the Evolution from zx81 by zx81
The point of the game is to race on the ladder of the evolution... You against the chameleon.
Jump with Spacebar
Run fast with arrows- right or left.
Do not fall down, fight!
... or would you prefer to live in the terrarium on the planet ruled by the Chameleonus Sapiens, and to wash their shoes?!!!
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1. You can only die on the lowest level, as a bacteria, when you reborn, you'll hear the Bach "music".
2. The shark doesn't kill but paralyses for a moment.
3. Every new hole is made by yourself at the momeent of getting your character on the higher level of evolution. Evolve in such moments that it will be easier for you to play.
Jump with Spacebar
Run fast with arrows- right or left.
Do not fall down, fight!
... or would you prefer to live in the terrarium on the planet ruled by the Chameleonus Sapiens, and to wash their shoes?!!!
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1. You can only die on the lowest level, as a bacteria, when you reborn, you'll hear the Bach "music".
2. The shark doesn't kill but paralyses for a moment.
3. Every new hole is made by yourself at the momeent of getting your character on the higher level of evolution. Evolve in such moments that it will be easier for you to play.
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.00 | 357 |
| Audio | 2.51 | 339 |
| Fun | 2.85 | 336 |
| Graphics | 3.19 | 265 |
| Humor | 2.78 | 164 |
| Innovation | 2.77 | 406 |
| Mood | 2.68 | 346 |
| Theme | 3.65 | 106 |
I'd say this annoying thing is somewhere between a platformer and... a gambling mashine. Frustrating, but hooking enough for you to want beat it.
(PS: Don't get me wrong, I gave good ratings to this game ;P)
PROS:
1 Lively, fun cartoony graphics
2 Responsive controls
3 Great concept and creative/clever application of the theme
CONS:
1 Frustrating gameplay - too many punishing factors e.g.:
1a falling through the gaps to easily
1b getting stunned from bonking your head (I'd remove this)
2 The gaps for the first level seem to take quite a while to cycle around
It sometimes feels like you get caught in no-win situations where you're stuck between two oncoming pits and you have no way to jump to avoid them. I would like to have had some way to avoid imminent doom.
Was the shark ever actually dangerous? The only times it touched me were when I was stunned, but nothing bad seemed to happen as a result.
I might actually add something in terms of sounds. I know Bach is public domain, but I'd rather hear something "out of created classical music", even sfxr/bfxr generated blips&beeps. This is in my opinion an edit/mix so it's not against the rules or anything, but I'm just stating my point of view.
Overall, it's a pretty good entry and I had fun playing it. And the source code is full of polish. ;)
Whenever I fall, because I can't dodge it when 2 holes come from each side, I fall like 3 or 4 times because I am stunned for so long. I didn't understand why the shark was there. He swam past me multiple times while I was stunned and nothing happened.
I like the graphics and the audio. I guess that the difficulty is ok because it is a real simple concept. I don't see how this could be taken further but I would love to be proved wrong :D
At the top, there is a part of a picture "Creation of man"
http://www.tgeorgiev.net/CreationOfMan.gif
God's hand,
nobody knew what it was :(
The Hand showing direction of evolutions!
However, it was pretty hard!
Graphics, sounds, etc could be improved, but the gameplay is good, it's a solid base for an hypothetical future game.
Thank you very much for all the feedback, (mostly the positive one since they gave me a good kick to do more games.
Cheers!
I was pleasantly surprised when moving up. Its an original take on evolution. Liked the graphics.
For me it could be more obvious when/how you lose your life. I found it hard as well, but thats not a bad thing.
rest is pretty well executed though!