Dr. Blob's Organism

Dr. Blob's Organism (2003) is a lightning-fast arcade shooting game where players blast feisty one-celled organisms as they try to escape from a petri dish.

Each level introduces new powerups (freeze, lightning and multiguns) and/or special organism abilities (force field, regeneration and frenzy) to ramp up the fun and increase the challenge throughout the entire game.

Awards:

IGF 2004 Innovation In Audio
IGF 2004 Innovation in Visual Art
Game Tunnel 2003 GOTY Best Sound

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
Jukebox (play the game's music selections)

Note that Dr. Blob's Organism is based on John Conway's famous cellular automaton, LIFE.

Engine: Custom

Requirements:

Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Windows 7/Windows 8*
Pentium II 350MHz (600MHz or better recommended)
64MB RAM
DirectX 6
OpenGL 1.1 compatible video card
DirectX compatible sound card
32MB of free hard drive space
*Windows 10 is currently untested.

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

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

"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, PC 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

"The action is fast, it’s furious, and it has enough variation from level to level to make you want to continue on and see what type of cool powerup you’ll get next. "
- Scott R. Krol, PC Gameworld

"Dr. Blob’s Organism has the feel of many classic games of yesteryear"
- Sam Gibson, Ferrago

"This game is classic arcade style with classic arcade action mixed with a classic arcade soundtrack."
- S. Monte Augenstein, Eye Talk Now

"the feel and look of the game is everything you could possibly ask for"
- Russell Carroll, Game Tunnel

"....the squishy, moist sound effects? They're there along with background music that actually doesn't suck!"
- Erica Grossman, ESCMag

"The music is fantastic."
- Scott R. Krol, PC Gameworld

"I recommend this game"
- Sam Gibson, Ferrago

"The strange-ness that emanates from Digital Eel is enough to make anyone lift an eyebrow."
- Russell Carroll, Game Tunnel

"Digital Eel is obviously comfortable creating games about anything that strikes their fancy"
- James Fudge, GameShark.com

"Budding biologists and arcade gamers alike will find something entertaining and amusing in Dr. Blob’s petri dish."
- Enkidu, Frictionless Insight