Sprace

by vaincil
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.44
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.26
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.37
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
You are a spermatozoon/sperm/spermatozoa. You want to be the only one in the race. Touch them all to kill them all.

Protip: Play in Chrome rather than Firefox (sorry, poor performance under the latter).

>>> Homepage for the game http://xi.gd/ld23/niavlys/ <<<
>>> Check out 4 other games made for LD23 by #define true false! http://xi.gd/ld23/ <<<

N.B: It's unfinished, buggy, and definitely not... polished. Probably better than I thought it would be, though.

N.B.2: It was made using only HTML5 <canvas> and <audio> elements, and several hundred lines of JavaScript. I used the jQuery library, and GIMP for creating sprites and backgrounds. The 'plop' was recorded using my mouth, and a Zoom H2 recorder. I tried to add some music and more sound (using a beautiful Gretsch guitar), but I wasn't able to finish this in time.

Edit 2012.04.27: I added a Start/Restart button and (very) simple instructions. I hope this kind of change is accepted after the 48 hours. I promise I did not change anything except that. If anyone has a problem with that, I can revert to the previous version, but the game in itself is exactly the same.

Edit 2012.04.29: Fixed preloading of images (somehow) and game launch (with the Right key rather than click on button), I consider these as bugfixes.

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Comments17

Evgis23 Apr 2012, 13:11
hahah, fun idea. You should have added a menu, though, and a replay button.
Niavlysauthor23 Apr 2012, 15:25
@Evgis:
Thanks for your feedback! Yes, I ran out of time... I wonder if I'm allowed to add a very basic menu screen (pressing a key from this screen starts the game, dying brings the player back to this screen).
gnx27 Apr 2012, 00:20
Graphics aren't bad. The gameplay however isn't very fun and well you know, it is unfinished :)
Cake&Code28 Apr 2012, 23:00
Could have been more fun but the idea and core mechanics are there! I wish there were power-ups or different kinds of enemies to keep the gameplay interesting or, as you suggested, a menu that display distance gone and such when you lose. Hope you finish it up!
someone
someone28 Apr 2012, 23:25
Interesting idea. I died a few times initially due to having to move from the mouse to the keyboard. The start button should really be a key.
Suese
Suese29 Apr 2012, 00:13
Hilarious. Needed a little something extra and definitely needed some music, a better font choice, and a slightly better presentation. Otherwise this was fun and funny and bang on theme.

Thanks for this.
Fireblend
Fireblend29 Apr 2012, 00:58
Fun, although I had some trouble getting it to work at first. A few refreshes later it was working just fine though! I liked the concept, although I think it could've used a bit more of variety throughout the game. Good job!
AD-Edge
AD-Edge29 Apr 2012, 06:54
Interesting idea! I like the little popping sounds they make. This is definitely a game which works because its kept simple.
namuol
namuol30 Apr 2012, 01:02
I'm happy to see so many HTML5 entries.

Is it bad that I like how your goal isn't to reach the egg, but to stop everyone else from reaching it?
speciesUnknown30 Apr 2012, 14:41
Amusing idea, and nice simple gameplay, but it gets tedious fast. Also, a couple of times, a sperm started with its head already at the right edge of the screen.
angrygeometry
angrygeometry2 May 2012, 20:44
the graphics were okay, controls felt really heavy and clunky though. but as you said, it's unfinished.
Shifty3 May 2012, 18:20
funny but hard, really hard :)
PIXEL^33 May 2012, 20:53
It was pretty fun, except I found the physics a little jarring and the constant popping sounds when you failed were annoying. Otherwise, fairly good for fourty-eight hours!
castor7 May 2012, 21:42
Really simple and cool. Sperm ahoy!
Pierrec9 May 2012, 10:50
Pretty good idea, fits well to the theme. too bad it is a bit hard to play, but I enjoyed it anyway!
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands9 May 2012, 19:13
Cool idea and fits the theme, but the controls were pretty bad. It could have used a bit polishing.

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