Ludum Dare #24compo

DNA

by kefir

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.36

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★60%

To finish game you must collect all of the yellow thing on the (quite big) map.
Extract DNA from creatures using DNA extractor to evolute (upgrade) your skills.
Jellyfishes increases your swimming skill.
Ducks increases your air breathing and walking skill.
Frogs increases your jumping skill.
Pigeons increases your flying skill.
If you stuck (what can happen) checkout gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqwbe-Ofp9c

Comments26

levelbylevel27 Aug 2012, 20:53

Ace little game :) even made the mrs. do an "ooo" when I got legs :p

Kayelgee28 Aug 2012, 17:07

I really like how the game works, but I don't like that I can waste my dna extractors :(

cappelnord28 Aug 2012, 17:09

Fits theme well, nice big level!

gustavodort28 Aug 2012, 17:12

"if for some reason you want to play this game again, refresh the page""
Awwn, man! :/

Don't be like that XD

darkshadow28 Aug 2012, 17:12

More than just a flying fish, a flying, walking swimming fish! Great fun, the ducks and frogs are quite fun. I don't know if it was a glich or not but I saw a jellyfish flying with some birds (maybe the fish isn't the only one stealing DNA?)

SecondDimension28 Aug 2012, 17:17

Wow, I loved it when I got legs. First of this year's games I've played that has really felt like I have evolved through my actions in the game

kevincorrigan28 Aug 2012, 17:22

Nice game, I found all the Yellow thingies, some were really hard to find but ya, I enjoyed it.

Qaterknan28 Aug 2012, 17:26

I really liked this one. The role of gene hunter suits me just fine, and I haven't seen anything like that before. However, there was a weird thing and I don't know if it's a bug. When you swim up in water, you have a massive acceleration.

nuria28 Aug 2012, 17:34

Cool! I really liked this game, good use of the theme, fun and entertaining. you could use some clouds or textured sky so you can notice you are moving when you are flying. Congrats!

bvanschooten28 Aug 2012, 18:48

I completed the game :-) The game is simple but fun.

gamblore28 Aug 2012, 22:48

Amazing use of theme. I got stuck because I couldn't jump out of the water in the little pool on the right. Must have need a bit stronger swimming skill before escaping the safety of the water. Great game!

xhunterko28 Aug 2012, 22:50

Nice and fun!

plule30 Aug 2012, 22:00

Nice :) Real evolution here. I'm proud to have found all the yellow things.

dector31 Aug 2012, 16:23

Playing for a long time :) Really fun.

chardish31 Aug 2012, 17:38

Nice work! Really original. Probably too hard, though - miss a shot or two, and you're stuck...

Chinchilla1 Sep 2012, 16:16

Great fun! There's something about collecting things... even if they're just "yellow things", that is so addictive!

cacciatc2 Sep 2012, 18:15

I am a fan of the jellyfish.

monsieur_nez3 Sep 2012, 23:59

Good idea, remind me of EVO (snes)

CogComp5 Sep 2012, 18:31

I really liked the level layout!

sev_inf6 Sep 2012, 18:36

Last 2 things was hard, but I found them. Cool game!

zx816 Sep 2012, 20:23

Great game!! I really liked it!!

JaJ7 Sep 2012, 09:44

I found all 100 yellow things! Found the ones in the upper left corner last. I liked the concept but the distribution of skills was a bit uneven.You get most skills within the first minute and then all that is left for the rest of the game is searching for yellow things. I was hoping for a surprising skill near the end. The DNA extractors could be wasted but there were plenty around so that's not really a problem.

savethejets18 Sep 2012, 16:57

Cool stuff.

mohammad8 Sep 2012, 16:59

Wow This was executed vary well!