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Blobitronica

By crucknuk

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun1063.75
Audio1713.64
Overall1813.71
Theme2503.98
Innovation3463.37
Mood3973.35
Graphics5053.48

Comments

psychopsam 2015-12-15 05:21

I really like the zooming of the background. The fact that most impacts made you smaller was great. I just didn't like the death ray killing you instantly. Good game - well done!

utoxin 2015-12-15 05:22

You got nearly a perfect score from me. Lots of fun, and VERY polished. Good job!

raincoven 2015-12-15 05:23

Nod bad game. It is solid and have good graphic. I played something similar on iPad but it definitely has some fresh ideas.

xodene 2015-12-15 05:25

The graphics are really great, nice work while being minimalist. Dodging everything is a lot of fun but the instant deaths make things pretty difficult. Perhaps save the rays of death after the player is further into the level.

mf1214 2015-12-15 05:26

Simple but fun game. Fits the theme well.

sathorn 2015-12-15 05:59

Really fun game. There was just so much stuff going on and i didn't really understand what the different thing were doing.

videodog 2015-12-15 06:36

Reminds me of the cellular stage of Spore. Pretty good!

rougerogue 2015-12-15 07:19

Everything about this game looks, sounds, and plays beautiful.

mistermortal 2015-12-15 15:06

Fun little game, it gets quite hard when there are small spikes left over. Like the concept a lot!

teamcalin 2015-12-15 15:07

Great job, the 2 players mode is very fun !

behzad_robot 2015-12-15 15:10

Woooow!! Sooo good!

benjamin-soule 2015-12-15 15:13

Really fun and good rythm. The fact that spikes are immortal the center of the screen a dead zone that you always want to avoid. I dont know how you could fix this, if you make the small spikes vanish too fast you will loose the zoom feeling.

crucknuk 2015-12-15 15:18

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback !

@Benjamin : Actually, the smallest the enemies, the less damage they do compared to your own size, so you can clear the screen of little objects without too much trouble. The laser also clears everything in its path :)

reccy 2015-12-15 17:00

Fun arcade game, really like the music and there's a cool sense of scale. :)

zeriver 2015-12-15 17:08

Whoaw, didn't expect that! Cool game with great visual effects and engaging gameplay. Good job!

swipefaststudios 2015-12-15 17:44

Cool take on the theme! Reminds me of Agar.IO
I also like the music!

alexrus07 2015-12-15 19:16

A really fun and polished game. I liked the zoom effect and the controls were tight. Good work :)

berserker_chris 2015-12-15 19:40

Nice Audio, cool game

thejackimonster 2015-12-15 21:08

Great job, this game is fun and hard! It really becomes problematic, that this little spikes stay as dangerous as when they were as big as the player. But I think this brings a nice gameplay! ^^

tomenluca 2015-12-15 21:10

The look and feel of this game are amazing. I got absorbed in the frantic gameplay immediately. Looks very polished.

louspirit 2015-12-15 21:11

Really fun game, you dont see the time passed. 2 player feature is a plus. But once I got the game over menu without being dead. And please think of those who dont have qerty keyboards!

anaglyphcoding 2015-12-15 21:12

Awesome little game. At first I was confused, there were little balls appearing out of nowhere, but then I started to move around and suddenly MINDSPLOSION! EVERYWHERE! :D

cake_catastrophe 2015-12-15 21:14

Fun! Loved the zooming scope as you grew - made it very satisfying to grab a bunch of blobs in a row. A little bit strange that you sort have to hit the obstacles eventually - I didn't initially realize that hitting them when you're much bigger is basically fine (in fact, when they're small and numerous it often seemed to be best just to bulldoze them when it's relatively safe). Otherwise, a great example of a simple game with fantastic feedback from from sounds and visual. Music was good too.

batmanasb 2015-12-15 21:52

The controls don't work that well of this type of game, it needs something like a mouse or joystick for diagonal movement. But the art is nice!

dracomagna 2015-12-15 22:35

Really nice game, it feels very polished and is pleasant to play. Also it seems to have a lot of content which is impressive for a game jam game.
Great job! :D

propter_ludus 2015-12-15 23:42

I was really into it!
the effects were well done and the music was amazing!
I like that there were different modes.

pjimmy 2015-12-15 23:47

nice, awesome game :D love it! great arcade action, love how the level grows with you, very clever, well done :)

silkworm_sweatshop 2015-12-16 00:44

That was fun! I preferred the second mode more as it gave you even more sense of urgency.

kzdev 2015-12-16 01:43

I love this game, the ever-expanding scale is very cool and Go Fast mode really gives you a sense of urgency. Rates highly on all metrics as far as I'm concerned.

srakowski 2015-12-16 02:14

My #1 favorite game title so far. Blobitronica is just fun to say :). Good use of the theme. Great job.

archonthewizard 2015-12-16 02:42

Great game. Had a bit of an agario feel - with traps. Very polished for a jam game. The trap placement could perhaps use another balance pass

alvarop 2015-12-16 04:20

Great take on the theme, great visual effects and overall, a fun gameplay experience. I think the game needs to give some more feedback to the player as to what is happening / when he is being damaged / etc., but besides that I had a lot of fun playing this one, as you could see on the stream.

benjamin-soule 2015-12-16 07:58

@crucknuk Oh I didnt notice it on my first tries ! This is clever ! Totally worth an extra innovation star :)

astro-cat 2015-12-16 09:27

it so colored and luminous! Fun

nowandstudios 2015-12-16 09:34

With simple graphics you've made a good game. Good job!

beavlgames 2015-12-16 11:22

Game-design wise this one has lots of cool calls. Really enjoy it. Congrats!

zzapp 2015-12-16 13:08

Great game. Really loved how it kept zooming out and the use of the theme.
Well done!

gebirgsbaerbel 2015-12-16 13:22

The graphics are awesome, growing out, but not getting more space, was an interesting mechanic.

rico-albe 2015-12-16 13:45

I like the camera zooming away as you grow, though having to hit the obstacles once they're too small for you is kind of weird, maybe make obstacles move around and have them go away once they're too small.

Good job!

zguerrero 2015-12-16 21:55

Nice game, very addictive, and the musi is great!

nirabazgames 2015-12-16 23:57

Funny game :)
smells like teen spirit:)) good idea!

jakecarewickgmail-com 2015-12-17 01:53

This was a lot of fun! Definitely very thrilling. I loved the aesthetic, and the "Go fast" mode; I think an even faster mode would be lots of fun! The death ray feels a little unfair, but overall the rest of the game is awesome.

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-17 02:04

I think the idea was the two player but the game would be better played with a mouse

publicidadeba 2015-12-17 11:17

The zoom idea was awesome and I had great time playing it.

oddly-shaped-pixels 2015-12-17 13:40

The infinite zoom effect a la Pix the cat is a really nice touch, gives a lot to the game feel. Well done!

hotboxgames 2015-12-17 15:57

Neat idea! Pretty effects!
The ball was a bit too slippy on the controls for my taste, but it was fun nonetheless. Good job!

pontooncity 2015-12-17 17:19

Well done! Only issue I have is it seems like the food frequently spawns where you have to hit a trap to get it.

humanics 2015-12-17 22:44

The scaling is amazing, really nice game!

imagossoftworks 2015-12-18 01:07

The music was awesome. The GoFast mode really feels like the way to go. It is more arcade like and faster paced. Also playing two player modes with one person is also an interesting challenge I think everyone should try!

gfm 2015-12-18 02:01

OK, I'll settle with a highscore of 60.

Fun game! I'm quite amazed by how simple and effective graphics and audio are. The game also is amazingly polished, with tons of tweens, little animations and SFXs...

Great job!

herniewise 2015-12-18 02:31

Good job, loved the graphics and the camera :)

bryantdrewjones 2015-12-18 04:04

Love the fractal nature of the game...it gives a cool sense of scale to the experience. The controls were a bit too floaty for me, especially as the game got harder. It there was less acceleration in the movement, I think it would increase the skill ceiling nicely and make the gameplay feel more intentional.

bradur 2015-12-18 14:28

Simple controls and challenging gameplay! It was fun with a friend. Graphics, sound and music were very nice. Good job!

crashmore-studios 2015-12-18 15:16

Well polished game! The controls are weird in the way they respond, and at the same time very intuitive. You don't see that everyday. Great music too! You can walk away from LD34 with pride

buffalophil 2015-12-18 18:51

Very cool!

ramoncb 2015-12-18 23:30

Impressive! I think it's very polished even for the Jam.

The conecpt is very cool and is quite addicting. Plus, there are diferrent modes!

Good job!

jamesmowery 2015-12-19 06:13

This game is really tense, but fun. It kept me going, and that's really cool. I also like the graphics. But it also had me on the edge of my seat.

23 2015-12-19 07:24

This is great! The music's amazing, it looks gorgeous and the difficulty has a nice ramp-up.

Kind of confused about how bubbles can spawn inside spikes though - it seemed like it was usually but not always a good idea to take them even if it hurt.

arcturusdeluxe 2015-12-19 17:24

I knew there'd be a lot of Osmos/agar.io style games in the Growing theme. This is the best one I've played so far, its a great twist on the concept. The constant zooming out and escalation of hazards appearing makes it frantic and keeps you on your toes. Excellent presentation too.

ludum34 2015-12-19 17:37

Very fuuuun!

randomhuman 2015-12-20 10:52

Fun, fast-paced game, I like it. It gives a good sense of growing massive!

diel-mormac 2015-12-20 14:24

Addictive game,
Nice art and sound, fits the theme well!

Congratulations!

gkxd 2015-12-20 17:21

I wasn't a big fan of the menu graphics, and I didn't know what to press to select an option in the start menu.

The game itself was really fun, although the controls felt a bit too slippery for me.

gokottastudio 2015-12-20 19:31

Original game!. Good Job.

gornova 2015-12-20 20:15

Perfect for theme, impressive graphic and background, well done!

pianoman373 2015-12-20 21:25

Whoa! Awesome job! Best jam i've seen yet!

krafty 2015-12-23 06:30

This was a lot of fun! Really cool game idea and very well executed. I think maybe you should be able to absorb the very small spike balls at a certain point, though, because the middle gets kind of cluttered otherwise. Super cool, great job! =D

cherishing-team 2015-12-23 14:09

Love the arcade vibe of the game. I can see myself playing something like this when I was a kid in the 80s. Well done

zenmumbler 2015-12-24 21:13

Cool how the level is like a fractal, constantly zooming out, nice and original. No octopi this time :'(

scorched 2015-12-24 21:21

Nice Osmos clone! Enjoyed the fast mode!

nlbi21 2015-12-25 02:19

OMG this game is fun and original, i like the music and graphics. Good job bro. :D

weeping-rupee 2015-12-25 14:11

Nice looking game, plays smoothly, and the music really tied it all together. Not terribly innovative but awfully fun. I wasn't able to test 2 players so I hope I'm being fair in just rating it on the single player mode; two players seems like it would be a blast.

claire1605 2015-12-27 12:12

Nice game! Liked the Go Fast mode in particular - definitely a great variation on the classic Spore/Feeding Frenzy style gameplay. Graphics and music were also great!

munchor 2015-12-27 14:38

Love the zooming mechanic, great great work for 3 days!

ithildin 2015-12-27 15:37

Great entry! The music helps keeping a fast pace, graphics are minimal but clear (I really liked the zoom-out effect) and gameplay is simple but effective, polished and addicting! :D

piper82 2015-12-28 10:43

had a great fun with a friend. excellent theme and decent polish. did you know you can continue playing after game over screen? good job.

thebrickanator 2015-12-28 19:46

Pretty awesome game :D twas very hard yet still satisfying and I loved the style along with the zoom effect :)

shurty 2015-12-29 12:29

Nice job, really like the way everything is getting smaller and smaller. Congrats

lawendt 2015-12-29 19:35

Really amazing, quite frantic, great audio and graphics too. Keep up with the awesome work!

qkerguelen 2015-12-31 11:47

This is really impressive for a jam game! Multiplayer, two modes, a cool music, nice graphics! GG! It was fun to play!

franklins-ghost 2016-01-02 12:14

This is fun and nice and polished. The zooming out effect worked really well and added to the feeling of growing. Thought it was a great use of the theme.

xanjos 2016-01-02 14:18

Pretty fun concept, great use of the theme plus brilliant soundtrack. Also GoFast mode is insanely addictive (My best was around 56).

pantoufle 2016-01-03 16:30

I like the idea and the realization is polished and well made. I get how the game can be enjoyed, but I personally found it a bit aggressive. It might be the music, or SFX, or overall pace of the game. I don't know.
Anyway, that's great work here, Congrats!
I rated you quite well, even if it's not the type of games I enjoy :-)

otiose-ent 2016-01-04 17:23

You got the zooming out done very well... I actually wanted to make something with zooming out too, but it turned out to not fit my expectations. Anyways, Overall a cool and finished game!