Ludum Dare #14compo

Grey Goo

by tims_archived

Overall:★★★★★★★★★★3.50(#31)

Fun:★★★★★★★★★★3.65(#19)

Innovation:★★★★★★★★★★3.65(#23)

Theme:★★★★★★★★★★3.12(#82)

Graphics:★★★★★★★★★★3.24(#62)

Audio:★★★★★★★★★★1.67(#80)

Humor:★★★★★★★★★★3.11(#39)

Food:★★★★★★★★★★2.80(#26)

Journal:★★★★★★★★★★3.36(#46)

Polish:★★★★★★★★★★3.12(#57)

Technical:★★★★★★★★★★3.27(#30)

Here’s the final version of my attempt at a 48 hour game - Grey Goo!

Link to File

It’s my first successful (ish) Ludum Dare! Yaaaaaaaay!

edit: updated file to fix framerate issues (before the deadline!)

edit: Yes I know it isn’t very WALL-y… and yes, the nano virus scores incorrectly… sorry about that.

edit: also… 3100? Come on… you can do better…

edit: There is no win condition… but it’s possible to play indefinitely and score bazillions of points. pkeod did it!

-Tim

Comments12

badlydrawnrod

Nice idea. Tense waiting for the money to build up. New Zealand and Tierra del Fuego became very attractive places. Liked the art style.

Covenant

Interesting idea... Only problem is that I didn't had enough to do while I waited on cash to build up, really...

agj

There is a sense of inevitability to it.

Tenoch

Nice programmer art. But I don't really see the connection to the theme. This goo is not really wally...

SethR

7206!

flashkick

Great game! Took a few tries before I was able to wall the goo in with the towers.

Entar

Fun game and idea, pretty tough. I'm not sure if it needs difficulty tweaking or if I just need to try different strategies. Good job :)

Endurion

Everytime i start it up it changes my display mode but still centers the window as if the desktop resolution was active. Does it correct after Alt-Tabbing though.

5parrowhawk

Fascinating. I really like this. 5 for fun, except I can't seem to win! My best score was only 3100...

Edit: Hmm, it seems like if you're playing for score, the best way to go is to just bomb everything at the start. Shouldn't big goo be worth more? Also, the nanovirus doesn't seem to be scoring properly.

scionkiller

Good fun, enough that I tried it several times.

muku

Nice and tense, good theme. In the end I found it frustrating because I spent most time just waiting for money to roll in, but I'm probably just bad at it. Is it possible to win? Best score 5052 on second attempt.

pkeod

It's fun! :)