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Just like last LD<\/a>, here comes my last minute recommendation post !<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve rated a little more than 100 games. To be honest, I liked LD23\u2019s theme a little better (Evolution was a bit too vague for my taste), but still there were many great entries !<\/p>\n

Here are my favorites (no particular order) :<\/p>\n

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Darwinphony \u2013 philosophistry \u2013\u00a048 Hour Compo Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

This is a very creative entry. It\u2019s not very much of a game, more of a music experiment. You paint creatures on the map with the \u201creproduce\u201d brush, then you put some turtles on the ground. As they swirl around, the creatures touch the turtles and make sounds. Sometimes you get different creatures, that make different sounds. You can remove some creatures with the bird brush to get the melody you like !<\/p>\n

Finally, there are 4 different maps (click Darwin to see them) that can produce a different athmosphere for your music.<\/p>\n

A nice little program to play around with, and the graphics are charming !<\/p>\n

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Parental Guidance \u2013 Maple \u2013\u00a048 Hour Compo Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

I rated this one 5 on the mood category, because it is set perfectly. You play a little kid who\u2019s left alone on his appartment. What happened to his parents ? This is what you\u2019ll discover. \u00a0As you walk around the rooms of the appartment, switch the lights and read the comments of the boy, the situation evolves and everything gets scarier and scarier\u2026<\/p>\n

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life, undeath \u2013 Zillix \u2013\u00a048 Hour Compo Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

A very well executed little game. It only takes a few minutes, and it\u2019s very fun ! Zombies have invaded the city. The rescue team will arrive in 3 days so you have to survive till then. Kill zombies, upgrade stuff with the money they drop and rush to your safeplace at sunset. But zombies evolve during the night, so don\u2019t let the stronger ones live.<\/p>\n

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Super Clew Land \u2013 Team Clew \u2013\u00a0Jam Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

It really looks like a NES game ! This is an amazingly well-polished entry. This is a platformer game where you play a little green creature that is not very powerful at first. But you eat stuff, and it gives you proteins to evolve. As you play, you try to match the proteins of the creatures you\u2019ve eaten to the patterns you need on the little puzzle-game you find on the right. And when it\u2019s done, you gain a new ability.<\/p>\n

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Coin-Operated Afternoon \u2013 Pierrec \u2013\u00a0Jam Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

I rated 5 in innovation, because you won\u2019t find two entries like this one ! This is a dialog game, and what makes it special is that it\u2019s animated in stop-motion. It\u2019s a huge download but it\u2019s worth every minute of it. There are a lot of possibilities in the dialogs (15 different endings !), so there are a lot of animations to see. Highly recommend it !<\/p>\n

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Dawn \u2013 SteelRaven7 \u2013\u00a048 Hour Compo Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

I discovered this entry thanks to the post-mortem posted earlier, and I\u2019m glad I did, it\u2019s a solid entry with a great ending, perfectly in the theme. This game is a lot about crafting stuff and discovering things for yourself. As it is quite easy to get stuck, I\u2019ll give you a few tips. In the game, you collect things. When you don\u2019t know what to do you can :<\/p>\n

\u2013 think, with [Z]. Sometimes the character will combine some of the objects you carry.<\/p>\n

\u2013 find the elements in the landscape that stand out (there aren\u2019t many), and when you do, try to interact with them using the different objects you carry with [X]. Use [C] to select another object.<\/p>\n

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Martha Z. \u2013 Sachka \u2013\u00a048 Hour Compo Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

This game has a quite unique graphic style, very immersive. What\u2019s brilliant is that you never see the main character, only her shadow. Worth the look.<\/p>\n

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Death Death Evolution \u2013 Adhesion \u2013\u00a0Jam Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

An amazingly polished game with unique mechanics. The music is great and the graphics are excellent.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a puzzle platformer game. You play a little blue fox. To beat the levels, you\u2019ll have to evolve. But how ? Each time you die, you evolve, and the way you die determines your evolution. For instance, if you die from a fall, you\u2019ll have double jump. So it\u2019s all about finding the right way to die\u2026<\/p>\n

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Sidescroller Evolution \u2013 Kassoon \u2013\u00a0Jam Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

Another game with a fox, but this one isn\u2019t blue ! This game is more classic, it\u2019s a game where you run, but what\u2019s great about it is its atmosphere, very peaceful\u2026 Sweet graphics and nice music.<\/p>\n

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Psychiatric Evaluation \u2013 ConflictiveLabs \u2013\u00a0Jam Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

A surprising game, where you evolve in the same place (a psychiatric hospital) switching between different perspectives. The more mad you get, the more you see the world through an old videogame graphics (the worst situation being a text-based game), the more sane you get, the more colors and details you get.<\/p>\n

This is such a BRILLIANT idea to link stages of sanity to the stages of the evolution of video games, because when you switch to the text-based perspective from the color detailled one you really feel confused about your environement and limited in your options, you feel trapped in your head.<\/p>\n

In other words, this game really succeeds in making you feel like the character you\u2019re playing is supposed to feel. This is very rare and it\u2019s done in such an elegant way.<\/p>\n

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Finally, if you\u2019d like to try our game, here it is !<\/p>\n

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Lucas\u2019s Quest Backwards \u2013 Volute \u2013\u00a0Jam Entry<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a story about a guy from the future who tries to find self-fulfillment in going back in time to live with his ancestors. How hard can that be ? It has platformer sequences.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading \":)\"<\/p>","time":"September 16th, 2012 11:22 am","title":"Up for rating a few more games ?","title_was_empty":false}