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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #182 | 4.031 | 4.031 |
| Overall | #434 | 3.918 | 3.918 |
| Style | #814 | 3.969 | 3.969 |
| Creativity | #1069 | 3.755 | 3.755 |
Ranked from 98 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?
In line with the jam’s theme, “Built To Scale,” I aimed to create the tiniest survival game possible. I chose the world of microorganisms as my inspiration, and fittingly, the main enemy in this game is a cellular automaton that relentlessly chases you around the level. Here is a quick description of What is a Cellular Automaton is: A cellular automaton is a simple model used to simulate complex systems. Imagine a grid made up of cells, where each cell can be in one of several states (like on or off). The state of each cell changes over time according to a set of rules. In the case of my game the rules of each cell are determined by the position of the player. This creates an illusion of the automaton intelligently changing the player around.
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(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
I used some audio effects from Kenny
A vector of a fingerprint from Wawan Waluyo at thenounproject.com
And some flow-field generation algorithm from the Turbo Makes Games tutorial
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Cool game!! Liked it alot!!
Streamed today!!
Wow very cool! I would not be surprised if you won, very original mechanics, and good design, the different upgrades really matter, and actually change things. Great job!
this rules. more games should use cellular automata
I would apprieciate a play & review of my game if you have the time.
Really good game! Enjoyed it a lot, altough i did not get any new green upgrade thing because i pushed mine out with my borders :/! 5/5 tho will play again!
Very polished, compact, and easy to understand. I would like to maybe bring up that build is a bit busted as it effectively allows you to make a semi circle or a quarter circle at the edges of the screen and camp out indefinitely with either ram of spinner.
Overall pretty fun.
Love this! Feels SUPER polished! Played a few times. Might be nice to have a little more in-game info about the various power-ups. Great job!
A lot of fun! I'm not usually a fan of survivors-likes but there were several things about this that I really liked, the one or two enemies at time made it feel exciting without be overwhelming and the upgrades where you can build walls is really cool and makes for some interesting strategies. I would even wonder about just having the build always on, maybe give a limit to the number of blocks out at one time? Regardless, it certainly add to the strategy and possibilities during the game! Good job! Keep at it!
Fun little endless survivor game. I think it would be cool if all of the upgrades could be upgraded more times or even times as you want instead of just build, but everything you DID have time to add seems incredibly well polished. Nice work!
I really like how the swarm works, how it chases you and tries to move around obstacles. Figting against it feels really satisfying. It can be pretty challenging for a few minutes. When you get most of the upgrades you're pretty much untouchable and it's kinda funny to watch the swarm struggle against your own swarm of walls and obstacles. Went into the game blind and the finger zoom in was unexpected and I liked it a lot. Great game!
Really fun, super polished game. Only negative would be that if you push the green upgrade thingy out of your reach (by pushing a "divide" block into it and causing it to fly off-screen) upgrades no longer spawn for the rest of the game. Aside from that little bug, amazing stuff!
I really love how organic the swarm looks and feels. The style and sound effects and graphics all work perfectly together. Really well polished and fun. Nice work!
The swarm was very impressive, and it felt cathartic to shear bits off it with all the different upgrades! The little particles and sfx put in a lot of work there. I would've loved to see more microorganism-based elements though - really go ham on the theme!