Comments on: Evolution! http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2011/08/15/evolution-2/ A tri-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Sat, 25 May 2013 14:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Neilo http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2011/08/15/evolution-2/comment-page-1/#comment-22712 Neilo Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:25:38 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=59329#comment-22712 I know what I’ve done ;-)

]]> By: Winterblood http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2011/08/15/evolution-2/comment-page-1/#comment-22707 Winterblood Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:00:14 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=59329#comment-22707 Might be worth it just to get shot of it. The trouble with Evolution is that, while it is really really cool in nature, it’s an undirected emergent process. Not good for gameplay. I suppose you could manipulate the environment to encourage certain traits to change, but it still involves a lot of waiting and little sense of agency.
That’s why Spore turned out to be a game about levelling up weird creatures rather than anything to do with actual evolution. IMHO.

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