Lysis

Ended up with an high score of 10110!

• I like the idea, but the complexity made it very difficult to get into. There was a lot going on in the tutorial, and now that I understand how the game works, I think I would have prefered concrete examples for the tutorial. Notably regarding the three different phases. I think the tutorial itself is also not in the best order in terms of information hierarchy: Would have preferred it to go from general to detail. First, mention three phases, then get into details for each with pictures showing what you're expected to do. In the end, I read a bit, thought it was too long, so I dived into gameplay thinking I'd figure it out. Then after my first death in the sea of confusion, I read through for the first phase. Managed to get into the second phase were I was utterly confused cause there is a lot going on! It took me a while to figure out that I could attack the things going, that I could avoid the big ball (forgot the name) going crazy, etc... So I read through the tutorial as I went on losing. Many players prefer playing by themselves and figuring out the control as they play, and this is my case. Basically it's like being thrown in a bowl filled with piranhas: If I didn't learn how to kill a piranha before hand, I can't really deal with that much at once. Terrible example but you see what I mean lol
• Something to help with this is progressing elements by elements. When inside, just have one enemy. Have it easy. The first one should always be stupidly easy: that's the best way to make the player understand how the game works. By doing and succeding. Then can come the "lose and learn from your mistakes". It's generally too harsh to have this right from the start.
• Understanding the game was made significantly harder by the amount of elements presents: Flashy colors, Moving background, a lot of elements switching from a color to the next. It's a mess that can be taken in control once you get used to it.
• good game tho (not enough characters left to write more sorry)

The idea was creative, though that background started to be a bit eyesore ^^" The music was good, the controls tok a bit to understand but it was also more interesting this way. Sometimes though there was just too many enemies to handle and the controls were bit too whacky to avoid them :s Nice entry overall, bit more informative :)

Whacky and quite a lot of fun. One of the most unique games I've played in a while.

Getting taught the entirety of the game's mechanics right at the start is a bit confusing, it would be much easier if it was split up into small segments that appear when the information is actually needed at that time, but other than that, I love the idea of a playable biology lesson, haha :D

Wow this game is right up my street, I love bullet hell type games like this, and you had some really creative enemies, I also found it unusual moving as a heliex but so clever. I'm into viruses and how they insert DNA and how it can also insert mixed dna... Anyways on to the game.

I think ultimately this game was really fun, and when I'm making games this is what I aim for.

The music was good, but I think something a bit more urgent would have suited the style better.

I felt the tutorial was very text heavy, it was presented nice, but it was a lot and for the first play through I felt confused but the 2-5th play through I had it down.

My best score was 6450(ish) I love the difficulty increase, it's pretty hard to balance out games during game jams but you got this down pretty nice, and kept it within the theme.

Well done.

Very nice art but can be a little overloading sometimes, however it's a enjoyable game to play peculiarity the way the way player attacks each part of down to the DNA level was great, and it meets the theme well.

I'm very impressed by this game! I love how the view keeps on changing as you get further into each cell. This game really fits the theme well!

First of all: Wow! What a great game! It's really fun to play, and the concept is great.

Second of all: YAAAAWN, what a boring tutorial.

Third of all: there was a strange bug where when I clicked in the game over screen, the Generations turned from 2 to 0.

Fourth of all: Great job! I think you might win top 5 with this one too. ;)