Space Jellyfish by [-BipolarDesign+]
In this game you play as the magnificent Space Jellyfish, and soar across the vast unexplored sea of the universe.
Theme:
1) Minimal control scheme (mouse only)
2) Minimal graphics
3) Minimal gameplay elements
4) Minimal time spent coding (I guess that's pushing it)
4) MAXIMUM FUN (oops, my bad...)
Gameplay:
- Click and drag the mouse to move
- Eat green JellyMeal[tm] Pods
- Don't touch Mines or Robo-Cyclops
- Lure Robo-Cyclops into Mines
Your performance and choices affect your "title," which is displayed under your score after you die.
Post your Title and best Score after playing! I'd like to see how you all play the game :D
Enjoy!
Note: To download the Source or the EXE, you may need to click File->Download from the Google Drive link (if you do not see the Download box in the center).
5/2: Added alternate download through Mega.
Follow me on Twitter @BipolarMike
:)
Theme:
1) Minimal control scheme (mouse only)
2) Minimal graphics
3) Minimal gameplay elements
4) Minimal time spent coding (I guess that's pushing it)
4) MAXIMUM FUN (oops, my bad...)
Gameplay:
- Click and drag the mouse to move
- Eat green JellyMeal[tm] Pods
- Don't touch Mines or Robo-Cyclops
- Lure Robo-Cyclops into Mines
Your performance and choices affect your "title," which is displayed under your score after you die.
Post your Title and best Score after playing! I'd like to see how you all play the game :D
Enjoy!
Note: To download the Source or the EXE, you may need to click File->Download from the Google Drive link (if you do not see the Download box in the center).
5/2: Added alternate download through Mega.
Follow me on Twitter @BipolarMike
:)
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.65 | 162 |
| Audio | 3.70 | 65 |
| Fun | 3.64 | 94 |
| Graphics | 3.31 | 370 |
| Humor | 2.61 | 327 |
| Innovation | 3.25 | 451 |
| Mood | 3.33 | 219 |
| Theme | 3.58 | 505 |
It may lack a little diversity, but it's a very coherent game !
- JELLYFISH! OH YES.
- I can make smiley faces!
- The music appears to grow with the jelly's speed? Maybe the loop is just weird.
- I got slaughtered by those robo-cyclops! Score: 220 / 10, 5, 5, 2.
- Another round!
- D'oh! 270/13, 5, 6, 1.
- "That robo-cyclops you blew up? He had a family." Love these.
- I want the space jellyfish to make an adorable space-jellyfish-ey sound when it moves about.
- Ha! Take that you nerfherders!
- Becoming annoyed by the music. 'M' also mutes the sound for the robo-cyclops. Turning back on, I want that feedback.
- Woo! Omnivore! 1260 / 40, 46, 7, 2.
- I like this.
- Going kamikaze just to read more of the hooks on the main menu. "[KILL ALL JELLIES] // End Robo-Cyclops Transmission 456004886335.772".
- If I zip past the map, I can group together a TON of robo-cyclops. I AM A PREDATOR JELLY OF SPACE!
Things I would change:
- Make the 'M' key only mute the music!
- Use a better font for the stats and main menu. The in-game score font is nice.
Apologies for caps. :D
My score/title is 760/Gatherer, but I'll make another post if I get anything significantly higher :P
I've played almost everyone's games who've commented here (anyone I haven't I promise to soon!), so much variety and cool ideas!! I love this community, wish I had started participating earlier than last year <3
Score: 2190
Title: Omnivore
Pods Eaten: 75
Cyclops killed: 86
Cyclops Kamikaze'd: 7
Mines ran into: 3
:D
It is minimalistic, but quite fun! I like how many little tricks, such as leading the enemies into the mines, there are!
The audio is pretty swell as well!
Thanks for the cool game!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/05/18/gameplay-video-of-space-jellyfish/
Despite this. Very nice, fun and innovative game! I think this kind of controlls will work perfectly on touch devices.
note: Dragging as a control scheme was kind of a failure, but I left it in because, well, meh :P