Your Are The Slime!

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.26
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.58
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★88%
IF YOU PLAY IN LUDUM DARE BROWSER CHANGE TO "FULLSCREEN".

A slime comes across a band of humans! Devour the humans!

Your slime will grow when eating people and shrink when shot by arrows.

Controls:

Arrow Keys = Movement

Mash Spacebar = Absorb Humans

Made by: @SecularBaron

Tree and grass tile by:

http://opengameart.org/users/adebgamesoft​

Sounds by:

https://freesound.org/people/StephenSaldanha/​

https://freesound.org/people/DrMinky/​

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: GameMaker

Comments28

Move127
Move12725 Aug 2015, 01:44
Fun little game with good art.
Eingya25 Aug 2015, 01:45
That's a neat idea, but killing humans is incredibly hard. Slow them down when they overlap you maybe?

Altough anything referencing Zappa gets points for that.
djfariel25 Aug 2015, 01:47
Overall a very nice game. The concept was solid and the execution was well done. If I had to suggest of improvements, I would say that it would benefit greatly from more audio components, music and sfx. Overall, a great game. Sidenote* I've always wanted to be a clan devouring slime.
alexfalkenberg
alexfalkenberg25 Aug 2015, 07:28
I think we had a similar idea, but yours is light-years more complete. Nice little game! I agree that the humans-killing was pretty difficult. Love the slime feeding on them!
plusultra25 Aug 2015, 08:06
I am a huge fan of combat systems that are deliberately just button-mashing, particularly when they match the theme of the game so well. Good job!
Muush
Muush25 Aug 2015, 09:35
I really like the idea and slime mechanics.
Lane
Lane25 Aug 2015, 13:27
Made humans shoot each other. 10/10 Would troll again.
games-placeo25 Aug 2015, 14:03
Very fun game. I like how the slim gets bigger with every consumption!
Cawrtz
Cawrtz25 Aug 2015, 14:07
Love it! Seeing the slime grow is so satisfying. The game is well implemented except for the fact that space and down arrow will sometimes scroll the page.
Well done!
SecularBaronauthor25 Aug 2015, 14:19
Yeah. My whole web browser implementation has been a nightmare. I'll work on that.
Gaspard_
Gaspard_25 Aug 2015, 14:25
I hope no kids see this!
The game was pretty good.
The fact that archers run of arrows was a nice touch, and I liked how you could use cover.
logiclogue25 Aug 2015, 14:53
Nice game. Method of killing humans was a nice concept. Overall, I enjoyed it
tripleVisionGames25 Aug 2015, 15:09
Good idea - the art was a bit mixed up with some nice bits (trees in particular). Nice AI with the people going to get their arrow back and also shooting each other by accident.

Would be cool if you killed them quicker and grew, shrunk and moved faster - a good start though.
glerikud
glerikud26 Aug 2015, 10:48
Good loking minimalistic game.
lukepilgrim
lukepilgrim26 Aug 2015, 12:32
background music would be nice, but overall a nice little idea which could make a very addicting game if it would be a bit more challenging. loved the idea!
inbetweengames
inbetweengames26 Aug 2015, 13:14
Nice concept: but unfortunately a couple of issues that hindered my enjoyment:

- when behind a tree, you can't see what's happening
- I ate a human by a hut, which made me grow, but then it seemed I was stuck inside the hut and couldn't move any more

The humans could do with a bit of pathfinding too, as they basically just shot their own houses.

Mashing spacebar was a surprisingly fun way to eat though! om nom nom
Unept
Unept27 Aug 2015, 04:20
Nice idea. All that button-mashing really put me in the mindset of something that digests slowly. Very funny.
superfreak
superfreak28 Aug 2015, 08:47
Solid, fun little game with a cute art-style. Enjoyed it!
wicht
wicht28 Aug 2015, 09:20
Nice one. Scope is perfect. Art is nice. Controls were a bit annoying (couldn't walk diagonally). Good entry!
RobotHoboDanceParty28 Aug 2015, 09:26
Simple yet cool idea! Also I may have just broken my spacebar, haha. Good work!
Boehrsi28 Aug 2015, 12:40
Nice one, just a bit expensive to buy a new keyboard after every round ;).
Xanjos28 Aug 2015, 13:14
There's a issue with the web version where if you hold the up or down key you end up scrolling the page by accident and the time it takes to absorb a human is quite long but this was a pretty solid game.
SecularBaronauthor28 Aug 2015, 16:05
@Xanjos I was hoping if you press the "FullScreen" button on Ludum Dare game window it would correct the problem but it seems a lot of people are having that issue. :/
dickpoelen
dickpoelen30 Aug 2015, 10:38
Really like the concept, but mashing space isn't as much fun :) I think you can have a fun game of picking of people and avoiding others with the mashing
Enrymion
Enrymion31 Aug 2015, 11:02
Not a fan of mashing buttons, just holding the key down or doing it automatically would have been much better.
SecularBaronauthor31 Aug 2015, 13:19
Thanks everyone for the feedback. When I wrap up the final version of the game soon i'm going to let you select from automatic digestion or manual.

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