Ape-Evo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★85%
You are part of an experiment realized by scientists in AREA-51, but an accident ocurred and you can shapeshift through time but still be an ape. So now you are free and you need to survive against your enemies.

It only runs on Windows, sorry Mac users and Linux users, I dont have GameMakerPro. =]

P.D: 1st time participating in Ludum Dare so the game couldn't be fully finished.

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Shift = Attack 1

Z = Attack 2

Ctrl = Evolve-Shapeshift

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POST YOUR KILLS TO SEE HOW MANY YOU GET. =]

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FOLLOW US FOR MORE:

Coding:

Twitter - @roliDev

Art:

Twitter: - @Jsf23Art

------------------------- Fixes ------------------------

Fixes 1 - April,19,2016(5:20)

Fixed some bug, fixed medieval player shield state.

Fixes 2 - April,20,2015(6:45)

Fixed robot bug when dead, increased spawn time.

Comments28

Wefiends
Wefiends19 Apr 2016, 04:17
Man, I really think this one has a lot of potential. Sadly not being able to restart when you get a game over, specially in such a difficult game, makes it hard to really check it out. Wonderful pixel art nonetheless.
Roland Mauthor19 Apr 2016, 04:35
Just fixed that, thanks. =]
SeaMonsterGD19 Apr 2016, 19:13
The game looks absolutely fantastic and the work you must have put to develop the different shapes really shows. It is a bit too hard though, the start really punishes you and doesn't allow you to check out your different abilities. Would havve been nice to have more feedback when hitting the robots too.

I haven't been able to progress though : every time i went to the passage on the bottom left my character would get stuck. If you can tell me how to work around it i'll try it again !
LandoSystems
LandoSystems19 Apr 2016, 19:52
Great job on the shape shifting theme. You nailed it with the theme of an evolving ape. The game play was fun and to the point. Also great pixel art.
TheCain19 Apr 2016, 20:40
It was fun.
Would have been nice if there was a greater purpose, or story.
jofra
jofra19 Apr 2016, 23:46
oh god! this was hard one X) i didn´t passed from 5 kills :( The animations and the diferent characters are very well done, they feelt realy good! Hope you had time to make some sound to create a better mood.
MerriGrape19 Apr 2016, 23:49
The game is very well put together and the gameplay works impressively well. The different attributes of the different evolutions makes them each stand out very well, and the gameplay is very engaging. Sadly a lack of sound, but hey that's more of an extra thing. I can definetly see a lot of potential from this, especially with more enemies and such.
Sean20 Apr 2016, 00:50
Great pixel art, but the game seemed to be pretty buggy. Dead robots had a weird habit of continuing to move around, and the machine gun would just stop firing occasionally.

Lots of potential here though, could be a great game with some audio and a bit more polish!
Ayawaska
Ayawaska20 Apr 2016, 00:51
Really cool monkey evolution! :)
Roland Mauthor20 Apr 2016, 00:59
Thanks to all the feedback guys. Sadly didnt have enough time to add all the planned features. It was planned to have waves of enemys. Anyways thanks guys, I'm happy to see that your enjoying the gameplay and the pixelart. °˖ ✧◝( ◕ ヮ◕)◜✧˖ °
pixelpotions
pixelpotions20 Apr 2016, 19:59
I loved your entry! The idea is so funny! Loved the mechanics, limitations and abbilities of each evolution, also loved the pixel art, is the cherry on the top, definitely!
The only thing I could mention is that should be an indication someway (maybe a simple fx), showing the enemy is being hit.
Nonetheless awesome entry! Congratulations.
SantiHisteria20 Apr 2016, 21:03
I love this graphics! Good game... good work!
Ellian
Ellian20 Apr 2016, 23:05
Really hard, but man the idea is really great!
Amazing art, it's such a shame there's no sound to make this perfect. Good job, hope you fix the issues the game have here and there!
Roland Mauthor20 Apr 2016, 23:53
Hey guys, Roland back again.Just wanted to say, thanks for the feedback really appreciated it.
Just fixed some bugs right now.
pixelpoint you made my day. Ellian thanks for the feedback for the spawn time. =]
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee21 Apr 2016, 01:32
Very tough, but love the art. tune down the difficulty, add some controller support and some music and i'd definitely play this
Hankenstien21 Apr 2016, 01:56
Good Job on the game. I really liked the Graphics. When are sounds coming I think that would have made the mood of the game awesome!
The Vall21 Apr 2016, 08:05
Cool game. Nice work on the graphics.
Saiodin
Saiodin21 Apr 2016, 20:48
Awesome graphics and animations, I love them! The transformation idea with different attacks and having different speeds/jump heights is really great. Difficulty is pretty hard tho and I think the control scheme is inconvenient.
Ironhead21 Apr 2016, 20:48
Looks great and fun but very hard for me. On windows 10 pressing shift 5 times is the keyboard shortcut to turn sticky keys on or off so the game would be interrupted by it if I wanted to use the shift attack.
DifferentName
DifferentName21 Apr 2016, 22:14
The game has potential, and is a good attempt for your first jam. I think it would benefit a lot from a Shapeshifting mechanic beyond pushing a button, like evolving when you pick up a heart. It's also weird that the platforms you start on seem to be too high to jump back up to them.
0110110122 Apr 2016, 11:51
Amazing art, everything looks really good! The gameplay is a bit unforgiving and there is not a lot of incentive to choose one shape over another depending on who we are fighting against. But as others have said, there is a lot of potential here, so good job guys! :)
LOSTALLOY
LOSTALLOY22 Apr 2016, 23:32
Awesome! Becoming a monkey scientist that floats on a laser chair is the best!
leo_p_mahon23 Apr 2016, 13:58
Pixel art is great, animations are so smooth! Game is fun but I don't really feel the progression in my ability very much, it feels like a sandbox. Again great art.
Freank25 Apr 2016, 18:44
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
ObsessiveNotion
ObsessiveNotion26 Apr 2016, 11:01
I loved the game, felt like a primal XD didnt know how to get to the top floor again, but i just kept on killing everyone at the bottom, loved the spear form, threw them from far constantly haha :D
Roland Mauthor27 Apr 2016, 03:05
Thanks guys for all the feedback, REALLY aprecciate it.I feel that I´m 10x more better now. ⋋( ◕ ᗜ ◕ )⋌
deadbodyoutline29 Apr 2016, 03:31
Cool game! Love the art, very fluid and funny.

Maybe some balancing to increase the difficulty after some time could be good. Also, sometimes I got stuck on the walls, after jumping from the primary form and immediately evolving :p
Tselmek
Tselmek8 May 2016, 09:51
Nice combat mechanics, unfortunately I think the enemies were too overpowered and there was no way to attack-hide. The graphics are marvelous and the visual feedbacks are nicely done, very sad there is no sound. Lots of potential if everything get balanced.

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