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Germinate is a game where germs attack,
score points by killing the germs.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 82% |
| #561 | Humor | 2.20 |
| #644 | Fun | 2.93 |
| #667 | Audio | 1.90 |
| #792 | Overall | 2.83 |
| #796 | Theme | 3.26 |
| #809 | Innovation | 2.52 |
| #845 | Mood | 2.08 |
| #891 | Graphics | 1.83 |
Comments
Nicely done, agree with another comment that it could be a fun mobile game!
I think it's a good concept. But the graphics... could have been a little bit better.
Nice game with simple control. I agree that this could be moved to mobile and tap to kill the germs.
It's a game. There's much room for improvement, but I indeed agree with other commentators that this would be a nice mobile game.
Simple graphics with simple gameplay. This was a nice representation that simple can be solid. Good job.
Had fun, i like how the bigger you get the harder the game is. Also i think the basic graphics work well because it is like a petri dish.
Fun concept. I especially like the idea of growing bigger being your difficulty curve. Needs something telling you that you click on the germs to kill them, though.
As mentioned, if you improved the audio and the graphics a bit, this could make a fun, addictive little mobile game. Not much too it, but it still hooks you in.
I have improved the graphics, and am looking to put it on the google play score soon thx
Glad to hear your put it on the google store. Its a fun simple game with game play thats not complicated, I think it will do well.
Very simple game, but well made. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/iU4q-3Z4nkI
Nice simple game would work nice on a device with a touch screen. Also to up the difficulty you could have maybe added additional spawn points later on, or had the player move around the screen.
Enjoyable!
There's nothing interesting or new here. Click on enemies to kill them and grow, if you're larger, you have less time to react to enemies. You grow too slowly though, so the game is boringly easy for the first thirty seconds or so, the sound effect and graphics are very bare, enemies always spawn in the same four places so there's no variety. It's not fun to me in the least.
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nice, very entertaining, this could be an interesting mobile game