triplevisiongames 2012-04-25 17:15
Had a good bit of fun with this. Do need the readme though!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD23 → Primordial Smackdown: Bacteria with Badditude
By vilborg
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 73 | ||
| Theme | 38 | 3.60 | ||
| Audio | 50 | 3.51 | ||
| Humor | 63 | 2.93 | ||
| Fun | 122 | 2.80 | ||
| Overall | 131 | 3.03 | ||
| Innovation | 135 | 2.86 | ||
| Mood | 145 | 2.69 | ||
| Graphics | 151 | 3.00 |
Had a good bit of fun with this. Do need the readme though!
Could use a good README, the game itself is well thought about
I found it hard to bite things and move at the same time. The music and graphics are sensational.
tripleVisionGames, MinerCraftGuy, the readme is included in both downloads. Did you miss it, or was there a problem?
Sorry, I'm not able to play as I don't have Windows.
Nice variety of upgrades and great audio. I think some of the core mechanics, like attacking, could have been better but it was pretty enjoyable regardless.
Sorry I meant that the readme was really helpful when I read it.
The control scheme makes it hard to attack most of the time.
The game also crashes when you die.
But otherwise, it's fun.
Pretty fun stuff here! Biting was a bit difficult. Fix this, 'cause there's nothing so satisfying as to go around biting things in a game :D
Love the music! I agree with other people that the controls were awkward, but it looked good and sounded great. Good job!
Loved the faux-90s badass attitude platformer splash screen. Too bad no sunglasses in-game though. Cartoon-style character design was great, background and special effects didn't seem to keep up though. Mechanically, I didn't understand it at all at first. The is the only LD game I've seen with a README, but most my confusion could have been assuaged by displaying "mouse over bacteria and hit space to bite". The icons on the upgrade screen are really good, and so is the writing. There isn't really much visual feedback when you are attacking or are attacked -- I think that makes combat a little unsatisfying. The music is suitably wacky. The vignetting is a good touch and adds claustrophobia. Good bacteria shooter, overall.
I would try it if you had a Web or OSX version.
robcozzens: It's in XNA, so I'm afraid I don't have the tools to port it. I'd really like to, though!
racarate and others: Thanks for the feedback on the controls! I'll look into how to make combat easier to handle.
mac user here :(
What a fun little game! It was hard to get the bite to hit sometimes but it was rewarding whenever you finished an enemy off! Maybe some indication of their fatigue or health level would be good as it seemed I always attacked the full health enemies xD
Was unable to run in Mono - would be cool with a Mono-port.
Nice game. I can see myself possibly coming back to play your game again when I'm bored. The only complaint is that the controls are somewhat awkward, but I'm not sure how to improve them.
Takes a while to master the controls but is fun once you got it figured out. Once the first boss thingie shows up (screenshot 2) it pushes me off the screen regularly tough which gets pretty annoying
Interesting and fun. I made something similar. The graphics are neat (although I didn't like the dark viewport window - brighter would be easier to see, I thought). Gameplay is a little hard to manage, what with using the mouse both to move and attack in different ways, but once I got used to it, it was fun. The boss was very hard, and I wasn't sure what to do. Music was great; sound effects also cool. Some visual indication of the HP of enemies would be helpful to understand combat. Nice work!
I had a hard time playing it. Nothing was smaller than me on the first play through. On the second game I seemed to be able to press space to hit some things but eventually the collision just stopped responding. Excellent music and graphics though
D: Cannot play on my mac.
I don't have windows, can't play, which is unfortunate because the game's name and the paramecium with the sunglasses are both awesome.
A bit confusing but I really loved this game, would like to see it flushed out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evkAdJmIils