Recently I've been obsessed with bacteriophages (viruses that infect and kill bacteria), and thought about how people were using them to treat infections -- what an UNCONVENTIONAL WEAPON (I thought so at least).
Built using http://Phaser.io game engine, and used gimp, lmms, inkscape, audacity for the assets.
The "Mind's Forge" banner links to my Shapeways shop where I have some 3D prints for sale, including a bacteriophage pendant.
I thought phaser was the best HTML5 game engine I've tried as of yet, and I will probably stick with it if I ever need to make a 2D game again!
Thanks for playing and rating my game!
There seems to be issues (on lower end hardware?) where the pointer is rendered horizontal in the middle of the screen and the game is broken. I'll look into this problem later. Thanks for your patience!
The game looks and sounds good, and the use of viruses as a weapon is interesting. As bnhw says, you can just spam the fire button, but destroying a bacterium with the viruses that popped out of your last victim is really cool. Bonus points for an educational game! :D
The game may be simple, but the mood is perfect. Nice graphics with music that really fits the environment. Really nice. There's room for improvement based on the concept, and hopefully my patient didn't die with so many viruses :).
The first game I played after finishing the jam, and I must say it's still one of my favs! Could do with a clear end goal, but everything else was spot on!
@Everyone, thanks. It's true it's not finished, I guess I sort of left game play to be finished later. I have plans to change the controls so it works on mobile and add different bacteria and viruses that are specialized for that type. Also power-ups! I do need to figure out a win/lose condition still. . .
Nice game. Really liked the chain reactions. Would be interesting if those could be more incorporated into success. Perhaps spawning bacteria at a steady rate rather than just after killing off all previous bacteria.
I thought the sound effects and music was spot on, very atmospheric! Reminds me of surgeon simulator a little bit in those regards. Here's some suggestions:
- Add different levels with new enemies shapes/colors - Add different bacteriophages to attack with - Mouse wheel through each bacteriophage you can use
Very cool, I could see myself playing this for a lot time :)
I quite liked how killing a thing made more things bacteriophage come out, and then they killed more things! Trying to get that to happen was pretty fun and entertaining in itself! I want to try to tap into that in another entertainingness for some other game!
I *LOVE* the aesthetic, looking down a microscope. The game itself is pretty basic and ultimately unfulfilling, but amazing work on the concept and look of the thing.
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I do need to figure out a win/lose condition still. . .
Anyway, thanks again folks!
- Add different levels with new enemies shapes/colors
- Add different bacteriophages to attack with
- Mouse wheel through each bacteriophage you can use
Very cool, I could see myself playing this for a lot time :)
I quite liked how killing a thing made more things bacteriophage come out, and then they killed more things! Trying to get that to happen was pretty fun and entertaining in itself! I want to try to tap into that in another entertainingness for some other game!