Ludum Dare #24compo

Human Evolution

by emveyh

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.26

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%

This game was created at the real life gathering in Germany / Darmstadt. Everything was made from scratch, no engines or frameworks were used.

Controls:

W A S D to move

arrow keys to shoot

Enter Key to Confirm

Note:

If you have any performance issues with the JAR-File Version, please try the Web version without audio.

Thanks for playing :D

Comments20

Obscuremoon27 Aug 2012, 09:23

Awesome game, Played the web version and won!

LeetLeaf27 Aug 2012, 15:55

Fun and challenging! Great Game!

madpew27 Aug 2012, 16:41

Nice game, very challenging. Some music would have been nice. Like the artstyle. Well done.

Dark Acre Jack27 Aug 2012, 18:31

Cool. Collisions could have been a little more forgiving, would have upped the "fun" rank.

defiantburrito27 Aug 2012, 19:07

Nice game, a bit simple, but very enjoyable. :)

Birchmountain27 Aug 2012, 19:08

I really liked the fact that there's a visual feedback of the evolution, makes you want to find out how he looks like at the end! Good job!

fruitfly27 Aug 2012, 19:10

the game is actually quiet hard. might be due to the complex controls...
nice though that you did it from scratch without using any frameworks.

Nizan27 Aug 2012, 19:11

"What, player is evolving!" Was so obviously going to turn up in this competition... yet it bought a smile to my face! :D Cute game. :)

Blobby10127 Aug 2012, 19:12

Very good! Takes a bit of getting used to but is really fun.

emveyhauthor27 Aug 2012, 19:27

Thanks for playing guys :)
Sorry about the simple "box collision" but since the game was built from scratch, there was just not enough time to do pixel perfect collision :/

SteelRaven727 Aug 2012, 19:56

Nice and smooth with retro graphics, what's not to like?

I must say I found it a bit disorientating when I exited one level and was placed on a totally different spot on the next one without warning.

Datw28 Aug 2012, 16:57

simple and addictive. Altough I don't think that evolving helped me. loved it.

Ragzouken28 Aug 2012, 17:07

The red guys are really ruthless! I can't seem to do much to survive once they get my scent :( Nice game for something made from scratch :)

angrygeometry28 Aug 2012, 17:10

this was tough but i enjoyed it nonetheless. nice and smooth, variance in enemies is frightening (the blue guys to the red guys for example) but yeah, nice job!

X-0ut28 Aug 2012, 17:12

Very good, played all the way to the end.
If I had a complaint it would only be that it was too easy.

ratking28 Aug 2012, 20:05

Nice game, but very hard IMHO. :)

Richard Matey28 Aug 2012, 20:08

Fun game, I like the controls and feel. Do the pickups actually give me a power up or just gating me from the next area?

pekuja29 Aug 2012, 01:45

Hah. Indeed the core gameplay in your game and mine is pretty much exactly the same. We have different takes on evolution though. The boss fight seemed a bit anticlimactic as it didn't seem to do anything to attack me. I liked the visual changes in the characters. Made me feel a sense of progression.

BenW29 Aug 2012, 03:31

I had blast playing it. I couldn't figure out what the second form was.

JonathanG9 Sep 2012, 13:48

Works smoothly but collision detection is painful, feels like I get hit when I shouldn't. Too tricky, felt like I had to spend all of my level ups on health as there was no other way to heal. Consistent, if simple art style. Sound was repetitive and hard on the ears.