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Dance Dance Pathogen by SnedHlepPls

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made by SnedHlepPls for LD35 (JAM)
DON'T match the colours!

A game made my myself and AvinashD for Ludum Dare 35, with the theme of 'shapeshift'.

You play as a pathogen under attack by antibodies. Your objective is to keep them at bay for as long as possible by altering your antigens to the incorrect colour/shapes so that the antibodies can't latch on!

Windows executable and source code available from webpages below.

Demo video here: https://youtu.be/ptmT_XZhqZg

Controls:

Change antigens:

Triangle/Red: 'a' or 'j'

Square/Green: 's' or 'k'

Semicircle/Blue: 'd' or 'l'

Rotate antigens clockwise: spacebar

DON'T match the colours!
Web https://thomasyau.itch.io/dance-dance-pathogen
Windows https://thomasyau.itch.io/dance-dance-pathogen
Source https://thomasyau.itch.io/dance-dance-pathogen
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=49839

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1754
Overall(Jam) 3.43 355
Audio(Jam) 3.42 246
Fun(Jam) 3.55 189
Graphics(Jam) 3.05 714
Humor(Jam) 2.67 418
Innovation(Jam) 3.90 65
Mood(Jam) 3.22 451
Theme(Jam) 3.71 252

Feedback

eeely
19. Apr 2016 · 00:23 UTC
don't really understand how it works :/
dylanwolf
19. Apr 2016 · 00:24 UTC
Nice variant on the rhythm game concept that I haven't seen before. Takes some getting used to, since you have to think opposite of DDR, and once you start failing it adds in the rotation mechanic.
GammaS
19. Apr 2016 · 00:24 UTC
The music is killing my ears...
TheCain
19. Apr 2016 · 01:13 UTC
Itch offers a an embed game link for Ludum Dare so the whole page doesn't show up
Somnium
19. Apr 2016 · 06:20 UTC
A very innovative concept, and the game is fun as well :-) I liked the music.

The game is hard too, especially once you have to use the rotation mechanics as well. I usually did not live long after losing my first antigens :-)
Seth_senpai
19. Apr 2016 · 10:19 UTC
Nice take on the standard rhythm game, took me a while to wrap my head around it but it plays nicely. The graphics aren't really my thing but match well with the mood that you want to create together with the music. Overall a job well done I would say!
VapeurTeam
19. Apr 2016 · 10:24 UTC
kinda wish i could move around, it plays nicely once you get the hang of it even though I believe it becomes quite hard quite fast! Nice job !
Allthebees
19. Apr 2016 · 15:26 UTC
Very tricky but incredibly fun once I got the idea. I loved the music and pulsing HUD the most. Great work :D
mountainstorm
19. Apr 2016 · 16:55 UTC
Funky retro beats
sndr
19. Apr 2016 · 21:47 UTC
Nice concept! I quickly grasped the core mechanic and enjoyed the game!
plantprogrammer
21. Apr 2016 · 06:41 UTC
That is quite a smart idea for a game. Visuals and audio might use some polishing.

I totally enjoyed it :)
Klaas
21. Apr 2016 · 12:05 UTC
I love that it's the reverse of every rhythm I've played - Trying to avoid matches! I noticed the antibodies are timed to the beat, but I didn't feel it enough. It felt like the antibodies didn't have a pattern to them which matched the music. The bouncing HUD was an excellent effect: maybe it could have been applied to the antibodies too?
geekguy100
21. Apr 2016 · 12:08 UTC
Surprisingly hard! Very fun overall. Great idea. I did notice that the UI does not scale properly when in full screen, at least for the How To Play Window.
LeftRight92
21. Apr 2016 · 17:51 UTC
Good fun, but very difficult...I want a baby easy mode
Skruffye
21. Apr 2016 · 17:57 UTC
So, my brain exploded... But otherwise, fun little game. Felt like it was almost a rhythm game but it doesn't seem to quite line up with the music. Maybe that's just me.
Anyway, good job! :)
avinashd
21. Apr 2016 · 20:23 UTC
Yeah it is, Skruffye, but that's what we get for only testing our game inside Unity. Lesson learnt :P
leo_p_mahon
21. Apr 2016 · 21:17 UTC
Fun once you get the hang of it, very very difficult though. Purposefully not matching the shape does not come naturally although I know the other way around would not be representative of how real anti-bodies work. I Enjoyed the music, sick riffs. And the facial expressions added massively to the mood, also it wouldn't be half as good without everything pulsating!
Folztarg
21. Apr 2016 · 22:18 UTC
pretty cool game, and a fun fact, in the beginning of the jam me and my group thought something like this.
forestgamer007
29. Apr 2016 · 03:50 UTC
80 is maximum points to get
Innovation: 4/10
Fun: 2/10
Theme: 5/10
Graphics: 4/10
Audio: 8/10
Humor: 1/10
Mood: 2/10
Coolness: 2/10
Overall: 28/80
Good Game