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Save The Memepool

By whilefun

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness374
Humor673.28
Fun1863.17
Mood2262.93
Theme2263.28
Overall2803.14
Innovation3792.83
Audio4102.29
Graphics4202.78

Comments

lazybraingames 2012-08-27 01:08

I LOVE the idea of a memepool. Good stuff! Running out of books and restarting the level kinda slowed me down, but I'll definitely give this one another play later ;)

whilefun 2012-08-27 01:48

Thanks lazybraingames! I am really happy with it. I hope you enjoy your extended play through :D

entity2d 2012-08-28 13:21

I really liked the idea of collecting literature and art in this game, and using books to kill reality TV stars. Throwing books while standing next to a wall to the right of the player character instantly destroys the book, though.

dedhedzed 2012-08-28 13:23

Really cool, if a bit short (assuming the game ends in that room with everything behind a BEAUTIFUL RED VELVET ROPE). I could see this being a fuller game, well done.

covebit 2012-08-28 13:25

Cool :)

natenaterson 2012-08-28 13:46

Very clever idea and use of the theme! Sound effects were a bit jarring but besides that, a very fun game!

zatyka 2012-08-29 00:39

Nice use of the theme.

whilefun 2012-08-29 00:41

@Kuulog - yeah, I discovered that book throw bug right after submission time ended :\

whilefun 2012-08-29 00:42

@Zed - Thanks - I think the rope is my favourite texture in the whole game, and it was the last one I added! hehe. The game definitely short. I wanted to make more levels, but ran out of time.

whilefun 2012-08-29 00:42

@Cell - thanks :)

whilefun 2012-08-29 00:43

@NateNaterson Thank you sir! My one and only play tester also had this experience. Thanks for the feedback :)

whilefun 2012-08-29 00:43

@zatyka Thanks!

daydalus 2012-08-29 02:01

Cool concept you have here, collecting books after an apocalypse. I thought reading the info text was a little tedious since the text window was so small. Funny that TV made you lose "health". Would like to see some gameplay benefit to collecting stuff rather then just healing health. Game ran very smooth though, pixel art was cool. Nice work!

tastive 2012-08-29 02:09

Nice work! I dig the art.

whilefun 2012-08-29 02:09

Thanks for the feedback daydalus! :D

whilefun 2012-08-29 02:09

Thanks tastive!

gidaio 2012-08-29 02:38

Well, I enjoyed it.

tigerj 2012-08-29 02:39

Nice, Original, FUN.

whilefun 2012-08-29 05:02

@Gidaio and @tigerj - I am so glad to hear you liked it :D I had so much fun making it!

misfit 2012-08-29 15:23

Great game! Nice "NES Gauntlet" feeling.

cacciatc 2012-08-30 16:27

Nice ghost effects on Richard. Fun stuff.

puzzlem00n 2012-08-30 18:34

Heheh, funny stuff! I don't really understand why it's Richard Dawkins talking about culture, I mean, I know he's the "evolution rules and god is awful" guy, but he's not really that cultural, is he?

Oh, who cares? Great game!

olav_st 2012-08-30 19:49

Haha, this was hilarious! I cant comment on the audio because it did not work for me, but the graphics and gameplay were cool. I like how you used the theme.

whilefun 2012-08-31 00:48

@Misfit thanks!

whilefun 2012-08-31 00:48

@cacciatc Thanks! I was really pleased with how that bit turned out!

whilefun 2012-08-31 00:50

@Puzzlem00n Thanks! I picked Dawkins because of his "Selfish Gene" work, and how memetics was based on that. I wanted to incorporate more themes from The Ancestor's Tale as well (hence the rats) but didn't have time to elaborate as much as I wanted :) Thanks for playing!

whilefun 2012-08-31 00:51

@olav_st Thank you! :) I'm sorry the audio didn't work for you! Did you get any errors or anything, or was it just not producing sounds?

berkano 2012-08-31 07:29

Great fun! Graphics are lovely, the controls have a really nice feel and the game was very polished for a 48hr compo! A bit of background music would have made it perfect.

whilefun 2012-08-31 12:48

Thanks berkano! Good suggestion about music. It was definitely on my to do list for the compo :)

fadobo 2012-09-01 18:36

Really cool game! Very fluent controls that made it a very fun and satisfying experience.

whilefun 2012-09-11 00:20

Thanks Fadobo! :)

rawbits 2012-09-16 13:35

Weel I don't know if I've beaten it or not. It didn't show any ending just the old guy sad I got the things - there was a closed portal though in the room. It was so easy I don't know if it was really the end. :)

The only thing that's bad is that the books are hitting the wall when you are near them so you can't shoot. But other than that everything worked fine.

whilefun 2012-09-17 17:02

Thanks for playing and your feedback RawBits! :) I didn't make the ending very obvious, but you did make it to the end. A better ending and a fix to that book throwing bug ware on the top of my fix-it list for sure.