Big Brain Boy: An Intellectual Odyssey (now with GALAXY EDITION) by Alex Weiser
ALERT
We have released a new, post-Ludum patch of BBB titled GALAXY EDITION. This release squashes bugs, fixes colliders, reintroduces the green alien boi, features FULL VOICE ACTING, and adds an actual ending. We HIGHLY SUGGEST playing the new galaxy edition, but understand that its additions should not be judged for rating purposes. The original upload will still be available to play and rate below.
Inspired by the entire history of mankind, Big Brain Boy: An Intellectual Odyssey (abrv. BBB) chronicles the collective cognitive evolution of our species, exploring how our attention turned from what lies beneath our feet to what lies beyond the stars. You begin as Doug, a humble man who quite literally knows nothing, and share in his elation as he discovers sight, smell and speech for the very first time. No game before has so viscerally and accurately captured the magic of learning.
In BBB, curiosity is your guide, as you explore you surroundings and activate segments of your mind through pulse-pounding bullet hell gameplay. As Doug's intelligence grows, so does his confidence, leading him on an earnest crusade to become the savior of humanity. Is your brain the brain of galaxies?
Featuring music by alto (https://soundcloud.com/alto13)
Accolades for Big Brain Boy: An Intellectual Odyssey:
"It's not just a shitpost, it's a good game." - Kuviman, certified galaxy brain (https://www.twitch.tv/kuviman)
Ratings
| Overall | 470th | 3.542⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 271th | 3.639⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 169th | 3.778⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 316th | 3.667⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 327th | 3.456⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 57th | 3.986⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 560th | 3.338⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 34🗳️ | 37🗨️ |
Not sure if I played till the end... so obviously my brain is not the "brain of galaxies" ;)
Holy wow thank you all for the feedback and comments! The game's a bit of joke but it's heartwarming to hear people enjoyed it. And @itsdanidre thanks for being a GALAXY BRAIN and making it all the way to NASA! The build we threw up at 6 had a fair number of issues, including the alien floating up there, but we should have some fixes and sounds added in the coming days.
Thanks again, I'll be playing all your games once I'm home!
The style is pretty surprising, the mix between the discover stage and the shoot them up make some dinamism which is very good. I dosn't really like this type of game but I pass a good moment.
The game has very nice idea and I really like the walking animation from the beginning till you got smarter.
Also the Q&A while doing the shooting game was surprisingly fun.
Criqiue:
- I didn't really now what actually changed while getting smarter (except the walking animation)
- Ending is probably not real ending but just a bug
- No sounds in the non-shooting parts
Are there actual short and correct answers to the last questions in the shooting game?..
Overall very nice idea and so far the best take on the actual theme I've seen :)
Got stuck at the green blob too. A shame, because I really loved this game. I was in tears during the neurons activated section with the computer. Truly whoever made this must have the most galaxiest of brains
Got stuck in NASA - I see the lil green boy up there but cant move anymore.
I really liked the humor and the neural segments.
universe brain/10
(edit: galaxy edition isn't up yet, we'll try to have get it out ASAP!)
(editit: it's out!!)
I really liked progression of the bullet hell, it surprised me with new and interesting difficulty each time
some feedback on feedback:
* it took me a while to realize the impossible to answer questions took away a life each time and that felt kind of bad.
* Having the same blinking effect for when you win as when you take damage definitely feels weird
Music was really good, reminded me of shovel knight
Overall, charming derpy game :p
on the other hand this game is 69/420% going to give you the biggest brain you can achieve or your money back guaranteed. spastically fun it offers a truely immersive experience into learning things the average human brain couldn't possibly begin to fathom, a true man of culture and learning and science. only the biggest brains can grasp it's subtle and advanced humor for this is one of the smartest, NAY THE SMARTEST GAME EVER! it's filled with drama and intrigue and life lessons, all while expanding your mind to levels not humanly possible before!
"grrrrr, duu, grrr!", some of the greatest voice-actting in all of history and such inspirational quotes too. this truely is a game you must play if you want to elevate your health and intelligence, it changed my life.
solid 5/7 -ign
@niborious I don't think there is any "impossible to answer question", it's just that the answer to these seemingly impossible questions is not the entire demonstration of the theorems and stuff ^^ (there is no actual question in these ""questions"" when you think about it :)
@gigahood BASED. Was there enough water though??
@gamefive @penguinboy @paulhocker Thank you! I'll play your games soon!
@inferture Heh yep, by the time you get to the thermodynamics questions it's meant to be a total joke. We tried to keep the difficulty of the bullet hell pretty toned down so that even with inevitably taking 3 damage from those questions you can make it through. You also gain one brain after each death and eventually become invincible to ensure everyone can get a full playthrough. There IS a dumb answer to all those questions though!