*Gino the Neutrino* is a 2D slideside educational game designed for kids, where the player controls a neutrino called Gino, a tiny subatomical particle, during his journey across the universe.
While traveling, the neutrino will meet other particles: their encounter will result in a "weak interaction", that will lead Gino to merge within them, creating a brand new particle, the W boson.
Gino's goal is to explore as much universe as possible without interacting with another particle and thus decaying.
Starting his journey from the Sun, will Gino be able to visit the wonderful planetes like Mercury, Venus, Earth, and explore the whole cosmos? It depends on *you*!
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GamePlay
Gino is a solar neutrino, starting its journey to explore our Galaxy and the whole Universe from the Sun.
Gino, being a neutrino, has a natural tendency to oscillate in flavour! It can have electronic (green), muonic (yellow) or taunonic (red) flavour; if it hits one leptonic particle of the same flavour, it may end its journey in a big explosion, decaying into a new, fatter W boson!
You must help him avoiding the green, fluffy electron when Gino is green, the stylish yellow muon when Gino is yellow, and the punk red taun when Gino is red!
But Gino may encouter some mysterious new friends during its journey! What will they bring with them? Let's find out!
Thanks yo everyone for your replies! Even if LDJam 46 is ended, we'll keep on improving this title since we'd really like to present this game to kids. Your kind comments (and the constructive critics too!) are encouraging us to keep this little Ludum Dare project going, and now our goal is to present it during ScienzEstate, the annual summer event organized by the *Univerity of Florence* and *Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare*, dedicated to communication of science to everyone, especially kids.
So all suggestions are highly appreciated!
Moreover, we'd like to give you a sneak peek on what we are planning to do: - Adding a save systems that will allow us to record the player best score and other stuff. - Make the Dex collectible, so that you see the image and the description of the particles only after meeting the first time - Add a section of the dex dedicated to Planets (also unlockable) - Add UI element during game that shows all the planets in the solar system and keeps track of current Gino's position - ...
Change Log
23/04/2020 - Fixed issue with texture scrolling in webGL -> Added WebGL Build to itch.io
SPACE CAAAAATS and DUCKS! :D All I would say is that after some time the gameplay is a little repetitive and I would like a few more sound efects (especially for the ducks and cats!) However the mood, visuals, story and audio are all fantastic.
I absolutely love the name and the gameplay is just as good! The artstyle is very unique and wonderful. I know this is meant to be educational but it's still fun
One of the best games I played yet on LDare 46! The music is really good and so is the graphics, the idea behind the game was really cleaver, the game is challenging because of the low speed of the player. Everything fits really nicely in this game. Amazing Job!
I appreciate a lot the idea of giving some education while playing, and the music is really catchy! I like the art too, even though I think the background style doesn't exactly mix well with all those sprites. Loved the credit scene music :smile: ! Great job!
Very appropriate as an educational game for kids, loved the ParticleDex especially.
The music is absolutely fantastic and enhances the experience, and the art is obviously crafted with love and knowledge of the matter!
I made it to 2.23 AU through cheating by simply staying on the bottom border, might want to look into that before handing it off to students who will most likely abuse that and make the cheating part the main attraction :D
I really liked your game for the educational side of it, since it's an amazing goal to achieve for a gamejam (particleDex was a 10/10). The art looks amazing, and it's obvious that you did this game with 'heart'.
The music really fit the mood of the game :) Very enjoyable to play, and has a ton of potential as an even further educational resource (anything from the particle zoo!). Overall really great :D
Simple but effective, not sure that having learning material acquired on player's death is the most effective way of making people love particles though ^^. Lovely entry!
I love how much personality you put into subatomic particles. I never thought of neutrinos as "introverts" but now I can't un-think it! I liked how the music changed over time too. I found the gameplay a little lacking assuming I was playing it right. It seemed like my objective was to dodge everything so I just spent most of the game at the very top of the screen not moving. Perhaps if there were powerups to grab or some incentive to not sit still you could solve this problem? Overall though it was a nice submission!
Thank you all for your warm feedbacks! You are really motivating us to push this little Ludum Dare jam further. We have decided to continue the development of this little Gino buddy, so we can show it to little kids via the educational programs.
We will keep here on the ludum dare webpage the first version (plus the HTML5 WebGL), but we hope to update a new version in the near future on a different website, after the ludum dare competition ends; we will let you know!
Any additional comments and suggestions are really appreciated!
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@vetu11 thank you for your feedback; we are currently working on audio and sfx!
@seriouslycrunchy both space cats and quacky the space ducks post-catch effect are under development! keep an eye on our game in the near future ;)
@notexplosive We realized that we haven't explained well the gameplay, and that the graphics may not help too: 1. Space Cats and Ducky the Spaceduck are power ups! try to cath your new cosmic friend! 2. Gino the neutrino oscillates into its three forms; it can interact with other particles only if it shares their color (i.e., the *flavor*); so, if you are, let us say, red, only punk red tauon can stop your run!
We are currently updating the graphics, colliders and UI to make it clearer! Thank you again for your feedback!
great music! but every time i die i flinch cause of the sudden loud sound effect! i feel this game needs a bit more explanation on how to play as its not very obvious , but i think its a very interesting concept and hope it can be expanded upon!
The idea is simple and well implemented (love the educational aspect and the funny bits in the descriptions) Not so sure that the game music matches well what happens on the screen, but anyway. A really well done game, with a fun idea, congrats :)
I reached the Earth in my best shot but "died" shortly after... At least I managed to say hello to Gino :)
The music is nice, but the death sound effect doesn't really fit, maybe it's just a little too load.
The movement feels a bit slow, thus making it quite difficult to dodge.
I would like the transition to different colors be a little bit more predictable, maybe a small transition to it or some indication of what comes next.
Really nice game! Who knew neutrinos could be so cute? I really loved all the particle designs and the overall style of the game. Nice entry, well done!
This is very cute, and I really like the educational spin. I think Gino moves up and down a bit too slowly for my liking. Really fun game though, great work!
Very cute game. I think music here is inappropriate sometimes (it changes so drastically that I thought that I didn't close some other game), and controls are too stiff for me, but it is just personal matter.
I thought that I would never find a game about elementary particles, because my game is also about a particle (electron in particular), and I haven't seen this kind of games until this last day.
Anyway - this game is beautiful. I am glad I played it.
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Keep up the good work and see you next dare! I'll look forward to what you make next.
P.S. the title is great!
All I would say is that after some time the gameplay is a little repetitive and I would like a few more sound efects (especially for the ducks and cats!)
However the mood, visuals, story and audio are all fantastic.
The music is absolutely fantastic and enhances the experience, and the art is obviously crafted with love and knowledge of the matter!
I made it to 2.23 AU through cheating by simply staying on the bottom border, might want to look into that before handing it off to students who will most likely abuse that and make the cheating part the main attraction :D
We will keep here on the ludum dare webpage the first version (plus the HTML5 WebGL), but we hope to update a new version in the near future on a different website, after the ludum dare competition ends; we will let you know!
Any additional comments and suggestions are really appreciated!
PS:
@vetu11 thank you for your feedback; we are currently working on audio and sfx!
@seriouslycrunchy both space cats and quacky the space ducks post-catch effect are under development! keep an eye on our game in the near future ;)
@notexplosive We realized that we haven't explained well the gameplay, and that the graphics may not help too:
1. Space Cats and Ducky the Spaceduck are power ups! try to cath your new cosmic friend!
2. Gino the neutrino oscillates into its three forms; it can interact with other particles only if it shares their color (i.e., the *flavor*); so, if you are, let us say, red, only punk red tauon can stop your run!
We are currently updating the graphics, colliders and UI to make it clearer! Thank you again for your feedback!
The idea is simple and well implemented (love the educational aspect and the funny bits in the descriptions)
Not so sure that the game music matches well what happens on the screen, but anyway.
A really well done game, with a fun idea, congrats :)
I reached the Earth in my best shot but "died" shortly after... At least I managed to say hello to Gino :)
The movement feels a bit slow, thus making it quite difficult to dodge.
I would like the transition to different colors be a little bit more predictable, maybe a small transition to it or some indication of what comes next.
Other than that it's a fun little game, good job.
I thought that I would never find a game about elementary particles, because my game is also about a particle (electron in particular), and I haven't seen this kind of games until this last day.
Anyway - this game is beautiful. I am glad I played it.