I like the idea. Really mixing two game types together, it feels. It was really hard for me to figure out if I was helping or hurting things. I can tell that a lot went into the petri dish simulation.
Hey thanks for trying the game! Something that may help you make sense of the petri-dish scene is that "SHIFT" displays the detection range of each microorganism, while "CTRL" shows the 'action order' of each micro-organism within its sub-group (plants act first - the food producers, then bacteria, then viruses, then fungi spores).
Super creative game and lovely graphics! The balancing might be a bit off; it seems pretty easy to win but that's a small issue and the game is really cool.
There was definitely a disconnect between what I understood the rules to be based on the instructions, and what the rules actually were, but once I got over that hump and figured things out it was a cool game! Aside from the on-boarding experience, I had an especially confusing first game because the board spawned with no fungi at all, which meant it was just viruses and bacteria duking it out - You might want to make sure that there are limits on what the initial board can spawn :)
Really fun game, maybe my favorite that I've seen so far. Unfortunately, it seemed to break after some time, and the petri dish was a blank gray screen. I played the web version.
@kirby-borgir It is an easy game as the AI is quite simplistic (it is meant to be a player vs player game but AI was implemented for the sake of play testing)
@koolruz Thanks for playing, the petri dish is randomly generated - sometimes you just get unlucky and either no viruses, plants, or fungi spawn :slight_frown:
That was a very unique game, but idk if it's very fair. Every time I played, bacteria always got first place by a lot. The only time virus didn't get third place was when literally zero fungi spawned lol. Also idk if I understood the scoreboard, but it seems like if there's a tie, the player wins... which was fortunate for me because I tied a lot.
At one point I tried to help the viruses win by using my cards, but that didn't seem like a very effective strategy, so viruses still got third place. Also, I won again even though I bet viruses would rank first? I guess the AI bets were wrong too?
Anyways, it's a very interesting entry. I had fun with it, good job :)
@ale Thanks for playing! Bacteria are very strong while they have a constant source of food so its important to isolate them (if you're going for a virus victory). Though admittedly that's not easy as their detection radius is a bit too high :sweat_smile:
Very interesting idea, the game starts a bit too fast with things happening and cameras rotating, which was confusing at first but I got the hang of it. What I never understood was the scoring system, shouldn't I be predicting who will win? and if so, wouldn't this make me the winner?
@alextagtal Hahaha the scoreboard was the last thing we implemented after a "sprint to the finish line" all nighter. We clearly got the math wrong. You won! :rofl:
What an interesting concept and good execution overall. I was a little lost when I first started, and the "how it works" helped some, but it really just took a few playthroughs to get the hang of it. Simple and fun! I really like that you made a simulation as part of the game. Great work!
That is quite original and creative idea. It was a bit confusing even with the instructions. Maybe some in-game hints would help. Other than that I like that the concept feels fresh. Great entry! :D
This was fun, and I think it's a really interesting concept.
I think it could have used a little more balance at times - it seemed like Bacteria always got 1st no matter what - I was thinking that maybe having multiple species of bacteria could help, or something? Either way, I had about the same problems as the other comments, and I thought the core design of the game seemed really clever and interesting, and I enjoyed playing.
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At one point I tried to help the viruses win by using my cards, but that didn't seem like a very effective strategy, so viruses still got third place. Also, I won again even though I bet viruses would rank first? I guess the AI bets were wrong too?
Anyways, it's a very interesting entry. I had fun with it, good job :)
I think it could have used a little more balance at times - it seemed like Bacteria always got 1st no matter what - I was thinking that maybe having multiple species of bacteria could help, or something? Either way, I had about the same problems as the other comments, and I thought the core design of the game seemed really clever and interesting, and I enjoyed playing.