Baby Atom by MarkVeligod

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made by MarkVeligod for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MUNLkX1mAg

You play as a nuclear reactor on uranium 238. It has a half-life, so it constantly loses neutrons, which need to be collected. when colliding with a red reactor (unstable), a chain reaction occurs, which can be stopped by cooling the reactor. There is a purple reactor, quantum, it is attracted to our reactor, it can be safely destroyed if you collide with the quantum rods, when colliding with our reactor, an explosion occurs instantly.

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Use WASD and mouse for control

Ratings

Overall 986th 3.342⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1038th 3.154⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1286th 2.744⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 864th 3.413⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 414th 3.963⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Audio 733th 3.158⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1048th 2.431⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1243th 2.865⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 61🗳️ 58🗨️

Feedback

Teegan
04. Oct 2021 · 21:54 UTC
Amazing visuals and really tight and good feeling movement system! I really like the movement of the red cores, they feel erratic and fun to dodge past. The quantum core wrecked me everytime though, i found it very difficult. I also really enjoyed the death save mechanic for the red cores, giving me a chance to mash to come back to life made it a lot less punishing!
WerFEST
05. Oct 2021 · 15:45 UTC
@teegan thank you for your feedback.
The game is really quite difficult, this is the point of it, because it is unstable. :D Due to its "unstable", you may find some other bugs, but I hope you like the game. :)
holbinski
07. Oct 2021 · 04:29 UTC
Game looks great! Easy to get the hang of, but gets difficult once you encounter the quantum cores. Also I like that you incorporated the theme into not just gameplay, or aesthetics, but both! Didn't encounter any bugs, so good job on the polish too!
Kopetan Ulitko
07. Oct 2021 · 06:48 UTC
I liked the visual. Nothing super fancy, but very nice. This is probably the main characteristic of the game for me - it is pleasant.
DarthBoseiju
07. Oct 2021 · 12:54 UTC
I enjoyed it! I got absolutely blatted by purple balls over and over again. Those things are faaaast. The colours are excellent, the world looks good. Very hard though! I'd try and scale back the difficulty ramp but good stuff!
NikaZ
07. Oct 2021 · 15:54 UTC
Wow! Really cool gameplay, graphics and audio. But it's too hard for me. И спасибо за локализацию.
WerFEST
07. Oct 2021 · 19:16 UTC
@holbinski thanks for you review!
WerFEST
07. Oct 2021 · 19:19 UTC
@darthboseiju the game was meant to be so difficult, but judging by the reviews, I think we really went overboard with the difficulty.
WerFEST
07. Oct 2021 · 19:26 UTC
@nikaz thanks for you review. Не за что. :)
Jackaljk
07. Oct 2021 · 20:50 UTC
Aesthetically this is really nice and distinctive. The gameplay isn't bad too. I'm not convinced by the randomly moving red balls, I think their erratic movement takes away from the fun a little bit. Also, the button mashing minigame is a bit dull. The mechanic is fine but I think it needs more feedback, like more graphical effects. Overall good job guys!
Shea Kelly
07. Oct 2021 · 23:31 UTC
its good for a game fun and additive, good job
Sploky
08. Oct 2021 · 04:38 UTC
Amazing art. But the game is pretty hard.
Quoc
08. Oct 2021 · 10:52 UTC
Wow those graphics are amazin. This is very interesting and fun to play
WerFEST
08. Oct 2021 · 20:33 UTC
@jackaljk randomly moving balls are part of the instability. :) But, anyway thanks for your review. We thought about a few mini-games, such as Among Us, but did not come up with something that could be quickly implemented.
WerFEST
08. Oct 2021 · 20:34 UTC
@shea-kelly, @sploky, @quoc thanks you!
Trexxak
09. Oct 2021 · 01:48 UTC
whoa that was cool! Really unique mechanics in this game! Had a lot of fun playing :D
Vishwah
09. Oct 2021 · 11:21 UTC
nice game dude
Joror
09. Oct 2021 · 11:43 UTC
Cool agility game - the rolling felt enough in control to work. The 'clicker' minigame is also a fun little extra.
Mr purple chaser got me in the end tho. :)
fiaKaiera
09. Oct 2021 · 17:59 UTC
I like the concept and you're right, you went quite too hard on this one! Though it's not the mashing minigame that's stopping me, it's the purple reactors. I love the GTA V touch there on death~

Those purple ones can be described by my writer mind as "being the perfect goalie of an unstable soccer ball random passing by".

I really the style you all are going for and it find it quite very pleasing to look at! Though a space station aesthetic game and then a reactor main menu caused quite a mismatch in the visual theme. Nonetheless, it's quite fun to play. Good work!
T1h4n
09. Oct 2021 · 18:44 UTC
Максимально красивая картинка, приятный простой геймплей с интересными особенностями
WerFEST
09. Oct 2021 · 19:07 UTC
@trexxak thanks you! Whats about different?)
WerFEST
09. Oct 2021 · 19:08 UTC
@vishwah thanks you so much!)
WerFEST
09. Oct 2021 · 19:10 UTC
@joror thanks. Hey, Mr.Purple is not alone, but don't tell anyone about it. ;)
WerFEST
09. Oct 2021 · 19:11 UTC
@fiakaiera thank for full review. We really appreciate it!
WerFEST
09. Oct 2021 · 19:12 UTC
@t1h4n спасибо, мой друг! :)
Trexxak
09. Oct 2021 · 19:34 UTC
@werfest oh sorry, I guess I wasn't really too clear, apologies. So what I really liked and thought was unique was the way you had to repeatedly push the spacebar after colliding with an atom, also the chasing big balls and how to disable them was very interesting!
xiyou
10. Oct 2021 · 10:06 UTC
This looks fantastic, death along with the familiar sound. Very fun game
CaptAndrey
10. Oct 2021 · 15:41 UTC
➕ классные модели

➕ прикольная идея с qte после касания с шариками

➕ веселая отсылка к гта)

➖ странное движение красных шаров

➖ фиолетовые шары слишком сильные и встречаются почти сразу

➖ не понял как пройти, и можно пройти ли

⚡быстрая правка⚡: фиолетовых значительно замедлить
WerFEST
10. Oct 2021 · 19:02 UTC
@trexxak there are pillars in the room with the purple ball, you need the purple ball to collide with them to destroy it.
WerFEST
10. Oct 2021 · 19:03 UTC
@xiyou thanks! You are the first to appreciate the sound. Let's say to our sound designer for happy. :)
WerFEST
10. Oct 2021 · 20:12 UTC
@captandrey спасибо за отзыв, ещё и яркий. :)
Движение красных шаров спонтанное, потому-что собственно, нестабильность.
Шары да, действительно переборщили, а по поводу встречи с ними, то, там маленький уровень, чтобы не надоедало ездить каждый раз заново и заново.
Фиолетовые шары уничтожаются с помощью столкновения их с белыми столбами в комнате.
Wakka2
11. Oct 2021 · 22:04 UTC
great job, those purple balls are mean!
WerFEST
12. Oct 2021 · 19:59 UTC
@wakka2 he-he, this is true. Thanks!)
Basset Romain
17. Oct 2021 · 15:40 UTC
Very Nice game. I had a lot of fun playing it apart those purple balls going very fast. I don't know if it's wanted, but we can see the debug collision of the purple ball.
WerFEST
17. Oct 2021 · 20:59 UTC
@basset-romain debug collision? o_O So strange.. Thanks for feedback and review, bro!
LDJam user 259103
21. Oct 2021 · 19:52 UTC
Wow, this game was super impressive! It had great graphics and was pretty fun to play.

Nice work! :)