Terminal by BenW

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made by BenW for LD25 (JAM)
Created by St0ven and BenW.

Description - Control a virus as you take over your victims body. Deprive them of their precious blood cells and avoid their immune system.

Instructions - Mouse controls only, viruses will move towards your cursor. Kill all of the red blood cells to progress to the next level. White blood cells are lethal.

Ratings

Coolness 36% 898
Overall(Jam) 3.73 34
Audio(Jam) 3.93 16
Fun(Jam) 3.37 61
Graphics(Jam) 4.30 25
Humor(Jam) 1.94 260
Innovation(Jam) 3.40 65
Mood(Jam) 4.07 5
Theme(Jam) 3.90 43

Feedback

cardboard
18. Dec 2012 · 02:41 UTC
At first I didn't know what to do so I started attacking the white blood cells, but then I realized I was an idiot and a virus so I started infecting crap. Fun game, I will try again to beat it when I have some free time.
Darkfrost
18. Dec 2012 · 06:06 UTC
Pretty good game, I really like the visual style :D
Seems pretty hard to escape the white blood cells though, and it going back to the first level on death kinda sucked :(
31eee384
18. Dec 2012 · 06:16 UTC
Neat! Very tense game. Took a death to understand the mechanics, but from there it was straight to the brain! Solid controls, fluid graphics, and great sound. Maybe it could be made clear how many viruses are in the blood cells, but other than that the game was clear and fun.
barret907k
18. Dec 2012 · 07:34 UTC
Liked it. Very cool. Pretty hard when starting out.
lotusgame
18. Dec 2012 · 14:34 UTC
I like the sensation of being bad by infecting cells. I like graphics too (beautiful paintings) ^^
Eelfroth
18. Dec 2012 · 14:40 UTC
Great game! The art is just fantastic. I especially like the backgrounds. Gameplay and sound are nice too. It runs a little slow on my computer (~10 fps), but that's probably due to my outdated hardware.
I haven't been able to kill the patient yet...
iamorim
18. Dec 2012 · 14:44 UTC
It's a little hard to understand how it works, but that's a great game. Congratulations! :)
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)
18. Dec 2012 · 15:07 UTC
The first playthrough I died 1 second after loading. Then I lost inside the brain.
Interesting game idea, great setting and graphics.
The only thing I didn't like is when an infected red cell pops under a white one, actually wiping all the viruses.
emveyh
18. Dec 2012 · 15:42 UTC
Great work! It took my a while to realize how to play. Great music and art. It's quite relaxing :)
AtkinsSJ
18. Dec 2012 · 15:46 UTC
Very nicely done. It did confuse me the first couple of attempts, though, because I didn't realise you needed several viruses in each cell - I kept trying to only use one, to be less wasteful. Whoops!

Otherwise, really nice graphics and atmosphere.
pighead10
18. Dec 2012 · 16:22 UTC
Veeery slow paced. Gameplay was repetitive, but wonderful sounds and art.
SonnyBone
18. Dec 2012 · 18:26 UTC
This is a really awesome take on the theme. The mood and atmosphere created by the slow pace and the music puts you in a trance. This was a very refreshing experience. Thanks for suggesting it in the chat! The virus sometimes doesn't act as a full group, and a large chunk becomes unresponsive to the mouse until after a bunch of them get wiped out. My suggestions: Fix that and make the first few waves go by a bit faster (less cells, maybe) to get the player into a decent pace.
🎤 BenW
18. Dec 2012 · 18:34 UTC
SonnyBone - I completely agree with the suggestions, those things were immediately obvious once I saw other people playing our game in person. If we update it we'll definitely address those.
bitwise-constructs
18. Dec 2012 · 19:38 UTC
Love the mood; very good at creating a relaxing trance.
vrav
18. Dec 2012 · 23:21 UTC
Wow, very mordid game. It's pretty hard. I got to the heart and lost, wish it let you continue where you left off. Very stressful and aggravating to play, but still a really well executed concept.
dremelofdeath
19. Dec 2012 · 14:09 UTC
This game is awesome. The music and the art are fantastic! Great concept.
mrspeaker
19. Dec 2012 · 15:04 UTC
Music gave it an awesome feel!
Eniko
19. Dec 2012 · 15:23 UTC
Really like the visuals and sound, and the game isn't as straight forward as it appears since the cells only follow properly when the cursor is near, though that could've been advertised better. The lack of a proper ending and the camera twitching was a bit sad though.
🎤 BenW
19. Dec 2012 · 15:26 UTC
Camera only twitches if you go outside the play area. The mouse movement does need work though.
Udrian
19. Dec 2012 · 22:39 UTC
I like the concept of the game very much. Very cool to play a virus spreading in a body! Visually it was very good and the music was great! It is though lacking a bit in content, progression and challenge.
fishbrain
01. Jan 2013 · 13:14 UTC
This was really cool!... Restarting at each level would be nice. Great graphics, mood, concept and game mechanics. It felt very tranquil, even though I was a nasty virus.