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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #1351 | 3.391 | 3.391 |
| Fun | #1637 | 2.957 | 2.957 |
| Overall | #1720 | 3.043 | 3.043 |
| Presentation | #2041 | 3.022 | 3.022 |
Ranked from 46 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Two viruses get out of control and your goal is to keep them in balance
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
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Interesting concept!
The sound effects alone are worth gold lol.
The game itself is also a interesting and different idea, kinda of original.
Very good..."BOOP!"
Those sounds effect though, they deserve a game of their own just revolving around them!
Cool, original idea, I'd have loved to have a score of sorts to tell me if I'm winning or losing!
Thanks :)
The circle in the middle grows when you're winning and shrinks when you're losing, if it fills the pie you've won.
GG for the game ! Ultra GG for the sounds effects haha :')
TY Gredu :)
Sound effects really made it :D Great entry!
Thanks Warkus, we had fun making these sounds :)
This is great! I love the simplicity and intuitiveness. The only criticism I can think of is that it's a little boring visually, but that's not a big deal, and it works with the simplicity of the game.
Thanks Nick,
I was trying to avoid adding extra visual noise to an already visually-noisy game so I kept the graphics abstract, but yeah there's definitely room to make it more visually appealing.
I love the game, it brought back childhood memories of playing silly flash games in school. It would be cool to add few more levels with maybe more various virus each having different properties such as the R0 property (Infection rate) and such. And perfect time to theme a game around virus too!
Thanks Sirlegna :)
Yeah, playing with the R0 & healing rate could be interesting if I decide to develop this further.
About the theme, when I was first brainstorming ideas I was actually trying to avoid the virus direction, because I figured a lot of people would take "out of control" that way and it wouldn't be very original, but it ended up working out I guess.
I think you hit a sweet original idea!
The sound effects are amazing hahahaha Really funny game. I liked the use of the simple art style, it matched the game's theme very well.
ty ty, we enjoyed making those sound effects :)
Yeah, I went for the simple / abstract art style mostly to avoid encumbering the player's concentration by adding even more visual noise.
Relatively straightforward and fits the theme well. Tried to reset it a couple of times to see if I could get it to win without any intervention.
Thanks Ansem,
Did you manage to get it to win without intervention? I tried to balance the game in a way that it'll be very unlikely to happen, because one of the viruses will eventually get out of control. :)
Nope, it never did finish itself, never even got close ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Very original and quite hard.
Also, not very color blind friendly ;)
Mouth sounds are a nice touch
Thanks Anton :)
If you think that's not color blind friendly, check out my main project Clority, it's even less color blind friendly :P