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Super Immunizer

By kostasvs and Alkis

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall9693.5956
Fun6433.6156
Innovation8413.4755
Theme4244.0456
Graphics13393.5356
Audio8413.3953
Humor6373.3655
Mood8323.6055

Comments

nek 2020-04-21 13:48

Loved the concept, would prefer if the enemies were bigger and the gun had more feedback but i enjoyed the game overall, great job.

curleysam 2020-04-21 20:41

Very cool environment and characters! I especially liked the purple dudes with long arms 😂 Watching all your team go and devour a whole bunch of bad guys was very satisfying! Maybe the guys could have been a little bigger but it was enjoyable and a lot of fun, good job!

theqiwiboy 2020-04-21 20:51

I really liked shooting the viruses and really liked the art. Good job.

kostasvs 2020-04-22 07:56

@nek @curleysam @theqiwiboy thank you guys, appreciate the feedback! Choosing a right size for the enemies was a tough decision, making them bigger tended to make the game much easier, but I guess a little bigger would have been good.

bastian-bresson 2020-04-22 09:52

Great take on the theme, nice complete game with visuals and sounds. The "enemies" seemed to take a many bullets to kill, and I was unsure what causes "helpers" to spawn. Also, alot of "helpers" spawned, making the game easier over time which feels weird.

rasheed 2020-04-22 09:58

wow man absolutely fantastic really good idea and good game I liked the enemies and the stages are very good and fun good luck;and keep it up

whydoidoit 2020-04-22 10:02

I loved it, looked great, played well and very polished. Perhaps a tweak to up the "adrenaline" a bit would be my only minor comment for improvement?

kostasvs 2020-04-22 10:50

@rasheed @whydoidoit glad you liked it, thanks for playing! @whydoidoit yes it does need some balancing!

@bastian-bresson thanks for the feedback! Enemies die with just one bullet (although I admit they can be hard to hit). Helpers are spawned every 3 or 7 or 15 kills, depending on the type. It's mentioned in the in-game messages. Perhaps you unchecked the "tutorial messages" box before playing?

stuckne1 2020-04-22 12:26

Pretty cool! Seemed a bit easy though, maybe increase the difficulty a tad.

sigo 2020-04-22 12:30

Hard to hit ennemies, but it was fun. I like how helpers catch the microbes.

evert 2020-04-22 12:34

This is a really nice game! I enjoyed playing it for a while :smile: There is actually a ton going on here technically, and everything feels very smooth. I would have liked a little more feedback on the shooting (especially something that makes hitting a target feel a bit more satisfying :P). The faces on the various cells are awesome, and that menu bass beat is really good :sunglasses: (the main game music is good too though! I did notice a slight mismatch when it started repeating). I almost missed the entire second part of the lung until I thought I must have had most of them, but ~300 were still left on the counter.. Oo Overall an awesome game!

kostasvs 2020-04-22 12:43

@stuckne1 @sigo thanks for playing! You are quite correct about your suggestions, I will include them in some later update!

@evert yes, more shoot feetback might be nice, and missing the second lung seems to be a common issue :smile: glad you enjoyed the game!

khud0 2020-04-22 12:45

Wow, it's actually a bit educational! :D I loved the experience, thank you for this entry.

kostasvs 2020-04-22 13:06

@khud0 that's nice to hear, I did some research but I don't guarantee its accuracy :smile: Thanks for playing!

gamescodedogs 2020-04-22 15:10

Thank for the game :) Arey you kidding me? You just gave me a machine gun to fight against viruses and learn a bit more about immune system? How I can not to fell in love with it?) Please make a full game to help people learn more about this extremely actual theme. Wish you the best of luck!

uppitydonkey57 2020-04-22 21:34

Neat game.

verbvirus 2020-04-23 08:06

I really liked the concept of the game and you gave it a tonne personality with the art style too. I felt like I knew what I needed to do but sometimes didn't get enough feedback from the weapon to be sure I was being successful at it. Congrats on the game! Well done!

kostasvs 2020-04-23 14:58

@gamescodedogs @uppitydonkey57 @verbvirus thank you for playing, and for your awesome comments!

sir-syko 2020-04-23 17:25

Very cool game! :smile: And just like in real life, after a while you just let your immune system finish the job :sunglasses: The aiming was a bit difficult (don't know exactly if it was the aiming or the bullet spread) but overall it was ok :smile: Keep on it!

savvu 2020-04-24 09:56

That was an amazing idea haha! I loved playing inside of a body shooting around killing viruses! I am the Super Immunizer!

texz 2020-04-24 13:41

Really epic ! Please update ! Make a complete game ! :)

alkis 2020-04-24 15:24

@savvu @texz @sir-syko Thank you all for playing the game we appreciate the feedback! We will make an update soon!

james-joubert 2020-04-24 18:44

Love the idea! The graphics are good, the audio is great. Although the song did get a little much. (person opinion I guess) Would've loved to have seen a few special abilities you could trigger. :smile:

greendinogames 2020-04-24 18:47

Awesome game! It's pure fun and a very unique idea. Music and sound effects are well chosen for the game. Good job!

proforce 2020-04-24 18:55

Amazing submission! The graphics and ideas were really great, but the only problem is the difficulty was pretty easy, and the bacteria was pretty small. Other than that, amazing work man!

hanna-knop 2020-04-24 19:00

First I didnt want to play the game, because I am kind of fed up at the moment with illness and deseases... but the artwork and all in all the whole game is just awesome! Cute enemies, i didnt even want to kill them at first XD The main character is also just adorable. Somehow I felt dizzy after some time because of the fast movement, but I guess its just because im not used to it ;) Great game!

theceases 2020-04-24 19:16

I loved it, but would make the enemies a bit bigger. I couldn't find the last one, and had to quit the game. It was a lot of fun before that though.❤

weine 2020-04-24 19:35

Wonderful little game, even if a bit simplistic gameplay. I love the little helpers that spawns!

Well done!

kostasvs 2020-04-24 20:50

@greendinogames @weine thanks for playing and for your kind words!

@james-joubert thank you, the guy who made the music put it too much effort! :sweat_smile:

@hanna-knop understandable, the body's interior is a chaotic place :smile:

@theceases weird, the enemies are programmed to die one by one when they become less than 50. Didn't that happen for you? (EDIT sorry, less than 40)

lakrits 2020-04-24 21:04

Very educational, I've learned a lot.

Wish right-click did something, for example zoom in so you can aim better far away. Pressing middle mouse button could have thrown a medicine grenade.

A challenge would have been nice. Shooting the red blood cells could have reduced health a little and split them into two smaller, more dark red blood cells for increased difficulty as a punishment. Shooting those will split them one more time into turn them black ones that no longer split (to reduce <1 FPS scenarios).

The lungs could have sometimes rumbled followed by a cough, causing everything to fly around more quickly a little while (making it easier to hit the red blood cells by mistake).

freso 2020-04-25 04:54

I played on my phone, which actually kind of worked. Nice music, reminded me of a vnv nation song.

kostasvs 2020-04-25 07:35

@freso thanks a lot, these are actually all very good ideas! I'm impressed it worked at all on mobile, it definitely wasn't made for it in mind!

masterkrepta 2020-04-25 15:21

I really like the personality behind the Macrophages. It made me laugh every time they floated past me. I like the fact that you had unlimited ammo, even though it made the game very easy. Maybe a cooldown mechanic would improve that.

alia-zanetsu 2020-04-25 16:14

smooth and nice game, really good entry ! It works very well !

flying-dog-fish 2020-04-25 22:02

A fun game for the pandemic season.

meme-310 2020-04-26 00:19

I loved the idea. Beautiful graphics. easy to learn and play. I liked the gun xD. But I got motion sickness while playing xD

yellow 2020-04-27 02:13

It's really immersive. I seldom play such games, but it interests me! Maybe I can also try this kind of 3D picture. excellent!

kostasvs 2020-04-27 09:56

@masterkrepta glad you enjoyed it, a cooldown might be good but honestly I don't think you get much hits by spraying randomly :)

@meme-310 someone else mentioned motion sickness too, I should look into it :sweat_smile: thanks for your kind words!

@alia-zanetsu @flying-dog-fish @yellow thanks for playing! Glad you liked it!

valhalla 2020-04-28 08:43

Nice graphics ! Macrophages are very fun. Good music too. I enjoyed playing and it's a good game, a bit educational :)

max-louis 2020-04-28 09:17

Loved playing this in my stream the other night! It's a fun game to play with great comedic elements (those faces though ;)). A very interesting concept. Would love to see what features you'd add moving forward! Nice work!

kostasvs 2020-04-28 11:11

@valhalla glad you liked it! Macrophages are indeed my favourite, though there were other characters I didn't have time to implement!

@max-louis thanks for your encouraging words! Would love to watch the stream if you have a link to it!

max-louis 2020-04-28 12:58

@kostasvs I don't think we recorded yours! We have since checked the settings to fix that. It's here anyway: https://twitch.tv/maxlouiscreative

fatpenguin 2020-05-02 11:28

Hey there, nice game! I really like the idea, as I'm a person who can't get enough of the "got turned little and sent into body" narrative, be it in Futurama, the Simpsons, Archer or where ever ^^ It's a shame I couldn't see the commandant more often as I really liked his model :) Aiming was a bit too hard for me as it was kind of "jumpy" as in it reacted too sensitively to the mouse movement or something? Can't tell if thats because I'm a noob at shooters though. I feel like it would be cooler if you'd make the aiming less jumpey, but the germs die at one shoot already :) Also to balance off my noobness, I just kept shooting like a maniac as soon as I realized I can't hurt my own buds ^^ So maybe make the shooting more fair, but also add friendy fire :) I played both levels and liked that you could actually fly? (swim? frankly, I have NO iea what the little things in our bodies do ^^) inside of the lung tubes (preeeetty sure that's not how it's called, but nevermind ^^) where more of those germ fuckers where hidden, that had a nice touch! :)

It would have been great if you'd show some sort of bad thing happening if you take too long to play, I think th germs respawned? But since I was playing I couldn't tell for sure, maybe add a counter, countdown, or make goals for both parties! Like the germs building some sort of "castle" or something (I'm sure there's some sort of anatomic equivalent that could be interpreted as a "fort" in a cute game-like way ^^)

I also feel like it would be great if you could add antibodies in a sort of tower defense fashion :) Story-wise, it would be sweet if you are some sort of protector of the body who commands all the cells, a sort of Lorax of the immune system if you will ^^

I liked that you provided 2 levels, I can imagine that could be really interesting if you added a cancer level, as cancer cells attack your own cells and turn them into baddies, "cell zombies" or something :)

All in all, a cool entry, nice progress for 3 days :) Good job you two!

kostasvs 2020-05-05 07:32

@fatpenguin thanks for your review, it shows that you truly like the idea and we appreciate that!

Aiming could indeed use some tweaking, I added a sensitivity option for this reason but I guess a smoothing curve would also be beneficial.

Friendly fire was considered as a feature, but I was afraid it would often cause "accidents" and frustrate the players rather than make it an enjoyable challenge.

Similarly, I originally intended the bacteria to slowly multiply, but this would require lots of play tests to tweak the rate to the proper difficulty, and we didn't have time for that.

Cancer cells would be a cool idea, we also intended to add virus enemies who would possess cells and cause them to spawn more enemies, then your B-cells and T-cells (important cells of the immune reaction) would track and fight those too. Again, we were short of time and prefered to slash those features in favor of a more polished basic gameplay.

Thanks again for playing, stay awesome! :)