Ludum Dare #24compo
Biotic
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aeonofdiscord26 Aug 2012, 20:43
It's possible to lose, if you leave it for long enough.
YSelf Tool26 Aug 2012, 21:36
Strange, but full points for topic.
Senekis27 Aug 2012, 07:34
Ok, that was weird.
Translation: Five innovation stars. >_>
Translation: Five innovation stars. >_>
hgcummings27 Aug 2012, 20:47
Five stars for mood. Lovely graphics and complementary audio. I managed to 'win' by getting the green critters to kill all of the red ones on the screen, and having a group camping out in each corner to eat newcomers (it's easy enough to split up the group by placing food in opposite directions.)
Maybe the lack of win/lose condition makes it more of a toy than a game? Still a great start for a game though: Arcade-style games are usually a fun toy plus some kind of challenge.
Maybe the lack of win/lose condition makes it more of a toy than a game? Still a great start for a game though: Arcade-style games are usually a fun toy plus some kind of challenge.
kyyrma27 Aug 2012, 20:49
It's not much of a game, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it either. Kind of mesmerizing.
SiENcE28 Aug 2012, 11:41
Beautiful strange :)!
SiENcE28 Aug 2012, 11:45
Try to port this to Love-Webplayer! Meet the love forum...there is a thread about it.
SiENcE28 Aug 2012, 12:00
For you :) i ported your game to love-webplayer. Just put it onto a webserver.
http://sience.schattenkind.net/test/Biotic_webplayer.zip
If you like it, rate my game too :) THX
http://sience.schattenkind.net/test/Biotic_webplayer.zip
If you like it, rate my game too :) THX
Zed28 Aug 2012, 12:11
I held the mouse button down until the game crashed. Kinda like an interactive screensaver, and a bit like Electroplankton. Pretty cool.
aeonofdiscord28 Aug 2012, 15:00
@SiENcE Oh, cool, thanks! Not heard about the webplayer before. I'll throw it up on my site this evening.
aeonofdiscord28 Aug 2012, 15:02
@Zed Cheers! Sorry it crashed on you. :/ I'll poke around and see if I can figure it out.

infernet8929 Aug 2012, 14:27
This is a pretty simulation.. need a way to use as gameplay and a goal.
It crashes when i closed it, by the way.
It crashes when i closed it, by the way.
tastive29 Aug 2012, 14:29
Gorgeous. Needs some atmospheric audio and maybe a goal. :)

Spaceoff29 Aug 2012, 14:33
Very interesting... game. It's fun to mess around with it for a fair while before you realise there is no real goal.
Graphically appealing too, and the music is okay (except that it ended abruptly, for me at least).
Graphically appealing too, and the music is okay (except that it ended abruptly, for me at least).

Maple29 Aug 2012, 14:35
An interesting entry. It's a shame there wasn't a whole lot of variation.

DustyStylus29 Aug 2012, 15:07
I like this! I took the entities to be self-replicating compounds (I think? ... hmn, need to re-read "The Selfish Gene"). Music was nice, could've been looped?

sPe30 Aug 2012, 21:54
I like the way of interaction but some kind of goal or challenge would've been.. motivating :) And seems that the game gets more sluggish with time.

Ragzouken2 Sep 2012, 10:31
Very pretty!
aeonofdiscord2 Sep 2012, 17:20
@DustyStylus: The music should be continuous, but there's a bug that causes it to stop sometimes.

csanyk17 Sep 2012, 02:17
I'm not sure, but I think I may have played a game:)
The art style blows me away, it's fantastic. The motion is good too. I didn't quite know what I was doing, or supposed to be doing. But I grew and I ate a lot of red things. And then I got bored. If there was some kind of goal it could be great. As it is what you have here is not bad in any way, and has lots of potential.
The art style blows me away, it's fantastic. The motion is good too. I didn't quite know what I was doing, or supposed to be doing. But I grew and I ate a lot of red things. And then I got bored. If there was some kind of goal it could be great. As it is what you have here is not bad in any way, and has lots of potential.



Is there any way to win or lose?