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Jim the Alien Parasite

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation3483.26
Theme4403.29
Humor5082.29
Overall6103.00
Fun6262.83
Mood9242.21
Graphics9922.13
Coolness140440

Comments

tower07 2013-08-26 04:02

It won't run. When the Java window opens, it just closes itself back down.

the-jack 2013-08-26 04:04

*breathE

And that amazing art and then I'm a square. Reminded me of the old Atari days. Nice job.

thedreik 2013-08-26 04:07

Game idea is unusual. I would like a little more action.

ranf 2013-08-26 04:14

tower07, the same thing happened to me, but once I extracted it from the archive, it worked fine.

megashroom 2013-08-26 04:20

Quit fun, nice (minimalist geometric) art, but it would be good if there was a timer for your transformations.
AI is very difficult to avoid when randoms part spawning.

heroesgravedev 2013-08-26 05:20

It's okay I guess.

Sometimes random blue things turn red for no apparent reason.

mort96 2013-08-26 22:58

Interesting game, but I'm struggling to see what it has to do with 10 seconds..?

nate427 2013-08-26 23:12

Really fun, loved the game mechanic!

tegu 2013-08-27 12:18

A nice and simplistic game. Somewhat short but it's totally okay for an entry. Couldn't pass all the levels on the first run, so it wasn't too easy although it's not hard either. The AI guys aren't smart enough to go past walls if you're behind one, so it makes it a bit easier too. Needs some sounds. Pretty fun game though. :)
To anyone wondering: there is a 10 seconds timer at the top left corner.

mklee 2013-08-29 08:23

Good stuff! The mechanics are very simple, but effective. The forced timer for body transitioning really does force you to plan your moves. The only thing I would improve is making the AI a little more forgiving. Otherwise great job!

endurion 2013-08-29 08:29

Very nice idea.

It would be interesting if the evil ones wouldn't travel directly at you, but somewhat non linear.


For others: Yellow are buttons that open blocks. Dark grey is the exit.

muciojadpl 2013-08-30 13:08

Nice work! Idea is not bad. Hmm, indeed.

haxpor 2013-08-30 13:13

Fun game, and I like the idea. A story cut-scene at first is nice and interesting, helps me understand the whole concept. One thing is that a new infected host (a red one) can turn another new host (blue) one even if they're separated by the wall, this seems to make the level harder.

h_double 2013-09-02 00:48

Great concept and I like the simple graphics. I found the collisions were kind of buggy though (door wouldn't always open, wouldn't always jump bodies reliably) and got frustrated after several attempts to get past the second level. Also sometimes people would randomly turn red even when I hadn't inhabited them, which felt sort of unfair (playing on OSX btw).

imef 2013-09-15 09:49

Interesting game! Simple yet a effective!