shon

by ilovepixel

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.69

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Gameplay:

This game is about protecting the cores, called shon, while they are growing up. You have to use your cursor to spawn little spirit bubbles that make the parasites disappear.
You have three difficulty levels in which you'll have to protect different amounts of shon.

If you play the web version and have a Kongregate account, could rate my game on there too, please. My cat will love you for ever.

Technical stuff
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Graphics: Photoshop ( just some shadow effect ) for everything else I abused of DrawCircle.

Programming: Monkey with no engine.

Sounds: GarageBand

Music: GarageBand

Aprox. Time of development: 12 hours.

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Soon I'll be adding a version for Android, Windows & MacOSX

-- Update --

I've added a new thing to the game, I hope it makes it a bit more fun. Now the cores ( shon ) move around bouncing. I've also fixed the background problem on different screen sizes.

I've updated Web, MacOSX and Windows version. I'll post the android link as soon as it gets published on Google Play.

-- Update 2 --

Android version UP!

--LAST MINUTE UPDATE #3 --

After reading some feedback I decided to add 2 more enemy parasites. Also I've added a margin to the game so it's easy to get the parasites on the edges.

Genres: puzzle

Comments87

monosacharride28 Apr 2013, 21:07

pretty rad

tudd29 Apr 2013, 03:30

pretty cool.

the background doesn't fill the screen on android though :(

it's so clever, however it doesn't really hold my interest. maybe the game could get harder/faster/both as time goes on?

ilovepixelauthor29 Apr 2013, 06:04

Thanks for the comments. I've added now that the cores move around bouncing so it's a bit more tricky now.

Chman29 Apr 2013, 06:23

Rad game, it fits the theme perfectly and is fun to play ! The sound work is also excellent.

imagnity29 Apr 2013, 07:33

This really goes with the minimal theme. Great colors. Good work! :)

acronaut29 Apr 2013, 07:37

nicely done! Didn't expect an android port (neat!)
great execution on the minimalism theme!

StuStutheBloo29 Apr 2013, 07:39

Great fun! Really like this one.

jhrrsn29 Apr 2013, 08:04

This is sweet! Pretty easy at first, with a nice panic-inducing difficulty curve to keep things interesting. Great job!

comrad_gremlin29 Apr 2013, 17:12

Pretty cool :)

tcstyle29 Apr 2013, 17:14

Great atmosphere. More difficult than it looks in the beginning. Gets a little boring after a while.

rezoner29 Apr 2013, 20:13

Chilling mood

gilmore60629 Apr 2013, 20:13

Very nice! Clever mechanic, like Eufloria crossed with Missile Command. I just wished the camera followed my core; it was frustrating to have it drift near an edge and be unable to anticipate stuff coming at me.

metadept29 Apr 2013, 20:15

Very well done, i like the calm and patient mood of it. The audio, in particular, fits perfectly. Gameplay could be more complex, but this is a solid foundation.

Xaychru0429 Apr 2013, 20:16

Relaxing game, great sounds and simple graphisms. As tctyle said, it would have been less boring with more variety...

neight29 Apr 2013, 20:20

Awesome. Interesting mechanic, deceptively difficult, and cohesive and consistent.

numpad29 Apr 2013, 20:20

Great game. Difficulty is good. Love to play it on android!

Jesper Oskarsson29 Apr 2013, 21:10

I spent way too much time playing this! :)

I really enjoyed playing it on the web, it's very relaxing and the audio/graphics really support that.

I started out playing on the android version which played differently from the web one. It seemed to play slower on my phone which is probably because it's an older 2.3 one. I didn't seem to get enough bubbles back after they disappear so there were periods where I didn't have any new bubbles to spread which actually gave a bit of a tactical angle to the gameplay which I quite enjoyed, but it became to difficult to play.

I wanna play more of this on my phone! :)

ilovepixelauthor29 Apr 2013, 21:38

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Right now I am working on a new update which will include more enemies.

dick_claus29 Apr 2013, 21:46

Great game.

Found a bug, when playing with two circles, let first red hit my circle, since then some red circles were stopping in right top corner without aim to go.

Elrobo29 Apr 2013, 23:09

That was pretty tense. Nice strategy of weighing staying near or making a perimeter around.

cinnamonmelonpig30 Apr 2013, 03:32

A game that looks fun to develop! I like the simplicity and the visuals the best

Crazi45630 Apr 2013, 05:18

Very amusing and fun!

Zathalos30 Apr 2013, 05:41

A very smooth and slow paced game. I liked the concept of growing the cores and protecting them. Some of the sounds got annoying after while though. Good job.

SaintHeiser30 Apr 2013, 06:06

Simple and beauty!
Its so relaxing and simple. It's awesome, dude. Very well done!

matthias_zarzecki30 Apr 2013, 07:41

Fun idea, I like it! Implementation is also pretty smooth.

TravisChen30 Apr 2013, 07:41

Love building walls with the bubbles. Reminded me of Osmos meeds Hundreds.

CherryNukaCola30 Apr 2013, 08:34

Very nice. Really like the controls.

EdoMiyamoto30 Apr 2013, 08:37

Wow nice game !

omaromeir30 Apr 2013, 09:10

I enjoyed this, I would love to play a more fleshed out version on a touch screen :D.

s0ulcrusher30 Apr 2013, 09:20

The music and gameplay are just so relaxing, I needed that. Thanks for a great game!

Hadyn30 Apr 2013, 12:40

Great mood and excellent presentation. I like to think of it as "Shepherd Simulator 2013"... The wolves ate my sheep =[

Guess I'm not cut out to be a shepherd after all.

tacograveyard30 Apr 2013, 13:20

Really nice! At first I thought I had to mouse over to destroy the enemies but I was pleasantly surprised at the bubble mechanic. All the sfx, and particle effects add to the feel. Great mood!

Jellycakes30 Apr 2013, 15:50

Really nice game, haven't seen a mechanic like that before. Good visual too keeps you interested and playing. Well done!

captainkraft30 Apr 2013, 18:41

Nice idea and presentation. Great use of the minimalism theme.

The difficulty scale from level 2 to level 3 is crazy though.

Oliver Simon30 Apr 2013, 20:56

It's a great concept and is quite fun at first, but the game doesn't get hard fast enough.

mchaza30 Apr 2013, 22:24

really nice but i ended up spamming around the middle.

multitude30 Apr 2013, 22:51

nice concept and i like the idea with the bubbles. pretty relaxed :)

Scott McBee30 Apr 2013, 23:16

Love the music

Grouflon1 May 2013, 00:28

Love the atmosphere and the gameplay. It's also very chalenging! Pretty cool idea, I have to play it on tablet, i may take sense a lot more. Very good entry, I'm charmed <3

MaxguN1 May 2013, 00:48

Very relaxing. Fun and beautiful. Me likes it.

nimblegorilla1 May 2013, 05:23

I like that you just move the mouse around and don't even have to click.

Husky1 May 2013, 05:32

Awesome!
It's simple but hard,
I like the bgm, it really suit for the game.
Good job!:p

saampahlavan1 May 2013, 06:18

I really enjoyed this. It was an nice take on a sorta keep away / tower defense game.

dalbinblue1 May 2013, 06:25

Nice cool relaxing game. Got to a score of 500 in the first run.

Jorjon1 May 2013, 06:43

Nice minimal graphics! Great job on the mechanics.

Tiago1 May 2013, 07:13

Nice game, it gets pretty addictive once you learn the tricks of the mechanics! good job!

OddballDave1 May 2013, 08:41

For such a simple mechanic this is really great. Good work.

fullmontis1 May 2013, 09:11

Strangely addicting game. I like its minimalistic style.

Blinked1 May 2013, 14:34

I love the ambience of the game, its pretty fun and the graphic style while simple, looks pretty nice. Good game, its quite the challenge as well.

gre1 May 2013, 15:33

quite good

pragma1 May 2013, 16:04

I love it! Minimalistic and fun!

Wiering1 May 2013, 19:18

Nice little game.

Frozen Fractal1 May 2013, 20:03

This is pretty great! Missile Command meets Osmos, and yet it's entirely unlike either of those. I really like how the growing core gives you an increasing level of difficulty that naturally adapts to how well the player is doing. The music is nice and relaxing, and my only point of criticism would be the sound effect of enemies dying, which gets a bit annoying after a while.

Mickawesomesque1 May 2013, 20:47

Loved playing it on my phone. This game is really addictive!

cwilloughby2 May 2013, 05:12

Neat. Liked the sounds. Controls were awesome on web version. Loved the change-up with different enemies.

Gungnir2 May 2013, 11:18

Well done, I enjoyed this. It does get a bit boring though.

KevinZuhn2 May 2013, 14:57

On level 1 it seemed like I could win by just swirling my mouse around the core over and over again, which got a bit dull. Levels 2 and 3 kicked me in the butt, though, and I had a lot more fun with my attentions divided!

jijaweb2 May 2013, 17:42

Relaxing. Cool game. Nice mechanics.

GranaDa2 May 2013, 19:47

Nice audio. It gives a nice mood.

Rafael Sales3 May 2013, 01:06

Great game. Perfectly fits the theme. Congratz!

Jan Marcano3 May 2013, 02:59

Really nice game man! I loved the gameplay idea. It could be added on to make a fuller game, but you kept this minimalistic and it was really well executed.

Travis Irby3 May 2013, 04:21

Really awesome audio and graphics!

PabloAlexandre314 May 2013, 03:05

Pretty cool! I Remembered of Osmos while i played.

CosmicAdventureSquad4 May 2013, 04:34

I love the ambience and the overall mood; the difficulty scaled very nicely and I really liked how you allow the player to choose the number of cores they want to start with. Awesome job! And thank you again for playing our game on your Twitch stream!

-Rosypenguin
(This is a team account)

hughsk4 May 2013, 06:19

Nice look and gameplay - reminds me a little of my game :)

SmilingCat4 May 2013, 17:59

Pretty cool, I liked the mechanics, especially how you could set up a shield of bubbles that would persist for a few seconds.

Prelucid4 May 2013, 18:08

Very cool. I wonder how people conceive of this style of game with its combination of vector-y graphics and airy atmosphere.

tsb4 May 2013, 21:39

I loved the simplicity, and the music added a lot to the overall effect, great entry m8!

Split824 May 2013, 22:44

very cool :)

stevejohnson5 May 2013, 07:50

Peaceful and beautiful. Certainly minimalist. Well executed!

juaxix5 May 2013, 11:21

The game is a little stressful, you could try something more dynamic with the movement of the main balls, something more predictive and , with the protections generation to have several ranges, for example...what do you think?
good overall anyway

ilovepixelauthor5 May 2013, 17:22

@juaxix Great idea, I was actually thinking the first movement of the core to be random and then you could generate 2 types of bubbles, one to control the core and other to protect it, this way you can choose if you want to go for a more defensive strategy, offensive or mix between both. Thanks for the feedback :D

nintendoeats6 May 2013, 15:43

Very interesting mechanic, and I also quite like the aesthetic. I felt like it became more interesting in level 2 when it started demanding that I think about it in terms of trails rather than just clicking on the circle I want to take care of. There is no way in heck I will ever get past level 3.

rujo6 May 2013, 15:48

nice concept, perfect for mobile. nice sounds too

glbs6 May 2013, 20:54

Neat! Pretty visuals, music also, well done!

zkenshin7 May 2013, 01:33

Nice entry. Lovely atmosphere :)

lightnarcissus10 May 2013, 04:21

Simple concept but it is really well used! Tempted to try out the Android version just because someone actually tried to make it. Kudos to you for this!

shawn4211 May 2013, 03:18

I really enjoyed this game. I think you nailed the theme and found a way to make a seemingly calm starting game get very engaging and tense. Great work.

EggDestroyer12 May 2013, 12:25

Good atmoshpere, well made and interesting, kept me interested for quite a long time. But sometimes I felt I couldn't do anything to prevent parasites from getting me due to the bubble spawn rate limitation. I don't really know what to do against this issue. Also, your audio loop could be better :) But good game overall, I liked it.

ethankennerly12 May 2013, 17:50

Planting bubbles to block purple circles interested me. If you continue to develop this, I wasn't sure what would happen when the inner circle filled the outer circle. I could plant many bubbles and they appeared instantly, so that I began to lose interest.

Puccini17 May 2013, 19:55

Nice game!

[-BipolarDesign+]18 May 2013, 21:34

Neat concept! Reminded me of Osmos :)

Sylvain19 May 2013, 03:49

Nice atmosphere and graphics.

lasergans19 May 2013, 09:09

Cool, like the gameply and the colors :) Good game, makes fun!

DDRKirby(ISQ)19 May 2013, 22:13

Amazing. The gameplay is much deeper than it seems at first, I really liked the evolution of strategy that I went through throughout the levels. The quickest way to improve the game I think would be to add in some variations in the pop sounds, as that's simple to do.

Awesome job. Good luck with your ratings :)

Sestren20 May 2013, 20:17

Strange combination of relaxing and nerve-wracking. I like the concept, and the background music is very soothing.

Xanjos21 May 2013, 00:58

Pretty fun and addictive gameplay concept. The music really gave an relaxing and atmospheric mood.