FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD24 → Space Amoebas

Space Amoebas

By bigbadwofl

View on Wayback Machine

CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness360
Audio563.50
Mood1293.16
Graphics2343.28
Overall2403.21
Fun2782.97
Theme3203.03
Humor4731.80
Innovation5152.52

Comments

pknowles 2012-08-27 01:59

I have a new found appreciation for C++ after the mess with javascript this weekend. fun game. it slows down for you when the difficulty increases :)

dredlockz 2012-08-27 09:55

Nice
It could've used some better visual feedback or sound effects for the power-ups and hits tho.

eddm 2012-08-27 09:58

Cool game. Instantly worked out what to do and it was pretty fun! I fear a keyboard-based control scheme might have worked better, though. My amoeba wouldn't always stick to my cursor which means there were portions of the game screen I couldn't move to. Other than that, great game!

ragzouken 2012-08-27 10:00

The amoebas are very pretty :) I like the visual instructions screen!

ollie 2012-08-27 10:21

I really liked this; the backing music was great, and the graphics were really cool too. The gameplay is relatively standard without an ultimate goal (other than to survive) but I enjoyed it

Lucariatias 2012-08-27 10:22

The blue amoeba moves straight toward the top left and I have no clue how to control it :( So I can't start the game.

infernet89 2012-08-27 10:22

Those Amoebas were really cute, and the power up idea is nice.. I don't like the fact you can't absorb other amoebas, and you become tinyer if you kill one.

bigbadwofl 2012-08-27 10:24

@Lucariatias: The amoeba follows the mouse, what browser are you playing in?

aschearer 2012-08-27 10:43

A fun little game. Felt a bit like asteroids but different in a good way. I liked your take on power ups. It would be interesting to see if you could evolve the gameplay so that the player was building up to something greater over time and not simply avoiding obstacles forever.

jokerden 2012-08-27 10:43

I like it. It nice that enemies playing too (catching color spheres).

papygaragos 2012-08-27 10:46

I feel this game if more about survival than evolution. Also the game is too big for my screen, i had to scroll up and down while i was playing.

bigbadwofl 2012-08-27 10:48

@PapyGaragos: Sorry about that, I made a call to cater for people with at least 1280x1024. Thanks for the comment.

ncannasse 2012-08-27 10:50

Cool game, I loved the color effects. Still miss a goal.

PS @pknowles : you should use Haxe instead ;)

wibblymat 2012-08-27 10:52

Good idea, nicely executed. Liked the music!

blanky 2012-08-29 11:27

I Love the music and the amoebas.
Nice game.

davedobson 2012-09-02 20:17

Very sharp, well-coded, good interface, and quite polished. The graphics are simple but the fuzzy edges and transparency make it look neat and kind of amoeba-ey. The music is really cool, but there are only 1-2 other sound effects that I heard. There's not much to the game - three powerups and some other effects, only really swimming around to do, and not much strategy - but what's there works well and is fun. Great to have one that runs in a browser - so much easier. Nice job!

sclark39 2012-09-02 20:21

Cool game. The movement of the amoeba was a bit hitchy (would have probably been a bit nicer with a more acceleration based seeking behavior), and I found the purple ability really confusing. When I was purple and hit someone I shrunk and turned blue, which I assumed was a bad thing the first time I played.

garygreen 2012-09-02 20:32

Nice game idea. Really liked the graphic style and the music went well with the game play too. It got a bit laggy as the screen filled up with amoebas, though.

djcsdy 2012-09-02 20:35

Nice graphics and sound.

Could have done with some more obvious indicator when you gain the ability to eat other ameobas.

davidwparker 2012-09-15 00:18

Nice. Good to see more people use HTML5+JS+Canvas+etc.