The Phototroph

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10
A psychedelic space exploration game about a light-eating creature, featuring dynamic acid house music made with Acid Machine


WASD to move
Create ORBS by collecting light
Tap SPACE to use up an orb to jump
HOLD SPACE to do a GRAVITY DIVE towards the nearest gravity object

screenshot

Comments12

Marcenat
Marcenat31 Jul 2017, 13:36
The adaptive soundtrack is great, the game is gorgeous, but it lacks something to motivate the player, every planet is the same
TheFlyingKeyboard
TheFlyingKeyboard1 Aug 2017, 22:08
Audio is just awesome, graphics look neat, but a tutorial would definitelly ad to it. Moreover, it gets reppetitive really fast, because every planet just looks the same.
realryanrogers2 Aug 2017, 23:55
I agree with the above sentiments about repetitiveness, but still a great concept, and very pretty to look at! I'd love to see this fleshed out a bit more, and would definitely come back to play it.
bram_ve
bram_ve2 Aug 2017, 23:56
Interesting idea, with fine graphics and audio to go with it. As for improvements i feel like the jumping between planets could use some work and maybe also having a clear goal in the game would be nice.
Thygrrr
Thygrrr2 Aug 2017, 23:59
Whoa, nice trippy visuals!

Likes:
- acid soundtrack (a bit *very avant-garde*, but still cool!)
- super cool trippy graphics
- when you jump it really feels like you're getting high up in space
- nice choice of colours and light

Try differently:
- somehow my own controls on the spheres seem limited, maybe a gimbal lock issue?
- I want to get to the big sphere so much, but the game is actually challenging!

Overall:
- lovin the neon pastel trippy glow of this.
- the galaxy "sphere" looks nice, too!
chispaLBC
chispaLBC3 Aug 2017, 00:08
it's a weird game (but that's good! :smile:) I love how the music changes depending on the situation. I went to a planet full of lights and it was really cool ^^.
bombjack
bombjack5 Aug 2017, 08:59
it's hard to understand what to do but the art is really good.
GistNoesis5 Aug 2017, 15:10
Visually pleasing. The audio is nice. This isn't really a game. Made me feel really nauseous (Too much spinning).
aeveis
aeveis8 Aug 2017, 07:08
Interesting concept, liked the visuals! I thought the black orb would increase in color or light and then something would happen. I did get some cubes though, but you could always speed off a planet instead of jumping so I'm not sure what is was for.
Alexandr AndroidDev
Alexandr AndroidDev20 Aug 2017, 12:39
strange, but interesting project. But as a player I want some reason to play. and controls sometime frustrating
Aterlamia
Aterlamia20 Aug 2017, 13:03
Very pretty style and a good soundtrack (that does get a little bit repetitive) I would have liked some sort of an objective because i went around collecting light for some while but in the end i did not know for what
LeReveur
LeReveur20 Aug 2017, 13:28
A little psychedelic game. Didn't manage to go on the biggest and brightest globe, wich was the goal I choose after understanding that there is no intended destination. Frustrating. Anyway, don't know what you have taken before making this game, but it was surely strong. :P

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