This Is Totally About Evolution

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Run away from bats. It's about evolution. Really.

Suggested emulator is Mednafen: http://mednafen.sourceforge.net/releases/

Default key mappings for that are: WASD = arrows, numpad 123 = ABC.

C is jump, B is fire. I think.

EDIT: Silly me, forgot to mention a licence. I release this game into the public domain, source and all.

Comments14

GreaseMonkeyauthor27 Aug 2012, 01:28
CHALLENGE: First person to submit a video of a successful pacifist run gets a trophy!
GreaseMonkeyauthor27 Aug 2012, 04:36
Also, any hillarious tool-assisted videos will also earn trophies for as long as I can be bothered.
Raptor8527 Aug 2012, 04:49
pretty good, great use of the sound chip the music actually "sounds" a lot like a genesis game, nice slopes and nice fast movement. About my only complaints are the bats are pretty much invisible when flying in certain areas and the controls are the wrong buttons, you have them set to A and C so i basicly can't push both at once on my controller :/
madpew
madpew28 Aug 2012, 17:09
Great effort. CHALLENGE: First person proving he can get after the first sign gets a redbubble giftcard. jesus, this is difficult. 5 stars for audio, gotta love sega music. I'd give 5 stars as well for technical achievment as well!
RawBits
RawBits28 Aug 2012, 17:57
Well I have beaten it, but I didn't read the comments before so I've got no video. I'll try again!

Really good engine anyway! Great job!
RawBits
RawBits28 Aug 2012, 18:22
Sorry for no sound, I was forget to turn on the recording. Anyway there are problems with moving. You can jump while in mid air sometimes and i think it would be better if he loose momentum when bumping the head in the ceiling - like in mario. And when landing on a corner he stucks there and not sure what meks it move again - smashin every button like crazy... :D
GreaseMonkeyauthor29 Aug 2012, 01:58
Yeah that wasn't a *pacifist* run, but good job anyway.

And the midair jump is just a preference. The corner thing however is a bug, it's just not something I exactly want to fix in a hurry (I fear the fix for it might be nasty).
MurrayL
MurrayL29 Aug 2012, 10:59
Good lord that was hard.
Pierrec8 Sep 2012, 15:43
A Mega Drive game ? SRLY ?
I'm so frustrated now! I got a mega drive just here and I have to download an emulator grr
(playing the game)
OH SHIT
(30min later)
Ok...this is the perfect exemple of a game who looks bad and feels good. I had a LOT of fun. Now I want to play a longer version (with checkpoints or passwords...) on my mega drive ^^
Adhesion
Adhesion17 Sep 2012, 02:33
Whoa, the music is awesome, I'd love to know what tools you use to make genesis rom music.
Tritax17 Sep 2012, 04:37
Really a ton of fun .. and great music. I'd love to hear about the toolset you used to create this!
angrygeometry
angrygeometry17 Sep 2012, 05:17
i love that you made a mega drive game. the game itself plays well, it just needs more to it!!
Benjamin17 Sep 2012, 08:05
Great music. Detecting black bats on very dark purple sky was a bit harsh.
Never run so much from bats in a videogame.

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