The Adventure of Charles Starwin by surreal_whale

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made by surreal_whale for LD24 (COMPO)
Arrow keys to move, Space to shoot.
Far from a complete game, but playable.

Each new enemy which spawns bases its stats on the average of the surviving enemies so in theory they 'evolve', in practice it makes very little noticeable difference, although they do tend to get faster. I'm sure the concept could be done well (in fact someone nearly certainly will have done something similar and better in the competition) but I don't have time to do it.

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 2.69 531
Fun 2.77 385
Graphics 3.04 332
Humor 1.80 473
Innovation 1.96 700
Mood 2.55 418
Theme 1.80 701

Feedback

CaptainIcy
27. Aug 2012 路 03:12 UTC
I really like this! The graphic style and gameplay are great. I'd like to see it expanded a bit more. It has a lot of potential!
PickledBrain
27. Aug 2012 路 06:45 UTC
Couldn't play. Server's timing out.
TobiasNL
27. Aug 2012 路 10:07 UTC
Hehe loving the title and title screen. Gameplay was simple yet fun. I missed sounds and more stuff going on though. Overall job well done!
tdsmale
27. Aug 2012 路 10:10 UTC
Great controls, with some more work this could be really fun.
馃帳 surreal_whale
27. Aug 2012 路 11:01 UTC
I just uploaded the game to Kongregate and changed the link, so that should solve any server problems.
bluefoxgs
27. Aug 2012 路 14:56 UTC
I love this game :D although, I found the worst way to play it was like a warrior, by this i mean I went full speed, all guns blazing into the...eh...what are they? space tigers?
hnjslater
27. Aug 2012 路 16:02 UTC
Awesome idea and fun to play. Shame the evolution didn't come through a little more.
Edd Morgan
27. Aug 2012 路 16:43 UTC
I really like how this game looks. Very colourful and inviting, easy to pick up and the animations are slick. Gameplay isn't too deep, but still a great little game.
mariscal
27. Aug 2012 路 17:03 UTC
I love the controls, I really enjoy the game, I get lost everytime I was close to the screen borders :P
ElScootro
27. Aug 2012 路 17:50 UTC
Fun game! I ran off the right side of the screen and couldn't seem to get back and had to refresh the page at one point, some sort of boundary would have been good to have. I hope you'll update this one!
kato9
27. Aug 2012 路 19:09 UTC
A little too easy to fly out of the map boundaries. It's a solid game - but I definitely didn't notice any evolution in the enemies.
MadGnomeGamer
27. Aug 2012 路 23:11 UTC
Cool idea! About to play it :)
raarlac
29. Aug 2012 路 01:41 UTC
Besides the intro screen, the gfx are great! I loved the rainbow particles everywhere
leafo
30. Aug 2012 路 16:34 UTC
Would be nice if you couldn't get lost on the map boundaries. Also the controls are a little difficult for aiming.
Qaterknan
02. Sep 2012 路 18:15 UTC
Nice game but too easy.
matthias_zarzecki
04. Sep 2012 路 00:14 UTC
Rainbow particles!
CataclysmicKnight
08. Sep 2012 路 02:34 UTC
Don't be so hard on yourself, not only was the name awesome, the game was fun too!!! My only issue was that when I went off the screen I couldn't get back on...
SecondDimension
11. Sep 2012 路 12:41 UTC
I enjoyed playing this one, the particle effects were cool too
moonmagic
15. Sep 2012 路 06:40 UTC
I really liked the rainbow sparks. More rainbows! And explosions would have been wonderful. Pity there isn't a degree of Cute Sounds.