Ludum Dare #10compo

Paramecium

by midwinter

Overall:★★★★★★★★★★2.83(#30)

Fun:★★★★★★★★★★2.17(#35)

Innovation:★★★★★★★★★★3.22(#24)

Theme:★★★★★★★★★★2.33(#41)

Graphics:★★★★★★★★★★3.29(#23)

Audio:★★★★★★★★★★3.00(#23)

Humor:★★★★★★★★★★2.00(#25)

Effort:★★★★★★★★★★3.13(#33)

Journal:★★★★★★★★★★3.11(#28)

Polish:★★★★★★★★★★3.04(#23)

Technical:★★★★★★★★★★2.74(#34)

Paramecium
is a monocellular love story, in which the protagonist (you) must collect food vacuoles in order to replicate. You play on a team versus an a.i. opponent, and the first to collect enough vacuoles to replicate 25 times wins the round. Some of the game’s parameters are randomized at the start of each round, so it’s quite replayable.
Features artsy graphics, intuitive mouse control, and a looping ambient soundtrack.

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Comments19

TenjouUtena

It runs too big on my laptop for me to see it. The idea is kinda cool, but the guy that you let off seem to have little AI.

gimblll

I just didn't find out how to "play" it. Too abstract. And chain reaction?

philhassey

Soothing music.

Deepflame

Way too difficult to win, I tried and tried, but in the end the AI kept winning. :( Funny game in theory, but the lack of winning chance makes it unfun for me. Some difficulty settings would have been nice.

Wiering

I didn't like that the game locked up the mouse pointer inside (especially since the bottom of the game was off screen and I couldn't go up to move the window). Anyway, it looks nice, but the game itself was very easy and repetative.

Sophie Houlden

I liked it, but it wasnt fun... to be more specific, if I could hang up interactive stuff on my wall instead of posters, this would be there, but I wouldnt actively engage in it. but its nice :)

greencow

gooey

mjau

So I'm supposed to float around and eat things to multiply or something? Whatever I'm supposed to do, I'm absolutely horrible at it .. or so I thought, I just played it once more and managed to win somehow (if the purple logo thing means I won). Er, either way I didn't find it particularly fun, sorry.

Hamumu

I read the explanations and IRC discussions, so I had an idea of what was happening... but that still didn't leave me any particular control over the outcome. Not very fun as a result. It controlled nicely, though.

As a a side note, you seem to have resurrected the Anti-Text theme from LD8.5! If only this had taken place on the moon.

Endurion

The idea is something you don't see often.
At the start the window is partially off screen and i can't move it since the mouse is captured inside the window.

The win symbol could be cleared.

SethR

As a game, feels a bit random. Soothing. But I can't stop thinking "vagina" when I play this.

DrPetter

Would have been nice to be able to do more than... eat. I guess. I expected to evolve somehow and be able to spear the red guys and eat them. Managed to win once at least, and the ambient soundtrack is nicely soothing.

NyanNyanKoneko

The one thing I really like about this game is the controls. I like that you have mouse controls. The graphics are also good and the theme itself made me chuckle. :)

Maybe next time, you could make it so that the game doesn't grab the mouse.

chaotikZA

Interesting idea, but not much fun as a game. Looks, sounds and controls are good so points there.

fydo

The big symbol that appears (at the end of the round??) is a little confusing.

I don't like that the game steals my mouse and I can't move the window around, etc.

Also, I didn't really get how it ties into the theme?

negativegeforce

played almost like Flow. Nice effort

SteelGolem

bah, you wussies never heard of the control box? alt-space JEEEEEZ newbs. anyways, the game doesn't really have much to it. good ambience, interesting "characters".. but i played it for like 45sec and there wasn't really any reason to go on. i give points now!

saluk

Did not get it.

sol_hsa

I was doing something, but didn't know what, and then something happened and.. well, it seems like something you should be able to understand, but it's just tad bit strange.

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