Modeled slightly on the twin-stick shooter formula as well as various other gaming styles, Amoeba Generator offers a different experience on the Indie Games Marketplace. What’s it all about? You’ll have to keep reading to learn more.
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In Amoeba Generator you play through microscopic worlds to create and expand your very own amoeba. The game allows you to play through 7 stages beginning from your life as a microscopic organism all the way to managing a colony of amoebas. Each stage in the game takes on a very unique style and they vary wildly. You’ll play a side-scrolling shooter level, some twin-stick shooter style levels, and more.
The gameplay varies in Amoeba Generator due to the tasks at hand combined with the level design. In the beginning, the game plays as a side-scrolling game where you attempt to collect items to grow. As you form into an amoeba, the game takes on the playing surface similar to Geometry Wars. On this playing field, you’ll find many amoebas of varied sizes. You can eat smaller amoebas but watch out for the large ones or you’ll be consumed quickly. You can collect poisons in this part of the game, and fire them at larger amoebas using the right analogue stick. Once they’re smaller than you, consume them to grow and multiply. Another stage gives you the task of increasing the brain power of the amoeba. To perform this task, you must collect fast-moving atoms in a small playing field and tie them to a center mass. Some organisms will try to eat these atoms so you’ll have to tie them to the free atoms quickly to keep them away from the center mass.
Generally speaking, the gameplay flows quite well in the game but it does the responsiveness of the controls sometimes feels like it’s not there. The game would be much easier if you could move somewhat faster, and you’ll often be retrying specific stages because you’ll get eaten due to not being able to change direction quick enough. While you get a boost of speed using the trigger, it’s very limited and it doesn’t appear to regenerate until the next stage. While the game isn’t broken by any means, the controls could use a slight improvement.
The graphics are rather basic but the designs fit the theme of the game very well. Amoebas and other micro-organisms come in various colors and sizes, making it look like a busy world of their own. The game has a decent soundtrack featuring background similar to Everyday Shooter available on the PlayStation Network. Although there’s no noticeable sound effects, you can easily get lost in the music and gameplay. If you prefer, the game also supports custom soundtracks.
Amoeba Generator is a solid attempt for an Indie game, and while it has its issues, it’s still a fun title. Cooperative play could work well in such a title, so maybe we’ll see a new rendition in time to come. With 7 stages to complete, you can expect to get approximately 1-3 hours of gameplay depending on your level of skill. You’ll have to pony up 240 :MSPoints: to experience Amoeba Generator, so check out the demo and see what you think.
The demo as well as more information about Amoeba Generator can be found on the Marketplace.
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