van Leeuwenhoek

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.27
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.45
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe and describe single-celled organisms.

Developed and tested in Chrome.

If you try to run index.html in Firefox, or without extracting all of the resources, you will see a black screen.

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Comments21

Hume
Hume23 Apr 2012, 22:54
You built a game with science in it!

I enjoyed this. I would have enjoyed so much more of it!
Skully
Skully23 Apr 2012, 22:57
wouldn't consider it a game as such, but certainly a very good looking application, was really mesmerised and immersed by it.
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands25 Apr 2012, 17:16
Downloaded the windows version but can't get it to run, html file shows black blank page.
Proch
Proch25 Apr 2012, 19:31
i really really liked it! i don't know why... but i liked it :D
Super Soul26 Apr 2012, 16:06
Great presentation and mood. I just wish it was longer.
Morgawr
Morgawr26 Apr 2012, 16:17
Tried the linux version... I open the index.html using Firefox (Aurora) and it just plays the arpeggio.wav without showing anything. Why didn't you just upload it to a public folder on dropbox or something?
invaderJim
invaderJim27 Apr 2012, 02:10
You blinded me with science.
RHY3756547
RHY375654728 Apr 2012, 20:41
Pretty cool, but there's not much content! I would have loved something with more of a story or whatever. :)
emongev
emongev29 Apr 2012, 20:58
Looooved the microscope gameplay mechanic, and the visual effect it had. I agree that this isnt a game, but i would love if it was, it has a great idea you could exploit as the microscope mechanic. =)
summaky
summaky30 Apr 2012, 06:21
Can't play on Firefox. I extracted all the resources and are in the same folder, but all I see is a black screen.
DainVadda1 May 2012, 12:21
What a lovely little game! Maybe you should use other controls for the focus. Some Notebooks do not have the Page Up/Down keys. Other than that: great! :D
schizofunky2 May 2012, 12:40
I tried on windows and mac and both just left me on a blank screen :(
Dan C3 May 2012, 14:15
It's daft to make a browser game and then force players to download a zip file to play it. If you'd just dumped the files on Dropbox without zipping them up, you could have just linked to the index.html and it would have worked.

Presentation and mood are excellent. There isn't much of a game here but I like it all the same.
ratking
ratking4 May 2012, 18:03
Black screen here, too. (Firefox, Win7) I extracted all the files.
j0n
j0n5 May 2012, 16:02
Pretty neat idea.
Gareth Jenkins7 May 2012, 06:58
Great style, but doesn't lead far enough to really get sunk in. Would also have preferred the controls to rotate the world, not indicate direction for the camera.
Jedi8 May 2012, 02:01
Another black screen with Firefox after extracting all the files :(.
matt
matt10 May 2012, 03:27
Science rules!
Valeour
Valeour12 May 2012, 13:15
Really should be longer, there's a really good concept here.
JellyFame12 May 2012, 13:19
To short otherwise great!
namuol
namuol12 May 2012, 15:52
Love the focus effect -- it's a very elegant technique.

Agreed, not exactly a game per se, but still an enjoyable and unique experience, and certainly fits the theme. Full points for mood, for sure. Nice job.

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