Big Brain Simulator by desces

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made by desces for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Logo.png Big Brain Simulator is an exciting adventure, where you take control of a mutated Brain. The Big Brain is trying to escape an evil lab, it will be transplanted to a new host soon, so its decided to break free, during its escape it will face different challenges that it will need to overcome to achieve freedom - hint: look out for Pigeons, they're keen on brains. But careful, the brain loses health outside is host or the controlled Brain Jar, be careful with sudden moves, and look out for blood bags. Keep your brain alive!

This game was made in 3 days for the Ludum Dare 46, the teams is formed by 6 students, split equally in 3 coders, and 3 artists. I hope you enjoy our game as much as we enjoyed making it.

The controls are briefly explained in the first level. We support Gamepads as well.

The game was made in Unity all the scripts were made by us, as well as the art assets, including animations and texturing. The music and sounds used in this game are from royalty free sources.

ingame1.pngingame2.png pigeon.gifplant.png

Ratings

Overall 246th 3.972⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 363th 3.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 498th 3.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 617th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 279th 4.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 256th 3.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1292th 3.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

BlobRoss
21. Apr 2020 · 01:00 UTC
great!
LordKawaii
21. Apr 2020 · 01:01 UTC
Super cute! I loved the bird! The graphics are fantastic and you were even able to make more then one solid level!
Maroon_goof
21. Apr 2020 · 01:14 UTC
very funny game, but a tad wonky control-wise, i liked it!
Alex_ADEdge
22. Apr 2020 · 14:04 UTC
Nice graphics and bird! Camera was a bit spastic at times but tbh you pulled off some tricky stuff, like having such a well made camera for inside those vents. Also why are there lasers in the vents!? XD
strailks
22. Apr 2020 · 20:56 UTC
The game was very entertaining to play and I really enjoyed the sound effects. The controls sometimes messed me up, but overall very fun.
rjhelms
02. May 2020 · 18:31 UTC
Lots of fun, and a funny take on the theme. Camera was a bit wonky in places, especially on the second level, but it wasn't unmanageable. (Playing with a gamepad, I kept trying to move the camera with the right stick, just by force of habit.)
jk5000
02. May 2020 · 18:36 UTC
A fun and very well made jam game. Well done.
Kent Reese
03. May 2020 · 02:12 UTC
Really well done! Nice graphical style and your level layout is very nice.
szupinek
03. May 2020 · 15:03 UTC
Fun game! Really liked the 3D graphics. As mention before in the comments, camera is bit chaotic. Sound of moving brain became kinda distracting after a while (for me,ofc), maybe because sample didn't looped so well. After all, neat entry.
GameOverMexico
06. May 2020 · 13:38 UTC
Very very Nice all the graphics AND fun, good job !!!
Anuradha
10. May 2020 · 12:51 UTC
This was fantastic, especially for something made over a weekend. I enjoyed the basic mechanic, and I thought the environment was really well done. There are a couple of improvements to make, though, the main one being the camera. Although for the most part it functions correctly, at times it was really difficult to orient myself and figure out how to manoeuvre so that the camera was pointed in the direction I wanted. Given that the brain seems to turn on a point, which does make it more difficult to navigate, using the mouse to direct the camera would make it a lot easier to see what's happening while not decreasing the difficulty of controlling the brain. If not that, being able to reverse would be useful. The respawning mechanic is good, but needs some tweaking. I found that I would frequently get hurt again for the same reason as before (sometimes because I was dumb, but frequently because the pigeon was in the same place as last time) but would be unable to heal because I'd used the blood bags already. Finally, it was a little weird that the pigeon could walk through some of the obstacles and would literally chase me all over. I would recommend limiting it to a certain area. Overall, a great and fun game that I would definitely play more if you fleshed it out, really impressive!
guladam
10. May 2020 · 12:57 UTC
Fun game, well done. :)

Great take on the theme. I especially liked how disgusting the sound effect of dying is (I mean this in a good way).

My one suggestion is what other guys have already mentioned. You could have improved the camera movement a bit because it feels very random and distracting at times.

Nevertheless, a great game, good job :)
LaZZyDev72
10. May 2020 · 13:09 UTC
Realy nice and fun game to play. i had fun playing it nice entry.
Thibaud Ligneul
10. May 2020 · 14:03 UTC
Fun idea :smile: My only problem was the camera going wild, but otherwise I really liked it :) Reminds me of old PC / PS1 games!
NoamRaz
10. May 2020 · 16:34 UTC
holy shit amazing graphics