Vinnie the Virus by vanZeben

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made by vanZeben for LD29 (COMPO)
Welcome to Vinne the Virus! You play as vinnie, the virus who has gone *beneath the surface* of the skin to invade the blood stream.


-- Controls --
To move simply click where you want to move to and vinnie will do the rest.


-- Objectives --
- Stay away from the White blood cells as they will attempt to hunt and destroy you.

- Capture red blood cells to turn them into your allies. Allies will take hits from a white blood cell for you, if one get's too close...

- Take your infected army to attack the brain hidden in the arteries!



I had planned to do a lot more with this game but time constraints played a factor, including no music/sounds :( Hopefully I get some post-LD work done on this and polish it up, because I really like the concept


The whole 48 hours was streamed & recorded on my twitch page if you want to check it out: (http://live.vanZeben.ca)

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 3.32 412
Audio 2.00 899
Fun 3.07 508
Graphics 3.30 462
Humor 2.80 332
Innovation 3.48 272
Mood 2.92 619
Theme 3.66 212

Feedback

malmazuke
28. Apr 2014 · 06:20 UTC
Some sweet music would've made this game great!
mess110
28. Apr 2014 · 09:36 UTC
before I knew it I was chasing all the little blobs and having a fun time.. until the white blood cells. those basterds
eldog
28. Apr 2014 · 09:36 UTC
That was fun :-)

I like the idea of being cute and murder of a human at the cellular level.

I like to imagine we were inside the colon, is that disgusting?
hexagore
28. Apr 2014 · 10:03 UTC
Fun, building up a big chain of cells and infecting a brain? Sorted.
rincewind_cz
28. Apr 2014 · 10:33 UTC
Most innovative game I've played this LD so far. It's like take on snake with moving food and ghosts from Pacman! :-D Nice graphics and really good job!
Sam Oates Games
28. Apr 2014 · 10:35 UTC
Cute and gross at the same time. Would have preferred the controls to be WASD/Arrow keys but mouse did the job :)
buhb11
28. Apr 2014 · 16:48 UTC
This game rocks!Thx for the live stream!
sugarbyte
29. Apr 2014 · 01:31 UTC
Really great! So elegant and fun :)
TheGamingProject
29. Apr 2014 · 19:02 UTC
Pretty fun little game! I found the clicking controls to be a bit odd though.
loxo
30. Apr 2014 · 19:59 UTC
Great game. I like the idea and the graphics very much. While playing the first time a got confused, because I instinctively always thought the red blood cells are the enemies. It took a while to accept that red is good :)