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Cell Out! by frogcheese

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made by frogcheese for LD 38 (JAM)

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A poor, innocent single cell organism is being kept captive by a mad microbiologist. What insane experiments will it be subjected to? But lo! An opening in its containing flask! If it could just squeeze through, it could escape to safety*!

* Lab floor may be unsafe for microorganisms

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Instructions

  • Escape the flask!
  • As a cell, you are soft and malleable. Squeeze through tight spaces!
  • Change form by consuming small nucleoli scattered about!
  • Use WASD or Arrow Keys to move, and F4 to reset a level!

Links

  • Web player: https://frogcheese.itch.io/cell-out
  • Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlflvednvxwz6rj/CellOut_win.zip
  • macOS/OSX: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ebstbgkqlxd8axn/CellOut_macOS.zip
  • Linux: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4a7dl17qfq5aus3/CellOut_linux.zip

Attributions

  • Uses the font Mom's Typewriter by Cristoph Mueller: http://www.dafont.com/moms-typewriter.font
  • Bubble sounds by Melthurian: https://freesound.org/people/Melthurian/sounds/319384/
  • Squish sound effect by editoradp: https://www.freesound.org/people/editoradp/sounds/269482/
  • Block sound effect derived from sound by 15050Francois: https://www.freesound.org/people/15050Francois/sounds/325761/
  • Background image derived from image by Prawny: https://pixabay.com/sv/bakterier-mikrober-medicinsk-1959386/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/cell-out

Ratings

Given 13🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

gamesient
24. Apr 2017 · 17:17 UTC
Almost ready for upload!
🎤 frogcheese
24. Apr 2017 · 18:35 UTC
There we go! WebGL build will be forthcoming within a day or two. For now, a well-deserved rest is in order, I think.
🎤 frogcheese
25. Apr 2017 · 16:48 UTC
WebGL is live! :smile:
gamesient
25. Apr 2017 · 18:35 UTC
Yey now we support Linux, Mac, Windows and Web!
eonarheim
07. May 2017 · 17:54 UTC
I like the squishy puzzle mechanic, I feel like this has a lot of potential for some really interesting puzzle designs. It would be interesting to add a few more state changes, or maybe some enemy microbes in the puzzles :)
Jiri_One
11. May 2017 · 12:22 UTC
very interesting mechanic, would love to see some more levels though.
ghust1995
17. May 2017 · 20:54 UTC
Could have better aesthetics. Nice concept, more levels and mobile are a must. Some juice and polish and this can be a very neat mobile puzzle game! =)
piscythe
19. May 2017 · 04:03 UTC
Excellent work! I love how the natural state cell ripples and deforms. This especially helps the visual contrast with the rigid cell. I was not expecting the nucleoli to switch states when I grabbed one, but it made sense once I saw it happen. I also liked seeing the text appear to warn me when I tried to do something in the wrong form. I didn't need them, but it means that I probably could have figured this one out even without the help screen. Unfortunately, it was over in only a few levels. This seems like something that's worth developing further.
Sebastian Lague
19. May 2017 · 11:05 UTC
Cool idea, I liked the soft-body effect. Wish there was more of a challenge though!
Damien Remars
19. May 2017 · 11:41 UTC
More levels please!
dvdfu
19. May 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Really nice mechanic! I think it's really cool that you accounted for the player's progress in the level to provide tips.

The feel of the blue cell is really nice as well. I think the game would feel nicer if the controls were just a little faster and less floaty. Your mechanic has a ton of puzzle mechanic. Great work!