Microbes by keyboardmonkey
# Microbes, a life in ten seconds.
Microbes was created in half a day for Ludum Dare 27, 2013.
I hope you have fun playing it :)
It was a late entry, I spent about 12 hours on this.
* you are a microbe with a 10 second lifespan.
* eat green/blue microbes to extend your life.
* avoid red/pink microbes who steal your life.
* score is determined by the number of seconds you stay alive, plus the amount of microbes you ate.
* two player hotseat for your friends.
_Added fixes for crash bugs only._
== For Windows ==
Everything included in the download
== For GNU / Linux ==
Requires Python 2.7 and PyGame.
apt users can simply install with:
:$ sudo apt-get install python-pygame
and play with:
:$ python microbes.py
Please substitute your favorite package manager when appropriate :-)
== Tools used ==
* Geany code editor and bash terminal
* GIMP for graphics
* MilkyTracker for music
Resources were created by me, from scratch.
== License ==
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Microbes was created in half a day for Ludum Dare 27, 2013.
I hope you have fun playing it :)
It was a late entry, I spent about 12 hours on this.
* you are a microbe with a 10 second lifespan.
* eat green/blue microbes to extend your life.
* avoid red/pink microbes who steal your life.
* score is determined by the number of seconds you stay alive, plus the amount of microbes you ate.
* two player hotseat for your friends.
_Added fixes for crash bugs only._
== For Windows ==
Everything included in the download
== For GNU / Linux ==
Requires Python 2.7 and PyGame.
apt users can simply install with:
:$ sudo apt-get install python-pygame
and play with:
:$ python microbes.py
Please substitute your favorite package manager when appropriate :-)
== Tools used ==
* Geany code editor and bash terminal
* GIMP for graphics
* MilkyTracker for music
Resources were created by me, from scratch.
== License ==
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Ratings
| Coolness | 61% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.03 | 584 |
| Audio | 2.48 | 588 |
| Fun | 2.76 | 694 |
| Graphics | 2.86 | 571 |
| Humor | 2.43 | 449 |
| Innovation | 2.50 | 884 |
| Mood | 2.67 | 602 |
| Theme | 2.82 | 851 |
It looked cute.
very cool game overall :D
-ENDESGA
Tonight I found the pyg project which lets one distribute pygames as one bundle with an exe, however I cannot test this. If anyone can give feedback I would appreciate it!
The link is: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18686471/microbes/microbes-LD27-submission.zip - run the included "run.bat" file *fingers crossed*
local minimum, they are mostly imaginary designs ;)
Dissing, the time is actually displayed as a bar underneath your character, but you are right to suggest a numeric display too.
Thank you all for the feedback! Appreciated.
Have fun!
The game mechanic is well known. The audio is ok.
I like the colors used, but not the sprites itself.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "microbes.py", line 286, in <module>
score_card_image = draw_score_card(score_card)
File "microbes.py", line 259, in draw_score_card
font = pygame.font.Font('UbuntuMono-B.ttf', 16)
IOError: unable to read font filename