{"author_link":"\/author\/patomkin\/","author_name":"Patomkin","author_uid":"57656","comments":[{"author_name":"Skipi","author_uid":"34647","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1461155940,"text":"Really impressive! The game was difficult, but not frustratingly so. I liked the mechanics you put into the game, and the graphical style suited it well."},{"author_name":"glaze_96","author_uid":"46004","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1461156060,"text":"OMG! Best game I've played so far and I've almost rated a hundred!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You're going without a doubt place top 5 in some categories!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I don't have to say how this game is so amazing, you already know it!"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1461157260,"text":"Interesting idea and great graphics."},{"author_name":"glaze_96","author_uid":"46004","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1461157740,"text":"Could you pleeeease post the source? I would love to see how you made that blob\/ merging effect!\r<br\/>If you don't want to post it, as I'm sure you're going to release it, could you at least email me the source at gl4ze96@gmail.com ?"},{"author_name":"ayewyn","author_uid":"90634","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1461159000,"text":"A neat take on a bullet hell game."},{"author_name":"teamross","author_uid":"65203","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1461160260,"text":"Love this game!\r<br\/>Nice graphics, sound, gameplay, effects and smooth controls\/camera.\r<br\/>A small background music could have been an improvement.\r<br\/>But for real this game is a 5\/5 for me.\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Rscar","author_uid":"26987","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:00pm","epoch":1461160500,"text":"It gives me headaches thinking about the shader work that went into making this. Well done though! Wonderful graphics and I thought the sound suited it very well, and overall just very fun!"},{"author_name":"Khaoz_Fang","author_uid":"91082","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1461161040,"text":"The morphing effect is great! My game has similar idea with yours."},{"author_name":"EpiFouloux","author_uid":"90440","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1461162120,"text":"A.M.A.Z.I.N.G ! just notcied one bug! getting shot at level loading, add a music and it would be AWESOME"},{"author_name":"keksx","author_uid":"55999","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1461162840,"text":"Difficult but fun game!"},{"author_name":"BoltKey","author_uid":"50511","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1461164100,"text":"Great entry! Towards perfection, there is missing music and some sort of long term progress."},{"author_name":"Idorrac","author_uid":"33933","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1461164880,"text":"Very addicting gameplay! I really like the shifting walls, and the different weapons are well balanced and feel very good!"},{"author_name":"cabezotta","author_uid":"19862","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1461166080,"text":"Incredible game! One of the bests, without doubt!"},{"author_name":"Joror","author_uid":"15925","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1461166260,"text":"Ok that was pretty awesome! Loved the meta-balls look. Great gameplay. Made it to the third (green) level.\r<br\/>Possible minuses: Ehmm, maybe the controls a bit too fluid? Overall very good."},{"author_name":"TheColorMan","author_uid":"20438","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1461169860,"text":"Amazing game. Like other comments, I agree that it was really difficult but it still felt fair. All the different weapons were great. I think the controls were a little too floaty for a bullet hell game."},{"author_name":"Ken Ichi","author_uid":"27522","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1461170400,"text":"5\/5 Awesome Game!!!!"},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1461192060,"text":"What an awesome, challenging game! I love the effects"},{"author_name":"goost","author_uid":"56261","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 8:22am","epoch":1461226620,"text":"Awesome! I am also interested in the source =). Or maybe an article explaining the shifting mechanic?"},{"author_name":"stoarch","author_uid":"50107","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:59am","epoch":1461232440,"text":"Great game. Enjoyable and very addictive. If I can see timer of weapon - it will be perfect"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1461266100,"text":"Cool game, I like how the boarder moves around the place, its quite difficult to not move into it though"},{"author_name":"omidprosper","author_uid":"91024","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1461422280,"text":"Like the mechanics you use;\r<br\/>simple &amp; impressive art Style &amp; idea;\r<br\/>Nice Sound effects;\r<br\/>Keep Moving!"},{"author_name":"Riftpoint","author_uid":"56172","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1461432000,"text":"Very nice game! Cool art style and it's very fluid. Congratulations"},{"author_name":"Weeping Rupee","author_uid":"60016","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1461434520,"text":"This and Windowframe are top 2 for me, still deciding\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work man just perfect for the theme."},{"author_name":"Weeping Rupee","author_uid":"60016","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1461434700,"text":"Also, alot of ppl tried to do something like this but you really nailed it in the execution-- making the walls morph in shape too was a great touch"},{"author_name":"WERT Studio","author_uid":"55091","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1461445380,"text":"Cool, stylish flat. It do a lot of fun but the controls felt a bit too floty"},{"author_name":"kaovhmf","author_uid":"93192","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:07am","epoch":1461553320,"text":"Nice game guys! These shapeshifting walls are really impressive and must have been a pain to code! I missed better sfx and some music. I guess the heart could have his color changed cause I confused it with the player sometimes."},{"author_name":"Patomkin","author_uid":"57656","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 2:59pm","epoch":1461596040,"text":"Hello everone!!\r<br\/>Thank you all for your nice comments, we are really happy to ready them!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Since some of you were interested, we have made a tutorial for our walls. You can find it here:\r<br\/>http:\/\/patomkin.com\/2016\/04\/25\/metaball-tutorial\/"},{"author_name":"ploerre","author_uid":"59054","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1461596160,"text":"but why only windows version? unity provides so much build options..."},{"author_name":"SUNFURY","author_uid":"32169","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1461596220,"text":"Wow!!\r<br\/>Amazing! I really like it. It was fun, and it becomes very hard and challenging as the game progress."},{"author_name":"WizzardMaker","author_uid":"53413","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1461598380,"text":"Great game! Had lots of fun"},{"author_name":"Aaranos","author_uid":"51253","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1461603600,"text":"Environment is very neat, but extremely deadly. I played the non-patched since the patched has new features. I think the original submission needed the score to give it some progression."},{"author_name":"BloodJohn","author_uid":"26449","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1461608640,"text":"Gorgeous graphics coupled with fascinating physics. The sound is almost touchable. I can live in this cell."},{"author_name":"pixelpotions","author_uid":"63064","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1461700560,"text":"It's pretty hard, but man...!!! This is definitely stuning and definitely one of my favorites entries for this LD so far!\r<br\/>I loved it, loved the mood, loved the mechanics, and above all else I had a lot of fun playing it! My congratulations to you!"},{"author_name":"monika","author_uid":"29124","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 10:58am","epoch":1462099980,"text":"Pretty fun. I wish there had been some control sensitivity settings; I spent most of the time chasing the heart that popped off of me when I hit a wall, and then hitting the wall on the other side of the heart."},{"author_name":"peter_sc","author_uid":"89157","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1462103940,"text":"Absolutely brilliant. The mechanics are amazing and quite addictive. I could see this being developed into a full fledged game."},{"author_name":"kopo","author_uid":"90466","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 12:13pm","epoch":1462104480,"text":"Really liked it, best game I've tested so far, couldn't get past the lvl 2\r<br\/>Really grat feel I really liked the health mechanic"},{"author_name":"Ristoretto","author_uid":"62784","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1462106400,"text":"I just want to add, I really like the mechanic how you lose the heart when you get hit and try to collect it afterwards. It makes the game feel more fair and creates some interesting situations, should I run after it or wait."},{"author_name":"dustyroom","author_uid":"33150","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1462119540,"text":"I shot them right in metaballs!"},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1462229520,"text":"Very good mechanics, and the metaballs effect is really well made. Congrats!!"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1462307520,"text":"I love some shooters and this is a visually creative one! I love the round shape forming levels and how you can recover from being hit by grabbing the heart.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It would be really cool if the bullets can somehow impact the shape of the level, like if those parts of the walls that come out of the level could be shot to change their direction, or if shooting the wall pushes it outward.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It would also be nice if there was some music, and if the sound effects felt more biological? I mean the theme and environment revolves around molecules and germs, so it feels out of place hearing realistic guns being fired."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1462573440,"text":"Lovely game! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you&rsquo;d like to check them out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/bGsPoPIYpCs"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"May 7, 2016 @ 8:30am","epoch":1462609500,"text":"Cool but TOO hard =("},{"author_name":"Tanton-H2X","author_uid":"55854","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1462813500,"text":"so happy to see you again in this LD &gt; &lt; but found your game too late\/forgot to leave my comment before! the first impression of this entry is  how juicy it is! the best shooting feeling in this LD,also these flow motion let me really feel peaceful and let me reaction more sensitive\uff08 in this game,exciting rhythm and peaceful flow both exist,i feel it is very precious and difficult to keep balance,but obviously, you done it well ) \r<br\/>\r<br\/>  otherwise,just only think if these red bullets could more different with these red enemies-balls,it may could more vivid and easy to distinguish? but now it is also well to let my alertness and let me live more long.\r<br\/>  i think it may be the charm and fun with the built of visual detail. all in all, wonderful and interesting entry. congratulations!"},{"author_name":"managore","author_uid":"3479","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1462823580,"text":"Fantastic graphics! I love the shader you came up with, and am really happy to see that you wrote a tutorial covering how you crafted it. And then you designed levels to bring out the best in the shader, too!"},{"author_name":"smbe19","author_uid":"37059","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1462828140,"text":"This was a very challenging and very well designed game. I really like the take on shape shifting"},{"author_name":"TheCain","author_uid":"87568","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 10:36pm","epoch":1462833060,"text":"Very good. I really like how health works; die on two hits, but have the chance to get health after getting hit."},{"author_name":"Marius","author_uid":"97211","time":"May 10, 2016 @ 11:05am","epoch":1462878000,"text":"Hi, nice game and congratulations ! We're realizing a video with several winners of the Ludum Dare #35.\r<br\/>Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)\r<br\/>So we can include also your game in the video ;)\r<br\/>p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description"}],"images":["ld35\/57656-087f725256827481fe61fc7c6567a872.jpg","ld35\/57656-3c8221553356c4449b998db9d85da251.jpg","ld35\/57656-7c5b55c8bb92bddea0e2caeec9a280fe.jpg","ld35\/57656-7f9d839ef1b8df934c991c2a9d076339.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download&amp;id=0B9Ohky4fsmzUVGdiNUNLY0dsMTg","text":"Windows (v1.0)"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/biological-warfare\/142290","text":"Win\/Mac\/Linux (v1.1) at Gamejolt"},{"url":"http:\/\/patomkin.com\/","text":"Website"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtjomsNeimanis","text":"Twitter"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2188","g_author":"57656","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"2128","g_title":"Biological Warfare","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"38","g_commentcount":"47","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/57656-shot0-1461152092.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/57656-shot1-1461152314.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/57656-shot2-1461152314.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/57656-shot3-1461152314.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Description:\r\n\r\nYou: What is this game? Looks really simple\r\nDeveloper: It\u2019s \u201cBiological Warfare\u201d! A game where germs kill other germs\u2026\r\nYou: Sounds boring\r\nDeveloper: \u2026WITH GUNZ! And all the walls are moving, sliding, shifting, evolving, multiplying, subtracting, disappearing\u2026 as if the world itself is\u2026 Shapeshifting! *nudge-nudge, wink-wink*\r\nYou: Wait, whaaaat?!\r\nDeveloper: Exactly! And not only that, but you have multiple weapons to fight many enemies on constantly changing levels!\r\nYou: Oh boy, that sounds truly awesome!\r\nDeveloper: \u2026and let me blow your mind - we even have boss fights! That\u2019s right! BOSS FIGHTS! And if you download now, you will get not 1, not 3, but 2 unique bosses\u2026\r\nYou: JUST GIVE ME A LINK ALREADY!!\r\nDeveloper: \u2026FOR FREE!\r\nYou: *faints*\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nWDAS and Left mouse click.\r\nM to mute.\r\nESC to exit.\r\n\r\n-------------\r\n\r\nJust so you know - we have patched the game on day 4, but the link to the old version is still there.\r\n\r\nPatched version includes:\r\n\u2022 Bug fixes\r\n\u2022 A tutorial map\r\n\u2022 A freakin\u2019 rocket launcher\r\n\u2022 Balance changes for weapons, enemies, maps\r\n\u2022 Cosmetic changes for maps\r\n\u2022 A score UI\r\n\u2022 A Mute button (M)\r\n\u2022 Difficulty changing depending on walkthrough\r\n\r\n--------------\r\n\r\nSince some of you were interested, we have made a tutorial for our walls. You can find it here:\r\nhttp:\/\/patomkin.com\/2016\/04\/25\/metaball-tutorial\/","title":"Biological Warfare"}