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Drain

By adonaac

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness291
Mood273.90
Graphics284.27
Innovation463.86
Overall973.67
Audio1493.25
Theme2543.32
Fun5642.77
Humor7131.78

Comments

cherno 2013-12-16 05:23

Awesome aesthetic! I love games like this. :)

ultravisitor 2013-12-16 05:26

Really nice intro tutorial. The animations are super cool. Very nice polish. Makes me want to try out love.

ViliX 2013-12-16 05:32

Good one :)

chris-mondok 2013-12-16 05:34

Very slick looking. It would be nice, however, if it were more obvious when beings were being created / destroyed.

danman9914 2013-12-16 05:42

Excellent mood! The gameplay is simple and a little frustrating when trying to connect small beings and resources. Great graphics and game-feel.

plaw 2013-12-16 05:43

Very good. I like the idea and the problem it describes. It's the distribution not the scarcity of resources. Nice job!

funselektor 2013-12-16 05:48

This fits the theme very well. Got a little bit tired of micro-managing, but the audio and mood make up for it.

kunzbe 2013-12-16 05:51

I really like the minimalistic style, that's my cupe of tea

leafo 2013-12-16 06:49

great atmosphere, feels very polished. it was hard to make connections when the mouse wasn't in the center of the screen because of the viewport moving

clavus 2013-12-16 07:43

Great art style. Tutorial was nice. Camera controls were a bit annoying, which made it hard to click smaller beings.

adonaac 2013-12-16 08:24

Thanks everyone. For those having problems with the camera, try zooming in more to connect the smaller beings. But yea, I agree that it's frustrating/annoying to control it. Should have just made it so that you do it by holding right mouse button...

alanzucconi 2013-12-16 13:32

I love these type of games. And I love these type of styles. Simple, unique and effective.

ittlebit 2013-12-16 16:35

This executed really well, very clean and stylish.

mrvanderpants 2013-12-16 17:08

Ow wow, this looks great! Realy stylish

gilborn 2013-12-16 17:12

Perfect intro, perfect sound, perfect graphics...

whiteknife 2013-12-16 17:12

Sweet aesthetics and an interesting premise!

x-or 2013-12-16 19:17

This is really a great entry!
Cool graphics and sound, neat gameplay. The scrolling was a bit tedious, though... is there any way to zoom out? (similar to your screenshots)

adonaac 2013-12-16 19:28

@X-0r: mouse wheel up/down to zoom in/out.

voltorben 2013-12-16 19:33

Very interesting. And really awesome graphics! I had a hard time managing everything, and it seemed my beings died quicker than i could breed new ones. Maybe i'm just too slow.. Great entry

zhrack 2013-12-16 19:44

Nice game and art! It's a bit difficult to connect beings when camera moves though.

tobiasnl 2013-12-16 20:43

Very athmospheric. I loved the sounds and the game idea. The game idea got presented in a very nice pace, with soothing sounds. I really like the camera system in your entry, it feels smooth and solid, as does the rest of the gameplay. Interesting entry!

donutttt 2013-12-16 23:05

Great art style, and a fun game. Really interesting game.

phi6 2013-12-16 23:35

Fantastic art direction and suitably ambient music. Great concept - to improve it, it would be great to zoom into a specific position rather than center of the screen.

hawke55 2013-12-17 01:36

One of the best entries ive seen so far

rscar 2013-12-17 02:04

Very very well done, love the visuals/theming. Would also like a better mechanic to move the camera around. Awesome work!

josefnpat 2013-12-17 03:56

Very nice game, I love the font and the quiet ambience.

Very interesting game.

tchem 2013-12-17 04:07

Excelent game!!! aesthetic and gameplay are awesome!!!

wojworks 2013-12-17 04:41

This has an impeccable mood and style to it, but it honestly doesn't feel too fun to play. Maybe if I had a larger view of the planet I'm managing? The way the camera moves right now is just a bit weird.

adonaac 2013-12-17 05:00

@WojWorks you can zoom out with the mouse wheel. And yea, the camera work is bad/weird.

latfoued 2013-12-17 09:34

The concept is very cool, and the mood was so awesome. Even though the camera is hard to get your hand on. Good job sir

wdebowicz 2013-12-17 12:43

Love the style and concept.

binary_girl 2013-12-17 22:25

loved the tutorial .. great art style/dynamic/mood :)

Magnus 2013-12-17 22:52

this is impressive

toureiro 2013-12-18 00:09

One of the most interesting looking games I've seen here so far!

endesga 2013-12-18 00:35

Features and graphics are pretty awesome!

psychomonster 2013-12-18 21:23

Wow that is cool! Amazing game of life interpretation. super good idea for the theme. Enjoyed it to play this experiment.

smirnov48 2013-12-18 23:06

Very interesting and unusual game. If you make tutorial shortly or may be separate to different parts, game will be better!

codecranker 2013-12-19 05:34

Played the prequel of this game in the last ludum dare (if I am not mistaken). loved it then loved it now. However, couldn't figure out much difference from the last time. May be I havent played it enough.

adonaac 2013-12-19 06:50

I didn't participate in the last Ludum Dare nor have I ever made/played another game like this. Maybe you're mistaken?

deity 2013-12-20 06:41

Excellent and very innovative game. Nice work with the simple clean graphics and sound effects.

The tutorial was also nice. The only improvement I could think of is maybe having difficulty settings as it seems I always don't have "enough beings" after some time.

venks 2013-12-20 07:34

Not quite my kind of game, but it's definitely very innovative and the art style fits it perfectly.

cappelnord 2013-12-20 12:37

Very slick looking, great aesthetics, both audio and visual. Also a cool game idea but I had a hard time keeping enough beings alive. Extra Point for the great and slick tutorial!

loxo 2013-12-23 11:36

Visually interesting game. Sadly I have not much fun playing it with a touchpad. Also someone mentioned audio, but for me there is non. (OSX)

binary_gambit 2013-12-26 11:10

Nice game. Wish i could make my simple graphics work so well in Love2d

postmodestie 2014-01-05 19:06

Kinda interesting, but too simple.. i'd like some stats at the end.

goerp 2014-01-06 19:25

Wow, what a stylistic masterpiece. Very smooth graphics. Very good tutorial which also looks nice.
Impressive what you can achieve with minimal colors and shapes.
For the game I found selecting sometimes a bit hard especially with small circles. It would have helped is I could navigate about the planet a bit quicker.
by the way: I saw other people reply about the sound, but at first I didn't hear the sound. It was very soft (but had also a nice mood).