Plankton by Monklet80

made by Monklet80 for LD35 (JAM)

Plankton is a meditative game about life in the ocean, 1 billion BCE.

Shift your shape to match the different species, catch food and find others of your kind to mate.

I'm new to game making, and this is my first time entering a jam. Some of the graphic design is by Ryan Johnson, the rest is by me. It's been really fun working on this, thanks everyone.

Windows	http://www.wasnerandjohnson.com/LudumDare/Plankton1.1.exe
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=86283

Ratings

Coolness	45%	1350
Overall(Jam)	3.05	711

Audio(Jam)	1.87	700
Fun(Jam)	3.05	602
Graphics(Jam)	3.26	574
Humor(Jam)	2.32	606
Innovation(Jam)	3.14	472
Mood(Jam)	2.95	657
Theme(Jam)	3.68	271

Feedback

Lagoe

19. Apr 2016 · 10:46 UTC

Really nice game! i like the grapichs.
It reminds me the start of Spore.

kariamoss

19. Apr 2016 · 17:35 UTC

I can't play your game, it says that I have to find another version for my PC :/

kestrelgames

19. Apr 2016 · 17:47 UTC

Nice atmosphere! I think this would be great taken further post-compo. It's pretty soothing to play.

Fierceshadow

19. Apr 2016 · 17:49 UTC

Very neat execution of the theme!

🎤 Monklet80

19. Apr 2016 · 18:02 UTC

Thanks guys. :D I'm hoping to take it further, yeah.

Sorry about that Karia. I am working on getting a web-player up, but it's not straightforward. Maybe next LD. :/

keyboardmonkey

21. Apr 2016 · 17:15 UTC

This is a fun little game. The way the current draws the organisms adds a nice feel, and the pixel art looks pretty amazing.

Congrats on submitting your first entry!

Wisedawn

21. Apr 2016 · 17:59 UTC

Neat little game! A good first time entry!

Dreschler

21. Apr 2016 · 18:23 UTC

Nice! I enjoyed the graphincs, congratulations

Muciojad

21. Apr 2016 · 18:42 UTC

Holy shit, I first time in life played plankton simulator :D Really original idea! But I wish that there aren't any music ;/ But it's still cool! :D

James Coote

22. Apr 2016 · 18:07 UTC

I really like the premise, though the nerd in me says multi-cellular life only started really evolving like that during the Cambrian explosion, which was only ~540mil years ago (not 1bil years ago).

I like as well the way each species has different controls and properties, yet you're still all washed around by the general current in slightly anarchic fashion.

Freank

25. Apr 2016 · 07:57 UTC

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

Szabin

02. May 2016 · 12:51 UTC

Nice concept and graphics!