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Chromasome

By jnikolai

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation213.69
Coolness287
Theme1152.91
Humor1432.14
Overall1652.87
Graphics1682.93
Mood1722.48
Fun1872.53
Audio2101.40

Comments

xaychru04 2012-08-28 09:42

A good innovating game, but I don't like the camera...

juaxix 2012-08-28 09:44

This is my first time as a pixel-genetic engeneer, the control with mouse and camera are smooth, thanks for the entertaiment :)
I would like to make more "visible" the generated pixels, good job

milo 2012-08-28 19:03

This concept is really original. It pretty fun, although I suspect that it'd be more fun on a tablet than it was on my laptop.

cthulhu 2012-08-28 23:34

The linux version is not working on Ubuntu 32 bits.

cappelnord 2012-08-28 23:52

Yeah, shold be played on a tablet. Funny story, also good idea with "Chromasome". I believe the leading scientist on Chromasomes is german ;) ?

tigerj 2012-08-29 01:14

I had a very hard time clicking the clusters.

jnikolai 2012-08-29 01:31

Cthulu: Thanks for letting me know; I figured there weren't many people still using 32-bit linux, but I'll see if I can do a build (downloading Ubuntu 32 now).

Xaychru04/juaxix, agreed on both points -- the camera makes it easy to lose control, and there isn't much feedback on the pixels you've generated. I'll probably do another version in the next couple weeks to address those and add some more polish (and some other problems I had with it, the goals aren't very clear, and the 'dead pixels' mechanic doesn't work very well IMO).

Thanks everyone for playing, and thanks for the feedback!

mes 2012-08-29 04:11

the idea has some potential, but the controls and the need to read low resolution text in the corner of the screen in order to see what to do kill it.

qualityassurance 2012-08-29 04:12

Way too hard on my PC, but I imagine that it would be better on a tablet.

adbook 2012-08-29 08:10

This is original, but the pixels are going too fast for me :)

tupperwarespoon 2012-08-29 08:56

It was very hard for me to trap a pixel playing on PC, I can see how it would work better on a tablet.
A novel idea.

goerp 2012-08-29 09:08

Smooth gameplay on my Android phone. Pixel look always works for me. I did have to force-quit the application. I wasn't always sure when dead pixels happened. I think this could easily be sold as an app.

infinitedog 2012-08-29 14:22

Hi there! My Windows XP complains and says "This is not a Win32 valid aplication" :(

gidaio 2012-08-29 21:04

The jerkiness of the pixels makes it quite hard to control. It would have been a lot more fun if they hadn't been so jittery.

darkstarmatryx 2012-08-29 21:04

Playing via PC, Had a really hard time playing this game. Control of throwing the pixels was very difficult. I did really like the idea and it was definitely different, which is good.

smirnov48 2012-08-29 21:06

Doesn't run on WinXP.

zelen3d 2012-08-30 02:55

doesn't run on ubuntu 32, in the console I get "segmentation fault"

zatyka 2012-08-30 02:58

The click detection could use some improvement. I liked the originality, but I couldn't quite get the hang of it.

jnikolai 2012-08-30 05:46

@Zelen3d -- it might depend on glew, you could try an 'apt-get install libglew' to see if that fixes it. Other than that ... it requires OpenGL 2.1, maybe your video card doesn't support it?

I'll try running tomorrow on a clean install to see about removing or bundling any external dependencies ... too tired right now.

s0larcode 2012-08-31 01:15

This is addicting and frustrating at the same time. THE MOLECULES ARE TOO TWITCHY!!!! Great game, though.

triliyn 2012-08-31 05:07

This was interesting and could have been very fun, but the controls were clumsy. I think it would be a lot better if the molecules didn't jitter as much without being interacted with. I'd like to see it with more polish though!

ubear 2012-09-01 03:53

Cool concept. Nice graphics. Slightly hard to grab cluster of pixels. Good job.

moops 2012-09-02 15:45

Neat concept. The camera was a bit too shaky and some sound effects would've been nice. I had fun though :)

cipher 2012-09-05 01:35

Wouldnt run on my PC,first a cmd terminal pops up, then a window, then it freezes and closes

gritfish 2012-09-06 13:06

Played on PC, took a sec to get the hang of deselecting a 'pixel' but really fun. I REALLY wanted to a score screen showing all the 'finished' pixels I'd made (and their 'purity').

hgcummings 2012-09-07 17:32

Really interesting mechanic, and quite fun to play around with, although the controls could be slightly fiddly at times (wasn't sure how to deselect anything). I liked the way the game progressed, although the layer levels were a bit of a strain on the eyes on my smartphone.

mohammad 2012-09-07 22:58

Android eh?
Gotta get my dad to download it!

pierrec 2012-09-12 11:16

On windows, it's quite difficult to play because of the click and drag mechanics which is not working well. But I love the graphics, and I can feel it could be better on Android! So I'm gonna try as soon as I can on a tablet

jplur 2012-09-13 23:53

Nice concept and decently fun. Love that there is an android version and am definitely keeping this on my phone, great job!

pansapiens 2012-09-15 06:23

Great mechanic, very satisfying to play. Minor gripe: Back button on Android does nothing on title screen.

kevinworkman 2012-09-16 23:09

The idea is there, but like others said, I had trouble with the game confusing my camera movements and moving the squares around. It works great on my phone though, and with some polish this could be pretty fun, so good work for 72 hours!