Ludum Dare #24compo

The Adventure of Charles Starwin

by surreal_whale

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.96

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.80

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%

Arrow keys to move, Space to shoot.
Far from a complete game, but playable.

Each new enemy which spawns bases its stats on the average of the surviving enemies so in theory they 'evolve', in practice it makes very little noticeable difference, although they do tend to get faster. I'm sure the concept could be done well (in fact someone nearly certainly will have done something similar and better in the competition) but I don't have time to do it.

Genres: shooter

Comments19

CaptainIcy27 Aug 2012, 03:17

I really like this! The graphic style and gameplay are great. I'd like to see it expanded a bit more. It has a lot of potential!

PickledBrain27 Aug 2012, 06:50

Couldn't play. Server's timing out.

TobiasNL27 Aug 2012, 10:12

Hehe loving the title and title screen. Gameplay was simple yet fun. I missed sounds and more stuff going on though. Overall job well done!

tdsmale27 Aug 2012, 10:15

Great controls, with some more work this could be really fun.

surreal_whaleauthor27 Aug 2012, 11:06

I just uploaded the game to Kongregate and changed the link, so that should solve any server problems.

bluefoxgs27 Aug 2012, 15:01

I love this game :D although, I found the worst way to play it was like a warrior, by this i mean I went full speed, all guns blazing into the...eh...what are they? space tigers?

hnjslater27 Aug 2012, 16:07

Awesome idea and fun to play. Shame the evolution didn't come through a little more.

Edd Morgan27 Aug 2012, 16:48

I really like how this game looks. Very colourful and inviting, easy to pick up and the animations are slick. Gameplay isn't too deep, but still a great little game.

mariscal27 Aug 2012, 17:08

I love the controls, I really enjoy the game, I get lost everytime I was close to the screen borders :P

ElScootro27 Aug 2012, 17:55

Fun game! I ran off the right side of the screen and couldn't seem to get back and had to refresh the page at one point, some sort of boundary would have been good to have. I hope you'll update this one!

kato927 Aug 2012, 19:14

A little too easy to fly out of the map boundaries. It's a solid game - but I definitely didn't notice any evolution in the enemies.

MadGnomeGamer27 Aug 2012, 23:16

Cool idea! About to play it :)

raarlac29 Aug 2012, 01:46

Besides the intro screen, the gfx are great! I loved the rainbow particles everywhere

leafo30 Aug 2012, 16:39

Would be nice if you couldn't get lost on the map boundaries. Also the controls are a little difficult for aiming.

Qaterknan2 Sep 2012, 18:20

Nice game but too easy.

matthias_zarzecki4 Sep 2012, 00:19

Rainbow particles!

CataclysmicKnight8 Sep 2012, 02:39

Don't be so hard on yourself, not only was the name awesome, the game was fun too!!! My only issue was that when I went off the screen I couldn't get back on...

SecondDimension11 Sep 2012, 12:46

I enjoyed playing this one, the particle effects were cool too

moonmagic15 Sep 2012, 06:45

I really liked the rainbow sparks. More rainbows! And explosions would have been wonderful. Pity there isn't a degree of Cute Sounds.

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