For this Ludum Dare, we chose the growing theme. The player grows exponentially as he eats, in an ever-growing hostile environment. Eat the tasty looking balls, while avoiding contact with traps, missiles ... and LASER BEAMS !
There are two different modes: - Classic (which is good for starting) - GoFast (which is more nervous and challenging)
LOCAL MULTIPLAYER: The game can be played with a friend in local mode. Cooperate with him, or push him into traps, your choice !
CONTROLS: Player one - arrows key Player two - WASD (or QWSD for our friendly azerty keyboard users).
TIPS: Don't be afraid of traps much smaller than you ;)
FIXES: -Joystick controller enabled -Balanced ennemies so they start spawning later in the game rather than right at the start. -Fixed a little camera issue when playing in "Go fast" mode.
Post-jam modification: -Less slippery on the player -More to come ;)
Know issues: -In 2 players mode, if a player dies, the second player can still move despite the gameover screen appearing. However, the score stops increasing -In classic, if you don't move for a while and the screen is full of food and you take them all very quickly, you grow so fast that it freezes
Have fun, and submit your high score in the comments ! :)
I really like the zooming of the background. The fact that most impacts made you smaller was great. I just didn't like the death ray killing you instantly. Good game - well done!
The graphics are really great, nice work while being minimalist. Dodging everything is a lot of fun but the instant deaths make things pretty difficult. Perhaps save the rays of death after the player is further into the level.
Really fun and good rythm. The fact that spikes are immortal the center of the screen a dead zone that you always want to avoid. I dont know how you could fix this, if you make the small spikes vanish too fast you will loose the zoom feeling.
@Benjamin : Actually, the smallest the enemies, the less damage they do compared to your own size, so you can clear the screen of little objects without too much trouble. The laser also clears everything in its path :)
Great job, this game is fun and hard! It really becomes problematic, that this little spikes stay as dangerous as when they were as big as the player. But I think this brings a nice gameplay! ^^
Really fun game, you dont see the time passed. 2 player feature is a plus. But once I got the game over menu without being dead. And please think of those who dont have qerty keyboards!
Awesome little game. At first I was confused, there were little balls appearing out of nowhere, but then I started to move around and suddenly MINDSPLOSION! EVERYWHERE! :D
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Cake_Catastrophe15 Dec 2015, 21:14
Fun! Loved the zooming scope as you grew - made it very satisfying to grab a bunch of blobs in a row. A little bit strange that you sort have to hit the obstacles eventually - I didn't initially realize that hitting them when you're much bigger is basically fine (in fact, when they're small and numerous it often seemed to be best just to bulldoze them when it's relatively safe). Otherwise, a great example of a simple game with fantastic feedback from from sounds and visual. Music was good too.
Really nice game, it feels very polished and is pleasant to play. Also it seems to have a lot of content which is impressive for a game jam game. Great job! :D
I love this game, the ever-expanding scale is very cool and Go Fast mode really gives you a sense of urgency. Rates highly on all metrics as far as I'm concerned.
Great take on the theme, great visual effects and overall, a fun gameplay experience. I think the game needs to give some more feedback to the player as to what is happening / when he is being damaged / etc., but besides that I had a lot of fun playing this one, as you could see on the stream.
I like the camera zooming away as you grow, though having to hit the obstacles once they're too small for you is kind of weird, maybe make obstacles move around and have them go away once they're too small.
This was a lot of fun! Definitely very thrilling. I loved the aesthetic, and the "Go fast" mode; I think an even faster mode would be lots of fun! The death ray feels a little unfair, but overall the rest of the game is awesome.
The music was awesome. The GoFast mode really feels like the way to go. It is more arcade like and faster paced. Also playing two player modes with one person is also an interesting challenge I think everyone should try!
Fun game! I'm quite amazed by how simple and effective graphics and audio are. The game also is amazingly polished, with tons of tweens, little animations and SFXs...
Love the fractal nature of the game...it gives a cool sense of scale to the experience. The controls were a bit too floaty for me, especially as the game got harder. It there was less acceleration in the movement, I think it would increase the skill ceiling nicely and make the gameplay feel more intentional.
Well polished game! The controls are weird in the way they respond, and at the same time very intuitive. You don't see that everyday. Great music too! You can walk away from LD34 with pride
This is great! The music's amazing, it looks gorgeous and the difficulty has a nice ramp-up.
Kind of confused about how bubbles can spawn inside spikes though - it seemed like it was usually but not always a good idea to take them even if it hurt.
I knew there'd be a lot of Osmos/agar.io style games in the Growing theme. This is the best one I've played so far, its a great twist on the concept. The constant zooming out and escalation of hazards appearing makes it frantic and keeps you on your toes. Excellent presentation too.
This was a lot of fun! Really cool game idea and very well executed. I think maybe you should be able to absorb the very small spike balls at a certain point, though, because the middle gets kind of cluttered otherwise. Super cool, great job! =D
Nice looking game, plays smoothly, and the music really tied it all together. Not terribly innovative but awfully fun. I wasn't able to test 2 players so I hope I'm being fair in just rating it on the single player mode; two players seems like it would be a blast.
Nice game! Liked the Go Fast mode in particular - definitely a great variation on the classic Spore/Feeding Frenzy style gameplay. Graphics and music were also great!
Great entry! The music helps keeping a fast pace, graphics are minimal but clear (I really liked the zoom-out effect) and gameplay is simple but effective, polished and addicting! :D
This is fun and nice and polished. The zooming out effect worked really well and added to the feeling of growing. Thought it was a great use of the theme.
I like the idea and the realization is polished and well made. I get how the game can be enjoyed, but I personally found it a bit aggressive. It might be the music, or SFX, or overall pace of the game. I don't know. Anyway, that's great work here, Congrats! I rated you quite well, even if it's not the type of games I enjoy :-)
You got the zooming out done very well... I actually wanted to make something with zooming out too, but it turned out to not fit my expectations. Anyways, Overall a cool and finished game!
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@Benjamin : Actually, the smallest the enemies, the less damage they do compared to your own size, so you can clear the screen of little objects without too much trouble. The laser also clears everything in its path :)
I also like the music!
Great job! :D
the effects were well done and the music was amazing!
I like that there were different modes.
Well done!
Good job!
smells like teen spirit:)) good idea!
The ball was a bit too slippy on the controls for my taste, but it was fun nonetheless. Good job!
Fun game! I'm quite amazed by how simple and effective graphics and audio are. The game also is amazingly polished, with tons of tweens, little animations and SFXs...
Great job!
The conecpt is very cool and is quite addicting. Plus, there are diferrent modes!
Good job!
Kind of confused about how bubbles can spawn inside spikes though - it seemed like it was usually but not always a good idea to take them even if it hurt.
Nice art and sound, fits the theme well!
Congratulations!
The game itself was really fun, although the controls felt a bit too slippery for me.
Anyway, that's great work here, Congrats!
I rated you quite well, even if it's not the type of games I enjoy :-)