and down?

chainedlupine 2012-05-11 18:07

You had me up until laying an egg. :)