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Journey to the center of the body

By sanjana, averageoutlier, gowri and gabrielle-caporusso

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD46Ever
Overall18523.225028.541.9
Fun16743.105035.145.4
Innovation22492.675011.021.0
Theme20143.214920.735.1
Graphics16493.295032.644.5
Mood18672.994924.134.3

Comments

jasonsumm1 2020-04-20 22:22 ♥ 1

nice! on theme, I like it. cute characters :D

thetego 2020-04-20 22:26 ♥ 1

There are some inevitable deaths! but it's literally funny

prism 2020-04-20 22:30 ♥ 1

I enjoyed traveling down the body, the one issue I had was that you needed to hold the arrow when you were against the wall to leave it.

mneubrand 2020-04-20 22:33 ♥ 1

Nicely done. Feels like sometimes in a narrow area there's no way to avoid the enzymes. Really enjoyed the graphics of this one

workshopcraft 2020-04-20 22:34 ♥ 1

This was a lot of fun, the art style fit well with the game, the only thing I noticed was you could still move when you ran out of health and the download link lists windows but is actually a web based game so could probably be run on any platform.

ul0n 2020-04-20 22:41 ♥ 1

nice game, i want it on my phone 😄

kr4sh3 2020-04-21 00:31 ♥ 1

Fun little game! Some sound effects for killing enemies and getting hit would really improve the feel of it.

wikers 2020-04-21 17:04 ♥ 1

it't a nice game xD, but feels like the other thing going up no your down, and if i mute the sound, the game over sound stile play

sanjana 2020-04-21 17:21 ♥ 0

@wikers yeah there are a few glitches with muting the sound but I did not have time to fix it.

Thanks for taking the time to play and comment!

pillitoka 2020-04-21 17:28 ♥ 1

Relaxing music. Liked the little characters. Would be nice to have health pickups once in a while. Want to keep playing longer.

sanjana 2020-04-21 17:32 ♥ 0

@pillitoka I had them ready but I did not have time to add it to the game :/

Thanks for taking the time to play nd share your thoughts!

sanjana 2020-04-21 17:39 ♥ 0

@kr4sh3 Thanks for the suggestion!

nithman 2020-04-21 18:26 ♥ 1

Great game, would love it to use the sword that the player carrys to attack the enemies(mabye like special sword swing ability with a cool down timer). Cute graphics and nice music too. Overall fun game, fits the theme well.

darottio 2020-04-21 23:37 ♥ 1

This game got a chuckle out of me since I recently got a case of staph infection earlier this year. The only feedback I have is that I like the menu music more than the actually game music but thats just personal preference. Well done overall!

sanjana 2020-04-21 23:40 ♥ 0

@nithman Thanks for the suggestion!

zerohbeat 2020-04-21 23:40 ♥ 1

Very funny to see the pizza and other food in the stomach! Would have been nice if the player was a bit animated from time to time (not just when dying). Also sometimes, I thought that the collision detection was a bit unfair. I really liked the game. Thanks for the experience.

danielcmcg 2020-04-21 23:49 ♥ 1

Good idea of being swallowed into the body. Nice graphics, however took me some time to control it correctly.

sanjana 2020-04-21 23:50 ♥ 1

@zerohbeat Thanks for your review. I'll definitely look into those two.

zerion 2020-04-22 04:27 ♥ 1

Really like it, and our character is sooo cute :p

daveroony 2020-04-22 04:32 ♥ 1

Great feeling game and lovely aesthetic, i would have loved a mechanic that makes you want to kill bacteria more than just score. Some danger and suspense.

laurari 2020-04-22 12:53 ♥ 1

Simple game, but I think it fits the idea perfectly!! Why do you lose 2 lives every time you touch an enzyme? It is kind of weird that nothing else takes 1 live out (or at least I haven't seen it xD)

pilarius 2020-04-22 17:42 ♥ 3

Simple but fun game. However swallowing pizza and donuts as a whole does not seem healthy 😁

adonisdevs 2020-04-23 00:03 ♥ 1

I really liked this! It actually felt like an adventure. I recommend adding a way to heal health, and also spawn enemies instead of moving them to the bottom :P But I made it to level 8, good game!

sanjana 2020-04-23 00:35 ♥ 0

@adonisdevs Thanks for the recommendations! Could you elaborate on what you mean by spawning enemies?

ponypen 2020-04-23 01:21 ♥ 1

Cool game, I like that it's simple and clean, runs really nicely. I'm glad the pizza in the stomach wasn't all chewed up and nasty hahaha!

alphazeba 2020-04-23 02:02 ♥ 1

This plays very smooth! Also I like your music choice? or did you make that?

sanjana 2020-04-23 17:14 ♥ 0

@alphazeba The music was made by Patrick de Arteaga and it is free to use with attribution

alphazeba 2020-04-23 17:49 ♥ 1

@sanjana sweet, ill have to check it out it was good

legavroche 2020-04-25 16:44 ♥ 1

This was a really good concept. I liked seeing the depiction of the clogged arteries with the junk food. Some things I wanted to see in gameplay though were to have each enemy maybe move or even attack differently. You have a lot of different designs for enemies which is awesome, but in the current state, I feel like I've seen all the game has to offer around level 1 or 2 since there's no change in gameplay. Maybe you can add like an enemy that shoots a slow projectile, or maybe an enemy with a shield of some sort to add more variety. All in all, I think you have the foundations for something really fun, and I hope you choose to expand upon it further!

sanjana 2020-04-25 22:29 ♥ 0

@legavroche I've been working on adding power ups and boosts for the pill, and changing the enzymes into different enemies for each level I did not have time to finish them for the jam but I will be releasing all these features and more in the commercial version soon.

Thanks for your suggestions!

connorses 2020-04-26 02:42 ♥ 1

I think the scope is really important, this was a good jam game premise because it wasn't overly complicated. Character moves with arrow keys, other stuff moves north. Your art was great. The junk food in the artery is a nice touch. Super cool to see someone still working on a project after the jam.

philstrahl 2020-04-27 03:46 ♥ 1

I think that it's wonderful that you participated in Ludum Dare and brought your perspective as biologists to the table and I hope it won't be the last game you develop! I was a little bit confused at first because I was more inclined to pick up the yellow half-circles because they had such cute faces! If you're curious how things went for me, here's the video with my playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2FekepgpMs

sypdev 2020-04-27 16:35 ♥ 1

Great game! I liked the character, was a bit hard controlling him with mouse but I get that its for the mobile :) Good job!

slimbun 2020-04-28 07:06 ♥ 1

Very cool game. I had a lot of fun playing this game. The art is nice and neat.

sanjana 2020-04-29 20:19 ♥ 0

@sypdev it works better when using the arrow keys while playing on a PC

sanjana 2020-04-29 20:19 ♥ 1

@philstrahl Thank you for playing my game!

gameovermexico 2020-05-01 15:48 ♥ 0

The graphics are very good but the sound is a little loud but still enjoyed, good job!!!