The Phototroph by foolmoron

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made by foolmoron for LD 39 (COMPO)

A psychedelic space exploration game about a light-eating creature, featuring dynamic acid house music made with Acid Machine

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WASD to move
Create ORBS by collecting light
Tap SPACE to use up an orb to jump
HOLD SPACE to do a GRAVITY DIVE towards the nearest gravity object

Ratings

Overall 537th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 545th 2.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 96th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 638th 2.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 161th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 251th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 497th 1.5⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Mood 266th 3.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 7🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

Marcenat
31. Jul 2017 · 13:36 UTC
The adaptive soundtrack is great, the game is gorgeous, but it lacks something to motivate the player, every planet is the same
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 22:08 UTC
Audio is just awesome, graphics look neat, but a tutorial would definitelly ad to it. Moreover, it gets reppetitive really fast, because every planet just looks the same.
realryanrogers
02. Aug 2017 · 23:55 UTC
I agree with the above sentiments about repetitiveness, but still a great concept, and very pretty to look at! I'd love to see this fleshed out a bit more, and would definitely come back to play it.
bram_ve
02. Aug 2017 · 23:56 UTC
Interesting idea, with fine graphics and audio to go with it. As for improvements i feel like the jumping between planets could use some work and maybe also having a clear goal in the game would be nice.
Thygrrr
02. Aug 2017 · 23:59 UTC
Whoa, nice trippy visuals!

Likes:
- acid soundtrack (a bit *very avant-garde*, but still cool!)
- super cool trippy graphics
- when you jump it really feels like you're getting high up in space
- nice choice of colours and light

Try differently:
- somehow my own controls on the spheres seem limited, maybe a gimbal lock issue?
- I want to get to the big sphere so much, but the game is actually challenging!

Overall:
- lovin the neon pastel trippy glow of this.
- the galaxy "sphere" looks nice, too!
chispaLBC
03. Aug 2017 · 00:08 UTC
it's a weird game (but that's good! :smile:) I love how the music changes depending on the situation. I went to a planet full of lights and it was really cool ^^.
bombjack
05. Aug 2017 · 08:59 UTC
it's hard to understand what to do but the art is really good.
GistNoesis
05. Aug 2017 · 15:10 UTC
Visually pleasing. The audio is nice. This isn't really a game. Made me feel really nauseous (Too much spinning).
aeveis
08. Aug 2017 · 07:08 UTC
Interesting concept, liked the visuals! I thought the black orb would increase in color or light and then something would happen. I did get some cubes though, but you could always speed off a planet instead of jumping so I'm not sure what is was for.
Alexandr AndroidDev
20. Aug 2017 · 12:39 UTC
strange, but interesting project. But as a player I want some reason to play. and controls sometime frustrating
Aterlamia
20. Aug 2017 · 13:03 UTC
Very pretty style and a good soundtrack (that does get a little bit repetitive) I would have liked some sort of an objective because i went around collecting light for some while but in the end i did not know for what
LeReveur
20. Aug 2017 · 13:28 UTC
A little psychedelic game. Didn't manage to go on the biggest and brightest globe, wich was the goal I choose after understanding that there is no intended destination. Frustrating. Anyway, don't know what you have taken before making this game, but it was surely strong. :P