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Mr. Doctor by Dudum Lare

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made by Dudum Lare for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Hey, you! Yeah! YOU!

Have you ever wanted to create the most magnificent organism the world has ever seen? WELL.... NOW YOU CAN!

Here, in Mr. Doctor, you've been tasked by Tiny Labs to create, modify and strengthen an organism... Without knowing the end result, you set out to complete the mission...

Controls

Microscope view: - Hold left mouse button - Moving - Hold right mouse button - Attacking

DNA view: - Scroll on parts of creature to change size - Click on parts of creature to change it's properties

Important

Check your emails as soon as you log in ;)

And... have fun!!

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Known issues

  • Sound: User fix - Make sure to enable autoplay in your browser for sound to work

  • Graphics: Body parts are not drawing on new nodes

If confused:

  • Your health/ hunger bar is at the bottom left of the screen.. Eat to regain health so you don't die.
  • In the heat resistance phase, find the blue and red circles moving around, stay in them and balance the meter up top to be in the center. (You can die from over heating/ being too cold, by maxing the meter. Balance is key)
Link https://isakhorvath.me/LD56/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/mr-doctor

Ratings

Overall 441th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 282th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 87th 3.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 34th 4.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 577th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 338th 3.525⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 236th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 336th 3.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

ratking119
08. Oct 2024 · 13:02 UTC
I really like the idea, but I'm stuck on the second email, "Please place your organism in both warm and cold environments". How do I change the environment temperature?
Glaze_96
08. Oct 2024 · 18:58 UTC
@ratking119 heyo, i'm glad you like the idea!

Thanks for letting us know about your confusion. I've updated the description if others gets confused.

Thanks for trying it out!
Dankotay
09. Oct 2024 · 09:53 UTC
really fun game
Adonaï
09. Oct 2024 · 10:00 UTC
The game is pretty simple until you got new body parts, but it's quite repetitive. But it's actually quite good. The physics of the long body is fun and i would like to play more with it along the game. Good game !
Bumble
09. Oct 2024 · 10:01 UTC
I played it all the way through and I really liked the concept with the lab environment where I am actually sitting in front of the workstation and my browser is the OS, very neat! Except for the spam, which I had to read, because it was fun :grin:

The one thing I could not figure out is what working on my DNA actually does except for visual changes, but I think this is probably due to jam time constraints?
Nurakim
09. Oct 2024 · 10:22 UTC
Is like slither.io yeah?
wheelsx
09. Oct 2024 · 14:11 UTC
![Mr Doctor.png](///raw/ae3/72/z/6848d.png)

I like customizing the creature once I figured it out, but it is a little difficult to do. Changing the color and attributes is very tedious. Once I selected fins, on one segment, couldn't remove them.
LerkaDverka
10. Oct 2024 · 21:14 UTC
It was a lot of fun!!
Wakobu
13. Oct 2024 · 05:22 UTC
Cute game and strong entry! I like the immersion with this fake interface!
LDJam user 0
13. Oct 2024 · 05:23 UTC
Liked the design of the whole thing. Would probably need to add more labeling and keyboard shortcuts to compete with gmail.
ArmainAP
17. Oct 2024 · 09:04 UTC
There is something quite simple and disturbing about that smiley face. I love the uncanny feeling it is emanating.

Controls feel weirdly rigid in turning, as I was expecting angular interpolated turns, adding more to the uncanniness.

Are we watching the creator trough the microscope? Or are we in fact the ones being watched?

Great job!
LDJam user 260720
17. Oct 2024 · 11:22 UTC
I really like the fake dashboard idea! I would have like more mechanics or assignements related to the evolution, but it was cool to play!
ProstoCupOfTea
20. Oct 2024 · 09:56 UTC
Such a fun little game! Really enjoyed my time with it, the mail feature is awesome and the "you ve got- mail!" is such a silly audio, i cant-

Really liked this one, solid entry!
Ty Victorson
20. Oct 2024 · 10:14 UTC
You did a great job making the game feel like a dashboard and integrating the gameplay in a way that made sense! I would have liked to see a more robust customization with some different organism types other than snake but that's just me! Great work!
RickSquanchez
20. Oct 2024 · 10:17 UTC
i love the missions as research emails idea
Volkolak
20. Oct 2024 · 12:30 UTC
It's a great idea to design the game as a scientist's workplace! Cool toy.
Carraka
20. Oct 2024 · 12:33 UTC
My one request is that the "Go back" button in the email interface goes back into the same tab that you were in, so if you were reading a Social email, you go back to the Social tab so you can read the next Social email.

Okay I lied I have another request which is that when the viruses arrived, it took me a long time to realize I should be right-clicking with them instead of trying to win a headbutt war.

You've got mail!
Game-mon
20. Oct 2024 · 12:33 UTC
Really cool! Felt like I was in my daily job haha with this interface, emails and everything. The microscope is really neat with little details that make it feel like a real microscope. Really slick!