Geomelution

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.07
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
First ludum dare game.

Short info about game:

It is an top down Shot'Em Up game with upgrades and your goal is to become a circle.

Notes:

There are an boss when you reach lvl 9 just so you know

Keys:

WASD or Arrow Keys - Movements

Left mouse button - Fire

screenshot

Comments36

panzermancer27 Aug 2012, 00:54
That was pretty fun, but really difficult; I could only get up to the septagon level in all my runs. I think it's a bit too easy to die - especially in the later levels. Other than that, this was pretty good. This was the first game I've played from this dare so far, so I can't give a proper verdict, but I can at least say it was somewhat enjoyable. Good job!
SteelRaven7
SteelRaven727 Aug 2012, 09:49
Was pretty fun, pretty difficult. I really liked the "Become a perfect circle" goal, that's pretty funny. Seems like you put a lot of effort into creating the music, I think it might be just a tad over the top though :).
Ragzouken
Ragzouken27 Aug 2012, 10:25
Really liked the music - made the game feel exciting! The game is fun enough, though the experience DNA disappear really quickly.
Rellikiox
Rellikiox27 Aug 2012, 11:10
Really good game. Only got up to heptagon, I think, but it is challenging in a good way, I wanted to come back for more.
ncannasse
ncannasse27 Aug 2012, 11:35
Really fun, tried many times but couldn't beat it. Hard, but not impossible, I feel that with a bit more time I could make it.
bvanschooten27 Aug 2012, 12:04
Nice game, but rather hard. The WSAD keys don't seem to work (I used the arrows).
Leebo8627 Aug 2012, 13:14
Very hard, but fun. Loved the music.
hgcummings27 Aug 2012, 14:46
Great, fun, and pretty challenging games. Graphics and sound were high-quality too.
turnip27 Aug 2012, 15:43
Yep super hard! Couldn't even get past the being a line (trackpads suck *sigh*), but I found it fun nonetheless. Good job
cappelnord
cappelnord27 Aug 2012, 15:49
Surprisingly fun game but as others mentioned: Hard! DNA should stay longer.
Fadobo27 Aug 2012, 16:13
Not the most innovative concept but a great combination of the evolution theme, a two stick shooter and gaming overall. Challenging, fun, one of my favorites so far :)
Edd Morgan27 Aug 2012, 16:50
A cool little Asteroids-like shooter and a cool take on the theme. Pretty hard, but that's okay.

Was the 'Flatland' reference intentional? If so, I love it!
Thurig27 Aug 2012, 17:08
Music fits the game well. Enjoyed it.
Orni
Orni27 Aug 2012, 17:47
very good for a first time
I liked the music as well as the controls and game mechanics

by polishing it a bit more and implementing particle effects and such stuff you could make it even better :D
Maxium
Maxium27 Aug 2012, 20:40
Fun game, audio was great!
kato9
kato927 Aug 2012, 21:10
Great game! Really fun and challenging in a good way!
ChronoDK28 Aug 2012, 07:55
Fun and challenging game. Reminds me of Geometry Wars somehow. Very nice work.
alvivar28 Aug 2012, 08:01
We have similar gameplays :D
DustyStylus
DustyStylus28 Aug 2012, 13:00
Yikes, touch game! Very addictive though and good implementation. Great music as well.
darkshadow
darkshadow28 Aug 2012, 20:54
Sounds like some had been reading flatland. Its a fun shooter, easy to die, but that makes when you do well all the better. It reminds me most (unsurpisingly) of geometry wars, but the upgrade goal of the shape is quite humourous and the powerup features are nice. I liked spining around as the line as you were hard to hit side on (so can't see why he'd want to be a circle anyway, prehaps being a line has the same stygma as in flatlands).
thewiseguy9929 Aug 2012, 03:49
Awesome entry. For the first second I thought it was pong...then holy s#@t. Real nice job! The graphics the slick mechanics, all of it!

Side note, I think saw more DNA on the screen than Paris Hilton's bed sheets under a black lamp.
Pixelulsar
Pixelulsar29 Aug 2012, 16:39
Cool shooter, it was fun, but I only made it up to the pentagon. It would have been cool if the enemies differed by more then just health, because for me they all just shot at me.
CappaGames29 Aug 2012, 17:04
I had fun with this, good game.
Sh1rogane
Sh1roganeauthor29 Aug 2012, 20:50
@Pixelulsar they do a little. when the enemies are pentagons they will shoot where you will be or "predicting shot"(or what to call it) and later the enemies will move away from you and i ran out of time to build better AI :P
darkstarmatryx
darkstarmatryx29 Aug 2012, 22:34
This was so much fun, and very addicting. Loved it, great shoot-em up. Very hard though.
Nile30 Aug 2012, 01:21
This actually was a very difficult game, which was good. Kept me playing it for a while...thought I didn't get very far. At all. Controls/movement is flawless. Interesting theme, overall, great game.
raohmaru
raohmaru30 Aug 2012, 12:44
Really liked this game, good job!
infernet89
infernet8931 Aug 2012, 11:28
Really like the change of geometry on evoution, but reaching the boss is so SO hard ._.
gnx31 Aug 2012, 13:46
Pretty fun game. Feels genuinely retro as in that the controls are crips and the game is very easy to play and understand.

Some enemy variation would've made me play a bit longer.
Upgrades were nice and the xp levels short enough.

I like the music track.
dector
dector31 Aug 2012, 15:20
Very action game. I liked the way to mutate (when some part of dnas fade out :)).
BMacIntosh
BMacIntosh4 Sep 2012, 00:34
I got to the boss! Until then, I wasn't sure if the goal was a troll (hahaha! circles have INFINITE sides!). Excellent game, the music kept me coming back the first few times, and then the gameplay did, too.
BMacIntosh
BMacIntosh4 Sep 2012, 00:41
By the way, there seems to be a bug where if you start a game after dying, it can spawn a high-level enemy as the first spawn.
michax8 Sep 2012, 21:12
Wow, realy nice one. Upgrade system keep me playing! GJ!
Teknik
Teknik9 Sep 2012, 18:06
very hard but fun. good music too. great job!
Benjamin15 Sep 2012, 15:47
Nice ! I played maybe 10-15 games.
My opinion is multi > power > firerate > health > magnet.
The fact that you dont clean board after levelup block the stealth archetype ( health+magnet strategy )

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