Alive.io by Halite

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made by Halite for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

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Intro

Once upon a time there were some clans

God of Death wants them to fight and die. Self destruction is the nature anyway.

You, God of Life, want to keep them ALIVE!

But for how long?

How to play?

Rules: - You indirectly control the clans' behavior by placing food - Try to keep them from killing each other as long as you can - Or don't, just watch them fight! - (More clans is more interesting!)

Controls: - Left click to spawn food - Use mouse wheel to zoom the camera in and out - Right click and drag to rotate the camera view - There is useful info in HUD, you can also check the box "abundant food" to auto-generate, well, abundant, food.

Screenshots

The static images of this game is far far less interesting than the actual game!

Screenshot (44).png ^ 3 little clans

Screenshot (67).png ^ Clans running for food

Known bugs

  • If you look straight down from above, camera would glitch.

P.S.

This is my first Ludum Dare and first solo game in more than 1 year. Hope you will enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it. I missed making games so much!

I really can't compose by myself so this game has no music. Enjoy the visual though!

P.S. #2

Why is it called alive.io? A friend spotted that the colors I used in this game is very similar to those used in io games, and the mechanic of factions fight each other is similar too! So why not just name it io :p :stuckouttongue:

Credits

  • bfxr was used for generating sound effects for this game.

Ratings

Given 4🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

ishmandoo
20. Apr 2020 · 03:28 UTC
Cool idea! Sand Kings!
thatOtherNerd
20. Apr 2020 · 03:32 UTC
The bug with the camera might be from using Quaternions, I had a similar issue in my game. Also, there is a point where when you spam abundant food enough and let them eat it all, everything just breaks.
🎤 Halite
20. Apr 2020 · 03:37 UTC
@thatothernerd Yeah I think the camera bug is from my fomula for calculating rotation by composing Quaternions. This game does have some bugs that I couldn't solve :p Thanks for playing and enduring them!
🎤 Halite
20. Apr 2020 · 03:39 UTC
@ishmandoo Thank you, hope you had fun!
Adry
20. Apr 2020 · 13:04 UTC
one clan has gone of the screen and the browser crashed :(

So sad, I was having fun
mitjmcc
20. Apr 2020 · 17:08 UTC
Great concept! Felt frantic trying to keep everyone away from each other.
pomelouncia
24. Apr 2020 · 12:24 UTC
扮演上帝或是死神,用食物来避免/引诱氏族之间相互残杀。非常特别的创意。但后期难度比较低,基本上食物可以无限累积。
总的来说,用一种让人耳目一新的方式扣题了。如果能有更多随机性、事件之类的,会非常有趣?
knason
27. Apr 2020 · 17:34 UTC
This was quite intense and really fun, I spent I little too much time playing it, but I had fun :-) Great job!