{"author_link":"\/author\/mcthreepwood\/","author_name":"McThreepwood","author_uid":"12608","comments":[{"author_name":"Wan &amp; Manu","author_uid":"9172","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:37am","epoch":1355830320,"text":"Simple but effective! The game gets difficult quite fast, but it's pretty intuitive to play and it even seems bug-free.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Game-design wise, I would have suggested to make death only make the player go back to the spawn with 0 energy: not only it would make the game less frustrating, but it gives an actual reason for the player to go and create a few clones every once and a while. Otherwise it's clearly better to keep the energy until you have enough of it to create all the clones.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Another thing that would have been cool is to make the clone act as walls for the player. It would add a cool twist to the gameplay I think!"},{"author_name":"McThreepwood","author_uid":"12608","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1355856000,"text":"Thanks for the comment!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I actually planned to add the ability to create clone-walls that protect you, but I ran out of time :)"},{"author_name":"Stavu","author_uid":"7110","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1355858400,"text":"Congratulations on your first Ludum Dare!!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really cool game! I think it has a lot of potential - Infecting stuff is awesome!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Art-wise, I think it would be nice to make the board look like a body part, that way you could start from the foot or something, and work your way up, infecting the whole body as you go :) \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Hope to see you here next time!"},{"author_name":"Casino Jack","author_uid":"11139","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1355859300,"text":"Not bad! Would be nice if it was paused at the start so I had a chance to read the instructions, but thankfully the first level was pretty easy. Also, welcome to LD!"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1356182700,"text":"Simple, and pretty fun.  It did get a bit frustrating after the first 2 levels though.  Nice job, especially for the first time."},{"author_name":"recursive frog","author_uid":"8342","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:57am","epoch":1356245520,"text":"You know, I am surprised by how much fun this little game is.  The graphics and the lack of sounds hide a really good mechanic that just deserves a little extra care and attention.  Good job!"},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Jan 5, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1357397340,"text":"There is a lot of work here and made alone ! You have to improve the controls for better fun ;) Well done, making levels in Ludum Dare is hard stuff."}],"images":["ld25\/12608-7d9d87200152dad61a5df9811b8267e2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/48660249\/Bacteria.swf","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/48660249\/Batty%20Bacteria\/index.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27597","g_author":"12608","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27627","g_title":"Batty Bacteria!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"7","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/12608-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is the first time I've participated in Ludum Dare and I loved it. \r\n\r\nI worked on this alone and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I'm really happy that I did it. Hopefully I'll do even better next time :)\r\n\r\nIn any case, in my game you play as bacteria trying to infect a body, while dodging antibodies who patrol the area.\r\n<\/p>","title":"Batty Bacteria!"}