You control a blob that can split itself into smaller blobs traveling across 3 levels. Use your parts as platforms to travel. Try to avoid dangers.
We choosed to develop our game on a minimalist platform (compared to nowadays' technologies). You can download the sources. If you wish to compile, here are the tools: - devkitadv (http://devkitadv.sourceforge.net/), compiler - python, scripts for data conversion. - tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/), level editor - usenti (http://www.coranac.com/projects/usenti/), graphics - audacity, converting sounds to raw 8bit PCM @32.768kHz files The code is (very) dirty as we rushed...
HOW TO LAUNCH THE GAME :
Run the emulator and drag'n drop the .gba file on it (or just use the "File" menu).
Android users : you can download the awesome Tiger GBA : http://www.apps.tigerplay.info/ Linux users : you know how to do it, right? Mac users : sorry, you'll have to find a GameBoyAdvance emulator for yourself.
HOW TO PLAY :
Directional pad : go left or right. A: jump R: split yourself L: regain your previous form Select: retry from last checkpoint (if you get stuck) Start: go back to title screen
Note : you should configure the emulator to bind the keyboard to GBA keypad
And for NERDs, use a Flash card to play on a real GBA !
CREDITS:
Game and Level Design: Ahmed Majdoubi Sound: Swann Menage Visuals: Miryam Houali Code: Marc Gilleron & Alexis Payen de la Garanderie
We're all five students from the French video game school ENJMIN (http://enjmin.fr)
Alexis: I wish they still sell (and produce) GBA games... It's my favorite handheld console: the power of a SNES and Megadrive united, what else could we dream of ?
Good stuff, apart from running on gba which is cool, the graphics are nice, though the bottom of the blobs look weird when not touching the ground (any particular reason you chose blobs?) I love the Group, Split, Die sound effects and the mechanics are cool too.
This is fantastic. I mean it. It's not the best in certain aspects. Early fun was great, and new puzzle solving methods were always needed. In the long term, the game lost its fun. I wanted to play it to finish, but I felt like I was working for it. SO MANY LEVELS for a 72 hour game. Still great. 5/5 For sure.
Everything is just fucking awesome. Excellent mechanics, ridiculously fun audio (tho a bit annoying after the 7635th "JUMP !"), random yet great theme & graphics... GBA. You guys blew my mind.
Great stuff! Interesting game mechanics and really fun level design. I had a blast playing this. The dithering of the sprites were a bit heavy in my opinion, but that's just nitpicking.
Really nice entry! The level design is good and the game is fun. Very good take on game mechanics. I didn't expected the sound effects to be so funny. I had a good laugh when I first died!
The split and group mechanic works very well, and I'm very impressed with the variety of puzzles you managed to come up with using it. Crazy! Really cool that you developed for the GBA, I really wished I had a flash card so I could've played it as it was intended. One thing that was a little frustrating was that the check points felt a little irregular. It was frustrating when you had to redo an old puzzle several times even though you died at one further ahead. Nice graphics and awesome sound effects and music, great job!
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@ilovepixel - we'll make a video of the game on real hardware asap (once we have taken some sleep :)
@Daniel H - you're welcome. However, I warn you we didn't comment much, hardcoded some - ehm many - stuff, and didn't spent to much time on clean code
I love the audio! I had a good laugh for the silly voice-over on every action. Also the music is great.
Great game mechanics too! I enjoy this type of puzzle!
I got stuck at this part, unfortunately: http://i.imgur.com/NSLyXpC.png
When I saw the screenshot I had to play it. The SP is my favorite system!
Only thing I'd say is that a nice end screen would've brought satisfying closure.
Hope that you enjoyed
Thanks guys for comments
@nuransal: the game is really better on GBA :)
A GBA rom!!!
What can I say, you rock!! :D
It seems back now, sorry for the inconvenience.
What I don't get is that you report error 404 when in fact, the server was simply unjoinable and didn't return any error code.
The level design is good and the game is fun. Very good take on game mechanics.
I didn't expected the sound effects to be so funny. I had a good laugh when I first died!