"The Flood is over and Noah's Ark got stranded. Something's wrong with the animals though.
They lie in pieces all over the place, and the assembly manual got lost. Maybe using it as toilet paper wasn't such a good idea after all.
You'll have to reconstruct proper animals before The Almighty notices. Resources are sparse, so the fewer pieces per animal the better. Time for some minianimalism!
Try to pass the test runs to make sure your creations can live on their own. The spare pieces will be a good fit for tasty barbecues."
Instructions: - Select a level and enter Noah's Workshop to build up your creature from different parts. - You can drag and drop pieces of flesh, and then right click and drag to adjust the orientation. - WARNING: removing the eyes blurs the screen! If this happens just put them back, they're in the top left corner. - Use the left and right arrows if legs are installed. Legs oriented left go left, legs oriented right go right. - Jump by the power of methane with the up arrow. - Stick to the walls with your mouth using the down arrow.
When all parts are mastered... you now have to minimalize the number of pieces to increase your score.
Post your best creatures and scores in the comments section!
UPDATE: There are a few issues we've fixed since the end of the jam, use the post-jam link if you want to have a look. UPDATE 2: Some more levels and some tweaks in the post-jam version! UPDATE 3: More fixes to the editor in the post-jam version + added standalone versions (NB: Mac & Linux version not tested). UPDATE 4: Fixed sound loop & better looking shader for misplaced pieces in the editor.
Really nice! Spore mixed with Incredipede. It might be nice if the game showed you the level on the creation screen, otherwise I find there can be a bit of trial/error getting it right. Really nice concept, very impressed you did it in the timeframe!
So cool. Gotta spend some more time on this one. Though if I make a creature, then remove all the components the screen goes all blurry and never un-blurs.
Somehow everything got blurry, and I couldn't figure out how to correct that, but until then I was having a blast. Very funny concept and theme. Execution of the levels was simpler than I hoped, but I still had fun. Good entry!
Thanks for all the comments! That blur thing is not a bug, just a sloppy feature. This happens if you remove the eyes (obviously), just put them back as Paul said and you'll be good to go. I'll put a note about in the instructions.
The rotations are indeed a bit weird we might fix that in a post-compo version.
haha, just like my game this could easily fit with Evolution as well. Really original and good looking game. I also like Noah at the beginning, very funny.
It sometimes was a bit frustrating to get things right (also because rotating was a bit counterintuitive), but I am very impressed! Also the score mechanic didn't work for me. I didn't care about highscores but just wanted to make a good looking creature and finish the level :)
Really awesome game, I could play endless with this build your own creature kit. The blurring of the missing eyes was kind of annoying, especially in the editor screen. Having a creature with a lot of mouths is really fun.
There you go, a standalone version (including Linux). Also in teh editor, parts will be grayed out until properly snapped, this should be a bit more intuitive.
This is really great idea and a funny game. It's great to build a creature and test it out. A look at the level before the construction phase would be great, I think.
This game is hilarious. I laughed out loud the first time I hit the up arrow. I didn't get very far (couldn't get past the 3rd level), but wonderful graphics and gaseous fume effects. Great job!
A nice concept and very strong execution, with a top-notch presentation that would be at home in any AAA game. That makes the plainness of the menus all the more surprising.
Just not very fun for me, nor too funny, with the exception of the introductory text - I must be getting old, but I don't really care about fart jokes. Especially as a game mechanic. The theme's nowhere to be seen, either.
I'd have liked to be able to visit the levels prior to putting together the creature, and not the other way around. Turning the game into a proper puzzle, rather than an exercise in trial and error.
Even post game build, mouth is very buggy. Do you have mesh colliders on? If you do you might be better off with sphere or capsule colliders, the animation is going to change the geometry and thus colliders otherwise.
Pretty funny game - I liked the idea of blurring the screen when the eyes were removed, but it probably shouldn't happen during the making of the creature. I found it hard to find the eyes again in the editor :P Great job though :)
Great game and pretty fun too! Most of the parts are useless though (except for the hilarious effects), I've completed all levels except one with the one single configuration, which I never edited (only added eyes once for each level to read and then removed again) - just ass and legs, and I even forgot that you can rotate parts, so maybe I could have completed that one level without mouth if I rotated the ass.
@Codexus: Our designers went through a solid depression when we decided to go for this concept ;) They had to rush during the last hours to create playable levels, the task wasn't easy but they made it!
Also, yeah @TenTonToon, if you read this: sorry for the fart jokes. This isn't very mature. We know about that. For some reason we were in the mood of "yeah let's do it whatever it's just a jam". Next time we'll do a game with the finest humour, puns, and a deep refection on the things of life. Promised!
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Martin_Monosys19 May 2013, 12:46
Cool game, but would really have been even cooler if you knew beforehand what the requirements for each level are, maybe even only as some cryptic riddle or something like that...
Had a lot of fun with this. Though maybe a bit too reliant on butts, the mouth was cool to mess with, and the whole idea was quite refreshing. Would be cool to see something like this expanded.
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Too bad about the blur bug, I also experienced it and had to reload.
The rotations are indeed a bit weird we might fix that in a post-compo version.
I also like Noah at the beginning, very funny.
It sometimes was a bit frustrating to get things right (also because rotating was a bit counterintuitive), but I am very impressed!
Also the score mechanic didn't work for me. I didn't care about highscores but just wanted to make a good looking creature and finish the level :)
I have to agree that the creature creation needs some more work, but pretty damn impressive for 3 days worth of work!
Love this game ;P
Just not very fun for me, nor too funny, with the exception of the introductory text - I must be getting old, but I don't really care about fart jokes. Especially as a game mechanic.
The theme's nowhere to be seen, either.
I'd have liked to be able to visit the levels prior to putting together the creature, and not the other way around. Turning the game into a proper puzzle, rather than an exercise in trial and error.
Now I'm going to play the post jam build.
Also, what`s up with C1L3?
5 stars for humour. :D
Also, yeah @TenTonToon, if you read this: sorry for the fart jokes. This isn't very mature. We know about that. For some reason we were in the mood of "yeah let's do it whatever it's just a jam". Next time we'll do a game with the finest humour, puns, and a deep refection on the things of life. Promised!