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EVOLVES! by onehappygiant

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made by onehappygiant for LD24 (COMPO)
EVOLVES! is all about evolving the fastest.

Destroy your enemies to evolve. Become the first to reach the ultimate evolution to win.

WASD to move. Arrow keys to shoot.

The game is loosely based on an old StarCraft custom map called Evolves. I dumbed down the gameplay a lot and made it very fast-paced and action-packed.

First time using FlashPunk. Didn't have the whole 48 hours to work, but picked a short, simple game to complete with what little time I did have.

If I had more time, I would've added music, better notifications for what's going on during the game, and integrated the background into the action somehow.

Web http://onehappygiant.com/games/LD24/
Source https://github.com/kristianbauer/LD24
Post Mortem http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/29/evolves-post-mortem/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=14863

Ratings

Coolness 45% 641
Overall 3.26 217
Audio 2.77 242
Fun 3.56 63
Graphics 3.03 338
Humor 1.92 425
Innovation 2.92 341
Mood 2.63 375
Theme 2.87 390

Feedback

LeetLeaf
27. Aug 2012 路 17:04 UTC
A How to play description would be nice, it took me a few seconds to figure out how to play. But other then that it was super fun :D
馃帳 onehappygiant
27. Aug 2012 路 18:13 UTC
Thanks! I can't believe I forgot that, actually. I'll add that post-LD. :)
renatopp
28. Aug 2012 路 01:54 UTC
Good gameplay, I really like to use arrows to shoot! Did you get this idea from another game or just come up for this one?
馃帳 onehappygiant
28. Aug 2012 路 02:04 UTC
I loosely based it on the old StarCraft custom map called Evolves. http://strategywiki.org/wiki/StarCraft/Evolves
TravisChen
28. Aug 2012 路 02:30 UTC
Awesomely retro! Great fun.
Timster Studios
28. Aug 2012 路 02:31 UTC
As some of the other comments have said, it needs a how-to or manual or something. Gameplay isn't too bad, I ended up playing a few times.
jijaweb
28. Aug 2012 路 06:40 UTC
Fun game! I like it a lot.
FrederickK
28. Aug 2012 路 13:54 UTC
Simple and fun, I liked it!
cappelnord
29. Aug 2012 路 16:38 UTC
solid but very confusing!
SecondDimension
29. Aug 2012 路 18:05 UTC
I so desperately wanted to use them mouse to aim, probably because I was getting destroyed though. Overall a good retro shooter, felt nice and solid to play.
馃帳 onehappygiant
29. Aug 2012 路 18:08 UTC
The mouse is a great idea. That will be improvement #1 in the post compo version. Thanks for playing!
馃帳 onehappygiant
29. Aug 2012 路 18:09 UTC
Thanks to all for playing and leaving feedback! It's much appreciated. :)
Sergey Mohov
29. Aug 2012 路 21:09 UTC
Cool stuff! I totally dig how frantic the whole experience is :-) AI is a bit too hard to keep up with + the game could use a multiplayer mode鈥攖hat would be the only two suggestions from me :-)
Orni
29. Aug 2012 路 21:41 UTC
fast, hard and fun game - just as I like it.
took me several attempts to get it right though. the very first time I didn't even understand what was going on ^^
nicely done
Porter
31. Aug 2012 路 03:19 UTC
Extremely frantic, but decently fun once you get what's going on. The AI is pretty rough however, tried twice, can't keep up with their skills haha.
Teknik
31. Aug 2012 路 19:13 UTC
Short but sweet!
MurrayL
02. Sep 2012 路 17:35 UTC
Dave says: Simple but lots of fun. Only thing is it's a bit too fast to start. Maybe add a count down to when the game will begin? Just so the player is not in the middle of it without knowing.
Jacic
04. Sep 2012 路 21:46 UTC
Very fun, action-packed game! :)
Mago
05. Sep 2012 路 07:53 UTC
Fast, simple and fun. I really like this game. cool graphic art style. sound is OK but I liked gameplay the most. Add multiplayer and you will have great game.
馃帳 onehappygiant
06. Sep 2012 路 14:05 UTC
Yea the sound could be much better, but it's not my strongest area. Multiplayer would be awesome! Adding it to the to do list. Thanks for playing!