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Gobbulator by tastive

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made by tastive for LD24 (JAM)
Sharp gameplay and slick tunes pervade this top-down action game. Colorswap and eat your foes to survive and evolve!

The screenshot is.. not representative of actual play. Consider it a casualty of war.

Love,
tastive and icelus

UPDATE: As per the spirit of the rules, we fixed the gamebreaking bug. The others are left untouched. Think of them fondly, as they are the lovechildren of insufficient time. Thanks for playing!

Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/tastive/gobbulator
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=15061

Ratings

Coolness 80% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.20 105
Audio(Jam) 3.51 51
Fun(Jam) 3.15 82
Graphics(Jam) 2.77 179
Humor(Jam) 1.79 186
Innovation(Jam) 2.62 169
Mood(Jam) 2.48 172
Theme(Jam) 2.90 117

Feedback

nseward
28. Aug 2012 路 05:59 UTC
Very slick and great gameplay. Best of luck with the Kongregate compo.
robcozzens
28. Aug 2012 路 18:42 UTC
That was really cool!
It would be nice if the instructions were in the game screen though... had to scroll down to find out about changing colors.
Kumquat
28. Aug 2012 路 22:32 UTC
Great presentation! Fun, intuitive gameplay. Nice difficulty curve. Well done!
馃帳 tastive
28. Aug 2012 路 23:00 UTC
Hey guys! Thanks for the feedback so far. There's rare crashy bug in there that we're looking into fixing so we can push a new version. If you run into it, we're very sorry -- please hit F5 and try again!
ghRibacki
28. Aug 2012 路 23:12 UTC
Nice game, very intuitive. The theme is very obvious on this one and game play is very present. Gets crazy pretty fast, like a bullet hell. Congratulations! =D
Gidaio
28. Aug 2012 路 23:13 UTC
Well, it was fun, though I'm not sure it really fits 'evolution.' It felt more like I was just leveling up. Evolving implies multiple pathways. I did like how enemies became vulnerable to you as you got more advanced.
VAMflax
28. Aug 2012 路 23:14 UTC
Controls are a bit abrupt, but got the job done. Music was manic... Kinda nuts... Got killed by a thing that spawned on me, uncool... I like!
yettatore
28. Aug 2012 路 23:15 UTC
Simply and addictive gameplay!
Krobill
28. Aug 2012 路 23:16 UTC
I'm an ikaruga fan so this speaks to me in a good way ^^ Sadly color baddies can spawn waaaaaaaaay too close from you for the game to be anything else but mostly random.
SusanTheCat
28. Aug 2012 路 23:18 UTC
I found that drops of the other colour would appear right in front of me with no time to react. :(
Sgt Squirrelly
29. Aug 2012 路 02:02 UTC
Great pick up and play appeal. I'm loving the games that need no instructions more and more.
dvdking
29. Aug 2012 路 07:36 UTC
I like graphics and music. Gameplay was quite innovative, but i think difficulty is too high.
wlad
29. Aug 2012 路 13:47 UTC
I am really having fun playing Gobbulator. It's simple and easy to understand, but still has got the ability to keep up excitement. Nice functioning work for a 72 hour jam.
whilefun
31. Aug 2012 路 01:38 UTC
Cool concept, having to switch modes to pick up certain "food". The music was good too :)
mdkess
31. Aug 2012 路 01:56 UTC
Slick gameplay, fantastic sound!
rylgh
31. Aug 2012 路 16:09 UTC
Good stuff, thought it was really fun. My main suggestion, besides the random-spawning issue some other people mentioned, is that I think the different colors should be much more identifiable so players could just focus on movement/color-switching without having to try to figure out who's dangerous. Maybe that was only a problem for me though.
hamster_mk_4
01. Sep 2012 路 06:09 UTC
The game was very easy to understand despite the minimal instructions. You did a great job of implementing a gradual progression.
ubear
02. Sep 2012 路 05:51 UTC
Great game!
Jorjon
02. Sep 2012 路 05:57 UTC
It was a fun game! The feedback could be better (sound effects, visual effects, etc)
Zelen3d
03. Sep 2012 路 00:52 UTC
Nice gameplay idea. I like how it gets harder with the level and how there is variety. I try to link this game to something. Bacteria?
vilya
06. Sep 2012 路 23:41 UTC
That's kinda cool, simple but effective gameplay mechanic, fits the theme, etc. Not bad!
pythong
07. Sep 2012 路 16:15 UTC
amazing, how much gameplay you get with such simple things. nice sounds. it would have been nice to see some animation
Walt
12. Sep 2012 路 16:45 UTC
great! but why only WASD and SPACE? had me play the whole game with only my left hand.. other than that, nicely focused and fun to play!
Qaterknan
13. Sep 2012 路 16:41 UTC
Nice idea, but I kept getting confused.