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August 24th-27th 2012 :: Theme: Evolution
Planetary Overseer - Milo - 48 Hour Compo Entry
Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source | Timelapse
Have you ever wanted to help guide evolution? Specifically, have you ever wanted to use some methods (they're probably highly illegal; don't inquire too much) to mutate animals to try to build a stable ecosystem? Well, then this is the game for you! Your goal is to, by mutating individuals, make it so 3 species can coexist.
The player is given actions to do like blocks in a tetris, and you just use them at that order by simply clicking around
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 50% |
| #5 | Theme | 4.38 |
| #75 | Innovation | 3.63 |
| #154 | Fun | 3.25 |
| #302 | Mood | 2.76 |
| #309 | Overall | 3.08 |
| #335 | Audio | 2.52 |
| #368 | Humor | 2.07 |
| #600 | Graphics | 2.29 |
Comments
wow. This maybe wasn't so much of a "game", but a really fun toy. It's tricky!! Maybe with a bigger tank :)
I really liked this. The behaviors of the fish and the influence over the environment made for a genuinely dynamic gameplay.
This was rather cool! I got to 55 mutations. Sometimes I lose right when I start the game.
Shame there's no fun sound effects.
Loved the tie in to the theme. And the time-lapse looked like mine, all coding :)
Good job!
fun game, it was nice seeing the fishies interact. I thought I could choose the mutation? But it just cycles through? Maybe If I could choose what was going to happen. I was also not clear on what the icons meant.
It took a short while for me to figure out how the game works: The player is given actions to do like blocks in a tetris, and you just use them at that order by simply clicking around.
Good and fun 48 hour implementation of an interesting idea. Played a few tries and had 36 mutations when I messed up the last one.
Lost once when it started, after that I had fun playing. Reached 30 mutations.
Cool game! It took me some time before really grasping how it works and at the beginning it isn't really clear how the methods cycle but it's fun trying to balance the three species!
Would love to see this idea expanded :)
The music is hypnotic, i tested this in GNU/Linux, there is a lot of lines of output that makes the gameplay slower xD
What is this?
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YAY128.16669
YAY106.24561
YAY241.2538
YAY107.617744
YAY353.8569
YAY91.22722
YAY106.04344
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lool
Oops... that output comes from the particle effects. 1 line per particle per frame = A lot of lines of output.
Also, sorry about the losing on load thing. I didn't realize it was possible (I mean, I guess the spikey must eat a fish, reproduce, then be eaten by a fish bigger than it, which might happen with some probability...)
I played with it for 5 minutes or so, but couldn't quite figure out what I was supposed to be doing. I clicked the buttons at the bottom a lot, but I was never sure if they were affecting anything, or how. That said, it was surprisingly fun to watch, despite not having top notch graphics. I'm sure if I could figure out what I'm doing, this would be a lot more fun. Loved the music, btw.
"The player is given actions to do like blocks in a tetris, and you just use them at that order by simply clicking around" - this should be documented in-game, while knowing this, game finally makes sense. I like how the concept was executed - while graphics were clumsy, gameplay is pretty fun. Bonus points for music.
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Pretty fun. And actually had evolution in it!