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Human Evolution by emveyh

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made by emveyh for LD24 (COMPO)
This game was created at the real life gathering in Germany / Darmstadt. Everything was made from scratch, no engines or frameworks were used.

Controls:
W A S D to move
arrow keys to shoot
Enter Key to Confirm

Note:
If you have any performance issues with the JAR-File Version, please try the Web version without audio.

Thanks for playing :D

Java (JAR) (with audio) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/58985866/human_evolution.jar
Web (no audio) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58985866/index.html
Source (zip) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/58985866/ludumDare24.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=8574

Ratings

Coolness 47% 601
Overall 3.17 261
Audio 2.26 418
Fun 3.35 123
Graphics 2.96 358
Innovation 2.23 619
Mood 2.63 375
Theme 3.13 283

Feedback

Obscuremoon
27. Aug 2012 · 09:18 UTC
Awesome game, Played the web version and won!
LeetLeaf
27. Aug 2012 · 15:50 UTC
Fun and challenging! Great Game!
madpew
27. Aug 2012 · 16:36 UTC
Nice game, very challenging. Some music would have been nice. Like the artstyle. Well done.
Dark Acre Jack
27. Aug 2012 · 18:26 UTC
Cool. Collisions could have been a little more forgiving, would have upped the "fun" rank.
defiantburrito
27. Aug 2012 · 19:02 UTC
Nice game, a bit simple, but very enjoyable. :)
Birchmountain
27. Aug 2012 · 19:03 UTC
I really liked the fact that there's a visual feedback of the evolution, makes you want to find out how he looks like at the end! Good job!
fruitfly
27. Aug 2012 · 19:05 UTC
the game is actually quiet hard. might be due to the complex controls...
nice though that you did it from scratch without using any frameworks.
Nizan
27. Aug 2012 · 19:06 UTC
"What, player is evolving!" Was so obviously going to turn up in this competition... yet it bought a smile to my face! :D Cute game. :)
Blobby101
27. Aug 2012 · 19:07 UTC
Very good! Takes a bit of getting used to but is really fun.
🎤 emveyh
27. Aug 2012 · 19:22 UTC
Thanks for playing guys :)
Sorry about the simple "box collision" but since the game was built from scratch, there was just not enough time to do pixel perfect collision :/
SteelRaven7
27. Aug 2012 · 19:51 UTC
Nice and smooth with retro graphics, what's not to like?

I must say I found it a bit disorientating when I exited one level and was placed on a totally different spot on the next one without warning.
Datw
28. Aug 2012 · 16:52 UTC
simple and addictive. Altough I don't think that evolving helped me. loved it.
Ragzouken
28. Aug 2012 · 17:02 UTC
The red guys are really ruthless! I can't seem to do much to survive once they get my scent :( Nice game for something made from scratch :)
angrygeometry
28. Aug 2012 · 17:05 UTC
this was tough but i enjoyed it nonetheless. nice and smooth, variance in enemies is frightening (the blue guys to the red guys for example) but yeah, nice job!
X-0ut
28. Aug 2012 · 17:07 UTC
Very good, played all the way to the end.
If I had a complaint it would only be that it was too easy.
ratking
28. Aug 2012 · 20:00 UTC
Nice game, but very hard IMHO. :)
Richard Matey
28. Aug 2012 · 20:03 UTC
Fun game, I like the controls and feel. Do the pickups actually give me a power up or just gating me from the next area?
pekuja
29. Aug 2012 · 01:40 UTC
Hah. Indeed the core gameplay in your game and mine is pretty much exactly the same. We have different takes on evolution though. The boss fight seemed a bit anticlimactic as it didn't seem to do anything to attack me. I liked the visual changes in the characters. Made me feel a sense of progression.
BenW
29. Aug 2012 · 03:26 UTC
I had blast playing it. I couldn't figure out what the second form was.
JonathanG
09. Sep 2012 · 13:43 UTC
Works smoothly but collision detection is painful, feels like I get hit when I shouldn't. Too tricky, felt like I had to spend all of my level ups on health as there was no other way to heal. Consistent, if simple art style. Sound was repetitive and hard on the ears.