What a cool game concept! I love how you can choose the answers through collecting orbs, that's very creative. The controls fell very smooth and satisfying. The man on the monitors feels very eerie with their design which works very well for a horror game about experimentation. I did find the little alien squid very cute though, I like them a lot. The style of the game is also very pretty!

Very cool game!

This game feels very complete for a jam game and after taking a small look at your profile, it doesn't surprise me at all that this isn't your first game, one of the first impressions I got when looking at the game page is that this project came from someone who has made games before. The controls feel smooth and responsive, the charge time isn't to long, when I mess something up or go in a direction I didn't completely intend to go I blame myself instead of the game (which is good). I do think the models inside the tank like the squid, could have used some more detail since everything else in the background looks really detailed, the aesthetics all together are really appealing though and the TV guy is really creepy with his two frames a second eyes and mouth. Overall, a really well put together product, great work!

Holy that monitor face is way too creepy

And this game really captures the feeling of being an experiment animal  

kinda feel sad now

But this game one of the unique in the game jam

Great job guys :)   

Cool game, I really enjoy playing as the cute squid ^^
Though I didn’t quite understand what to do after collecting the three virus particles.
Thanks for keeping the navigation in the intermediate settings window  -  it really helped me!

Interesting concept, the game made me feel small and insignificant, being a tiny squid-like creature trapped in an experiment. The idea of being tested on was unsettling, especially knowing that the man behind the TV might decide my fate.

The idea of the aquarium is quite unique. It was fun to play the game. You have a very quirky style, in a good way. I enjoyed it!

Really strange but unique game! I really dig it! At first I thought we were supposed to shoot the little orbs but then I realised it was our way of communication.

Thank you disembodied television face-man, I’m glad my meagre actions amused you! I feel like there is an underlying message here about playing god or something but I did enjoy the mechanics, very relaxing and I would to be reincarnated as a squid in my next life! ^^

Bold move. Willing to limit gameplay to convey a different message. It’s interesting that you’re an alien and yet feel alienated by humanoid televisions. But why a squid?

really unique premise within the horror aesthetic! i'm reminded of a rudimentary form of the game "chants of sennaar", where you learn unknown languages using context clues and interactions with native speakers — in that sense there's so much potential for growth. congrats on an amazing submission !!

I'm glad I came across your game. There is this TV series where they bring in specimens from space, and uknown to them, a few of the specimens are extremely intelligent, so they break out and take control. 

It must a horrific feeling to know that you're not at the top of the foodchain. 

What a clever and creative idea! The feel of the controls is also very nice and fitting for a squid-like alien. I especially appreciated the smooth motion of the tentacles, very nice touch! The human face conveyed with tv screens is also very smart and is what encouraged me to try the game, so good job on that. The gameplay is extremely simple but manages to convey some emotions, so I think overall you did a very cool job! :)

Great game, I love being experimented on - reminded me of the AVP game where you play as a xenomorph in a lab!

There were a few bugs, but they seemed to occur only in the web version, so I played the downloaded one instead.
The controls are simple, and the difficulty level provides just the right amount of challenge — that alone made it enjoyable.
But what left the biggest impression on me was the human face in the background!
How should I put it... it sits right on the edge of the uncanny valley, and it gave me chills — in a good way!
Since the player is human, it’s interesting how the human face itself ends up feeling frightening, which actually made me empathize more with the alien creature.
It was a really clever idea!

Cool game with a really unique setting!

The feeling of being watched was conveyed well and the way the eyes on the monitor twitched freaked me out for sure! Oo

Enabling full screen didn’t work in the web-build, did you enable the “resizable window” option in the player settings?

This is quite the clever idea!

I really like that the red orbs will try to go into you so the specimen cannot answer randomly and actually answer the questions , really cool detail!

The sound of picking up biotes could have been a bit more crunchy, and there was a delay when you would touch the green ones which made it a little less juicy and impactful.

Also at first I tought I was supose to eat the green biotes and get bigger by clicking space (I did not see the controls on the main menu). Maybe some explenation in the game instead of the main menu would have made the game much more clear.

Also sometimes id only pickup one green when I touch multiple at the same time?

I am curious of the topology/3D model of the green biote since it still lags the game quite a bit on the windows version?

There is ceirently some kind of eldritch horror about being a concious being and a higher power doing lab experiments on you, yet I think the game could have done alot more with this, make the questions more phylosphical, existance/consciousness based and interesting.

But for a jam game, this is really cool and creative!

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I'm a sucker for anything underwater and this for sure scratched that itch.

I thought the core movement was neat, although having both the main control things being holding mouse buttons felt a tad odd.

And I will note it did randomly crash on web and I swapped to download to play the rest..

But all around, neat game.

Hey, you should've used the screen idea in a scarier game! The screen idea is awesome, but there's too much contrast between the aquarium graphics and the screens! Good luck! You should think about how to use this in your next projects.

I LOVE THE SCREENS. Its a cool gameplay loop but the ATMOSPHERE sells it. Can't wait to see where you take it from here!

Really like this, even with the breaking bugs, that squid is the cutest thing and moves and sounds great.  Also that face in the screens is freaky af.