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Empire of the Petri Dish

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme553.87
Innovation633.70
Audio1872.94
Graphics2543.22
Mood2802.80
Overall3413.04
Fun5152.50
Coolness60147

Comments

raptor85 2012-08-30 10:14

very strange but interesting, it's pretty hard to tell exactly what you're going to end up with so there's a lot that seems up to sheer chance in your first few spawns. Minimap is in a really inconveniant spot though.

vilya 2012-09-09 22:20

The sound is good, I like the minimalist graphics style and the controls are nice & simple. I just wish I could figure out how to play it! It's rather cryptic...

monsieur_nez 2012-09-10 00:17

Really difficult to understand

josh-dreamland 2012-09-10 02:23

Sudden audio scared the hell out of me. Probably because it's late. Anyway, I had no idea what I was doing, but it looked really cool, doing it.

lekochen 2012-09-10 07:17

It's fun to watch the bacterium spin and move around. The bgm is quite fit the game. But it's really hard to understand the mechanism of the game.

nicealexanderas 2012-09-12 03:54

This game looks complex and impressive , the sound does not match the ambient but good work man i like the game :D

cipher 2012-09-12 05:10

Good job!

khayet 2012-09-12 11:18

Very nice game! It's such a great experience to see your overpowered squad dominate the petri dish! I really like the idea of indicating strong engines by letting the objects spin faster. Sound and music are also really great.

Controls are really fluid and feel great!

What I don't like is that you can generate bacteria with either no engines or no attack. I think this type of bacteria should only appear when you mutate an existing one, because they serve no purpose other than being material for further genetic experiments.

Thanks for the last ten minutes!

andygo 2012-09-12 11:40

A bit complex at the beginning but interesting.

adhesion 2012-09-13 02:33

Nice implementation of RTS elements! Would be nice to be able to left-click-and-drag on the minimap though. Obviously lots of thought went into the theme which is cool.

robcozzens 2012-09-14 05:48

It sure looks cool, but I'm not sure I was playing it correctly. It's hard to figure out.

creative630 2012-09-14 11:18

Interesting game, I felt It needed faster spawning etc. I got stuck and couldn't move any of my units around.

matheod 2012-09-15 21:12

I'm not really sure to play correctly :(