Darwin Games 2012

Awesome idea, I'd have liked it a bit more if the movement was slightly more predictable but it was still addictive anyway. The backstory at the top was hilarious

Great game, wished it wasnt as random. Backstory was the best part :)

The creatures look pretty cool, first time I see something like that in Flash. The game needs to be more interactive though. Good to see an original idea! ;D

Cool idea. I like the physics, the particles do interesting things at times (almost look like they're dancing or something). The "evolution/mutation" idea is an interesting one. No real game mechanics or goals, though. This has potential in that regard

Cool idea. Could have really benefited from some evolutionary style traits rather than straight up randomness.

Best game I've played so far.

I JUST WATCHED A MAN WITH TWO HEADS USE HIS HEADS AS PADDLES TO SWIM.

HE HAS NO ARMS SO HE'S THE MOST STREAMLINED.

This game is fucking hilarious. Great fucking job, man.

Who knew that hearts were such good swimmers?!

I know he's going to lose, but... but I have to vote for him! I just have to!

Kind crazy on the dash, would be nice if they made it to the finish line :)

@cacciatc All my money on the heart, also pretty good at the bounce!

@mutuware Yeah I've actually never seen one cross the finish line, but sometimes they get really close :) Instead of bumping up their x speed a bit I decided to leave it like that so whoever manages to witness it happening can feel special.

@Fritzendugan They do look like dancing sometimes. Even considered adding "dancing" as one event, but wasn't sure how I would rank them against each other. If I ever make a game that needs a disco in it with a lot of dancing NPCs, I'll know blobs with a lot of springs is the way to go :)

It was fun to play. Even though I do such simple action as bet. Quite addictive thing.
p.s. there was a kitten!

@dvdking The kitten is pretty good at running, too.

A truly great game. Backstory was awesome as well. As others said, creatures' movement could have been less random.

Awesome game :D had a blast with it.

It was really original, but it was too random, it should be more clear who would win, now it just feels like a glorified betting game.

This is brilliant. We spent 9 billion or something on the 2012 olympics and it wasn't anywhere near as good as this.

Brilliant idea! Love the little backstory-blips :)

Very odd

Pretty sweet, I wish there was a bit more predictability but it's interesting anyway!

Really creative, even if a little weird game. Winning is a bit random maybe, but the betting mechanic really makes it exciting to watch the simulation.

Rofl, I laughed out loud playing this, I love the randomness and this is very funny

Never seen anything like it, it fit the theme very well. It was funny during the run when they all just fall over.

Hahaha great stuff.. till I lost 400 on the cat in the swim race >:|

Fun game...even though I lost each time

my cat is into nickelback and i need 1000 coins to melt them into a sword. narrative of the year imo

Haha, how did you come up with this! Genius! I don't like betting games at all but this is great. Some music would have added a little backgroundnoise. Funny game. Well done!

@Porpentine That backstory generator was just a random thing I added out of impulse, but found myself going back to the game just to see what kind of stories it would spit out. Sometime I would like to explore if you could actually have a random plot for an entire game that could be played out and not just a bunch of text.

yeah that kind of stuff fascinates me so much, narrative + generator is one of my chief game design interests

you should definitely explore that!

I was so close to win like 600 at the run part, in like the last 2 seconds mine was in the lead, then an other, then me, and finally the other. xD Pretty nice idea. I actually found it to be pretty fun.

clever. Very different to any other LD game I've ever seen. good play.

This is so weiiird (and cool)

Amusing, but hard to predict. I guess I need to play more to get a better feel of the likely winner in each round.

A wee bit random but a nice idea in an evil-ringmaster-lounging-in-his-chair way.

Really good. Enjoyed playing.