{"author_link":"\/users\/primitive-concept","author_name":"primitive-concept","author_uid":"1016558","comments":[{"author_name":"MathijsVissers","author_uid":"1009522","time":"2017-05-01T08:34:35Z","epoch":1493627675,"modified":1493627675,"text":"Cool idea. Confused me a bit when you move between different 'depths', every step looks like the previous one, so I have no idea if I just went deeper or something didn't go right. But as said, cool idea.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rialgar","author_uid":"1000343","time":"2017-05-01T16:49:25Z","epoch":1493657365,"modified":1493657365,"text":"I like the idea of using the 'enemy' cells to fight the stronger enemies, but nested cells still feel weird. I love the moody graphics and music.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dick-claus","author_uid":"1012583","time":"2017-05-02T08:40:40Z","epoch":1493714440,"modified":1493714440,"text":"Hey, really cool graphics and mechanics.\n\nBut I didn't understand what was going on in this game.\n\nI was attacking this things all the time.\n\nAfter injecting I was getting inside the cells, right?\n\nMaybe some sort of tutorial?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"makenai","author_uid":"1016550","time":"2017-05-02T22:23:44Z","epoch":1493763824,"modified":1493763824,"text":"Cool concept and the graphics and mood are great! I think this is one of the more visually polished games I have seen. It's a little hard to tell what's going on as we zoom through different scales and sometimes it's hard for me to tell what's killed me. I got hit a few times, but didn't die except for when I do. Is there an energy bar somewhere? Nice job on this game - totally felt like I was looking though a microscope.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rolle","author_uid":"1001965","time":"2017-05-04T17:21:15Z","epoch":1493918475,"modified":1493918475,"text":"Cool Inception-style-game! Took a while to understand what was going on and what really to do. :) The theme and the feel of the game is nice but the controls (to me) seemed a bit..off somehow.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Veralos","author_uid":"1009473","time":"2017-05-05T14:09:11Z","epoch":1493993351,"modified":1493993351,"text":"The visuals look really cool - the sort of graininess really helps to make the game feel like it's at a microscopic scale. The audio is also appropriate and creates a great atmosphere. Unfortunately it's quite hard to tell what's going on in the game even after reading the description. I think you're supposed to be injecting into deeper layers, but it can be hard to tell where you are when everything looks fairly samey. The concept definitely seems cool and interesting, I just wish I could figure out exactly what to do.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"boorik","author_uid":"1012514","time":"2017-05-16T17:07:27Z","epoch":1494954447,"modified":1494954447,"text":"Good job I really like the microscope effect :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"OccultOne","author_uid":"1000603","time":"2017-05-20T07:17:35Z","epoch":1495264655,"modified":1495264655,"text":"This game would really benefit from a tutorial level. The graphical polish was really awesome! Great screen effects! (Probably the best I've seen all jam!). I need a lot more feedback to understand things like, \"Why did I just die?\". Controls were a little stiff, maybe laggy? They felt awkward but I can't put my finger on it.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"FloBar","author_uid":"1038737","time":"2017-07-31T19:27:51Z","epoch":1501529271,"modified":1501529271,"text":"The game looks really good and really like the transition when you scroll with your mouse wheel, but I wasn't really sure what to do. Also I didn't really realize when I died because I was still busy clicking and it took me to the title screen and back to the game. Maybe deactivate the click for a couple of milliseconds when someone dies. Otherwise it looks really good.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld38\/16566-785e10e8b22fbacf0952dbbc069e17f0.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"53032","g_author":"1016558","g_event":"LD38","g_eventkey":"69","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"243966","g_title":"Primordial Ooze","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"278","g_commentcount":"9","g_site2_node_id":"16566","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"16566","n_urlkey":"243966","n_parent":"9405","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/primordial-ooze","n_slug":"primordial-ooze","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"16558","n_created":"1492812967","n_modified":"1493711647","n_version":"76093","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":16566,"parent":9405,"superparent":9,"author":16558,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-04-25T01:23:59Z","created":"2017-04-21T22:16:07Z","modified":"2017-05-02T07:54:07Z","version":76093,"slug":"primordial-ooze","name":"Primordial Ooze","body":"![primordial-ooze.mp4_snapshot_00.00_[2017.05.02_00.53.00].jpg](\/\/\/raw\/ea0\/4\/z\/389a.jpg)\n\n**Original WebGL:** https:\/\/www.primitiveconcept.com\/games\/ludumdare38\n\n**Updated WebGL (04-29-2017):** https:\/\/www.primitiveconcept.com\/games\/primordialooze\n\n- - -\n\nPlay as a primordial bacteriophage on an alien world, and take over various coccus-type microbes.\n\nWASD to move. Left and right click to perform attacks\/injection. Mouse wheel to change size.\n\nDash attack (left-click) to damage and immobilize enemies. While immobilized, Inject (right-click) into them to discover more enemy microbes (which can also be injected into). Each microbes contains DNA traits that can raise or lower the microbe's attributes. Inject into the nucleus to take over the host, and fight against other enemies... or just burst out of them to destroy them completely (and restore your health).\n\nStat changes in child microbes propagate upwards to their hosts, all the way up to the highest-level microbe. Try working your way wall the way down to the root of each enemy, raising as many attributes as you can before finally taking over the top-most microbe!\n\n![primordial-ooze1.png](\/\/\/raw\/ea0\/4\/z\/389b.png)\n\nSome Tips:\n - The only way to kill enemies is to inject into their nucleus, and then burst out of them with right-click.\n - Keep injecting until you reach the bottom-most level, then activate DNA traits as you work your way back outward. \n - Take advantage of the enemies you take over, as they provide a good buffer against other enemies, and dying while inhabiting one will simply eject you, rather than resulting in game-over.\n - Be careful about simply exiting enemies (by breaking out of the cell wall) if you've raised their attributes. They'll become much more difficult to defeat depending on how you boosted them.\n - Consider activating max-health upgrades (yellow) last. Causing cells to grow also recreates the nucleus, shuffles the trait positions, and increases the size of the maze.\n - Stuck in a cell with no center nucleus? Break out of the outer perimeter walls by attacking them. Re-injecting into any cell reconstitutes its nucleus structure.\n\n","meta":{"grade-07-out":"1","grade-06-out":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/ea0\/4\/z\/2f1e.png","author":[16558]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/primordial-ooze","parents":[1,5,9,9405],"love":0,"notes":9,"notes-timestamp":"2017-07-31T19:27:51Z","grade":{"grade-01":13,"grade-02":13,"grade-03":13,"grade-04":13,"grade-05":13,"grade-08":13},"magic":{"cool":88.640526042792,"feedback":3,"given":6.875,"grade":13,"grade-01-average":3.545,"grade-01-result":278,"grade-02-average":2.818,"grade-02-result":566,"grade-03-average":3.818,"grade-03-result":88,"grade-04-average":3.818,"grade-04-result":167,"grade-05-average":3.727,"grade-05-result":308,"grade-08-average":3.273,"grade-08-result":361,"smart":-21.236406229123}},"text":"![primordial-ooze.mp4_snapshot_00.00_[2017.05.02_00.53.00].jpg](\/\/\/raw\/ea0\/4\/z\/389a.jpg)\n\n**Original WebGL:** https:\/\/www.primitiveconcept.com\/games\/ludumdare38\n\n**Updated WebGL (04-29-2017):** https:\/\/www.primitiveconcept.com\/games\/primordialooze\n\n- - -\n\nPlay as a primordial bacteriophage on an alien world, and take over various coccus-type microbes.\n\nWASD to move. Left and right click to perform attacks\/injection. Mouse wheel to change size.\n\nDash attack (left-click) to damage and immobilize enemies. While immobilized, Inject (right-click) into them to discover more enemy microbes (which can also be injected into). Each microbes contains DNA traits that can raise or lower the microbe's attributes. Inject into the nucleus to take over the host, and fight against other enemies... or just burst out of them to destroy them completely (and restore your health).\n\nStat changes in child microbes propagate upwards to their hosts, all the way up to the highest-level microbe. Try working your way wall the way down to the root of each enemy, raising as many attributes as you can before finally taking over the top-most microbe!\n\n![primordial-ooze1.png](\/\/\/raw\/ea0\/4\/z\/389b.png)\n\nSome Tips:\n - The only way to kill enemies is to inject into their nucleus, and then burst out of them with right-click.\n - Keep injecting until you reach the bottom-most level, then activate DNA traits as you work your way back outward. \n - Take advantage of the enemies you take over, as they provide a good buffer against other enemies, and dying while inhabiting one will simply eject you, rather than resulting in game-over.\n - Be careful about simply exiting enemies (by breaking out of the cell wall) if you've raised their attributes. They'll become much more difficult to defeat depending on how you boosted them.\n - Consider activating max-health upgrades (yellow) last. Causing cells to grow also recreates the nucleus, shuffles the trait positions, and increases the size of the maze.\n - Stuck in a cell with no center nucleus? Break out of the outer perimeter walls by attacking them. Re-injecting into any cell reconstitutes its nucleus structure.\n\n","title":"Primordial Ooze"}