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I'm not completely sure that I would call this a game; it is more something relaxing that you can space out on. There is no way to win or lose. Hopefully you will find it quite fun to mess around with.
I wasn't able to work on the first day so this was made in 48 hours even though it is a jam entry.
I realise that this doesn't fit the theme particularly well. I had originally intended to make a game about a blob monster that consumed things to grow bigger. My blob didn't really have a monstrous feel but I liked how it looked so I decided to go in a slightly different direction with the game.
Controls:
WASD/Arrows - to move
Left Click - to launch blobs (you must pick some up first)
1/2/3/4 - to change graphics mode
Many thanks to finefin for supplying the awesome music (http://ludumdare.com/compo/author/finefin/).
-EDIT-
I had purposefully not explained the mechanics of the game as I had hoped that figuring them out would be a part of the fun. I have had several comments from people who haven't managed to figure it out so I will explain the basic mechanics. It was my fault in not making things more obvious, I should have used better visuals/sound to let the player know what is going on.
1) Pink blobs and white blobs cancel each other out.
2) Touching a white blob will cause it to join you.
3) Clicking will launch a white blob that you have with you and turn it red.
4) One red blob will cancel out two pink blobs.
-EDIT-
Added the 4th graphics mode post jam. I intended to add this during the jam but ran out of time.
I wasn't able to work on the first day so this was made in 48 hours even though it is a jam entry.
I realise that this doesn't fit the theme particularly well. I had originally intended to make a game about a blob monster that consumed things to grow bigger. My blob didn't really have a monstrous feel but I liked how it looked so I decided to go in a slightly different direction with the game.
Controls:
WASD/Arrows - to move
Left Click - to launch blobs (you must pick some up first)
1/2/3/4 - to change graphics mode
Many thanks to finefin for supplying the awesome music (http://ludumdare.com/compo/author/finefin/).
-EDIT-
I had purposefully not explained the mechanics of the game as I had hoped that figuring them out would be a part of the fun. I have had several comments from people who haven't managed to figure it out so I will explain the basic mechanics. It was my fault in not making things more obvious, I should have used better visuals/sound to let the player know what is going on.
1) Pink blobs and white blobs cancel each other out.
2) Touching a white blob will cause it to join you.
3) Clicking will launch a white blob that you have with you and turn it red.
4) One red blob will cancel out two pink blobs.
-EDIT-
Added the 4th graphics mode post jam. I intended to add this during the jam but ran out of time.