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RUN RUN AMOEBA by tigerj

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made by tigerj for LD24 (JAM)
HTML5 browser needed. Use the arrow keys absorb DNA to evolve into a faster Amoeba and outrun fossilization. Evolved Amoebas will be granted leaderboard status!

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CONTROLS
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LEFT ARROW: MOVE LEFT
RIGHT ARROW: MOVE RIGHT
UP ARROW: JUMP (HOLD FOR MAX, TAP FOR MIN~SKILL HOP)



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DESCRIPTION
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It's a pretty hard speed platformer. If you ever played the carpet level in the classic Aladdin, or some of the other older speed memory games you will have fun with the challenge. If that style was never your thing then you may not like this game too much as it requires several replays and memorization.

There is a screenshot with some advice if you REALLY want to make it on the leaderboard.

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MECHANICS
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Every piece of DNA evolves your Amoebic acid to be 10 faster in x-velocity. It also increases your speed cap by 10.

Kicker: it increases the Walls velocity by 11 -3% of your velocity and increases the walls cap by 11. IT also stops the wall forcing it to re-accelerate.



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Gameplay Video
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-N91MJsIYQ&feature=g-upl

WEB http://ld24.devbriggs.com/
Youtube http://youtu.be/o-N91MJsIYQ?hd=1
Kongregate http://www.kongregate.com/games/jimmicritter/run-run-amoeba
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=14172

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.05 131
Audio(Jam) 2.54 150
Fun(Jam) 2.88 130
Graphics(Jam) 2.71 184
Humor(Jam) 2.22 134
Innovation(Jam) 2.32 204
Mood(Jam) 2.80 117
Theme(Jam) 2.44 172

Feedback

andreyin
27. Aug 2012 路 13:17 UTC
Really cool. The controls are awkward though.
PapyGaragos
27. Aug 2012 路 13:20 UTC
You should spend more time working on the "feeling" of your game.
Here the controls feels "heavy" and unresponsive, and that hurts the fun in your game
馃帳 tigerj
27. Aug 2012 路 15:10 UTC
Thanks for the early feedback! I probably will not have time to adjust much of the controls though since it's Monday and I have to work on other stuff. Post LD I wil examine this and see how it effects the difficulty ramping. Also the controls tend to feel better after you have started evolving and can accelerate faster. Maybe I should adjust the decelleration inversly to the amount of possible DNA... eh I'll play with it after the JAM. THANKS AGAIN!
Pierrec
27. Aug 2012 路 19:51 UTC
I didn't manage to control it well enough to start evolving. I'm still curious of what's ahead...
renatopp
27. Aug 2012 路 21:15 UTC
I think your game is pretty fun, but I had a problem with the scenario. I'm having fun running like hell, thinking fast and jumping all around the level and, suddenly, I'm stuck in some wall. I feel you could improve the gameplay just avoiding this kind of obstacle. Anyway, good job!
zkenshin
28. Aug 2012 路 00:27 UTC
I agree with the others that the controls made it feel a little more difficult than it should have been, but fun game overall.
sP0CkEr2
28. Aug 2012 路 02:05 UTC
Pretty fun -- nice effort.
Amoaeba Junior
28. Aug 2012 路 02:35 UTC
Really good but hard (and only 2 guys reached the end when i wrote this).
Alface
28. Aug 2012 路 03:13 UTC
Cool. I liked the music!
Raptor85
28. Aug 2012 路 06:05 UTC
controls are really unresponsive in firefox, i watched the sucessful run you linked on youtube also an that wall thing chasing you is WAY faster for me than it is in your video, it's basicly on my ass and im barely ahead of it even collecting every thing of DNA, first time you get to a spot you have to stop and jump back it's impossible to get by since you can barely keep in front of it.
馃帳 tigerj
28. Aug 2012 路 12:36 UTC
@Raptor85 Thank you for your feedback. i just tested in FF 14.0.1 on Linux and it was REALLY JERKY. if you come back try it in chrome or IE9 and I think it will be a much better experience for you. I don't want to touch anything internal to the game until the judging ends.

Next LD I'll have to be sure to run the game in FF versions > 3
DaviDeMo
28. Aug 2012 路 15:26 UTC
Hey very cool and a "cool" difficult. I still have to finish it =)
gnx
28. Aug 2012 路 17:09 UTC
I awarded you some mood points as there is something very nice about the minimalistic music and just having the little sound collecting the dna pieces.

I guess the presentation juxtaposes calmness with the urgency of a runner-game. Very nice.
pjchardt
29. Aug 2012 路 01:34 UTC
Fun but tough. Had to memorize the layout because I never had time to backtrack.
CataclysmicKnight
29. Aug 2012 路 02:46 UTC
WOW! This game was insanely difficult, but I kept trying and trying, very addictive
ahm99
29. Aug 2012 路 02:54 UTC
Interesting. I couldn't get far but it was fun :) can't wait to see what you do next time.
wibblymat
29. Aug 2012 路 11:04 UTC
Controls felt sluggish somehow
Alex Shestakov
30. Aug 2012 路 04:51 UTC
Really like the synth pad sound. And the color theme.
Yet I didn't succeed much so I doubt whether it's truly evolving later or not, I hope it does! :)
whilefun
31. Aug 2012 路 01:48 UTC
Cool concept! I died so hard every time! haha. I think it could have had snappier controls, and of course audio would have made it better. Good work! :)
馃帳 tigerj
31. Aug 2012 路 11:39 UTC
@whilefun can I ask what browser was not delivering Audio? I've tested in FF, IE and chrome. I have not tested in Opera or Safari on mac.
Nile
31. Aug 2012 路 22:35 UTC
The part where you have to jump up and then backwards to get up and keep moving is crazy hard. Controls are a little iffy but great game.
SiENcE
01. Sep 2012 路 20:46 UTC
I'm soo bad *haha, but your game is fun!
thewiseguy99
07. Sep 2012 路 01:41 UTC
Game with a lot of potential when you tweak the controls. Hope you develop this further as you have something here.
DaveDobson
07. Sep 2012 路 04:50 UTC
Great sound, fun art, a temple-run kind of feel. I found the controls a little too hard for me - too many do-or-die jumps, and I kept failing at them. I like the idea. I never got very far, even playing a number of times, but I enjoyed it - just wish it were a little easier.
airdeck
16. Sep 2012 路 04:48 UTC
Runs really well and a lot of fun
SecondDimension
17. Sep 2012 路 21:32 UTC
Controls and difficulty destroyed me unfortunately, but I really liked the music