Survival of the Fittest by codesavage

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made by codesavage for LD24 (COMPO)
On a manned mission to a distant habitable planet, your ship crash lands and your entire crew dies. Alone in a strange place, you must explore and overcome various environmental challenges. There appear to be several species of intelligent aliens that have evolved to the planet's harsh climate; perhaps you can enlist their aid to survive, and maybe even find a way back home.

I realize this is more of an art demo than an actual game. I wasn't able to spend very much time this weekend working on it, but over the next several weeks I will be working on completing it and adding a lot of features and polish. If you're interested in future progress, you can find more information in the post mortem in my journal. Thanks for looking!

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall 2.41 641
Audio 3.33 97
Fun 2.45 533
Graphics 3.80 95
Humor 1.92 425
Innovation 1.95 704
Mood 2.82 274
Theme 1.51 739

Feedback

Jeremy1080
27. Aug 2012 路 04:32 UTC
Like you said, graphics were great! Wish there was more gameplay!
foxor
27. Aug 2012 路 04:33 UTC
I'm not sure what to think. Jumping seems fun, but it's a bit strange that you go through walls. Really it was just too short! Make more!
midgard
27. Aug 2012 路 22:53 UTC
Really good graphics. You should continue after Ludum Dare :)

What you used to make that game?
cacciatc
27. Aug 2012 路 23:20 UTC
Strong music and I enjoyed the visual style.
馃帳 codesavage
27. Aug 2012 路 23:34 UTC
@midgard Thanks for the comment! I'll definitely be continuing work on this project. The game itself was written in javascript using the ImpactJS engine. The rest of the tools that I used can be found in my post mortem writeup if you're interested.
sfernald
27. Aug 2012 路 23:49 UTC
Unfinished but shows promise. It is one of the smoothest html5 games I've played in a while. Feels like a flash game. Sound works well too. The tune is fun. I'll definitely have to check out whatever html5 engine you're using.
Brucef
27. Aug 2012 路 23:50 UTC
Seemed like a good start! I really didn't find any gameplay. I basically walked right, missed a jump and fell to the floor, walked right some more and it said i finished! seems like this has potential to be the start of something great though! well done!
BuffaloPhil
27. Aug 2012 路 23:50 UTC
A good start, probably a great game in there, given a little more time
yenz
28. Aug 2012 路 00:35 UTC
Graphics are A+.
axcho
28. Aug 2012 路 05:34 UTC
I liked the art a lot. The movement felt slow relative to the spaciousness of the environments - though maybe that was just my computer being slow, I'm not sure.
samoojamies
28. Aug 2012 路 07:06 UTC
Camera positioning needs some improvements :). Looks good. Good luck with the post mortem version!
馃帳 codesavage
28. Aug 2012 路 17:07 UTC
@axcho The slow-feeling movement is most likely due to the gravity being set a bit lower than normal. It's almost something you wouldn't notice without looking for it. I do have mixed feelings about it, so I may raise it a bit due to your comment.
馃帳 codesavage
28. Aug 2012 路 17:08 UTC
@samoojamies The camera positioning is actually entirely intentional. :) What about it didn't you like? The way it doesn't quite catch up when you fall?
Zoomyzoom
28. Aug 2012 路 17:47 UTC
Nice graphics!
tomsik68
28. Aug 2012 路 18:28 UTC
Audio & Graphics are fine, but needs more gameplay. I'll sure stay tuned for more updates!
Sergey Mohov
28. Aug 2012 路 19:10 UTC
Great little game, sort of lacks content like mine, but this only means that we should keep working :-) The world doesn't end with Ludum Dare. It doesn't, RIGHT?!
TheBallCollective
28. Aug 2012 路 19:12 UTC
Really enjoyed how floaty everything was. Wish there was more to play, though!
X-0ut
28. Aug 2012 路 21:55 UTC
Its a shame you couldnt get more done, it looks as though this was going to be fun.
RARoadkill
29. Aug 2012 路 06:39 UTC
Solid start on this one. I look forward to seeing more of this game.
ratking
29. Aug 2012 路 09:04 UTC
The biggest loading bar ever :D I liked the astronaut..the anim was so sweet. And the controls for a platformer (jumping) were pretty good, because they often make the biggest problems (after collision detection).
Hope you make more of it!
Jacic
02. Sep 2012 路 02:57 UTC
The physics felt odd at times, but were well done. Unfortunately it's not much of a game at this point. Keep working on it. I'd like to see how it turns out! :)
jomacel
02. Sep 2012 路 03:14 UTC
Really cool stuff, good graphics, music and controls. Keep the work on it ;)
Josh @ Dreamland
07. Sep 2012 路 02:55 UTC
Very solid engine for HTML5, but the down slopes need work (can't jump on them while moving down). Great audio, great graphics, but I'm afraid there wasn't much else to this game at this point. Do continue it; it seems to be a nice foundation.
csanyk
17. Sep 2012 路 23:02 UTC
Nice, if unfinished. I liked the look of the graphics. Your character and the movement mechanics reminds me of Redder by Anna Anthropy. There doesn't seem to be anything resembling Evolution going on, though:(
thewiseguy99
17. Sep 2012 路 23:05 UTC
Hum too bad there wasn't an objective...I understand on here games can be short. But I can see this has a lot of potential
thewiseguy99
17. Sep 2012 路 23:07 UTC
FYI- the source is minified js. so it is pretty pointless.
馃帳 codesavage
17. Sep 2012 路 23:53 UTC
@Josh Thanks for the kind words. I dislike the way slopes are treated as well, I will definitely be working on them a bit well.

@csanyk I haven't heard of Redder, but I will definitely seek it out and play it!

@thewiseguy99 Contacted you on twitter about the source. :)