EVOL by Dark Acre Jack

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made by Dark Acre Jack for LD24 (COMPO)
It's a game.

Clickthe Post-Mortem link for detailed apologia.

Ratings

Coolness 37% 767
Overall 2.72 512
Audio 2.63 291
Fun 1.94 689
Graphics 3.18 270
Innovation 2.69 435
Mood 2.80 280
Theme 2.81 412

Feedback

matthias_zarzecki
27. Aug 2012 · 02:45 UTC
Nice Diablo-alike! The day/night-cycle is sweet, and the resource-system is quite impressive.

It could use a bit of guidance though, as I have no idea what's going on.

Also, the 45°-movement doesn't work. I used it before too, people generally have problems adapting to it.
Birchmountain
27. Aug 2012 · 19:10 UTC
I found it quite hard to understand what to do and the weird walking were bugging me, other then that, a very interesting game :)
kato9
27. Aug 2012 · 19:58 UTC
Sort of like like a creepy minecraft where you don't mine or craft, but instead walk around mostly in the dark and occasionally kill innocent people. What I'm saying is I liked it.
BumpkinRich
28. Aug 2012 · 22:28 UTC
I liked it. A creepy spore.

45 degree movement is where it's at (because I used it too).
Most ambitious game I've played so far.
recursor
29. Aug 2012 · 01:20 UTC
The graphical style, sounds, and animation for the player are well done. The 45 degree movement and walking around in the dark did get a bit frustrating, but overall I enjoyed it.
dr_soda
31. Aug 2012 · 13:51 UTC
I'm not sure I understood what was supposed to be happening. I wandered around, bumping into things, collecting other things, and evolving the little red guy, but it didn't seem to do anything in the end.

The controls were very frustrating. I found that when I wanted to simply walk in a cardinal direction the button combination to press was never intuitively what I thought it should be and so I ended up running around in random directions frequently.
Yngar
09. Sep 2012 · 13:05 UTC
I like the skull guys pleas of "Stop it" and "ouuuch".
lekochen
10. Sep 2012 · 07:31 UTC
For me the 45 degree movement is a little bit unintuitive, and the night time is too long (don't like to walk in the dark). But I like the atmosphere.