Dr. Blob's Organism

2004 IGF Winner For Innovation in Audio and Innovation in Digital Art
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From Digital Eel (oft-time IGF nominees and creators of the excellent Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, among other games) comes this oddball circle-shooter. The basic gameplay here you've seen before: You are shooting from the edge of a circle at something in the middle, and you have to zip around the circle (using left and right arrow keys) and firing madly, trying to keep the thingie at the center from touching the edge.

But in Dr. Blob's organism, the circular thing you're firing around is a petri dish... some kind of nasty and potentially lethal organism is attempting to escape.

That may sound like simplicity in itself--but of course the game is more complicated that that. Each level in the game introduces new powerups (like freeze, lightning and multiguns) and special organism abilities (like force field, regeneration and frenzy) to enhance the fun and increase the challenge throughout the entire game.

The full version of Dr. Blob's Organism features 20 levels of increasing difficulty; 10 different powerups; 5 special blob abilities; 3 difficulty settings; 21 music tracks; squishy, moist sound effects; bonus dishes AND a jukebox (play music selections from the game).

Reviews:
"pure thoughtless fun"
- S. Monte Augenstein, Eye Talk Now

"a quick dose of brainless fun"
- Scott R. Krol, Gameworld

"Dr Blob's Organism is a stylish slick and original arcade game"
- IndieGamer

"This is a great contribution to the Mac shareware landscape: it's a fun arcade game, and the price is right."
- Kit Pierce, MacGamer

"the game is fantastic"
- Erica Grossman, ESCMag

"Rarely has a game had so much production put into creating a bizarre atmosphere and having it come off so well."
- Russell Carroll, Game Tunnel

"If you fancy shoot 'em ups then you'll want to give this game a try."
- James Fudge, GameShark.com

"You will learn to fear the word Mitosis!"
- Enkidu, Frictionless Insight

"Expect to give your keyboard a good workout"
- Scott R. Krol, Gameworld

"a lot of fun and something different"
- Sam Gibson, Ferrago

"Dr. Blob's Organism....A crazy name for a crazy game"
- Jamil Matheny, Pregaming

"(Dr. Blob's Organism) is a lot of fun and levels are light enough that one or two can easily be played in a ten minute lunch break."
- James Fudge, GameShark.com