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Leisure Time2 years ago (1 edit)

A beautiful and calming piece of art that illustrates the idea of the circle of life. I love the minimalist aesthetic and the hand-drawn quality. Visually stunning, and it is exciting to see which creature will take the essence next. I wish there was more! :)

To make this game even better, I think in the initial protozoa stage, the move speed can be increased as it feels a bit sluggish. Movement in general needs some refinement, especially the collision box of the vegetation. More variety is of course better, so you should absolutely expand this post-jam!

Very good game.  Would be a great game if diving beetles were featured! :D Great work!

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Sandinshorts2 years ago(+1)

Thanks.  I'm toying with the idea of adding a boost swim to the amoeba or just making him faster in general. The vegetation colliders should all be pretty good except a couple in chapter 1 I had to mess with because I didn't have time to implement the bubble/plant combo in a more seamless way. I originally had 3 full chapters planned with multiple transfers each and new critters but I was a bit ambitious and ended up with half a chapter and a prologue. Will definitely expand out after the jam just considering whether to do it in the current iteration or go back to square one and rewrite the code.

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Leisure Time2 years ago

I think whether to rewrite the code from the ground up or not largely depends on the size of the final game. If you plan on adding a level or two with similar complexity, rewriting is probably unnecessary. But if you intend to add more mechanics, more creatures with different behaviors, and a more complex level design, then a rewrite is warranted. Since we don't usually consider upgradability much when writing the code during a game jam.

For the vegetation, I'm referring more to the positions of the vegetation relative to the whole level and the unexpected collisions when moving. Perhaps I'm bad at navigating, but it should help to see whether there is a problem if you can ask your friend to play-test and look at how they move their character.

I look forward to the complete version. Cheers!

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Sandinshorts2 years ago(+1)

Yeah. The other levels I had planned are more involved and I am starting to run into problems the way I have my functions interacting. Can probably still do it but trying to think of a way that might be better. Appreciate the advice.

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