Space Amoebas by sanojian

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made by sanojian for LD34 (COMPO)
Life for your average Space Amoeba is pretty simple. Grow bigger than your opponents and eat them. Watch out for planets. Their gravity will pull you in and squash you.

Multiplayer HTML5 game. It is not recommended to select an overseas server so if the available servers are too laggy or too far away, host your own from a webpage!

Mobile friendly. Should work on anything with a browser.

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1562
Overall 3.20 510
Fun 3.13 501
Graphics 3.81 165
Humor 3.13 177
Innovation 2.28 885
Mood 3.23 307
Theme 3.66 541

Feedback

Tensoplast01
14. Dec 2015 路 07:48 UTC
Agar.io spotted, but nice replay then ;)
馃帳 sanojian
14. Dec 2015 路 07:50 UTC
It is NOT Agar.io! Okay it is...
Docjekyll
14. Dec 2015 路 08:00 UTC
Nice, clean art. Had some really interesting moments with another player connected to the same server. It was sometimes frustrating to control, b/c it wasn't always obvious which forces were pulling on you at a particular time.
I keep thinking it would be interesting to do a multiplayer game for a game jam. Maybe I'll also give it a shot some time.
jcwelgemoed
14. Dec 2015 路 08:01 UTC
Cool concept. It controls a bit difficult through.
psypol
14. Dec 2015 路 08:02 UTC
im was really confused on how to control things :-(
only after a moment i understood that you actually eating those little white things (i tought they are stars in the background ^^)
John Drury
14. Dec 2015 路 08:04 UTC
Hilarious good fun on an old concept. Multiplayer just makes it better!
MCRewind
14. Dec 2015 路 08:38 UTC
Agario much :P.
For some reason I really like the way the legs transition around you body tho :)
SkullPixel
14. Dec 2015 路 11:37 UTC
Very nice art and atmosphere, it probably could use some AI for when no one else is playing. But congrats on an online game in 48 hours!
prymidion
14. Dec 2015 路 11:40 UTC
Impressive concept, but I found the controls a bit difficult.
BoltKey
14. Dec 2015 路 13:07 UTC
The artwork is very nice, I like your creative use of just circles to make whole character. But. It is basically a copy of agario with a twist. Not a lot of innovation here.

It is very bold move to make an online game though, but it seems you managed the network stuff quite well. It actually works, which I can imagine how difficult was.
psychomonster
14. Dec 2015 路 19:25 UTC
Hi. nice game, to bad that I could not find another server for a multiplayer session. Bit the game lookin nice, it fits the theme... Controls are very hard to handle, I crushed into planets very often :D
lolgamer65
15. Dec 2015 路 03:44 UTC
The game was ok, but it felt like you were copying agar.io a bit too much.
logon13
15. Dec 2015 路 09:50 UTC
I personally know how hard multiplayer is, im not very good at it. It is so amazing everything you have got done in the time. You should be very proud of yourself
Farelle
15. Dec 2015 路 09:57 UTC
hmm Control feels a bit too few, which resulted in a few times seeing in "slowmotion" that I'm gonna die, because I knew I couldn't change it's trajectory hard enough to survive the planet.
Sadly I was alone on the server, so can't tell how it plays with others.
I like the babyface on that amoeba I played :D wished it would have grown more teeth though XD
Some Sounds would have been nice :o
Yamzho
15. Dec 2015 路 10:01 UTC
Just read your post on LD main page, and yes : it's an agar.io type of game ! But I agree with you, nobody complained about Sonic being a copy of Mario, Heroes of the Storm being another LoL, and so on. I love how clean the game looks, and to me, it is a very nice entry in the LD ! GG !
SidewalkSleeper
15. Dec 2015 路 10:05 UTC
It would've been better if the stage looped. It's pretty frustrating to keep smashing into invisible walls. Other than that, I enjoyed my time.
LordKawaii
15. Dec 2015 路 10:07 UTC
Good adaption of an existing game, fun graphics :)
B0pt1K
15. Dec 2015 路 10:14 UTC
I enjoyed playing this game, it was difficult to control to begin with, but after a while I managed to understand how the sort of "drifting" worked, and I really liked it.
thecatspajamas
15. Dec 2015 路 12:36 UTC
Controls were difficult. I liked the graphics, but I wasn't sure whether the other circles with eyes were other players, or just an NPC.

If someone hasn't played Agar.io I feel like they'd be lost and not know what to do. Instructions or an intro area might be useful.

Thank you for sharing your game!
matiasbontempo
15. Dec 2015 路 13:54 UTC
Even thou this looks to be based in Agar.io, I recognize all the effort put into this. I wish there were a "technical" category, that would be 5 stars for you.
_HopFrog
16. Dec 2015 路 05:01 UTC
Artstyle is cool! Not completely sold on the Agar stuff though..
Jakob37
19. Dec 2015 路 20:15 UTC
It looks very nice! I am only able to move very slowly though, so didn't manage to experience it properly.