Unnatural Selection

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
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Stop nature from getting out of balance - by keeping the animal population under control!

Kill off the animals that are taking over and survive till the clock runs out, but be careful not to cause an extinction!

(please be patient, it's a 2mb swf file)

The team for this entry:
@gritfish - programming
@brainfed - music
@joshuatreee - art

Comments24

Maxium
Maxium27 Aug 2012, 17:13
Can't seem to find the game.
Porter27 Aug 2012, 18:03
Pretty neat stuff. The collision could use a little work, as enemies will sometimes get stuck on or around you, and kill you quickly, but the rest of the game was pretty solid. Quite challenging, but lots of fun.
Kassoon
Kassoon29 Aug 2012, 05:23
Oh man, do gamers even understand the concept of moderation? Very cool idea. The controls/general physics could use some polish, but I liked it!
Jezzamon
Jezzamon1 Sep 2012, 06:53
Interesting... you get killed too easily though.

It's a shame it's so short. If you had more levels, it would make sense to build up to the level of difficulty of the game.
BNeutral
BNeutral2 Sep 2012, 00:39
Was okay, pretty short.
pjchardt
pjchardt2 Sep 2012, 00:47
Like the idea and the controls felt pretty good. I died pretty quickly though. I second others that levels or a difficulty curve could help with it.
Sgt Squirrelly2 Sep 2012, 01:31
Really like the concept, sounds, and mood. However, the difficulty curve is way too steep (mostly caused by imperfect physics, collisions, and stuff. Overall, great work.
Jungorend
Jungorend2 Sep 2012, 02:23
Difficult game, but a lot of fun! The time ran out, and all the squirrels were still there, but I lost somehow?
Andrew2 Sep 2012, 02:39
I kept darLOSEing, mostly because the lose text made me chuckle every time I saw it. Nothing to do with me getting overrun by beavers. Nothing at all.
thewiseguy992 Sep 2012, 02:45
this was really nice...a complete refreshing experience.

The graphics and music were awesome and catchy.

The mechanics very, very good. Love the double jump and wall jump, allowed me to worry about the task at hand and not avoiding hordes of enemies getting on top of me.

Was fast paced with a nice level of anxiety, I think you nailed that part.

Overall excellent in IMHO.
NiceAlexanderAS2 Sep 2012, 04:22
hahahahah wow nice game, the gameplay feels like a multiplier game and the music is awesome! n.n nice work :D
Zabot2 Sep 2012, 04:51
Great game, could we get some multiplayer post compo? It would make it even more insane.
localcoder
localcoder2 Sep 2012, 05:33
Very interesting idea!

It's annoying when the animals clump together making it hard to kill the ones you want to. I'd prefer if the animals spread out more and I could hunt around for the ones I wanted to kill.

I like the music and the general fast-paced arcade-game feeling of this.
Jorjon
Jorjon2 Sep 2012, 06:05
Wow it was pretty hard. But a "population" game was what I was looking for. And loved the music/effects/art! Very polished.
Gareth Jenkins2 Sep 2012, 07:45
Love the musix/sfx combo -- was fun for a quick session as well.
dredlockz
dredlockz2 Sep 2012, 07:50
Good job; nice mood and humor.
With a bit more polish and better level design this could be great!
rylgh2 Sep 2012, 17:04
Cool, very challenging. I liked the wall-jump and the shotgun a lot.
yosh
yosh2 Sep 2012, 23:26
Man this game ROCKS. Really funny!
Too bad for the pieces of graphic missing : /
refreshcreations5 Sep 2012, 23:00
Ha! Great fun to play, liked the win / lose screens, nice touch, the music is awesome! Short but very sweet game, well played!
Sestren8 Sep 2012, 04:46
DarLOSE! That cracked me up, actually. Good execution. Music was nice, but the game seemed pretty difficult.
solkar
solkar8 Sep 2012, 06:16
With better collision handling it would improve a lot.

Instead of bar a number display would much more useful.
alwaysinbeta8 Sep 2012, 23:40
Fun game. Really liked the music and sfx. Couldn't help just killing everything that moved!
mdkess9 Sep 2012, 00:40
Awesome concept, and solid execution. I like the restraint required - you can't just blindly kill things. I could see this being expanded into a really deep game.

My criticisms are more technical in nature: it's easy to get caught under a squirrel and die from being unable to get out, and the physics feel a bit floaty. For a 72 hour jam though, that's a minor complaint at best - great work!
Joana11 Sep 2012, 22:52
This game is so bordering on crazy it becomes super fun! The music helps in this regard I think: It sets you up for high action and fun shenanigans! By killing ravenous animals, of course!

I really like the fact that you have a gun but have to be careful with what you shoot at. It becomes a lot harder but ends up being more rewarding when you do it right. Not that I ever managed to DarWINNING this thing, mind you! Those animals jump on your bones like it's nobody's business!

Here's my vote that you continue working on this. It's good as it is, but just improve the art a bit, the physics, and add a few levels with increasing difficulty, and you'll have a great game on your hands!

(And please make those animals less deadly. Yikes!)

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