LUCA by KaiWang
Ludum Dare 56__Game: LUCA( Gamejam)
Welcome to play LUCA!
欢 迎 游 玩 L U C A !
Tip: it is recommended to enable full screen if you play the web version
如果你玩web版，建议开启全屏
The website to get and play our game
From the first stirrings of life beneath water......to the tiny creatures of far beyond stone age....Well, you haven't experienced a lot. Now, begins of your greatest quest: from this cradle of all livings towadrs the land. Our greatest creator, use your imagination and endeavours to build aliger and stronger flagellums. As a plant generating energy from the sun, or a beast attacking enemies with mouth and sac, you are free to experiment the possibility of any possibility of life.I believe your tinny creature WILL manage to reach the coast and BE THE LUCA OF THE LIVES ON THE LAND.
从水下生命的最初萌芽……对于石器时代以外的微小生物……嗯，你经历的不多。现在，你最大的追求开始了: 从这个万物的摇篮到陆地。我们最伟大的创造者，用你的想象力和努力来建造更健康、更强壮的鞭毛。作为一种从太阳中产生能量的植物，或者一种用嘴和囊攻击敌人的野兽，你可以自由地尝试任何生命的可能性。我相信你的小家伙会设法到达海岸，成为陆地上生物的幸运。
basic introductions:
基本介绍:
Operation instructions
1: Use W ⬆️ A ⬇️ S ⬅️ D ➡️ to move
2: use space 📥 and click 🫳 to spawn a new cell
3: enjoy crashing 🚗 with other cells
4: use P to pause game and see information when you are not creating cells
5: use Q to rotate clockwise and use E to rotate counterclockwise when you have a Flagellum
6: try your best to swim rightwards ang get to the land!(Be careful, other cells will evolve)
操作说明
1使用W ⬆️ A ⬇️ S ⬅️ D ➡️ 移动
2使用空格 📥 并点击 🫳生成一个新的细胞
3享受与其他细胞碰撞 🚗 的乐趣
4当你没有在创建细胞时，按下P来暂停并查看不同细胞的信息
5当你有Flagellum时，用Q顺时针旋转，用E逆时针旋转
6：尽量向右游，到达陆地！（小心，其他细胞会进化）
🧥Shell: An normal organ to bear injuries
🥬Chloroplast: An organ to produce organics and energy before the energy reaches the maximum*
🥩Mitochondrion: An organ to transform organics into energy
📦Vacuole: An organ to restore organics and energy
👄Mouthpart: An organ to intake organism (maybe other cells? ) and digest them
🔫Sac: An organ to fire bullet to enemy. Strong as it is, it will coast lots of energy
🛹Flagellum: An organ to make you more agile(rotate and move faster)
🧥衣壳: 一个用来承受伤害的器官
🥬叶绿体: 在能量达到最大值之前产生有机物和能量的器官
🥩线粒体: 将有机物转化为能量的器官
📦液泡: 一个恢复有机物和能量的器官
👄口器: 摄取生物体并消化它们的器官
🔫囊泡: 向敌人发射子弹的器官。尽管它很强大，但它会消耗大量能量
🛹鞭毛: 一个让你更敏捷（旋转和移动更快）的器官
website to get updated:🕒
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| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/luca |
Ratings
| Overall | 820th | 3.264⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 643th | 3.278⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 121th | 3.889⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 165th | 4.139⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 652th | 2.833⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 887th | 3.056⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 58🗳️ | 60🗨️ |
The window here on ldjam seems to be cutting things off, perphaps I'm missing something? I'd recommend getting the game on itch.
It looks really cool though!
That being said, once I understood the game, the construction of my tiny organism and battling against the others in the world was a fun little gameplay loop--and the music is really fun, too!
I do wish a few organelles had numbers associated with them (so that I could see how much energy was generated, how much energy a given part might need, etc). Still, a fun time trying crazy designs and battling against other creatures!
Once I did get established it was hard to tell when I was taking damage, so I could go negative and die without noticing what was going on. It would've helped to have some audio or visual feedback that something bad is happening.
The gameplay and world view are very relevant to the theme. The simple pixel art style and cheerful music create a great atmosphere, making it very appealing to play. Currently, I believe the most serious issue is the "interaction problem." The game itself lacks any guidance; all detailed gameplay instructions are written on this webpage. Players who directly enter the game usually die immediately without any prompts. Even after reading the explanations on the webpage, I still couldn't figure out where my energy goes, what use organics have, or what the numerical values provided by each type of cell are. Often, the exact same actions can result in survival for over thirty seconds in one game and immediate death in another. Later, I realized that being hit by other organisms might deplete energy, but enemies spawn completely randomly, sometimes appearing suddenly right in front of you (even the large ones with vesicles). Additionally, the player character is positioned too far to the right in the camera view, and there's no clear distinction between the player and NPCs, making collisions very likely to occur.
One problem is that I did not figure out how to live longer and how much energy and organic they can produce to reach a balance. Hope it can be more clear:D
Good job on the game!
Amazing idea! The same way I thought is some kind of Lego tiny creatures, but I have to change my game because of experience, Happy to see you finish this, well done!
an interesting game but I need more guidence!
Aside from a tutorial a dedicated build menu would also help. Having a dialog for each cell in contrast to a menu, where you select your cells and then paint them onto the hex grid, would reduce the effort of expansion a lot and might also be easier to understand.