A game where cells eat each other to make themselves better and try to pass towers.
If a cell eats a cell at or above its own level, it will use those advanced parts (or whatever) and make itself significantly better.
If a cell eats a cell below its own level, it will only absorb the HP.
UPDATE: (post compo) In 'GUIDELINES' is a document describing all the secrets in the game. Looking at it may ruin the fun of the discovery of all the ways for a cell to evolve, but will also make sure you found them all. Look at it if you want, it isn't an official part of the game.
The post-compo version is slightly better. The changes are as follows: - implemented 'halo' around changing cells ( I had wanted to do this but ran out of time). - prevented an error that occasionally prevents one from getting past wave two of level one. - added support for skipping dialog with <enter>. - added support for visiting past dialog with <backspace>. - fixed some text errors in the dialog. - added 'fastforward' button that will remove the cap on fps and allow the simulation to run faster (if your computer sucks it won't run any faster). - fixed turrets spawning wrong (in the original code I accidently switched the data value for 'kind' with data value for 'wavespawn' making a basic turret that should spawn in wave two spawn as a machinegun turret in wave one). - added the identity of the mysterious static at the end of level five! It's pretty epic. Well, maybe not...
very interesting premise! I enjoyed the colorful dialogue =) It was hard to figure out the rhyme and reason behind what-eating-what in which order. Maybe that could be simplified a bit, at least in the beginning of the game.
I thought the game progressed a little slow on the beginning, but uses the theme very well! I loved the concept.
Also, the tutorial should be skippable, or at least have a way to click to make it faster, because it takes a lot of time in that letter by letter typing.
SUCH funny dialogue during the tutorial :) I really liked the super crisp graphical style. I must admit, the game has a very slow pace, so I found it hard to reply more than a couple times. Good job though
Very nice and innovative concept. I would make a post-compo-version! The following you should improve:
- Breeding gets annoying because pausing and breeding the right cells is sometimes fiddly, e.g. if you clicked on the wrong cell or if you must wait until it hits the door and comes back. - There should be more control to what cells they evolve instead of hoping a useful comes out. But luck should still be part of the breeding.
Perhaps a starting screen where the player chooses how to breed?
![[ Particle Effects. ]](https://pics.ldj.am/cover/-2/-2079925870-20c5feee.webp)
The tutorial is also very well-made