Quality of game: I cant run amc programs, so I cant judge the gameplay off of anything more than trailer vibes, from what I can see it seems fine, although im deducting one star for inaccessibility and one star for a seeming instability to the point you can't keep it out of the trailer. 3/5 stars
Relation to theme: The game looks very flash, but I find it hard to decipher any connection to mutations. although I will give you one star for the exposure mechanic seemingly driven the circles to go crazy and stop doing the jobs correctly to be a mutation although it feels like a stretch. (4/5) stars
Game video: just footage but cleaned up, yall need to do better, atleast cut the crash out, 1/5 stars
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I was nearing the end of the deadline by the time I was finally able to get the actual gameplay mechanics in, so I wasn't able to add the necessary context in-game for what's going on, and the video is rushed to the point of just being gameplay with the first song I could think of... (leaving the error in was entirely intentional though; maybe not the best choice?)
The mutation theme is the "going crazy" you saw in the trailer. It might be somewhat hard to make the connection since there's a lot going on, but the colorful "gems" mutate them after enough exposure (either by handling or being near it), which modify their stats drastically (most obviously speed as shown in the trailer).
Apologies you couldn't play! :( Though, I don't know what an "AMC program" is?
.love files can be run on common operating systems, but it requires you install/download the Love2D framework first. I would've made Mac and Windows executables had I more time, but it was getting late and I went the quick route. Anyways:
- Download Love2D from https://love2d.org/.
- With the engine downloaded, open it so that your operating system associates .love files with it. It should show a "NO GAME" screen.
- Double-click or drag-and-drop the game into Love2D. The game should run.