Petri-Dish Survival

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.18
Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.94
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.92
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.24
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.61
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.90
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Find your way to the end of this puzzling game for total victory. Use the arrow keys to avoid getting sent back a level by the paramecium or other nasties. Consume the DNA to be transported to the next level!

I made this game, and my best score is 59 seconds. Can you top that?

(I promise the game is solvable, sometimes you have to outthink rather than outrun...)

Genres: puzzle

Comments28

omaha24 Apr 2012, 04:42
that was pretty hard. some of those enemies jump/drop on you really fast :)
youdonotexist
youdonotexist24 Apr 2012, 04:45
I had trouble on the third level getting past the green amoeba thing (it seemed to be moving incredibly fast).

Interesting environment.
YSelf Tool24 Apr 2012, 20:12
That's _really_ hard.
Darien
Darien24 Apr 2012, 22:04
I like it. The green eyeball-y monster reminds me a lot of "It" from Gauntlet 2. :-)
Nocturne
Nocturne24 Apr 2012, 22:06
Horribly hard. Sorry, but when you can't even get past the first level then something is wrong...
ratboy271324 Apr 2012, 22:08
The screen doesn't scroll fast enough, so you are stuck on the edge hoping nothing is just out of view, and then the moving enemy went super fast.
SusanTheCat
SusanTheCat24 Apr 2012, 22:18
I also got stuck on the third screen
gritfish
gritfish25 Apr 2012, 00:05
The music is okay, but the loud crunching sounds seem more like sound effects, which was confusing. I get what you were trying to do with the enemy follow mechanics, but your camera system let you down. If you could see more of the screen, it'd be easier to tell if that amoeba on the third level was stuck or not.
Also sending players back to the level BEFORE the one they died on? That's just MEAN, dude... Imagine if super meat boy did that.
jeffz25 Apr 2012, 04:59
hard and the sound effects made me cringe.
castor25 Apr 2012, 18:58
Cool game. I think some collisions might be slightly off. Not sure if the scroll speed of the camera was intentional but it made it real difficult. I liked it.
Spotline
Spotline25 Apr 2012, 19:02
This is a hard game.
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands26 Apr 2012, 14:10
Why is the enemy on third stage so fast with no reason? Also you should have made the camera follow the character or just move faster.
Morgawr
Morgawr26 Apr 2012, 14:50
Camera is too slow to pan and can screw you up pretty badly. Enemies are way too predictable and yet difficult to avoid (being their AI basically GO TO PLAYER), graphics are pretty bland but fit the genre. Music is rather non-existant/annoying with sound effects.

Also, why do you make the game start from the previous level if you lose?
daandruff26 Apr 2012, 15:20
The result of getting jumped by an enemy felt a bit hard?
Mrnewt26 Apr 2012, 15:55
Frustrating, but in a good way. You really want to go back and get past the last level.
Pixelulsar
Pixelulsar27 Apr 2012, 20:57
Very hard, I got stuck on the first room. A death animation would be cool, because it was weird that you could still move after the enemy killed you for a little while.
FunkyDelPueblo
FunkyDelPueblo29 Apr 2012, 05:05
Really, really tough. Setting back a level when you get hit was very brutal, too. Very rewarding when you complete levels, though!
Vilborg29 Apr 2012, 23:05
The consequences of death were too harsh. I smiled when I figured out how to win level 3, but level 4 didn't seem like it was actually a level. The player sprite looked like it was programmer art and contrasted with the rest of the game.
Endurion
Endurion2 May 2012, 19:11
Some strange design choices. There is a reason the aemoba on level 3 is so fast (it is because it moved downwards a lot). However setting you back one level is really mean ;)
uberneen
uberneen2 May 2012, 19:15
The music was nice, but I was disappointed to see the puzzle mechanics break down at the end. I didn't think it was excessively difficult, you just have to find the strategy.
Valeour
Valeour4 May 2012, 21:31
Very difficult, the sound was annoying graphics are okay, and it was somewhat enjoyable. Nice entry.
samusetroid6 May 2012, 02:19
The music is awesome! The game is hard. Some sounds are funny. Overall I liked it! Good Job! Come check out my game!
Madball6 May 2012, 07:36
Reading comments... "Third level is hard" *facepalm* Am I the only one who passed it?
Moving 1 level back was annoying. Why should I pass something I already passed?
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)6 May 2012, 11:47
Interesting game idea, but too hard and with an odd camera. I didn't get past level 3. And after three tries i gave up because of the one level back penalty. Was it really necessary?
Dr.Pingu
Dr.Pingu7 May 2012, 14:00
Nice idea and the game mechanism are mastered but really really hard.

However, good work :)
Catman
Catman7 May 2012, 16:32
Cool game, but it is quite hard!
caranha
caranha8 May 2012, 16:32
The music is nice, and I really liked the second puzzle. The third puzzle, with the protein lost in the middle of nowhere, was a bit annoying.

Thanks for the game!

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