Your mission is to dominate the earth! To do this you need to lobotomize 4 of the earth's 6 major leaders. You have the power to re-wire the neural pathways within an earthlings brain, use it to make them vegetables!
To lobotomize a leader, you must connect the neurons in such a way that the total is within the numbers displayed either side of the score. A neuron's value is added to the score for every neural pathway to and from that neuron.
Art + Programming : Cukia Kimani & Kevin Marais Sound : Tim Harbour
Rather confusing at first, but as soon as you get the hang of it, it is an interesting game. I seemed unable to solve a puzzle because it required a value over 50 while the only two positive values on the screen where 6 and 8.
Nice graphics and sound design. I had some troubles finding out how it worked though. A better tutorial would help i think. Original interpretation of the theme!
Really nice puzzle idea. Never seen it before. The game is really hard at the start but really easy when you understand how all the things work. I think this could be a really good game with more mechanics ^^ I don't know why the game end when there still be some contry to invide.
That was a really interesting puzzle mechanic. Enjoyed it. Though I couldn't make sure how many nodes could be connected to one node. Sometimes it was 2, sometimes 3. The use of the theme seemed a bit loose.
I really liked the original idea for this one, but its a stretch to see this fit the theme. I enjoyed this game a lot, and I'll look out for more stuff by you in the future. Congratulations on surviving the dare! Just a note, If there was an iPhone version of this game I might be inclined to buy it. *wink, wink*
Didn't understand the instructions but after one or two minutes of randomly connecting nodes it clicked for me and I beat the game. I found the time limit to be a bit annoying. Would be a cool to be able to just sit and enjoy. Not sure if is complex enough for that though. Its a bit of a stretch for theme. I liked the setting, but it wasn't really explored. Overall I liked it. Nice to see a puzzle game on here with a mechanic that I haven't seen before.
Really nice puzzle concept, as soon as I worked it out! The thing that made it click for me is that each neuron can have multiple neurons connecting into it. Once that clicked, it was much easier to understand.
I had a lot of fun - could have done with being longer! :)
Really cool stuff man! It took me some time to understand, but when i finally got it, i felt very smart! haha. It's a cool system. The game has a very spacy and grim atmosphere, nice work on that :) The world map and little text's give it that little bit of fiction that it needs. keep it up!
Wow! This is amazing! I saw it as it grew to this point, and I NEVER thought it would have been so different from what I saw while it was being built! The theme added was pretty damn classy! Well polished, great sounds, nice stuff guys!
NOT easy at all. I almost failed maths so... Not one for me to master :P
Good game, but was ridiculously impossible. I couldn't get any of the level done. If I had more time, maybe a minute or so, I would've gotten it but due to the limited time I had I just could not do it.
Simple but interesting game, I like it. I included it in part 5 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) youtu.be/HquvNllyc50
Brilliant concept and well executed. Once the blackout phase starts, it's not very long before there's nothing you can do. It would feel a little less fatal if it creeped in more slowly, but that could just be personal preference.
As you could see, it took me a while to understand the mechanic. I think the tutorial should be a little bit more clear. When I "got it" I started having fun with it... but I was unsure the whole time if I actually was doing the right thing or not.
It took me a few seconds to figure the game out, but after that, it was rather easy. (I don't think it should let you continue until you beat the tutorial though - and more feedback there what you are doing wrong!)
While I think the gameplay idea is really innovative, it was far too easy for me: I just connected everything to the highest/lowest number until I was in the right area, and then balanced. I'm not sure how you could fix that though.
The abstract graphics work well, and the sound effects and the ambience are great.
I really liked this game, I was bummed though that it stopped me at like 4-5 out of the 7 continents. Fun game, the title screen made it look like it'd be a lower end game but everything else about it was super polished and nice. You should port this to tablet devices.
Complex math under time pressure isn't particularly fun. My strategy ended up being randomly connecting things and hoping the number would get to where I needed it. The idea is interesting but it just needs playtesting and iteration on explaining what exactly the player should be doing. Lots of playtesting with new players.
Interesting game, interesting mechanics. One thing I may have found is: It was very hard to solve the puzzles at the begining, but as soon as I discovered a "method", the became really easy ;-)
Interesting idea, but not very well explained. Multiple times I had everything connected with something else and the number within the range, but I still failed. Aside from that the graphics looked pretty good, and the ambient audio was a good fit.
Like some other folks were saying maybe adding in the tutorial how the cells multiply/divide when connected would be great. Otherwise it was simple and straight forward once you got going. Was pretty fun working within the polarity range.
As a side note. Despite the lateness of the video. Alien Lobotomy was featured in LD 29 showcase vol 4. http://youtu.be/aFa_iU1gvTg
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Strange choice :p
I don't know why the game end when there still be some contry to invide.
I had a lot of fun - could have done with being longer! :)
It took me some time to understand, but when i finally got it, i felt very smart! haha. It's a cool system.
The game has a very spacy and grim atmosphere, nice work on that :)
The world map and little text's give it that little bit of fiction that it needs.
keep it up!
Nice puzzles once you get it !
NOT easy at all. I almost failed maths so... Not one for me to master :P
While I think the gameplay idea is really innovative, it was far too easy for me: I just connected everything to the highest/lowest number until I was in the right area, and then balanced. I'm not sure how you could fix that though.
The abstract graphics work well, and the sound effects and the ambience are great.
All in all, pretty cool entry! Good job!
The font is rather hard to read. The soft glow and floating of the neurons looks good, as well as the transmission animation.
All in all this may be a great game, but I don't quite get it.
One thing I may have found is: It was very hard to solve the puzzles at the begining, but as soon as I discovered a "method", the became really easy ;-)
Funny world map domination.
Original take on the theme if I understand it correctly.
As a side note. Despite the lateness of the video. Alien Lobotomy was featured in LD 29 showcase vol 4. http://youtu.be/aFa_iU1gvTg