Cholesterol

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Cholesterol. The more you have, the worse it is.

Don't expect this game to be biologically accurate though.

Comments19

teekeks
teekeks4 Dec 2017, 10:25
Nice take on the theme! The music was quite catchy too. Well done!
dusho4 Dec 2017, 10:47
Brilliant idea! Very nice graphics and music too.. Really fun game. Well done!
Damoy
Damoy4 Dec 2017, 10:55
Well done, quite fun :)
Are Sundnes4 Dec 2017, 11:32
This is a really cool idea, and spot on the theme!
fiaKaiera
fiaKaiera4 Dec 2017, 14:02
I died at my age. Wait... why am I typing this when I'm dead? Who the heck injected those freaking donuts into my bloodstream?! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

* Anyway, I don't think I can say much as it is. I do really like the take on the theme. The music, slighly annoying but charming. It fits the theme of your game, too. With the bells signifying that you were born and such.

* The particles when you hit the walls are a nice touch.

* I don't think I can suggest anything to make this better really, but I think it could be improved a lot more. Maybe it's just me, but a very light but still friction would make it feel more in the water. Maybe a virus can hinder you, especially in the old ages. Yeah, something progressive. Maybe stack on functionality, like clicking the mouse on a constant pulse to keep you alive WHILE you dodge.

It's a nice fun ride. A decent Ludum Dare game.
Racso
Racso4 Dec 2017, 17:54
A fun take on the theme! Good thing you allow both the mouse and the keyboard, too!

My two cents:
- I think it's a bit too difficult to get over 30, specially given that the difficulty ramps exponentially with cholesterol (more enemies = more risk of growing = more probability of picking even more enemies!).
- The donut looks a bit out of contest in the general aesthetics of the game. We're inside the bloodstream, why would there be a donut in there? Not sure on what to suggest, though :(

Congrats!
ElFippo4 Dec 2017, 22:07
Awesome take on the theme! I only reached the age of 21. The donuts where delicious though. Good job!
Colossal Gnome
Colossal Gnome4 Dec 2017, 23:04
Nicely fits the theme. I must really suck -- I never got past early teen years. :) lol
mrthee
mrthee4 Dec 2017, 23:08
This poor child died at the age of 15. I love how elegantly the theme was implemented here, gj :)
Xacur
Xacur5 Dec 2017, 05:10
Basically living to the age of 20 is a struggle. Because of the theme of the contest, many games are about being fat, but this one goes direct to the veins, lol.
Steffan5 Dec 2017, 21:29
Fun AND educational
Kirk Markarian5 Dec 2017, 21:31
An amusing, cute, extremely morbid game. The idea of avoiding the cholesterol and donuts is a nice touch, and the friction from hitting the sides of the arteries was pretty neat! Would have enjoyed the ability to scrape off some of what I'd gained by touching the artery walls (a limited amount, not endless scraping). Pretty good!
schizoid2k
schizoid2k6 Dec 2017, 02:30
Great game... gets tough after a few hits of cholesterol.
Suggestion... perhaps a way to shrink the blob?
Congrats on a solid entry.
ImportantCreations6 Dec 2017, 10:51
I was moving so fast, normally i shoud have lost weight again ;)
Great idea and realization. But you could have done it a bit easier, so that the game doesn't end so fast.
Nivbeth
Nivbeth6 Dec 2017, 14:32
Nice idea, very funny and clever :3 Good job!
Mags6 Dec 2017, 14:35
I still don't understand is the idea of the game was to survive as long as possible or to die as soon as you can. :) I tried both and didn't feel very successful. :D
ThatRumme
ThatRumme7 Dec 2017, 10:53
A way to go down in size again whould be cool. I still enjoyed the game a lot and the graphics and music was awesome too :)
Kiyunn10 Dec 2017, 17:32
This was a very fun game and I love the idea. Like others have suggested, a way to decrease the size would be nice, allowing the player to play for longer and would help in prolonging the game. Also maybe having the tunnel twist and turn in other directions could make it even make this game more interesting.
But overall great take on the theme and idea. The graphics were nice too!

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