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Welcome to Last Limb Games. Organic Panic has been 5 years in the making, and we're happy to announce that it's nearly done. Meat & Cheese battle Fruit & Veg in a quirky physics puzzler featuring real fluids, totally destructible levels, real fire, and an in-game editor to build and share your own levels!​​​​​

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Does the Law of Diminishing returns apply to level creation and player enjoyment?

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Organic Panic has been in development for over 5 years. Although a lot of that has been focused on perfecting our physics engine, a good portion has been dedicated to drafting and creating unique levels.

The world of Organic Panic is a distinctive one as players have the opportunity to employ one of four different characters, each with their own unique skills and abilities. We initially began creating levels that highlighted and reinforced the skills of each character. Some levels require Kiwi’s water abilities; others are much easier to complete using Carrot’s fire powers; etc. From there we went on to create special co-op levels.


We also wanted the player’s surroundings to change and created 4 different worlds including a rainforest, volcanic island, industrial wasteland and space. This allowed us to add in different enemies and barriers specific to each world.


Leading players through the story line required a few levels and then of course there are the levels that serve little purpose other than being fun to play. It is a game, fun doesn’t require an ulterior motive.

When we finally took a breath, we realized we ended up with over 100 levels.

On top of this user can create their own levels. See one of our past news stories for more on this, including a video.

Which brings me to the interactive part of the post, how many levels (or hours of story mode gameplay) should a game have? At what point is the time put into each additional level not worth it, due to the fact that most players will not reach that point in the story?

Thanks for reading and for the feedback.

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JohnMetalman
JohnMetalman

When the levels stop being creative and unique and feel or look like the others, then it's too late. I'm in that pit myself.

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LastLimbGames Author
LastLimbGames

Absolutely, we would never want to game to become boring or monotonous.

So you don't suggest holding out for a sequel? Or will new ideas present themselves when the time comes.

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LastLimbGames Author
LastLimbGames

What do you think of our new game trailer Youtu.be

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LastLimbGames Author
LastLimbGames

Our Kickstarter campaign has gone live Kickstarter.com

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JohnMetalman
JohnMetalman

Maybe with 100 levels you've pretty much ... maybe, have done it all. When you hold out for a while I learned, personally, that road trips help the creative mind so I suggest take a long trip I'd say to another country. And trust me, you'll have new ideas pouring in and take a notepad and make notes as they come. A sequel is always a good thing, though.

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JohnMetalman
JohnMetalman

REAL COCONUTS!!! LOL God I want to play. It's got real character. Amazing!!! The trailer gets my approval.

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