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Petri-Dish Survival

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Theme4433.02
Audio5282.24
Humor7201.61
Innovation8152.00
Fun8161.94
Mood8191.90
Overall8342.18
Graphics8441.92

Comments

omaha 2012-04-24 04:42

that was pretty hard. some of those enemies jump/drop on you really fast :)

youdonotexist 2012-04-24 04:45

I had trouble on the third level getting past the green amoeba thing (it seemed to be moving incredibly fast).

Interesting environment.

yselftool 2012-04-24 20:12

That's _really_ hard.

schattenkind-net 2012-04-24 22:03

Level3 is really hard and the music is nice!

darien 2012-04-24 22:04

I like it. The green eyeball-y monster reminds me a lot of "It" from Gauntlet 2. :-)

nocturne 2012-04-24 22:06

Horribly hard. Sorry, but when you can't even get past the first level then something is wrong...

ratboy2713 2012-04-24 22:08

The screen doesn't scroll fast enough, so you are stuck on the edge hoping nothing is just out of view, and then the moving enemy went super fast.

susanthecat 2012-04-24 22:18

I also got stuck on the third screen

gritfish 2012-04-25 00:05

The music is okay, but the loud crunching sounds seem more like sound effects, which was confusing. I get what you were trying to do with the enemy follow mechanics, but your camera system let you down. If you could see more of the screen, it'd be easier to tell if that amoeba on the third level was stuck or not.
Also sending players back to the level BEFORE the one they died on? That's just MEAN, dude... Imagine if super meat boy did that.

jeffz 2012-04-25 04:59

hard and the sound effects made me cringe.

castor 2012-04-25 18:58

Cool game. I think some collisions might be slightly off. Not sure if the scroll speed of the camera was intentional but it made it real difficult. I liked it.

Spotline 2012-04-25 19:02

This is a hard game.

adventureislands 2012-04-26 14:10

Why is the enemy on third stage so fast with no reason? Also you should have made the camera follow the character or just move faster.

morgawr 2012-04-26 14:50

Camera is too slow to pan and can screw you up pretty badly. Enemies are way too predictable and yet difficult to avoid (being their AI basically GO TO PLAYER), graphics are pretty bland but fit the genre. Music is rather non-existant/annoying with sound effects.

Also, why do you make the game start from the previous level if you lose?

daandruff 2012-04-26 15:20

The result of getting jumped by an enemy felt a bit hard?

mrnewt 2012-04-26 15:55

Frustrating, but in a good way. You really want to go back and get past the last level.

pixelulsar 2012-04-27 20:57

Very hard, I got stuck on the first room. A death animation would be cool, because it was weird that you could still move after the enemy killed you for a little while.

funkydelpueblo 2012-04-29 05:05

Really, really tough. Setting back a level when you get hit was very brutal, too. Very rewarding when you complete levels, though!

vilborg 2012-04-29 23:05

The consequences of death were too harsh. I smiled when I figured out how to win level 3, but level 4 didn't seem like it was actually a level. The player sprite looked like it was programmer art and contrasted with the rest of the game.

endurion 2012-05-02 19:11

Some strange design choices. There is a reason the aemoba on level 3 is so fast (it is because it moved downwards a lot). However setting you back one level is really mean ;)

uberneen 2012-05-02 19:15

The music was nice, but I was disappointed to see the puzzle mechanics break down at the end. I didn't think it was excessively difficult, you just have to find the strategy.

valeour 2012-05-04 21:31

Very difficult, the sound was annoying graphics are okay, and it was somewhat enjoyable. Nice entry.

samusetroid 2012-05-06 02:19

The music is awesome! The game is hard. Some sounds are funny. Overall I liked it! Good Job! Come check out my game!

madball 2012-05-06 07:36

Reading comments... "Third level is hard" *facepalm* Am I the only one who passed it?
Moving 1 level back was annoying. Why should I pass something I already passed?

lanoiadimuu 2012-05-06 11:47

Interesting game idea, but too hard and with an odd camera. I didn't get past level 3. And after three tries i gave up because of the one level back penalty. Was it really necessary?

dr-pingu 2012-05-07 14:00

Nice idea and the game mechanism are mastered but really really hard.

However, good work :)

catman 2012-05-07 16:32

Cool game, but it is quite hard!

caranha 2012-05-08 16:32

The music is nice, and I really liked the second puzzle. The third puzzle, with the protein lost in the middle of nowhere, was a bit annoying.

Thanks for the game!