Unnatural Selection by saint11
A weird game about a mage and his aways-evolving-race of minions.
This jam I tried to do something different, the game got a little weird and confusing, it's more of an experiment than a game but I think it's playable.
Use WASD or the arrow keys to move around and SPACE to rally/disband your minions. They can reproduce a lot and that causes a mutation on their attributes, creating a natural selection of your minions.Some have special powers, like flying (or having loads of HP)
The game objective is to carry the purple crystals (one by one) to the altar.
Still a lot of unexpected behaviors my happen in the game, and the game is very easy. I plan to polish it a little during the week!
Hope you like it :)
This jam I tried to do something different, the game got a little weird and confusing, it's more of an experiment than a game but I think it's playable.
Use WASD or the arrow keys to move around and SPACE to rally/disband your minions. They can reproduce a lot and that causes a mutation on their attributes, creating a natural selection of your minions.Some have special powers, like flying (or having loads of HP)
The game objective is to carry the purple crystals (one by one) to the altar.
Still a lot of unexpected behaviors my happen in the game, and the game is very easy. I plan to polish it a little during the week!
Hope you like it :)
Ratings
| Coolness | 28% | 904 |
| Overall | 3.72 | 51 |
| Audio | 3.52 | 51 |
| Fun | 3.54 | 67 |
| Graphics | 4.17 | 36 |
| Humor | 2.73 | 176 |
| Innovation | 3.64 | 74 |
| Mood | 3.45 | 75 |
| Theme | 3.66 | 103 |
Cheers :D
Nice cute pixelated graphics. =D
I found the game idea interesting... though I didn't quite understand how the game works... ( the strategy involved, I mean...)
Also, it would be nice to carry some of your minions to the next stage...
I'd maybe like to have something where different traits are better against certain enemies and a way to select who rallies to you if you do develop it further (maybe with groups you make though so you can keep the random ability splicing) -- get tweeting links to this after you've had your extra week on it!
Greetings from Brazil! \o/
It reminds me of Toejam and Earl, it only missed a funky soundtrack
:D
Great mood, greater graphics!
Congratulations!
Great game!
I think this could become a really popular game if you worked a little bit more on it - some things weren't properly explained, such as how the evolution and breeding works exactly, and that the red color means low HP (the first time I played, I thought that maybe it was an EXP indicator of some sort)
You could use a few "loading screen tips" during stage transitions to present this kind of information to the players, for example.
Also, sometimes I wanted minions that were low on HP to eat flowers instead of fighting, but they fought instead.
I don't even need to say I loved the graphics =)
The concept is great.
the only bad thing I could say is that it's a bit too easy and the AI has some (minor) flaws to flatten out (but which AI doesn't)
I enjoyed playing this, solid game in every way
Love the graphics, particularly the swelling altar. Sound is chirpy and functional. Enjoyed exploring with my swarm of minions.