Game description: Life of a kind arose on Earth within half a billion years of the planet's formation. For the next three billion years, unicellular organisms ruled the planet. Some fed off the fermentation of chemicals in th... (more)

Game description:

Life of a kind arose on Earth within half a billion years of the planet's formation. For the next three billion years, unicellular organisms ruled the planet. Some fed off the fermentation of chemicals in the oceans. Some fed off sunlight and photosynthesis. Still others were carnivorous, eating anything smaller than themselves. This is their story.

Specifically, it's the story of one of their number, on a quest to eat as much food and survive as long as possible without being eaten by anything bigger than itself. A fast-paced arcade variation on fish-eat-fish games, with a dash of strategy to spice it up (managing your health and knowing when to attack the other cells). Also some other items that I haven't told you about.

This was made for the first official Sigma Nine competition. The theme was "Earth in the Past", and the game had to be developed in 24 hours total. I didn't use that deadline to its full extent :-P, and the game has less features in it than I would have liked, but it's still surprisingly addictive.

Uses Game Maker's built-in high score system. If I win, I will add online high scores. If you ant online high scores, go support me at sigmanine.net/games/232

Healthbars by dangerdan9631.