Evo... launch-ion? by Chinchilla

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made by Chinchilla for LD24 (JAM)
Bah... ran out of time on this one . I kinda like the way it looks... but thats about all :)

I wanted to add multiple evolutionary stages (I even have them modelled) and a few different abilities gained along the way, but I have a habit of putting off the important stuff (like gameplay features and working physics) in favour of playing around with visual effects.

Next time I'll hopefully have a bit more time and energy to devote to LD!

Controls
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Smash the left and right cursor keys until they break, then hit space to (evo)launch your fish out of the water.

-Volcanos (evo)launch you up in the air, try to dive into them with the down arrow key!

-Collect the blue scraps of DNA for no discernible reward!

If your fish should fail hit Enter and you'll get a new one to (evo)launch.

Ratings

Coolness 35% 816
Overall(Jam) 2.69 194
Fun(Jam) 2.63 173
Graphics(Jam) 2.94 166
Humor(Jam) 3.25 43
Innovation(Jam) 2.69 152
Mood(Jam) 2.53 162
Theme(Jam) 2.44 172

Feedback

Arsenio117
27. Aug 2012 路 22:46 UTC
LOL this was hilarious!!!!
Haddy22
28. Aug 2012 路 17:32 UTC
too bad there was not an easy way to restart it- (that I knew of) you had to refresh the player to try again. Fun little game non-the-less
Porpentine
28. Aug 2012 路 19:07 UTC
this is exactly how evolution went down
馃帳 Chinchilla
29. Aug 2012 路 10:30 UTC
Dooooh - posted this in a rush! Hitting Enter restarts!!
goerp
01. Sep 2012 路 16:36 UTC
haha, that was unexpected.I had fun playing this. Although I like the way it looks, less time on graphics and more on the game might have made it even moren enjoyable, with more varied gameplay.
RARoadkill
10. Sep 2012 路 17:50 UTC
it made me laugh. think you should keep working on this one. add some more features.