Agar.io is a massively multiplayer action game developed by Matheus Valadares. In the game, the player controls a cell in a map representing a petri dish; the goal is to gain as much mass as possible by swallowing smaller cells without being swallowed by bigger ones. The name Agar.io comes from the substance agar, used to culture bacteria.
The game was initially advertised on 4chan on April 28, 2015 as a browser game. It quickly became popular largely due to word of mouth on social media, most notably YouTube and Twitch.tv. On May 3, 2015, Agar.io entered Steam Greenlight with the developers planning to add features unavailable in the browser version. It was approved by the community for listing on Steam.Miniclip published an Android and iOS version on July 8, 2015.
Among game critics, Agar.io received positive critical reception. Many praised the game's browser and mobile versions for its simplicity, competition, and mechanics; some critics disliked the repetiveness. The mobile versions received criticism for its controls, which were described as unwieldy. It was compared to Osmos and the cell stage of Spore.
Agar.io was quickly successful upon release; the agar.io website (for the browser version) was ranked by Alexa as one of the 1,000 most visited websites, and the mobile versions were downloaded over ten million times in its first week.
Gameplay
The objective of Agar.io is to grow a cell, a circular player-controlled object, by swallowing both pellets and smaller cells without being swallowed by bigger cells. It can be played in a deathmatch or between teams. There is no set goal; players restart when all of their cells are swallowed. There are certain usernames that stylize players' cells.
Agar.io contains three entities: pellets, cells and viruses:
- Pellets (sometimes called food) are randomly scattered among the map. When swallowed, they slightly increase a cell's mass.
- Cells are controlled by every player. Only opponent cells that are smaller can be swallowed; they can be swallowed directly, or by splitting, as described below. Cells move slower with heavier mass and gradually lose mass over time.
- Viruses split larger cells into many pieces. Smaller cells can hide behind them for protection against larger cells. They can be fed to create another virus launched at a direction the player chooses.
Cells can be split with the split cell launched at the direction of the cursor. This can be used as a ranged attack to swallow other cells, to escape from a difficult situation, or to move more quickly around the map. Split cells eventually merge into one. Players can also release a small fraction of their mass to grow other cells or to feed viruses, which splits them when done several times.[2]
Reception
Agar.io has generally received positive reception. Jon Fingas of Engadget described the game as "a good abstraction of the fierce survival-of-the-fittest competition that you sometimes see on the microscopic level. The Yorkshire Standard calls it "extremely addicting", but criticized it for being somewhat repetitive and frustrating. Brett Makedonski of Destructoid said that "it felt so good to eat a guy".
The mobile versions also received the same positive reception, but was criticized for unwieldiness. Chris Carter of Toucharcade praised it simplicity, strategic element, and "personality", but criticized it for becoming hard to control at larger masses. Glen Fox of Pocket Gamer praised it for its strategic element and called it "addictive", but criticized the controls as "floaty". Steve Wollaston of the Sunday Mercury praised the graphics as "wonderfully weird", saying it "looks like it has just been thrown together by a seven-year-old in their bedroom with an iPad and some crayons.
Agar.io quickly became popular upon release as the game was frequently broadcast on Twitch.tv and YouTube. Published by Miniclip, the mobile versions of the game became popular relatively quickly, garnering over ten million downloads in the first week since release.
Politics
During the campaigns of the June 2015 Turkish elections, Agar.io was used in Turkey for political reasons; many players were naming their cells after Turkish political parties and references, with alliances formed between players with similar political views, fighting against other players with opposing views. Some political parties have used Agar.io in campaign posters as a symbol of support.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar.io
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