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PROTEAN
Ludum Dare 24: "Evolution"

Designed & developed by Josh Sutphin
http://www.third-helix.com

Follow me on Twitter: @invicticide

PROTEAN is an evolutionary shooter. You have two goals:

1. Don't die
2. Get a high score

Use WASD to move around. You'll automatically shoot toward the mouse cursor, so point it at enemies.

Enemies will try to shoot you! If you lose all your health, the game is over. (Enemy bullets hurt you, but bumping into enemies does not.)

Enemies will occasionally mate with one another, producing offspring that inherit some combination of their parents' traits and a few random mutations. Each generation can be faster, stronger, and more specialized.

As enemies evolve, the GENERATION counter in the top-right will increase. The higher the generation, the more quickly you can score... but the more dangerous the enemies become.

Good luck, and have fun!

Feedback

Guardian_Bob
28. Aug 2012 路 01:39 UTC
Generation 11 - 73700

Interesting... Although world wrapping would have made it far more interesting to play.
馃帳 invicticide
28. Aug 2012 路 03:00 UTC
World wrapping... *brain explodes*

That is a proper legit idea.
amidos2006
01. Sep 2012 路 18:16 UTC
nice game :)
Syarahsy
03. Sep 2012 路 05:53 UTC
Mesmerizing! The music, the graphics, really beautiful and very enjoyable.
Sestren
18. Sep 2012 路 00:31 UTC
A lot of fun to play, and the theme was well-implemented. Good job!
thewiseguy99
18. Sep 2012 路 00:37 UTC
Was really slick. Only criticism was the avatar wasn't bound to the screen area, this made it difficult if I ran off.