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Jelly Germ by Ethereal Psyche Games

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made by Ethereal Psyche Games for LD 38 (JAM)

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Hello world!

This time we've made a game for bad guys. You control a super cute germ covered by colorful jelly (yes, we're sure it's for bad guys, don't be distracted by cuteness :grin:).

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It's a super resistent germ which has to survive inside a human body. Of course it would try to kill you (you're an evil germ, don't forget it), but you have 4 colorful and powerful skills:

  • Green: Throw a sticky jelly to the walls around you. Then, press left or right arrow to stick yourself to the wall.
  • Blue: Throw a projectile to kill enemies.
  • Purple: Make a quick dash forward.
  • Yellow: Throw yellow jelly on the ground to jump higher.

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You would have to fight some body soldiers too. Don't forget you're inside a human body and he doesn't like you. You would be able to fight the cute colorful lymphocytes attacking them but if you're wise, you will learn to disguise yourself to pass unnoticed without wasting jelly. You can avoid your enemies if you have the same color as them!

Remember: Jelly is Life. If you waste all your jelly... GAME OVER

Controls:

Movement: (Arrows Keys) :arrowleft: :arrowup: :arrowdown: :arrowright:

Jump: Space bar

Change colour:

  • Green: Q
  • Blue: W
  • Purple: E
  • Yellow: R

Skills (change colour to use your skills)

  • Sticky: Q
  • Attack: W
  • Dash: E
  • Bounce: R

Programs

Unity Engine

Gimp

Photoshop

Sibelius 7.5

Audacity

Credits

Art: Korien Designs Instagram

Programmers: Jose Carlos Romero Twitter and Lilneko (it was his first LDJAM).

Music and sounds: Elena Rodríguez

We're Ethereal Psyche Games and we hope you enjoyed our game. If you did, you can follow us in social media :smile: * Twitter * Facebook * Instagram

The Game

Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n3ga4t536mp1dvy/Jelly%20germ.rar?dl=0

Web: https://ethereal-psyche-games.itch.io/jelly-germ

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/jelly-germ

Ratings

Overall 518th 3.138⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 460th 3⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 343th 3.207⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 483th 3.241⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 335th 3.655⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 322th 3.071⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 447th 2.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 497th 3.036⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 49🗨️

Feedback

szczebel1995
01. May 2017 · 09:02 UTC
I love the abilities but sometimes the sticky one is hard to use, the game looks really good. Nice entry overall.
RealityCheck
01. May 2017 · 09:22 UTC
Fun little game. Graphics were really nice - especially the cute little jellies.

Music worked and set the mood nicely, but I do wish there were more other sounds to fill out the atmosphere.

A couple of things though:
* Is the yellow jelly supposed to shoot jelly on the wall? Doesn't help my jumping when it's on the wall, so I got stuck on the fourth level because I could not reach the high platform.
* Sometimes my jelly would stop dead on the floor, and I'd have to jiggle myself free with the arrow keys. Some hitboxes for the floor may be slightly raised?

Overall, though, I did enjoy the experience, and it was a great little Jam game.
mathijs750
02. May 2017 · 18:19 UTC
The abilities are a cool concept, but I feel they could have used a bit more pollish. I got stuck at the end of level 1 when I needed to use the bouncy power. The music and art are charming.
Tat2Tim
02. May 2017 · 19:11 UTC
You've got a very professional look but the main mechanics could use a little polishing. I also found the sticky mechanic hard to use, and it'd be nice to have some sound effects for the various abilities.
Laylow
03. May 2017 · 01:22 UTC
It's certainly a neat concept of changing your ability on the fly. I would stop moving randomly on the floor though which messed up the flow of the game.

The music was pretty good as well as the graphics.

Being able to place the special goo most places in the world was nice. It felt like some really nifty puzzles could be created that would be decently challenging.
Redblack Spade
03. May 2017 · 12:40 UTC
Haha loved the concept! The idea with changing color is pretty original but it was hard to "feel" the character - it jumps really slow and falls down like all the game takes place on the moon. Also using a "green" ability was a real pain for me - it was to hard not to fall down because of that low jump.
Level design also can be better - you've got an ability to create a really good puzzle! But still there are too much free space on the level.
But still I enjoyed the game. This game is much better then many of others in here and doesn't look like it was made in 3 days, it was fun to play it. Thanks!
huminaboz
04. May 2017 · 01:19 UTC
Love the idea of the four different styles of overcoming challenges, but the control style could use some work. Pressing the same key to have different effects, especially while trying to use WASD to control your character can feel like a game of finger twister. You may consider using the keys as a toggle and the other hand as activate, like enter or a mouse click.
🎤 Ethereal Psyche Games
04. May 2017 · 06:49 UTC
@huminaboz Thanks for the feedback! WASD is not designed to be used to movement, the arrows are intended to be used for the movement. But thanks to your comment we know that WASD is activated too xD

Thanks!
Burgee
04. May 2017 · 12:46 UTC
The idea here is really good, this could turn into a hectic platformer with 4x the gameplay depth of the successful existing ones.

In it's current state, it's playable and fun but it needs a bit of tightening up. The jumps were a little too 'floaty' for me and some of the abilities (mostly sticky) were hard to use right without failing a bunch of times.

Past that, the only real problem I had with the game is I think the UI is a bit too big and invasive. I was worried going in that I wouldn't know what buttons did what, but I had the opposite problem =)

As far as art and sound - everything was spot on. The germs looked cute and the jelly effect of the animation was fitting.

Overall a really solid entry that just needs a bit of tweaking!
Smiling Cat Entertainment
04. May 2017 · 16:57 UTC
Really good graphics, and great use of the theme. I too had some difficulty with getting hung up on floors and walls at times, but it was nothing that prevented me from completing the levels presented. Great job!
Breno_M
04. May 2017 · 16:58 UTC
Nice platformer. I agree with @burgee, the gravity is a bit low. The controls are nice, but maybe WASD/arrows for movement and mouse scroll for selecting the skill would be a good option to consider. The art is very good, specially the character and UI. The music is good as well.
mrerdalural
04. May 2017 · 17:10 UTC
Controls need a lot of polishing but i liked the general game mechanics. Concept you choose is a unique one that also a +. I liked what you created overall. Thank you for making this game!
icxon
04. May 2017 · 21:03 UTC
Can't open the last door and contols are unpredicted sometimes (especially sticky one). Enemies do not harm, it seems. I was thinking about "Tag: The Power of Paint" game, but for sure this one is different.

Nice menu opening, consistent art and music.

I did a playthrough: https://youtu.be/vgg5i8zx30w and found couple of bugs (auto-climbing / secret wall at last level). It was fun to play, but game requires some polishing. Thank you.
Vivoubos
04. May 2017 · 21:53 UTC
Nice concept!! I liked it! There is just one problem with collision with the wall, and the sticky ability. But audio graphism are great. Bravo! :)
🎤 Ethereal Psyche Games
04. May 2017 · 21:57 UTC
@icxon Thanks for the feedback!We have seen that sticky skill is a painfull skill for everyone so we are trying to polish that but out of the ludum we dont have enought time to do xD

Thanks for the video/playthrough/bug report (xD)!
VeryEvilTomato
04. May 2017 · 22:05 UTC
Pretty nice concept although a little hard to handle from time to time! Music was kinda too intense for the cute nature the game tried to have so I didn't like it that much, gameplay was good but like most people say it needed polishing, graphics were decent although I didn't like so much the tileset. Nice entry! Btw our game is also about something bad inside the human body, just that instead of a little germ it's a virus :D
Samusoidal
04. May 2017 · 22:51 UTC
A little bit tricky with the controls (specifically sticky), but nice graphics and good concept.
Good job!
yyam
05. May 2017 · 00:53 UTC
Cool game! The graphics are really great, I also like how you've got so many mechanics. Needs a bit of polish but overall nice job :)
BladeSides
06. May 2017 · 09:36 UTC
Awesome music and art! Some abilities need polish though! Overall, good!
ccglp
06. May 2017 · 14:28 UTC
Good work guys, like the others I like the graphic style and the level design (many ways to solve the levels). Although is true that the sticky ability is hard to use.
kleinzach
06. May 2017 · 16:16 UTC
The character controls were wonky at times, but I really like the whole idea with all of the abilities. My recommendation with the levels would be to avoid blind jumps, which there were quite a few of. The only way I could do some of them was trial and error, and without checkpoints that got very tedious.
Richard Michael Smith
07. May 2017 · 09:25 UTC
As mentioned above there are a few little issue with the controls (getting stuck to the floor, wall jumping, etc.) but this is a solid idea that reminds me of the colourful games on the Amiga (such as James Pond and Zool). The music loop is a little short and gets a bit repetitive but again - these are just minor niggles. Excellent work!
PeachTreeOath
09. May 2017 · 06:50 UTC
I liked the careful thought you put into the abilities and designing the levels around them. Others have mentioned the UI as problematic, but honestly I thought it was great. I'm glad you put the ability text right by the button because I was staring at this page's instructions for a long time trying to memorize them. Great art style you have here, everything is so consistent!
BlackRose
12. May 2017 · 00:11 UTC
Its a really fun game! i like the concept and the art. The sticky ability works strange. Love the little jelly :3