The Kittelutioning

by norgg
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.23
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.58
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★87%
You are required for an urgent kitten research project in the field of instantaneous genetic manipulation.

Genres: puzzle

Comments32

Zutty
Zutty26 Aug 2012, 21:55
YAY! Once I got a reasonably stable mutation I was able to leave them to complete the rest of the game by themselves. Very high jumping helps for 'The Pits'.
Sakuyan
Sakuyan26 Aug 2012, 22:32
this game is hilarious
_AM_27 Aug 2012, 01:19
Very interesting... great job.
Senekis27 Aug 2012, 05:31
Nice approach to the theme.
A bit hard to understand at first, but once you figure it out, it gets really interesting.
Vordux27 Aug 2012, 13:52
Really funny game, the voice acting helped exemplify the humor and fun.
Ditto
Ditto27 Aug 2012, 15:09
I have no idea what I am doing, and still I managed to get to the third level, xD
tripleVisionGames27 Aug 2012, 19:37
Had so much fun with this and was a bit sad when I won!! Are you working on this post compo? I'd like to play more levels :D
surreal_whale27 Aug 2012, 21:52
I love this game! Definitely the best use of the theme I've seen so far. I'd like to know how the genetic trait changes are controlled when you click on a cat, but it would be too easy if it wasn't vague.
Norgg
Norggauthor27 Aug 2012, 23:05
@tripleVisionGames Haha, I am sorry it's so short. I will probably do some more work on this at some point, though I have other projects I really need to finish off first, may work this game in as a sequel-y thing to the game I've been working on for a while.
Dan C28 Aug 2012, 01:35
This is absolutely awesome :).
levelbylevel
levelbylevel28 Aug 2012, 12:15
Very interesting, took a minute for me to get it, but once I did, I enjoyed it :)
galman
galman29 Aug 2012, 13:52
Really intersting idea.. You can make a really great game from it :-)
FunByJohn
FunByJohn29 Aug 2012, 13:59
One of my cats is defying gravity...I'm pretty sure that's not a gene. XD Haha. This is pretty funny and innovative. A little hard to control though, I just feel like I'm doing random stuff when modifying their genes.
Ragzouken
Ragzouken29 Aug 2012, 15:40
All my kittens were spastic - good trait for winning :P
ABPositive03
ABPositive0330 Aug 2012, 00:43
I don't even... all I know is sometimes I get longer cats, sometimes they're green, but more often than not they explode. I don't think I'm very good at this :D
thewiseguy9930 Aug 2012, 01:09
Funny game, loved the sound effects! And the exploding kittens were funny too!!! My cats were pretty mutated but I enjoyed it anyways. Good job.
AMSmirnov
AMSmirnov30 Aug 2012, 09:42
Funny game. In beginning I killed all kittens, but after few minutes I understood how to stay they alive. You need more kittens in new generation. More kittens, more fun :)
Norgg
Norggauthor30 Aug 2012, 10:14
@AMSmirnov The number of kittens in the next generation depends on how many you rescued in the generation before, they mate in pairs. It's a bit randomised, but I think the theoretical max population by the end is currently 32, I capped it at 10 for the Ludum Dare version, but uncapped for the Kongregate version.
tupperwarespoon30 Aug 2012, 11:16
Really different idea, The kits seem to spend most of their time upside down though. Was a little confusing to see what I was evolving to sometimes.
Overall well executed idea though
Norgg
Norggauthor30 Aug 2012, 15:59
@tupperwarespoon If your kittens are upside down you have probably damaged the balance gene.
dengzo
dengzo30 Aug 2012, 18:25
one of the best games I have played this Ludum Dare! good job!
nseward
nseward30 Aug 2012, 19:18
I loved it. I wanted more levels and I wanted an easier way to narrow in on the trait I wanted to mutate. Thanks for a good time.
Sergey Mohov31 Aug 2012, 00:51
Very nice. I have found that square kittens with 1 limb survive the best. Now let's apply that to real life.

*here, kitty kitty kitty*
amodo1 Sep 2012, 13:32
The best application of the theme so far. Despite solving it, I didn't really understand how to manipulate the genes, so i just moved the mouse around :P Great work!
MurrayL
MurrayL1 Sep 2012, 13:47
Hilarious audio and premise. I never did quite work out what I was doing, though...
Cell1 Sep 2012, 13:56
Awesome!
Quentin1 Sep 2012, 14:07
Really, REALLY awesome game. Played it a few times, made an awesome colony of cats.
The only "bug" was on the level with the pit, the cat's head kept getting stuck in what I assume is a "block" of the level when he tried to jump and couldn't get out. I was forced to kill him. :(
mes
mes2 Sep 2012, 15:53
nice! amazing concept and execution.
Maple
Maple3 Sep 2012, 02:36
"Yaa--"
"You killed them"

Lol, not a bad entry. Kept me entertained right through.
savethejets19 Sep 2012, 18:17
Lol, cool stuff. I particularly enjoy the gibs when you try evolving a cat for too long.
vigrid10 Sep 2012, 16:43
Great stuff - excellent take on the theme. If you could make the graphics "cute", that would make an awesome game!
goerp15 Sep 2012, 11:22
One of the winners for me, because it used the them so well. It took some time to figure out how to change the genes and I don't know yet what every gene does, but it was fun to watch and once I got it, I could make some useful mutations. The soundeffects were funny. This game I will look at the source, because I'm interested in using an physics engine with Flash as well (I think your using a physic engine).

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