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Phage Therapy by uberscientist

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made by uberscientist for LD32 (COMPO)
Recently I've been obsessed with bacteriophages (viruses that infect and kill bacteria), and thought about how people were using them to treat infections -- what an UNCONVENTIONAL WEAPON (I thought so at least).

Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy

Built using http://Phaser.io game engine, and used gimp, lmms, inkscape, audacity for the assets.

The "Mind's Forge" banner links to my Shapeways shop where I have some 3D prints for sale, including a bacteriophage pendant.

I thought phaser was the best HTML5 game engine I've tried as of yet, and I will probably stick with it if I ever need to make a 2D game again!

Thanks for playing and rating my game!

** There seems to be issues (on lower end hardware?) where the pointer is rendered horizontal in the middle of the screen and the game is broken. I'll look into this problem later. Thanks for your patience!
Web http://mindsforge.com/random/LD32/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=40833

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1713
Overall 3.17 559
Audio 3.64 105
Fun 2.70 839
Graphics 3.74 190
Innovation 3.43 330
Mood 3.76 68
Theme 3.96 111

Feedback

bnhw
20. Apr 2015 · 02:12 UTC
There didn't seem to be any real challenge to the game; I could just hold space and rotate to keep gaining points.
bnhw
20. Apr 2015 · 02:13 UTC
But the theme was non-standard and the audio created a nice mood!
TD5
20. Apr 2015 · 12:15 UTC
The game looks and sounds good, and the use of viruses as a weapon is interesting. As bnhw says, you can just spam the fire button, but destroying a bacterium with the viruses that popped out of your last victim is really cool. Bonus points for an educational game! :D
Lyxilion
21. Apr 2015 · 09:14 UTC
I don't know why but a play the game like 7-8min ! It's surprilly addictive.
pvwradtke
23. Apr 2015 · 03:10 UTC
The game may be simple, but the mood is perfect. Nice graphics with music that really fits the environment. Really nice. There's room for improvement based on the concept, and hopefully my patient didn't die with so many viruses :).
Jakob37
23. Apr 2015 · 15:33 UTC
I liked the atmosphere of it, both visuals and music, very nice :) Interesting with the background too.
CScribes
26. Apr 2015 · 04:07 UTC
The first game I played after finishing the jam, and I must say it's still one of my favs! Could do with a clear end goal, but everything else was spot on!
🎤 uberscientist
28. Apr 2015 · 07:35 UTC
@Everyone, thanks. It's true it's not finished, I guess I sort of left game play to be finished later. I have plans to change the controls so it works on mobile and add different bacteria and viruses that are specialized for that type. Also power-ups!
I do need to figure out a win/lose condition still. . .

Anyway, thanks again folks!
Grieve
29. Apr 2015 · 12:48 UTC
Great little concept, not terribly challenging as it stands, but definitely something worth exploring.
mike.cullingham
01. May 2015 · 21:30 UTC
Nice game. Really liked the chain reactions. Would be interesting if those could be more incorporated into success. Perhaps spawning bacteria at a steady rate rather than just after killing off all previous bacteria.
Kostyan1996
01. May 2015 · 21:37 UTC
Cool game, although it's too easy, gaining less viruses for infrecring would make game much more fun.
HeffJoker
01. May 2015 · 22:43 UTC
I thought the sound effects and music was spot on, very atmospheric! Reminds me of surgeon simulator a little bit in those regards. Here's some suggestions:

- Add different levels with new enemies shapes/colors
- Add different bacteriophages to attack with
- Mouse wheel through each bacteriophage you can use

Very cool, I could see myself playing this for a lot time :)
Jezzamon
03. May 2015 · 03:22 UTC
Kinda fun? But this game obviously needed more.

I quite liked how killing a thing made more things bacteriophage come out, and then they killed more things! Trying to get that to happen was pretty fun and entertaining in itself! I want to try to tap into that in another entertainingness for some other game!
ruerob
08. May 2015 · 05:54 UTC
Nice entry! I like the graphics and the dealing with the theme!
thristhart
10. May 2015 · 00:53 UTC
I really liked the shooting sound effect. Definitely just held down space and an arrow key, though.
freeholdgames
10. May 2015 · 03:08 UTC
I *LOVE* the aesthetic, looking down a microscope. The game itself is pretty basic and ultimately unfulfilling, but amazing work on the concept and look of the thing.
John Vanis
10. May 2015 · 10:29 UTC
Nice gameplay ))