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Life Forms by galman

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made by galman for LD24 (COMPO)
Every life form is made from cells, You are a life form too.
Collect DNA so you can buy new cells and improve your life form!
Each cell have different power:
Body cell - Increase your you maximum health - Costs 10 DNA.
Speed cell - Improve your speed - Costs 20 DNA.
Defense cell - Improve your defense - Costs 30 DNA.
Attack cell - Improve your attack power - Costs 30 DNA.
Health cell - Improve your health regeneration - Costs 30 DNA.

There are other life forms too, when you kill them you get their DNA.

Once you have enough DNA you can enter the editor by clicking on the "Store" button and buy new cells.

Made by Galman33 for Ludum Dare #24 in 48 hours.

Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/galman33/life-forms/
Live Stream http://www.twitch.tv/galman33
Timelapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6AzHy6AnMQ
Post Mortem http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/09/01/life-forms-the-post-mortem/
Source https://dl.dropbox.com/u/42020614/Ludum%20Dare/LudumDare24/LD24.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=5971

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 3.25 222
Audio 3.61 46
Fun 3.32 134
Graphics 2.41 556
Humor 1.93 419
Innovation 3.04 296
Mood 3.43 79
Theme 3.69 90

Feedback

whilefun
28. Aug 2012 路 12:58 UTC
I thought this was really good. The music and parallax background made it just fun and moody to wander around and explore. One bit I think could have been better was the combat and labels on the cell types in store (how much the cost and what they do for your stats). I think that'd make this game even better. I got pretty far before dying, but I don't know how to max my stats or do combat effectively, so I don't know if I can beat other life forms. Well done :)
馃帳 galman
28. Aug 2012 路 19:12 UTC
Thank you whilefun!
You can check for the costs of the cells in game by overing the help button with your mouse while on store :-)
ratking
28. Aug 2012 路 20:37 UTC
I liked the game! Felt like a roguelike (without rooms). Wish the graphics would give a bit more information. I sometimes had to stop the game to look what each colour in the store means. Little symbols would be nice.
Good work!
AdventureIslands
29. Aug 2012 路 18:17 UTC
Really nice! This was actually pretty fun to play, very hard game though. It's fun to destroy enemy and take all their dna though you yourself can be destroyed just as easily.

Perhaps you should have labeled the cells with what they do and how much they increase your stats.

The music was really nice and soothing, made the game much more enjoyable. Nice work!
atraxgames
30. Aug 2012 路 20:20 UTC
Very nice idea and fits the theme very well!
michax
30. Aug 2012 路 20:28 UTC
Enjoyed playing it! Relaxing gamplay and nice upgrade system.
Needed a little time to figure out how to use it.
johnfn
30. Aug 2012 路 20:37 UTC
If you made the process to collect DNA a bit faster this could be very fun. Also, seemed like enemies were always upgrading faster than me. Can't there be some wimpy enemies so I can feel better about myself? :D Anyway, I enjoyed this. I especially liked how your upgrades were very visible because you added the cells to yourself. With some tweaks it'll be great!
eli
30. Aug 2012 路 20:52 UTC
Great work! You succeeded in making a really soothing game.
I notice that you tend to spawn enemies right on top of you towards the edges... other than that, the difficulty levels up nicely with the player. Great concept. I also like the build-your-own-being mechanic.

Great job =)
lathomas64
30. Aug 2012 路 23:35 UTC
was a bit odd to have other life forms spawn on top of me and insta-kill from full health.
Cyboot
31. Aug 2012 路 09:52 UTC
nice idea for the theme.

good job!
TinyPlatypus
31. Aug 2012 路 12:10 UTC
Very interesting, calming music, fun progression and good pacing. Overall, very good!
vigrid
31. Aug 2012 路 16:18 UTC
Liked the parallax background even though it doesn't behave like it should in the vertical movement. The music is great. Idea simple and enough to grasp the theme. Well done!
BumpkinRich
31. Aug 2012 路 18:36 UTC
Playing was fun and I enjoyed bobbing around more than I did trying to upgrade. Nailed the controls totally.
ghRibacki
31. Aug 2012 路 22:09 UTC
Nice game! I loved the idea of buying cells so I level up specific characteristics of my entity(?). The music and the parallax background are both very pleasant and I had a great time playing it. Couldn't fit more with the theme!

Congratulations, mate. =)
xhunterko
01. Sep 2012 路 19:17 UTC
Really hard to judge a game like this. Still though. It has some of the best music I've heard. Great job!
ggiraldez
02. Sep 2012 路 16:41 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this. It's a zen-like experience, very relaxing. Music is awesome. Front parallax is a bit confusing though. It feels like you should be moving faster than you actually are.
marudziik
02. Sep 2012 路 18:57 UTC
This is reaallly fun, VERY playable. Music is great. Parallax works differently in x and y direction and it seems kinda confusing. But oh boy, is it playable. It's a little hard, but that actually made me want to play more and more. I can see that difficulty scales with how many DNA points I've gained, and this makes hard to survive in the beginning - later it's fine, as long as some big new organism doesn't spawn exactly where I am. Anyway, this is a GREAT game. I love how you attach cells to the organism, it just feels great. Awesome!
Teknik
09. Sep 2012 路 23:03 UTC
really fun game. though once you get up to higher levels it's harder to tell what your going up against as all the npc cells like to overlap more. really like your game otherwise though very fun to play.
amidos2006
15. Sep 2012 路 13:03 UTC
Nice music and nice game although it reminds me of the first stage in spore game :) but it is nice game :)
Jacic
17. Sep 2012 路 14:11 UTC
Very nice, relaxing game! The music was especially good. :)
tripleVisionGames
17. Sep 2012 路 18:42 UTC
Really interesting idea and that music is so awesome and relaxing!