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Eager by Bobrocket

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made by Bobrocket for LD34 (COMPO)
Eager is the best idea I had for this LD. It somehow kinda incorporates both Growing and Two button controls.
Eager is an Agar.IO "clone" that has some differences. Eager separates itself due to the fact that you have to shoot enemies with your mass instead of eating them (if an enemy touches you, you lose mass instead of gain)

PixelMix font by Andrew Tyler (http://andrewtyler.net) Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Windows http://bobrocket.itch.io/eager
OS/X http://bobrocket.itch.io/eager
Linux http://bobrocket.itch.io/eager
Source https://github.com/Bobrocket/Eager
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=10241

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1562
Overall 3.30 430
Audio 2.81 397
Fun 3.15 484
Graphics 2.50 766
Humor 2.33 502
Innovation 2.35 867
Mood 3.00 444
Theme 3.75 468

Feedback

danbolt
14. Dec 2015 路 03:26 UTC
Agar is great for casual LAN parties, so I'm happy to see an inspiration for it pop up.

I liked the simplicity of it, but I had a bit of trouble turning around at the right time to fire a shot at an enemy. Eating and shooting made more to do, which I think helped the gameplay.

Thanks for uploading it!
XtremePrime
15. Dec 2015 路 10:09 UTC
Interesting to see an Agar.IO inspired game! It's a nice little game c: Too bad there's no audio at all in the game :{
馃帳 Bobrocket
15. Dec 2015 路 11:04 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys! I had music compiled with the client (you can see it inside the jar and even in the Github source "res" folder) however it didn't seem to play properly for some reason outside of my own computer. I've run some tests and added a quick update to the itch page with an updated jar. Thanks for bringing it to my attention as, for me, the music and the sounds really help distract from the awfulness of the game itself :)
Phil Strahl
15. Dec 2015 路 18:58 UTC
So it's a pixely Osmos then? ;) Real nice and kinda chill music too. And I played this for way too long, but my compulsion led me to at least grow up to a point where I had the current year as score: http://s17.postimg.org/xt51t1gy7/image.png ;)
Krafty
16. Dec 2015 路 16:58 UTC
Nice game, music is good too. I found that once I got to a certain size, I would often just catch the stuff I throw before it went anywhere. That was only a minor issue though
x92rwzb
16. Dec 2015 路 20:19 UTC
This reminds me of agar.io.
tantumgames
17. Dec 2015 路 15:01 UTC
Well, a little game in the style of AGAR IO
WetDesertRock
19. Dec 2015 路 22:02 UTC
Doing a clone isn't bad, but you shouldn't really rely on previous knowledge of the clone to help explain the game to people.

For what this game is it seems a bit unrefined. The things you shoot do not start at the middle of your character, but rather the edge meaning that (especially later on) it is harder to hit enemies on your lower left side. The difficulty curve seemed to be off, as I wasn't sure where I could go wrong.
Yvanor
01. Jan 2016 路 14:44 UTC
Nice little game ^^ Good job ^^
SinclairStrange
04. Jan 2016 路 17:53 UTC
Interesting concept, never played AGAR IO so I can't compare like other people are doing but I found this rather interesting! :D Good stuff!