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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #176 | 2.889 | 2.889 |
| Audio | #190 | 2.889 | 2.889 |
| Gameplay | #217 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Overall | #270 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Theme interpretation | #284 | 2.630 | 2.630 |
| Graphics | #318 | 2.519 | 2.519 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/bmgomg/Forever-Contagion
Game description
You are a self-conscious alien, burdened with a dangerous virus. You drift through space, trying NOT TO INFECT the innocent—yet unwillingly spreading waves of infection. Keep all the kittens alive at once for as long as possible.
Theme interpretation
The theme is expressed through the endless cycle of pandemic waves sweeping the world of innocent kittens.
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Simple, but enjoyable game! Something small that other people haven't mentioned is I thought it was neat to have it be the full page when you run the game. I have previously made my windowed and may take inspiration from that.
Congratulations on the work. The arrow keys could be held down to increase the speed; clicking them to increase it is a bit tiring. I found the game very different and creative.
Thank you. The velocity adjustments are supposed to be discreet and capped. I tried with arrow keys held down, it doesn’t work well. I think it works now as it should, but it does take getting used to. From my experience, a useful strategy does not require constant spamming of the arrow keys. In fact, sometimes the best strategy is not doing anything at all.
This game is so amazing! Only thing it is a quite bit hard to lose. Though it is also hard to get a long streak, so I think it's about right! Thanks for this game :)
Fun game! I thought the control scheme was cool :) +1 for kittens as well XD
Simple idea, good interpretation, clever implementation. Interesting controls, my longest streak is 36 seconds haha. I'm glad it didn't take me too long to understand the controls but I still couldn't dodge the kitties long enough ahahahah
Interesting concept and cool controls
I had a good time, somewhat peaceful. I like the controls. Good job!
I panicked. Which is a good thing! I didn’t last very long in the game and there was a point where a cat got stuck to me BUT besides that, it’s a simple and fun concept! Once I realized that I should read better and that the arrow keys adjust velocity, it was way more entertaining, heh. My longest streak was 53 seconds!
Thank you. 53 seconds is not bad at all! Difficulty increases after one full minute.
Adding discrete stacks of velocity instead of a continuous force to move is interesting--I think it actually works for a space game where momentum is conserved in zero-gravity!
It felt pretty easy to dodge all of the kittehs, and even when I hit one it didn't typically spread the disease to anyone else. Perhaps there could be a scaling difficulty or something, where more cats spawn if there are a lot of healthy cats, and some cats die if there's too much plague?
Thank you. If you last 1 full minute, the objects become bigger. That’s how difficulty increases.
I see, that's a good idea! My feedback is to perhaps make that happen sooner or in small steps more often, then--I had probably decided that nothing was going to change around 45-50 seconds.
the movement is unique and difficult! good game though!
It’s a good game and definitely quite unique. I had no trouble understanding the controls; it was actually pretty quick, and the movement feels really good. I think the issue is that in many situations you barely need to move, since most of the time there’s no real reason to do so. Aside from that, it’s a very good idea.
Thank you. Yeah, the game is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, for one reason or another. I’m glad that you mostly liked it, it seems. I personally like the fact that sometimes not doing anything is the best strategy.
My longest streak was 17 seconds, I agree with bLUEbYTE, it takes a bit to understand how the movement works but once you get it it’s pretty cool and unique. Unsure if it was a me issue but I couldn’t hear any music nor sound. I think the concept could be expanded to have a mode to try to infect everyone as fast as possible or similar. Also my longest streak was by not moving at all from the beginning so maybe give the player an initial random speed so they’re forced to move.
Thank you. Here’s the alternative version you proposed: /jam/game-off-2025/rate/4058682
The movement took a bit of time to get used to, but once it clicked, I realised that it's a very unique way to have the player move, or should I say, have them drift around. I found it unique and enjoyed that aspect a lot.
Thank you, really. Few people get it to the point when it “clicks”.