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The Origin of Valmalvax by nuria

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made by nuria for LD24 (COMPO)
Weird, experimental, shmup / strategy game.

You are in control of a creature that will evolve depending on how often you perform certain actions.

Shooting, moving around, eating the corpses of the creatures, taking oxygen and enduring punishment will fill your meter a little. When you completely fill a bar, you won't see the benefits immediately. You will transfer that experience to your descendants, so when your lifetime is over and you die, they will take your place as your evolved form to continue your journey.

CONTROLS
Mouse - move cursor. When your creature is overlapping the cursor it will shoot automatically.

Left Click - Will teletransport your creature to the current cursor location. (you need oxygen at level 9)

**This is the Ludum Dare #24 version, it isn't finished, I'll keep working on it and post a link later in case you want to check it out. Thanks!

Web http://orugames.com/ludumdare24.html
Source http://www.mediafire.com/?gmt89ahycfq6199
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=4978

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall 3.50 112
Audio 3.39 82
Fun 3.06 235
Graphics 3.65 120
Humor 1.63 534
Innovation 3.56 98
Mood 3.31 99
Theme 3.80 70

Feedback

Senekis
27. Aug 2012 路 05:55 UTC
Really nice concept. This surely deserves some 5 stars in various categories.

I really enjoyed it and I think it has tons of potential.

btw, what's the third stat? I had most at high levels and that one remained at 0 and I was never able to figure out how to increase it.

Good job!
馃帳 nuria
27. Aug 2012 路 16:01 UTC
Hey, thank you! The third stat is size, it will make your creature bigger. You need to eat corpses to increase it. ;)
pjchardt
27. Aug 2012 路 17:28 UTC
Interesting mechanic about movement and firing. A bit too slow for my taste though. I kept trying to increase my fire rate. I do find the sound effects and music were very nicely done.

I also could not figure out about the size stat until I read the comments :)
madameberry
27. Aug 2012 路 17:34 UTC
Man, that was fun. I had no idea what I was doing, and I think I died a lot but it was fun. Also, some of the sounds were really loud.
Milo
27. Aug 2012 路 17:35 UTC
Really neat concept and well executed. I like the idea of having to wait for the next generation to use the benefits and it's cool to see my thingy slowly grow.
FrederickK
27. Aug 2012 路 18:48 UTC
I loved the concept! Great job!
Sergey Mohov
28. Aug 2012 路 17:04 UTC
Coudn't immediately figure out what caused changes in generation or what I was supposed to do with seemingly dead dudes, but I like the controls, and graphics look nice and polished.
raarlac
28. Aug 2012 路 22:21 UTC
It's amazing how polished it is for a 48h game! Good job :)
rwos
29. Aug 2012 路 19:38 UTC
The controls were a bit unintuitive, but I like the game itself. The graphics style is great, it looks different/unusual (in a good way). Very unique and well-made game!
thewiseguy99
30. Aug 2012 路 05:34 UTC
Loved the concept and had lots of fun playing! Nice unique game. Good job!
matheod
09. Sep 2012 路 15:50 UTC
Okay, after lots of time i understand we have to mouseover our creature and note ennemies :D
rubna
17. Sep 2012 路 17:18 UTC
this is really innovating! I can;t think of even one other game that resembles it! Great job!
mitkus
17. Sep 2012 路 18:10 UTC
Visual aesthetic was simply pleasant and the game was interesting, maybe a bit slow tough.
goerp
17. Sep 2012 路 18:12 UTC
Hey this is nice. Graphics I like (waves), I like all the different kinds of enemies. The evolving idea is clever. It could use some more explanation, but that's with a lot of games (like mine ;)
Zamando
17. Sep 2012 路 18:19 UTC
Really peculiar game, in a good way!
marudziik
17. Sep 2012 路 21:40 UTC
Wow, it's 3 hours until end of voting and boy am I glad I could experience this right now. I think this is one of the best games during this LD in terms of fun, and it's also very good in other categories. Great concept and overall polish. Loved it.