BRAINZ ARE POWER

co-authored: @naghtarr, @tazumee
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
2017-07-31_0821.pngBrains are power, they make you move faster! If you are hungry you are out of power and cannot move - be careful, eat more brains!
Convert people to zombies and live longer! More zombies become hungry faster, be careful, hold the balance!

Controls:

A or left arrow - move left

D or right arrow - move right

W or up arrow - eat brains!

S or down arrow - turn human to a zombie!

Coding - @naghtarr @iovorobiev, Design & Sound @tazumee

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments19

Qu4k
Qu4k1 Aug 2017, 15:32
Amazing entry! I love the balance between more zombies and the amount of brains you need to eat to survive. Nice concept!
VitasaMode
VitasaMode2 Aug 2017, 01:05
This is a unique take on the theme. The choice aspect of it is interesting for sure.
Sebastian-M
Sebastian-M2 Aug 2017, 01:10
Great game. It's realy fun to play.

Positive:


- It's fun and intuitive
- The controls are clear
- It looks alright

Negative:


- The game kinda punish you for converting zombies, it's nice that if you convert zombies you need to eat more, but the proportions are a bit too harsh, to the point that is better not to convert anybody.

But great job guys!!!
ectucker1
ectucker12 Aug 2017, 02:24
The concepts were interesting, but it seemed that there was little advantage to having multiple zombies, especially with the slowdown.

In general, I'd speed the player up, so more things can be eaten and the game can last a bit longer.

But overall it's fun.
attrition
attrition2 Aug 2017, 04:36
Interesting take on the theme, which I really appreciate.
MichaelGrand
MichaelGrand2 Aug 2017, 04:46
It's an interesting idea for a game: Sort of like a top-down infinite runner... Or maybe like a rhythm game but with zombies. I liked the addition of soldiers to mix things up a bit.
nokusu2 Aug 2017, 09:19
Nice take on the theme here, it's quite a fun game

What's good :
- overall gameplay is smooth
- the eating / converting animation with according sounds were really fun
- the conversion mechanic that lets you take more hits the more people you have

What's bad :
- when you go under a certain number of brains, you have no chance to catch up to people to get a last chance refill to keep playing

Other than that, solid overall experience.

You get the George Romero award for Braiiiins ! :p
MarkWolf
MarkWolf3 Aug 2017, 13:39
The core gameplay is really cool and fits perfectly to the theme of LD39. I like the idea of keeping a constant balance between several parameters to keeping going forward.
jotson
jotson3 Aug 2017, 14:46
Cool idea, needs a little balancing with respect to speed and multiple zombies. One thing that was unintuitive to me was that you were in control of all of the zombies but the game seemed to end if your "main" zombie died. Fun though! Played it several times.
Vija02
Vija023 Aug 2017, 14:47
My first try of the game, lost because of zombie army haha. I was like, oh man i'll fill the screen with zombies, nope.... I like the balance, makes it harder. Might be a tad bit too hard tho :).

The 1 thing i don't like is the bullet. It's very hard to see for me. Other than that, if this game a bit faster and easier, i'd love to play this on my phone :D
MichaelTWG
MichaelTWG4 Aug 2017, 14:30
Nice twist on the zombie theme, I love the human frightened face when captured.
However, making a horde seems to have only downside as when on created zombie dead you lose.
mrsylar59
mrsylar594 Aug 2017, 14:34
Nice entry, I loved the overall idea. Even if it seems like converting nobody into zombie helps to have a better score in the long term. Also it would have been nice if, when you have multiple zombies, you could take multiple victims at the same time. Still, good job!
Local Minimum
Local Minimum4 Aug 2017, 16:59
I really liked the opposing interests of gaining power to keep alive and adding zombies to have more health, but as others have commented, once power got below a certain number of brains you were dead, because there was no way to regain brains. Or maybe there were...?
Knorz4 Aug 2017, 17:05
I love the idea, but it gets really really hard really fast. In addition would have loved having a Zombie army which seems nearly impossible. Polishing this would give a great handy game. I would buy it.

Please play, rate and comment our game aswell:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/disaster-on-nebula-one
gil4
gil44 Aug 2017, 17:13
Having tinkered with a vampire take on the theme I like seeing someone else use the zombie approach instead. :) The gameplay is pretty fun as it is, but imo you could make a mobile port to make it truly shine. Refine the graphics, make more enemies, maybe add some abilities for the zombies to use (with appropriate cooldowns) and it'd be a bomb. Great job!
zenmumbler
zenmumbler4 Aug 2017, 19:10
Some bugs here and there but overall a fun and clever idea with a great theme connection. Visuals and sound effects were funny. Great little title.
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson5 Aug 2017, 15:49
I made it 260 meters. I thought the energy ran out too quickly. Once you got below ~6 brains you had already lost and just had to wait it out.

But this matches a lo-fi genre of early '00s web game that my middle school self really enjoyed. Props for the art and sound. :-)
Jason200101
Jason2001016 Aug 2017, 14:26
I liked it! But if you are below 3 brains there's nothing you can do to keep going, so you lose nomatter what!

The idea of using people both as more zombies and as the actuall power source is great!

I like the graphics, the sound effects and music were good too, and the idea is awesome! Well done!
multiplexor
multiplexor6 Aug 2017, 14:55
Quite nice! I love the idea of being able to add more zombies to your army! Gameplay is fun and fast paced, good job! :)

Keep up the good work! :)

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