Virus Attack

henrik-ganard 2022-10-03 07:57

Great game, fun to boost the different stats of your virus. A would love to see more levels. Thanks for making it.

chuckiee 2022-10-03 09:08

I like roguelike elements and DoS graphics! +1 to would love to see more levels.

mossieur-patate 2022-10-17 13:31

(I am now in a rush to test as many games as possible to help, so please do not mind the cursory reviewing style.)

1. cute graphics! Especially the player character and the binary files 2. Controls are QWERTY-only instead of layout-independent (I have an AZERTY keyboard), BUT arrow keys are enabled. 3. the timer starts right away! :o I think letting it start only after the player begins to move would give him more time to process the level 4. wow, ability selection screen is also MUCH and very stressful to deal with under the timer constraint! Maybe pause the timer while in ability selection mode? 5. I wonder what "restore" does! 6. managed to beat level 1! (**spoiler:** upgrading only speed) 7. oh, but this is the only level! <:o 8. also, I think sounds would have been welcome (but hey, time struck, I guess ;)) 9. just a (random) thought: I am reminded that have a 3D game (from about 2000) called *Virus* where you navigate a ‘spaceship’ of sorts inside folders and must get rid of flying computer viruses

**Takeaway:** a nice cute prototype for what could become a real-time puzzle game! I just wonder whether letting the player have more time to think when selecting abilities would be better; or alternatively, in a fuller version, having a tutorial or some kind of explanations as to how abilities work would help know what to expect beforehand. The context and graphics match well (too bad for no sound!) and set the atmosphere, the roguelite aspect is clever; I will join the chorus and ask for more levels! ;)

Thanks for the charming prototype.

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muzakefron 2022-10-19 20:54

cool game!!! i like the strategic aspect of chosing your abilities every time i think its done well and makes the game fun... great job!!

paul-nadan 2022-10-19 21:03

This was a neat concept! It took a couple tries to figure out the mechanics, but after that it was pretty fun. Is there any way to know what the ability options will be at each node in advance, or do you just have to try all of them? I think this would be really cool with more levels and some audio. Great work!

ha1fbit 2022-10-19 22:10

Neat concept with cute graphics.

Stuff I really liked: * Cute pixel art graphics * Movement felt good, I never got stuck on a corner * Simple but straight-forward instructions * The variety in abilities often with trade-offs in the ability selection screen

I do feel a few small improvements would go a long way in making the game feel better to play, some of which @mossieur-patate has already mentioned: * Wait to start the 10 second level timer until the player starts moving * Make it more clear what some abilities do (e.g. the read-only ability, I guess what it did correctly but wasn't sure and was worried my gamble would result in a loss) * Make the ability section not purely random. I got two options exactly the same where neither would've let me beat the level or even get to the next data item (both were strength up, speed down) * More levels like everyone else has said :smile:

justking144 2022-10-19 22:38

Cute game

The power-up mechanic is cool, but the player starts off too slow at the beginning and that feels a bit frustrating

knatt 2022-10-19 23:13

Nice entry! I'd like to see more done with it!

mikouaji 2022-10-19 23:23

Plays well, nice graphics, but needs more levels :)

darzu 2022-10-20 02:13

I like the roguelite, multi-life progression! Took me a bit to learn what things were doing, and I'm still confused about Restore, but very neat concept! Would love to see more levels!

manchmalscott 2022-10-20 03:28

A good concept, if a little hard to understand initially. Would love to see this expanded with more levels after the jam!