sugarbyte 2015-12-15 00:06
I liked this a lot! The view-drag was a little cumbersome, but it works. I enjoyed the music, it added a dreamy, meditative vibe, and the tool tip instructions were perfect.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → A Game About Bacteria
By phi
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 50 | ||
| Audio | 256 | 3.48 | ||
| Humor | 304 | 3.04 | ||
| Theme | 310 | 3.90 | ||
| Mood | 411 | 3.33 | ||
| Innovation | 415 | 3.28 | ||
| Overall | 455 | 3.38 | ||
| Fun | 487 | 3.19 | ||
| Graphics | 889 | 2.58 |
I liked this a lot! The view-drag was a little cumbersome, but it works. I enjoyed the music, it added a dreamy, meditative vibe, and the tool tip instructions were perfect.
Well done!
I really like the music and the animation of the bacteria.
It would be nice if the graphics were a bit more trippy, so it would fit the pace and the music more.
It also got repetitive pretty fast.
Overall a nice submission!
I couldn't play it for some reason. The first message showed up, but I couldn't click anything.
I've infected them all! Yay! The mutated bacteria also seem to infect the three targets - for additional challenge, the mutations should reduce infection. I liked the music.
Good little game with nice gameplay and music.
Very calming game with a great concept. I like that you have included additional targets to infect and the goal linked with that. A had fun playing it!
Big respect for biology setting! Keep going :) Also if you have a minute - take a look at our Let's Play Simulator 2016 http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=31114
It wouldn't let me past the first intro-text. Is there a trick to this?
Actually pretty cool, nice music, really relaxing and good feeling overall.
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@kepons, @simon.parzer:
Thanks for your comments, we're sorry it didn't work for you. Just in case you see this comment, could you give us some more information?
Was the 'ok' button not visible or just not clickable? What browser did you use?
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This game does not work in Firefox(crash on the first message). I played in Chrome and it's funny and good game. Nice job! :)
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@kepons, @simon.parzer, @ragnta:
Thanks for your reports, we've added a fixed version. Turns out Firefox (or Chrome) handles mouse coordinates differently. All should work fine now. :)
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This is great! You had a good idea and executed it well. Just when I think I've got the game figured out, you introduce another mechanic (SPOILER ALERT: uh oh! mutation! what?? nic??!). I hope you keep developing this game.
Loved the simple and relaxing music, great mood, and great gameplay!
Congratulations :)
Hi !
What I liked :
- Theme interpretation
- peaceful mood (while exterminating the world :D)
What imo could be improved :
- Graphics are pretty basic, easy wins : add a textured background, desaturate color, use "danger" colors or symbols for the pils (ex: red toxic logo), choose a medical themed text font. For +++ : use actual food representation (even if doesn't make a lot of sense at a bacteria scale, it's prettier for the player and improve clarity)
- The game is a bit slow, but I'm not sure how fastening it would affect the mood so just an improvement idea but not sure if a good one.
Very good overall, thanks for the game !
The concept is pretty interesting and with a dose of humor too! ;D
The soundtrack, together with the minimalistic graphics style, creates a pretty relaxing mood, which feels awesome!
After some time it gets a bit repetitive, though. And there could be a better way to kill the mutated bacteria. :P
But great work here, man! :)
Very nice game. Took a couple of goes to complete as first time I didn't originally understand how to kill the mutated bacteria. (You move it into the pills, right? Maybe I still don't understand if there's a better way) Maybe explain that better in the tutorial. Overall really good game though.
I enjoyed it; managed to kill Nicholas Cage and Donald Trump.
Simple yet amazing work. well done! Are there any other amusing games of yours online?
Very unexpected. I love you humor! Good tutorial and very fun. Good job!
Very pleasant. Sort of like a reverse asteroids?
Cool game, music was cool.
I liked this game, although it was a little boring. Obviously, because I entered the compo, that time was short. Still, I would've liked a bit more to do. Also, I think there should be multiple ways to move the camera, because my laptop uses two fingers as the right click.
Loved it! Simple, enjoyable mechanics, and it doesn't overstay its welcome. It's the perfect length for what gameplay is there.