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Under and Above

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Theme8692.83
Mood8752.61
Innovation9562.47
Fun9672.54
Overall10172.69

Comments

brinkhousegames 2016-04-18 04:05

Nice, but the fact that you can be killed by your own bullets is a little frustrating. :)

jcmonkey 2016-04-18 04:05

The game glitched out on me, and all i could see was the numbers from my scroll wheel. :(

mf1214 2016-04-18 04:09

Nice game! Loved the background tune.

ViliX 2016-04-18 04:09

A bit more polishing would be useful. Nice entry though.

atollett100 2016-04-18 04:15

The different forms are very similar in function. would be cool if they behaved differently. would also be cool if the AI didn't keep disappearing from firing too many shots

murraya2 2016-04-18 04:15

Interesting concept. I liked the aesthetic, but some of the sprites could use a little work. Doesn't appear to be much to do in this version, however.

brice 2016-04-18 04:19

Took me a while to figure out that the number meant bullets + health

Would have loved to see some more gameplay around the different forms

Nice job!

quexd 2016-04-18 04:22

Player disappeared.

diewithdustin 2016-04-18 04:23

Love the tunes

talgautb 2016-04-18 04:23

nice ;)

sirtetris 2016-04-18 04:25

Is there an end to this? After a few tries I found a 'stay at the borders, dodge, eat' strategy to be very easy ... went over 200 and then lost motivation to continue. ^_^

hunttis 2016-04-18 04:26

Interesting. Dying is a bit too easy, and I think the game would've benefited from a bit more zoomed out view. Enemies often came as a complete surprise for me :)

torcado194 2016-04-18 04:31

neat mechanic, was kinda lost on the goal of the game. and the mechanic were shooting makes you lose 'life' s interesting.
nice job though!

nicotuason 2016-04-18 04:32

Fun to play! Cool concept and I like the design of the creatures. I also like the mouse-only controls, it makes moving and shooting very convenient.

Exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each form was fun! I only wish that when you defeat enemies you can eat them for energy or something. Right now they just disappear, along with all the energy you spent attacking them.

exilegl 2016-04-18 04:34

Really enjoyed grinding up to nearly 100 (bullets? health/bullets?). Didn't take me long to figure out that you could have the advantage of going faster or slower and it's use by shifting.

hyden 2016-04-18 04:40

I really enjoy games like spore/agar.io, so I had a blast with this one. However, when I died the game just kinda stood there.. The player disappeared and that's it, not sure if I have to restart the game itself each time I want to play or if this is a bug.

namrog84 2016-04-18 04:42

i like the tune. it'd be need if there was just a little more polish/effect when you pick up item or something

crimson713 2016-04-18 04:43

Nice game! I like that you combined shape-changing and evolving! Took me a while to realize that you die if you run out of bullets.

orukinawa 2016-04-18 06:20

Interesting that your hp and ammo count are combined. Makes for very strategic decisions

fanus07 2016-04-18 08:59

Wow this looks awesome. Working and the graphics and the controls a bit. I suggest the player turning not to be so instant but rather smooth. More visibility would also be good and perhaps a few mission objectives. Makes my think of Star Control II with the added shapeshift fun. Keep this going please.

berserker_chris 2016-04-18 09:29

You got killed by your own bullets.
The Ship Graphics are nice.

drenghel 2016-04-18 11:09

Liked the visuals and music.
Not that innovative ( Oh hi Spore :D) and you die way to quickly :O

Still a bit confused by the "slow tank form" ^^

But still, nice game congratz

aquilon96 2016-04-18 12:26

It was fun but I found it pretty frustrating that I could get killed by my own bullets. Good job though.

dwhiffing 2016-04-18 13:09

It's fun, and like others said, reminds me of spore's cell mode. I think with a bit more polish it could be a great game. Really liked the background music, surprised you didn't allow for audio votes!

solocov 2016-04-18 14:54

Cool idea but needs more polishing... (Dying by your own bullets is quite frustrating)

tharky 2016-04-18 15:19

Cool but feels unpolished :) Music was good.

ryannielson 2016-04-18 16:54

Solid idea, but needs a bit of polish. Reminds me of Spore.

aberdeenphoenix 2016-04-18 21:08

hmmm. This is interesting, but I could never really tell a difference between the forms other than speed and firepower. Still, nice entry.

davidcmcdonald 2016-04-19 01:42

great concept, i found the difficulty spike a bit hard for me but well done none the less. :)

voider 2016-04-19 02:45

Nice game, nice music. Pretty adictive also. Well done!

auroratide 2016-04-19 02:47

Cool game! I found the ultimate strategy: use form 2 to speed to foes, then swap to form 3 for an insta-kill ^.^ My favorite part is how the whole game can be played with just the mouse.

peachtreeoath 2016-04-19 03:47

I can always appreciate growing mechanics.

asixjin 2016-04-19 04:03

Reminds me of an updated agar.io

ghust1995 2016-04-19 04:07

Nice, but kind of hard to figure a goal and as people said it would benefit a lot with different gameplay between shapes

holdmeimscared 2016-04-19 04:34

I died so many times just from trying to fire my weapon. It took me a while to even realize what was happening. One of the forms will kill itself VERY quickly this way and so is almost useless. Didn't seem to recover enough energy to really use the weapons from organic matter.

Still, looks nice, sounds nice. Controls are very smooth, movement is smooth, animation is smooth. There's a lot of good stuff in here. Nice work.

balbinoaylagas 2016-04-19 05:18

the game was very slow. the controls where difficult to maneauver. i quit did not that much fun and it was hard to destroy or hit the bad guys. good work! keep it up!

zgragselus 2016-04-19 05:32

The music is great, you can be killed by your own bullets aarght!

sharrackor 2016-04-19 06:19

Interesting concept, I really liked the graphics and the music is nice and relaxing. Could do with more variety with forms, but a solid entry overall. :)

madmarcel 2016-04-19 07:53

Nice little game.

eymrich 2016-04-19 10:32

I like the concept! And the music was nice for the game!
It require polishing, and there are a few glitches, but good idea!

jok 2016-04-19 11:07

Good entry, it was fun, music was nice, cool concept, interesting that bullets/hp was the same resource. Encouraged me to shapeshift!

meganukebmp 2016-04-19 11:41

Pretty interesting concept indeed. Agar.io-esque gameplay with shooting. Multiplayer would be awesome on this.

remdiky 2016-04-19 11:45

in general, I liked it, but the gameplay is outdated, it is necessary to modify.

goost 2016-04-19 12:05

I especially like that life and bullets are the same ressource, cool!

fumiko 2016-04-19 13:03

You really have to beware that you dont spam bullets or you will starve to death; Liked the soundtrack and character designs

jollyserpent 2016-04-19 13:21

Combining HP and ammo is a great idea that adds some depth.

meek 2016-04-19 13:40

Very cool! Especially like the music

adipson 2016-04-19 14:10

Interesting.

mountainstorm 2016-04-19 16:43

Nice to see a different type of game

seizethedia 2016-04-19 19:54

Reminds me of the early stage in Spore, but I kept wanting to eat the enemies Agar.io style. Right now there's not enough there to hold my interest. Really liked the music.

banana-hammers 2016-04-19 19:59

The game seems interesting.
I find the controls to be a bit hard to use, I think WASD would have been better for movement, and something else to replace the scroll.
And ya, it took me a while to figure out why I was losing (cuz of bullets).

Cheers
- Morco (Banana Hammers team)

aeai 2016-04-19 22:01

I killed myself 3 times before i realized i use my health as bullets:) I liked the music:)

muel 2016-04-20 01:13

Nice approach on the theme.

Some explanation on the forms would be nice, but I kinda figured it all playing.

Good job =)

nextreality 2016-04-20 03:55

I like the concept, and the graphics are ok, but the particle effects junkie in me wished there could be more FX involved in terms of when you ate something or shot at the enemies. Good experience overall though!

avinashd 2016-04-20 06:00

Could definitely use a bit more polish. The shapes didn't have much difference, so I found myself sticking with just one that moved fast. Generally plays well and accomplishes its goals :)

powerspark 2016-04-20 07:17

Cool music :D

gogo199432 2016-04-20 08:25

Interesting game, took me a while to figure out why I die constantly when I'm shooting... :D I never figured out the reason to change forms however

khanatos 2016-04-20 10:57

Nice "flow ps3" styled game!

ducktieteam 2016-04-20 13:09

Nice game, but seems aimless(need main objective). Also not quite clear, how many bullets you need to kill enemy(healthbars would be useful). But overall, it's a good game. Also, after death, you need game over screen or something.

apantaloni 2016-04-20 13:46

A little rough. I think you definitely shouldn't be killed by your own bullets (it happens sometimes). I like the growing mechanic. A good starting point if developed more.

ekkiiiii 2016-04-20 15:08

After the splash screen, nothing happened in Chrome (both embedded player and external window). It worked in Firefox, though.

It is a fun game! The border of the level is a little hard to see.

pov 2016-04-20 15:14

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dyn 2016-04-20 19:39

Not sure I get the idea right, but still interesting idea.

dallengd 2016-04-20 22:25

Nice game with a good mood going. Might need a bit more feedback on the bullets killing you, it took me some time to understand what's going on.

tchai 2016-04-21 00:41

The concept is interesting. I liked the music and think the game fun.

Nice job!

casualcat 2016-04-21 07:15

Pretty good visuals, could use a little polish, good music.

diebackstudios 2016-04-21 07:56

Very agar.io stylish gameplay dunno what happened i collided with something with some form and my player disappeared didnt say restart or anything

santiandrade 2016-04-21 18:24

Nice music! The game is a bit confused in the begining, but it's ok.

conorod 2016-04-21 20:49

Cool music, and I liked the graphical style. Often found it hard to avoid shots from off-screen enemies though.

gurkenlabs 2016-04-21 23:12

Took me some time to understand the mechanics but after that it was fun.

tobia88 2016-04-22 07:37

I've no idea how come i can be killed with a tiny shape enemy in 1 hit even i've scaled into a giant monster

fabraz 2016-04-22 14:06

Spore meets SHMUP. Cool ambience thanks to the track!

muraisama 2016-04-22 22:01

Gotta agree with most of the other comments heh
I had fun playing it for a while :)

kairosxiii 2016-04-23 00:06

Interesting game and take on theme. Love to music.

dssiege11 2016-04-23 13:03

It's well made but too difficult for me ^^'

vidsneeze 2016-04-24 07:23

Interesting, the ai has no mercy on a poor growing organic.

dragonzbw 2016-04-24 19:50

Couldn't shapeshift for some reason. Just scrolled down on the page... :/
I would suggest that you don't use the mouse to look around AND move, it makes it a little hard to aim and avoid bullets at the same time. Mouse to look and WASD or arrow keys to move would've been better. It was pretty fun nonetheless

2016-04-25 10:25

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

joemid 2016-04-26 05:25

I lost my battleship! Love the controls- the scroll was a little too sensitive on a trackpad, but moving and shooting was so smooth!

markusfisch 2016-04-26 16:48

Very nice! And good music! The mood's there!

xanjos 2016-04-26 23:25

Pretty fun concept. Has a very Agar.io feel to it.

derr 2016-04-29 08:50

I kept wondering what killed me... I think enemies might spawn directly underneath the player or something.

I think the game would feel and play much better if you gave the player a thrust and slow deceleration. :)

fantasieleben 2016-05-01 18:40

Nice, but controls could feel a bit better.

neilcorre2k6 2016-05-03 11:32

Nice game! :D a little improvement in the graphics would be great :D

aaranos 2016-05-03 21:43

Fun, I like how you can't just randomly shoot, you have to conserve.

csanyk 2016-05-05 04:21

Can't really play this due to the trackpad on my laptop's mouse scroll gesture being way too sensitive to control the shapeshifting. It's not at all clear what's going on in game, I seem to just float around, shooting until I run out of ammo, and then the game ends. If I crash into floating object I pick them up, but can't tell what they do. Enemies crash into me and disappear, or shoot at me until I run out of health... but what am I supposed to be doing? What's my goal?

strike 2016-05-06 10:52

I'm a bit confused by the game mechanics. Not sure if I should actually shoot since it doesn't dot anything good : I lose HP and I cannot eat killed enemies. So it looks like the best I just to randomly roam around and eat stuff. But I see a lot of potential in this entry, the game is already fun and just needs a bit of extra work to be super good.