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Cellulae by mariscal

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made by mariscal for LD24 (COMPO)
Hi all! This is my first ludum dare!

I finally did a really simple game based on absorbing the cells that are on screen, but you will only be able to do it with the ones that are smaller than you!

The gameplay is very similar to OSMOS, it wasn't my idea at first, but then the game "evolves" to that ;)

Hope you enjoy it!

Some technical stuff:

I did the game using XNA.

For the graphics I used photoshop, the background music was composed by me using the site: http://www.beatlab.com/

Windows http://sdrv.ms/PTd8lG
Source http://sdrv.ms/PHtJJX
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=14673

Ratings

Coolness 37% 767
Overall 2.87 432
Audio 2.87 211
Fun 2.87 327
Graphics 3.25 243
Innovation 2.27 607
Mood 2.85 262
Theme 3.00 327

Feedback

Dietrich Epp
27. Aug 2012 路 11:45 UTC
For about ten generations, I was always so big at the end that I never saw a red cell. Then I got a streak of bad luck and everything was red, but I survived for another several generations by eating leftovers and dodging everything.
aitorman
27. Aug 2012 路 11:48 UTC
The idea is great and the first levels are fun, but from level 3 it becomes far too easy, you instantly become enormous and eat everything
Rellikiox
27. Aug 2012 路 11:49 UTC
Cool game, had fun, but after the second generation I was always bigger than everyone else, so it wasn't a challenge.
FoxFiesta
27. Aug 2012 路 11:53 UTC
So, like the others, I had a problem with the difficulty. The others aspects are good !
馃帳 mariscal
27. Aug 2012 路 11:54 UTC
Yeah, the more you play the harder it gets, maybe I need to speed up this process to avoid first levels to be far too easy! Thanks for all your comments!
surreal_whale
27. Aug 2012 路 12:06 UTC
I found that if you get big enough you're bigger than everything at the start of the next wave, it becomes a bit easy after that. The music worked well, fitted the mood of the game. It would have been nice to see some kind of a twist on the osmos mechanic.
Andrew
27. Aug 2012 路 19:44 UTC
Happen to have an installer-less version?
madpew
28. Aug 2012 路 15:25 UTC
Nice game to chill. 13k score. Nice music and art. Difficulty is too easy in the beginning and then finally kicks in too fast. Enjoyed it! Well done.
DustyStylus
29. Aug 2012 路 14:26 UTC
Heh, after generation 9 I had no one smaller than me and it was a case of "run awayyyyy!". Fun little game, nice music and pleasant graphics. Well done!
馃帳 mariscal
30. Aug 2012 路 20:53 UTC
FYI, my flatmate has the record.. 13949 points!
YSelf Tool
07. Sep 2012 路 16:25 UTC
Everything is there, a concept, graphics, sound/music, interface, splash screen, everything good, but none of the exciting.
There is one music loop, the concept is like in some other games (but kinda better), I like that bigger circles get slower, but it's nothing new.
Josh @ Dreamland
07. Sep 2012 路 16:55 UTC
XNA never agrees with WINE...
csanyk
15. Sep 2012 路 07:21 UTC
Couldn't play it due to the file host wanting me to sign up for an account in order to download the install files. Try dropbox next time. This looked pretty cool, but I'm not going to create an account just to access it.