{"author_link":"\/author\/bemmu\/","author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","comments":[{"author_name":"randomelginguy","author_uid":"16596","time":"Aug 26, 2012 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1345996620,"text":"Awesome idea, I'd have liked it a bit more if the movement was slightly more predictable but it was still addictive anyway.  The backstory at the top was hilarious"},{"author_name":"gabeochoa","author_uid":"2772","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 1:57am","epoch":1346032320,"text":"Great game, wished it wasnt as random. Backstory was the best part :)"},{"author_name":"nuria","author_uid":"4978","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:47am","epoch":1346046120,"text":"The creatures look pretty cool, first time I see something like that in Flash. The game needs to be more interactive though. Good to see an original idea! ;D"},{"author_name":"Fritzendugan","author_uid":"14538","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:48am","epoch":1346046180,"text":"Cool idea. I like the physics, the particles do interesting things at times (almost look like they're dancing or something). The &quot;evolution\/mutation&quot; idea is an interesting one. No real game mechanics or goals, though. This has potential in that regard"},{"author_name":"panzermancer","author_uid":"5826","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:50am","epoch":1346046300,"text":"Best game I've played so far.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I JUST WATCHED A MAN WITH TWO HEADS USE HIS HEADS AS PADDLES TO SWIM.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>HE HAS NO ARMS SO HE'S THE MOST STREAMLINED.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This game is fucking hilarious. Great fucking job, man."},{"author_name":"Waynetron","author_uid":"8591","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:50am","epoch":1346046300,"text":"Cool idea. Could have really benefited from some evolutionary style traits rather than straight up randomness."},{"author_name":"cacciatc","author_uid":"127","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:37am","epoch":1346049120,"text":"Who knew that hearts were such good swimmers?!"},{"author_name":"Jamin","author_uid":"2356","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:38am","epoch":1346049180,"text":"I know he's going to lose, but... but I have to vote for him!  I just have to!"},{"author_name":"mutuware","author_uid":"14635","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 7:27am","epoch":1346052120,"text":"Kind crazy on the dash, would be nice if they made it to the finish line :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@cacciatc All my money on the heart, also pretty good at the bounce!"},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:15am","epoch":1346055000,"text":"@mutuware Yeah I've actually never seen one cross the finish line, but sometimes they get really close :) Instead of bumping up their x speed a bit I decided to leave it like that so whoever manages to witness it happening can feel special."},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:40am","epoch":1346056500,"text":"@Fritzendugan They do look like dancing sometimes. Even considered adding &quot;dancing&quot; as one event, but wasn't sure how I would rank them against each other. If I ever make a game that needs a disco in it with a lot of dancing NPCs, I'll know blobs with a lot of springs is the way to go :)"},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:44am","epoch":1346056740,"text":"It was fun to play. Even though I do such simple action as bet. Quite addictive thing.\r<br\/>p.s. there was a kitten!"},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:02am","epoch":1346057820,"text":"@dvdking The kitten is pretty good at running, too."},{"author_name":"Ezzam","author_uid":"11033","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:06am","epoch":1346058060,"text":"A truly great game. Backstory was awesome as well. As others said, creatures' movement could have been less random."},{"author_name":"Baburo","author_uid":"14709","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:52am","epoch":1346064420,"text":"Awesome game :D had a blast with it."},{"author_name":"Citiral","author_uid":"6637","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1346069160,"text":"It was really original, but it was too random, it should be more clear who would win, now it just feels like a glorified betting game."},{"author_name":"willh","author_uid":"16463","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1346074440,"text":"This is brilliant. We spent 9 billion or something on the 2012 olympics and it wasn't anywhere near as good as this."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1346077440,"text":"Brilliant idea! Love the little backstory-blips :)"},{"author_name":"foxor","author_uid":"9290","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1346077500,"text":"Very odd"},{"author_name":"Matt Rix","author_uid":"5646","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1346078640,"text":"Pretty sweet, I wish there was a bit more predictability but it's interesting anyway!"},{"author_name":"Fadobo","author_uid":"15165","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1346085300,"text":"Really creative, even if a little weird game. Winning is a bit random maybe, but the betting mechanic really makes it exciting to watch the simulation."},{"author_name":"Robotic","author_uid":"8502","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1346086560,"text":"Rofl, I laughed out loud playing this, I love the randomness and this is very funny"},{"author_name":"Pixelulsar","author_uid":"10737","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1346087280,"text":"Never seen anything like it, it fit the theme very well.  It was funny during the run when they all just fall over."},{"author_name":"jplur","author_uid":"1066","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1346091780,"text":"Hahaha great stuff.. till I lost 400 on the cat in the swim race &gt;:|"},{"author_name":"Maxium","author_uid":"13926","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1346100000,"text":"Fun game...even though I lost each time"},{"author_name":"Porpentine","author_uid":"14425","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1346110080,"text":"my cat is into nickelback and i need 1000 coins to melt them into a sword. narrative of the year imo"},{"author_name":"madpew","author_uid":"2196","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1346158080,"text":"Haha, how did you come up with this! Genius! I don't like betting games at all but this is great. Some music would have added a little backgroundnoise. Funny game. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1346182860,"text":"@Porpentine That backstory generator was just a random thing I added out of impulse, but found myself going back to the game just to see what kind of stories it would spit out. Sometime I would like to explore if you could actually have a random plot for an entire game that could be played out and not just a bunch of text."},{"author_name":"Porpentine","author_uid":"14425","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:08am","epoch":1346212980,"text":"yeah that kind of stuff fascinates me so much, narrative + generator is one of my chief game design interests"},{"author_name":"Porpentine","author_uid":"14425","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:09am","epoch":1346213040,"text":"you should definitely explore that!"},{"author_name":"FunByJohn","author_uid":"5063","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 1:48pm","epoch":1346247780,"text":"I was so close to win like 600 at the run part, in like the last 2 seconds mine was in the lead, then an other, then me, and finally the other. xD Pretty nice idea. I actually found it to be pretty fun."},{"author_name":"wombatica","author_uid":"13300","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1346267160,"text":"clever. Very different to any other LD game I've ever seen. good play."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1346353560,"text":"This is so weiiird (and cool)"},{"author_name":"pansapiens","author_uid":"198","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 8:26am","epoch":1346487660,"text":"Amusing, but hard to predict. I guess I need to play more to get a better feel of the likely winner in each round."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1346768880,"text":"A wee bit random but a nice idea in an evil-ringmaster-lounging-in-his-chair way."},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1347919140,"text":"Really good. Enjoyed playing."}],"images":["ld24\/13321-def6213b21888082a3057e96d8207ab2.jpg","ld24\/13321-c4cf8a173c949b24daf4c9fba8ca87c5.jpg","ld24\/13321-5a693332cce7ab57293cf7d09902a60b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/Bemmu\/darwin-games-2012","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bemmu.com\/static\/darwin_games_2012_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29599","g_author":"13321","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29629","g_title":"Darwin Games 2012","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"180","g_commentcount":"36","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\/13321-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/13321-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/13321-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Objective is to get 1000 coins by betting on how creatures do in various sports such as diving on cement. Each round the losers are destroyed and replaced by a mutated version of the winner + a random new contestant.\r\n\r\nI'm Bemmu on IRC #ludumdare.<\/p>","title":"Darwin Games 2012"}