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[GamerXA]

MICROSCOPE
A simulation of Ecosystems, an example of the microscopic world and music to go with it.

• 5 Cell Species
• 2 Plant Species
• Fungi
• Seeds 'n' Spores
• Meat Chunks
• Ecosystem Stability
• Many Functions
• Keyboard or Mouse Controlled
• Ecosystem Summaries + Food Web
• Ecosystem Seeder
• Custom Cell Designer
• 4 Minigames
• Custom Sprites
• Custom Music
• Music Mute Function

INFORMATION
Title: Microscope
Genre/Category: Simulation
Download Size: 1780KB (1.78MB)
Game File-Type: Stand-Alone Executable
Resolution: No Change, Windowed
Current Version: v2
Written In: Registered

Instructions included

DOWNLOADS
http://rapidshare.de...oscope.zip.html
http://host-a.net/Ga.../Microscope.zip

IMAGES
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http://img132.images...reenshot101.png

Edited by GamerXA, 28 May 2009 - 06:31 AM.

[CompanionCube]

First impressions...
GUI is a little cluttered and is ordered strangely. The graphics style doesn't compliment the game, makes it feel a little outdated. Interesting idea though, and I am quite enjoying watching all the... things grow . I will take a deeper look then give my final opinions.

[minjere]

Rapid Share tells me its a broken link (since the file is to old).

host-a worked.

The game is pretty cool. I think its quite fasinateing. But its kindof confuseing if you ask me.

[Nocturne]

Very interesting! I worked as a microbiologist for a good few years so this appeals to me and the addition of the minigames makes it all the better! The main simulation section is fantastic although I think that you should include tool tips that show up if the mouse hovers over a button for a certain length of time as it´s a bit confusing and having to constantly open the help file is annoying... I haven´t explored the full the depth of this yet, but I will come back and post again when I have a more in depth crit...

Oh and change the music... It´s (in my opinion) horrible!

[snowyowl]

Not bad, but you need to work on the balance. Too often I get the plants reproducing exponentially and growing out of control. Perhaps there could be some sort of limit on how many plants you can have at once (say, plants die if their nearest neighbouris too close). Tap the "1" key and you'll see what I mean: you create one plant cell, but it quickly becomes a hundred, then a thousand, and so on until either your computer locks up or you deliberately kill all of them by pressing the Extinct Species key.