{"author_link":"\/author\/andrew-2\/","author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","comments":[{"author_name":"TobiasNL","author_uid":"10964","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:45am","epoch":1346067600,"text":"Nice style. The game itself got boring fast though. I really liked the grenades (and the hand throwing it), nicely made."},{"author_name":"rhysvdw","author_uid":"12256","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:47am","epoch":1346067720,"text":"Cool, that was fun. I couldn't change weapon on account of not having a mouse wheel on my laptop though."},{"author_name":"PTSnoop","author_uid":"11718","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:47am","epoch":1346067720,"text":"Aaaaaaah! Kittens!"},{"author_name":"Zed","author_uid":"4687","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:50am","epoch":1346067900,"text":"Wow. I am absolutely awful at it, but I give you bonus points for letting me massacre kittens, after all the bloody talk of them because of that damned joke theme..."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:50am","epoch":1346067900,"text":"@rhysvdw ah sorry about that, will be fixed in a post compo build"},{"author_name":"michax","author_uid":"14308","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:51am","epoch":1346067960,"text":"Had fun with it and i like pixel art and animation."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:52am","epoch":1346068020,"text":"@Zed I know exactly what you mean. The secret is using the landscape to your advantage."},{"author_name":"mariscal","author_uid":"14673","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:53am","epoch":1346068080,"text":"I liked the art and the weapons! good work!"},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1346076300,"text":"slaughtering kitten is priceless, thanks dude D:"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1346098860,"text":"Sorry, running linux. Go Unity 4.0!"},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1346099100,"text":"@josefnpat sorry :( I know that feel, this is the first LD I code on windows. I'll upload the standalone, maybe it works under wine."},{"author_name":"Wyatt White","author_uid":"11675","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 5:03am","epoch":1346129880,"text":"Interesting idea, but some controll issues kinda ruined it for me. Polish those and this could be a great game"},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1346170320,"text":"I can't say I understood much of it, but it was really fun in a weird unreasonable sort of way :'D"},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1346172180,"text":"@Sergey Mohov I'll probably quote you on that."},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1346182380,"text":"teh kittehs! I could hear them and then it was too late. D: I won't sleep tonight... (I love the sounds in this btw)"},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1346195820,"text":"I knew it was gonna be good when I saw, "WARNING: Contains raptors, sharks, turtles and kittens.""},{"author_name":"Accidental Rebel","author_uid":"5728","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 5:07am","epoch":1346302920,"text":"Kinda hard to target the kittens as I wanted to headshot them Haha."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1346352660,"text":"@Accidental Rebel that shouldn't be too hard, half their bodies are the head :)"},{"author_name":"tcstyle","author_uid":"4834","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1346446140,"text":"That's pretty tough. I like the soundtrack. 1000 kittens were killing me every time after falling down the tower."},{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 12:06am","epoch":1346457660,"text":"andrew i love your games and this one is especially good"},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 12:03pm","epoch":1346500680,"text":"Wow, what a hard game - found it kind of random whether I managed to kill a kitten or not when I shot it, and more accurate at long distances for some reason. Understandable decision to go with billboards for the monsters, that's something I'll have to consider for my next LD instead of making them out of primitives as making one 3D model takes me closer to 48 days than 48 hours ;) Oh to be an artist."},{"author_name":"Syarahsy","author_uid":"17100","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1346525520,"text":"I love your whole menagerie. I was definitely looking to see what the next creature would be. The music is really good."},{"author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 11:46am","epoch":1346586060,"text":"WHO GAVE THOSE KITTENS CANNONS!? >:(\rGreat job, but I can't survive more than a minute! :)"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1346707800,"text":"Murderous kittens, indeed.\r\rLove the low-fi graphics. Gameplay could use a bit tightening though."},{"author_name":"mohammad","author_uid":"14064","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1346707980,"text":"great!\rcant stop playing!\rkeep it up!"},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 11:39pm","epoch":1346715240,"text":"I wasn't sure what to do, besides killing kittens, that is. 10 mins is quite a long time and it's extremely difficult to survive that long. Music got a little boring after a while, but it also kinda fits. The game could use some gameplay reworking. Other than that, graphics are actually quite good. Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"Yakka","author_uid":"13985","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 9:47am","epoch":1346751720,"text":"Very strange game. I'm not a big FPS fan sorry. But I like your idea to make the gun pointer as a light."},{"author_name":"Richard Matey","author_uid":"16170","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1346765520,"text":"Finished the game with 855, really like the mood and those cats are pretty terrifying even more than the sharks. How did you do the flash light effect?"},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 1:58pm","epoch":1346766780,"text":"@marudziik it's not so hard once you figure out the trick to it. The various creatures aren't that smart\r\r@Richard Matey it's just a spotlight object"},{"author_name":"hamster_mk_4","author_uid":"4265","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 6:16am","epoch":1347430260,"text":"The shotgun kittens and torpedo sharks were interesting, but I rarely got to see the side of these monsters. Some random movement would have improved this game significantly. The monsters would not get stuck for ever, and we would get to see the monster from more angles. Also if you don't want to spend too much time lighting a scene, the directional light is your fiend."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 10:31am","epoch":1347445560,"text":"@hamster_mk_4 the sharks especially are not meant to be fought head on and you can generally circle around them, one thing you can do for kittens is jump over them as they charge at you, then see them circle around. Not entirely advisable though."}],"images":["ld24\/5432-4caa5709640e206154a0cff87df28a64.jpg","ld24\/5432-2f5ad5e9c3159a531a2bd7fbd98bc509.jpg","ld24\/5432-22e373a6b765e64af992bedb29d5cad6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/software.o-o.ro\/ld24\/index.html","text":"Web (unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/Sqloud\/the-evolution-games-unnatural-selection","text":"Kongregate version"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/550111\/ld24\/ld24.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29924","g_author":"5432","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29954","g_title":"The evolution games \/ unnatural selection","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"577","g_commentcount":"31","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5432-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5432-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5432-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"There is no evolution, only the games, Darwin was wrong and aliens were right. You're not sure why you're there but you have to fight or get extinctioned. Everybody else there as well. Which is a problem.\r\n\r\nSurvival of the fittest indeed.\r\n\r\nWASD to move, space to jump, click to shoot, scroll to change weapons.\r\n\r\nWARNING: Contains raptors, sharks, turtles and kittens.\r\n\r\nI'll upload a non web version (just in case) soon.\r\n\r\nThe kongregate version has some small ai tweaks and the kongregate api, so you can compare catkill numbers, scores and all that good stuff. Additionally enemies get added as time goes on in case you run out of things to kill. It's essentially a post compo version, or a jam version whichever you prefer to call it.<\/p>","title":"The evolution games \/ unnatural selection"}