Gene Thief by Galan 2016-04-20T21:13:00
Quite fun to play. The actual shifting of shapes may have come a bit short, but overall very solid entry!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Marc F.
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Project Catslevania | jam | 858 | 2.91 | 2.81 | 2.51 | 3.38 | 3.10 | 3.41 | 2.76 | 2.90 | 79 |
Quite fun to play. The actual shifting of shapes may have come a bit short, but overall very solid entry!
Not bad, needs some polishing but the concept is neat. Develop this a little further and it'll turn into a very fun game. Solid entry!
Very fun game. The wording of "Jump" is a bit unfortunate, but made sense once a little time was invested. Cute BG music, neat graphics, fun game play, solid entry!
Cute and fun game with a neat interpretation of the theme. Solid enjoyable entry!
Funny dialog, good job on the shapeshifting aspect. Well done!
More actual levels and some polishing, but the level editor is great!
Sweet little puzzler - like the needing to take form of your next enemy concept, much like in our own submission. Fun to play, solid entry!
Post-jam version was still quite laggy, but cool take on an old classic. Shapeshifting aspect is present, though somewhat weak maybe. Over all quite fun tho, graphics and music are also good.
Great idea, keep working on this!
Agree with previous posters - awesome soundtrack, fun to play, interesting interpretation of shapeshifting.
Pretty cool game, very fun to play. Especially like the healing and shield form. Only thing I'd ask for is a way to choose exactly what form to shapeshift into as it takes a while to cycle through all forms. But overall very good, graphics and sound, as well.
Solid entry, but needs some polishing
Neat idea, excellent execution, very fun to play. Solid entry!
Needs some polishing but I like the interpretation of the theme. And who doesn't like a decent tetris version!
Decent, graphics could be a little clearer and a light BG theme would suit the game, but over all fun and not bad!
Actually really liked it. Seems simple on the surface, but thematizes on the "shapeshifting" nature of disease and how to deal with that (I think, anyways). Really liked the music, too!
Really cool way to include a small story with the theme! Mechanics aren't new but proven to be fun, and you add new obstacles fast enough to keep players interested for some time. Could use some sound or better graphics, but all around a solid entry!
Needs to be polished a bit but the graphics were so ridiculous they actually fit the game. Audio was nice, but you could work on the design and difficulty ramping maybe.
Agree with previous commenter. There's a glimpse of what it could be, but certainly needs more work - not much to go on here.
Neat interpretation of the theme, and fun to play
Fun to play, nice SFX, but got stuck on ground often and controls felt a tad wishy washy. Needs polishing, but other than that solid entry.
Well-known but proven to be fun concept. Shapeshifting aspect might've come a bit short (it's really just color changing), but the execution is well done, and fun to play. Interesting music, too =)
Cool idea, fun, neat graphics and sound. Theme came a bit short though
Neat graphics and game design, interesting interpretation of the theme, and fun to play. Solid entry!
Agree with previous posters - graphics look good, a bit difficult but still fun, music gets a tad monotone
Fun to explore, solid entry!
Nice to see some multiplayer, tho a single player mode would be nice. Very fun to play, decent graphics, solid entry!
Neat game design, solid entry!
Really fun concept but the opponent (the blue guy) doesn't seem to be doing anything. Is the controller mandatory to play the blue character?
Very, I like the sound effects, tho the volume is quite high on them. Fun to play!
I actually liked this entry quite a bit. It's simple, but the concept works. Fun to play, graphics are a bit simple but oh well. My only wish would be to have the square and sphere be different colors as well
Agree with previous posters - pretty good, neat sound effects, but all over a little dark
Nice, I Like =)
Sweet, like the concept and how you incorporated the theme. Neat music, too
Neat game, cool mechanics, fun to play. Like the humor. Also, thanks for making the full list of words available - fights were sometimes rather slow when guessing many words that are not in the dictionary
Fun little game, not very long but good as it is. Like the interpretation of the theme. Solid entry!
Interesting but takes too long to get through. A little more guidance, and some sound maybe, but overall decent.
Pretty funny game, didn't get too much of the shapeshifting theme though. Still very fun!
Definitely has potential, you should keep working on it! Like the graphics and general direction of it tho.
The art is cute, the game is somewhat slow (but not too slow) and needs a bit of polishing (the boss got stuck on a tree and was rather easy to take down) but overall fun! Didn't quite see how the shape shifting affected the game tho.
Hey all, thanks for the feedback. Since the HTML version is giving some people trouble by running too slow, I uploaded a version for windows. Hope that one is working better, because you should definitely most certainly be able to get past the first pit of spikes or open the door as the purple guy.
For anyone who was wondering:
* You can technically skip the first rhino-like enemy
* The door can be opened by shooting the round switch on it as the purple guy
* As the jumping headless thing, you *should* be able to wall jump and get to the top
* Ad the bomb you simply need to touch the round stick coming out of the ceiling in the top right room. That should transform you back into cat form and place you into the boss room
* To beat the boss, simply hit one of the projectiles. It will turn around and chase the boss until it hits him. The game is over at that point
Hope this helps anyone who was confused. Thanks everyone for your feedback - we appreciate it greatly!
Solid entry! Fun to play
That was interesting! Very fun, nice graphics and audio, cool take on the theme. Solid entry all around!
Needs polishing but solid fun entry!
Very nice, fun to play, cute graphics and audio. Solid entry!
Like the pixel style graphics. Simple but fun game! Solid entry.
Nice, fun to play!
Cool concept, but the implementation needs work. Music is suiting, and neat way to incorporate the theme. Looking forward to some bugfixes and improvements!
Decent for a first game, needs some work tho. Love that hit sound
Neat graphics, nice incorporation of the theme, and fun to play. Solid entry!
Very abstract... didn't really get the point but I do also like the pixelated look and general feel
Cool menu, nice audio, could use clearer game mechanics. Nice job, though
Very good! Tough, but fun to play
Agree with previous posters - quite fun despite slightly tricky controls. Shapeshifting aspects seems to have fallen a little short but overall a fun game to play.