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The World in a Bottle

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation113.98
Fun183.70
Theme54.13
Humor123.84
Coolness282
Overall323.74
Graphics394.09
Mood473.41
Audio1112.98

Comments

alwaysgeeky 2012-04-24 20:19

Nice! I really liked it :)

refreshcreations 2012-04-24 20:23

Cool game, cool artwork, cool concept! I think I might have enjoyed playing the role of the evil scientist a bit too much in this case as I now plan to buld my own shrink ray and...err no, wait a moment, that's going a bit far. It took me a couple of attmpets to figure out the controls but I really like how this game plays out seperating hte level into 2 halves with the collecting of humans and then the gruesome destruction of said humans. Quite a toughie to get the hang of but really fun once you get the hang of it.

uuav 2012-04-26 06:58

Ahah first game I saw with the same idea of mine of putting world into bottles :)
I really enjoyed shaking that bottle ;D

r3ason 2012-04-26 07:07

Ah, wish I had read to use the arrow keys a bit earlier (finally figured it out!). But yeah, pretty fun! Art style is awesome! Thanks!

dagothig 2012-04-26 07:26

Cool concept and cool execution, I was totally unable to do anything worhwhile on the 2nd part with killing the humans, but I'm assuming this is just me being bad at this. Great game!

cakemonitor 2012-04-26 07:33

This is a very well put together game - congratulations! I found it quite hard though - on my first attempt I captured 12 humans when the goal was only 10 and then in the bottle I killed them all for a score of 720 just to find out the target score was 3,000 so I hadn't even got a quarter of the way there!! Next attempt at the same level I only managed to capture 8 humans so I failed before I even got to the bottle stage :( Still, nice to see good artwork, sound and music making it in to a game, and I think this game fits the theme very well.

jeroenimooo 2012-04-26 08:09

Awesome story. Also real great design. it was quite hard though. But a real good job! the chopper and tank attacks really added alot to the game.

dukope 2012-04-26 08:14

Quite impressive with the two game modes. The bottle mode is especially clever, but I wasn't able to do much of anything useful there. Love the art.

joshua 2012-04-26 08:21

Cool!

sliv 2012-04-26 08:57

You twisted souls!

I really like the two-sided concept, and the execution is pretty good. Well done.

monkeyarmada 2012-04-26 08:58

Fantastic! Congrats guys. I really enjoyed being evil.
You've done a great job here, the game is fun and replayable.
Maybe if you provided a more clear goal it would be more challenging. It also lacks some good music. Anyway, one of the best i've rated so far. Congrats again.

jami 2012-04-26 10:32

Very funny game!

madball 2012-04-26 10:43

I was surprised. It's a so well-done game. But, well, you worked in a group of 4.
When cakemonitor said he scored 720 with 12 people I loled. 720, you say? Hah! I would totally get 120!

colincapurso 2012-04-26 10:49

Enjoyed this game. Its fun and well done.

dr-pingu 2012-04-26 11:52

first: i love godzilla's games !
second: amagowd ! people in a box !? woooohoooooo *shake* *shake* *shake* : great idea !

great game :)

Jeremias 2012-04-26 12:30

Very nice graphics and audio, funny idea. But the second game (killing the people in the bottle) is more fun than collecting them. In my opinion it would improve the game, if you focus just on this part.

paulsb 2012-04-26 12:38

Neat idea! Damn those helicopters. Found the bottle bit very difficult unfortunately. Nice art.

xeeko 2012-04-26 12:42

Awesome! Well done, lot's of content.

caanonfodda 2012-04-26 13:54

Really cool. Didn't work out how to score more points on the second stage of levels, but still really enjoyed the game.

kibertoad 2012-04-26 22:57

Excellent idea and style! Wish it had more polish. Hope you'll eventually get to work on it some more :).

sonnybone 2012-04-27 01:25

This is genius. Just plain genius. I love this and would love to see a more polished version. You could make a killing on mobile devices with something like this.

omarshehta 2012-04-27 21:01

Pretty nice game!

It got really fun once the helicopters and tanks got in and I was shrinking everything in sight with no mercy. I could really see how this could be expanded to feature more levels and features and make a kickass game!

volute 2012-04-27 21:49

So fun :D Great art too !

firstrowgames 2012-05-02 22:12

pretty cool game and great art!

make-a-game 2012-05-04 15:51

This was a surprising entry. The first part of the gameplay was really well done, with great artwork which awakened my inner sadist! I just wished you guys could add more work on the sound department and the bottle sections would not be so zoomed out. Otherwise, a fantastic entry!

someone 2012-05-04 15:57

Wouldn't run in wine unfortunately. Just freezes when you start a level. Like the intro though.

davidwparker 2012-05-10 19:52

Sorry, I don't have Windows.

julianspillane 2012-05-10 19:53

This game was a lot of fun. I cackled with sadistic glee throughout the entire experience. The controls took a bit of getting used to and the difficulty level was fairly high, but it was a lot of fun.