{"author_link":"\/author\/oceanspud\/","author_name":"Oceanspud","author_uid":"16346","comments":[{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1346182800,"text":"Couldn't get it to work... I think it's because I have a 64-bit computer or something..."},{"author_name":"mdkess","author_uid":"14701","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 12:03am","epoch":1346371080,"text":"Cool - the game runs on DOS Box in Linux just fine, so you should add that to the download list. OS X will work fine as well. To make it run (assuming the game is extracted to \/users\/username\/evogem):\r\rsudo apt-get install dosbox\rdosbox\r\rThen, in dosbox:\rmount c \/home\/username\/evogem\rC:\rEVOLVE.EXE\r\r\rAnyway, I like it a lot. Very old school, and very cool. I played a bunch of times, never got far: high score just 7798, but I'll keep trying :) Also, you're crazy for writing this in QBasic (so bonus points for that)!\r\rOne point - I think that it would be nice to be able to skip the introduction rooms after the first play, and the game needs more instructions.\r\rOverall, an excellent entry, which is both fun and sticks to the theme. Very out of the box, great work."},{"author_name":"Cipher","author_uid":"13577","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 3:16am","epoch":1346469060,"text":"Very hard....was nice though"},{"author_name":"Oceanspud","author_uid":"16346","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 4:25am","epoch":1346473200,"text":"Make sure you talk to the 'wise elder' in the introduction room to get to your quests \r\rThanks for the sincere comments, I appreciate it :)"},{"author_name":"hercludes","author_uid":"14310","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 4:36am","epoch":1346473860,"text":"Nice, maybe some pre-generated trophies, instead of randomly generating every time you entered area. Good game nonetheless."},{"author_name":"rxi","author_uid":"16007","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1346608560,"text":"Absolutely dig that you wrote it in Qbasic. Did you use Qbasic as the IDE or did you write it in another editor and just use qbasic for "compiling" it? I'm amazed if you pulled off using the editor, it would have driven me mad!\r\rI like the little "tips" and "facts" that pop up at the bottom, though they're incredibly distracting! Over all the game has a really nice feel to it, and gives me nostalgia for the old Qbasic games I used to play."},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"Sep 6, 2012 @ 5:49am","epoch":1346910240,"text":"Very hardcore and oldschool. respect for writing it in QBasic. \r\rMy best score 19144."},{"author_name":"Canard Sauvage","author_uid":"9578","time":"Sep 14, 2012 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1347648420,"text":"Amazing, the source code alone looks great :D It is quite hard and I needed 3 deaths to understand the game mechanics. Totally extra points for QBasic, but the game would work with nearly every other theme. Still, I really like it and it definitly is a great must-play entry!\r\rLast but not least: Please do not use these filehosters, they totally suck (you need to wait, they are slow and annoying). Just use dropbox or some webspace :)"},{"author_name":"Noble Kale","author_uid":"17302","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 1:02am","epoch":1347843420,"text":"I had a look at this one as part of my quick reviews (I can't vote since I'm not a participant) - small article over at http:\/\/noblekale.com\/zone\/node\/323\r\rThis game turned out to be one of my favorites - the look and feel is great, and while it takes a touch of time to get used to the controls, I felt like this is a really nice style."},{"author_name":"localcoder","author_uid":"1113","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 11:37am","epoch":1347881520,"text":"Oh, wow, I love that this is in QBasic - I first learned programming from making Qbasic games :) none of mine were as sophisticated as this.\r\rI suggest that you try using FreeBasic, it's a more modern compiler that works with Qbasic code and makes .exes that work without Dosbox.\r\rThe game is cool, and brought back memories for me of playing MegaZeux. I didn't get very far (I need to go to bed) but I'm very happy that I stumbled across this game :)"},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1347898560,"text":"It's good, but really difficult! I keep running into things and dying, even on easy mode :("}],"images":["ld24\/16346-5268bf0755df0717415836058b0d55fc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.filefactory.com\/file\/45ynvmnp8dax\/n\/Evolution_Gem_zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.filefactory.com\/file\/45ynvmnp8dax\/n\/Evolution_Gem_zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.filefactory.com\/file\/45ynvmnp8dax\/n\/Evolution_Gem_zip","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29841","g_author":"16346","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29871","g_title":"Evolution Gem","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"11","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\/16346-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"After 3745 lines of code I have completed my game 'Evolution Gem'\r\n\r\nBeing that its written on qbasic, an emulator (Dosbox) which I provided is needed for all windows 7 and vista users.\r\n\r\nI also wrote out instructions for the emulator step by step so if there are any questions please feel free to ask.\r\n\r\nI'm happy with the finished product and I hope you all are also (Post your high scores in a reply)\r\n\r\n****UPDATE*****\r\n\r\nThanks for all the kind words\r\n\r\nAll you have to do to run on ANY OS is install dosbox and drag Evolve.EXE onto the installed dosbox icon and it will work :) \r\n\r\nI am very pleased you all like the game (even if it is retro!) \r\n\r\nThanks again!\r\n <\/p>","title":"Evolution Gem"}