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Evolution of the Flying Pinatas

By zelen3d

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness369
Humor692.92
Fun1612.71
Theme1792.37
Innovation1862.49
Mood1882.38
Graphics2092.51
Overall2262.51

Comments

jprogman 2012-08-28 03:00

So much candy... I know those red/yellow circles causes the fly pinatas to multiply, but do they multiply from colliding each other according to kind? If that were true, that would definitely add a little more difficulty; just a little bit.
Good game by the way!

evilseanbot 2012-08-28 06:56

The chaos of the initial confrontation is exhilarating, through it drags a bit, and I'm not sure there's an end-game. I must applaud you for making a protagonist that is proud of their latino heritage, despite the likely hurdles in getting this kind of biotech job.

gnx 2012-08-28 21:15

Okay that was confusing. Nice enough graphics, the action is completely chaotic and gameplay objectives questionable :D

cthulhu 2012-08-29 01:40

Nice simple game. Graphics are quit nice but when i killed all of them, and picked all of the bodies from the floor, nothing happened :D Plus, these flying things are not attacking or multiplying at a point so the gameplays needs to get a bit more challenging i think.

jplur 2012-08-29 05:19

Going to have to look at your source code, this runs very smoothly!

zelen3d 2012-08-29 16:15

jplur: here is a couple of hints: I used Typed Arrays, to reduce array overhead. Since they are kinda tricky to use, I made a librairy to simplify their use befor the compo. Then, I separated my event handlers, my drawing loop(requestAnimationFrame), and my updating loop(setInterval). And the rest is just drawing optimization: not drawing what is beyond the screen.

seconddimension 2012-08-29 22:07

Yeah I liked this one, bit of rush when they all multiply at the start, then quite fun trying to back them into corners and clear the lab, then a good chase tofinish off the last few

foxor 2012-08-29 22:59

It seems like it would be fun to guard the doors, but the way it's tuned, it's not fun. Eventually one gets out and then they're everywhere

zatyka 2012-08-30 02:42

I liked it, but I wish there were more too it.

dwrensha 2012-08-31 03:49

Good to see another game about flying insects!

mohammad 2012-09-03 00:16

it was okay.
not much to say *SWAT* about *SWAT* these *SWAT* *SWAT*
annoying *SWAT* FLIES!

aeveis 2012-09-03 00:56

using chrome on windows 7 64-bit. Page isn't loading for me.

zelen3d 2012-09-03 02:51

aeveis That's weird, Are you sure you are using the recent chrome? I tested on chrome on windows 7 64 and it worked for me... And then it's html5 and doesn't use any webGL, so it should work on any computer.

jacic 2012-09-03 02:59

Nice idea, but if you rush in immediately it's not so hard. ;)

thewiseguy99 2012-09-03 04:18

Loved swatting all those huge flies. Very satisfying!! I wished there was more. This is such an excellent start, though and definitely something to build on. This game is one I'd like to see develop. Well done!

davedobson 2012-09-03 05:27

Weird but fun. I had no idea what I was doing or trying to do, but I did smash lots of fruit flies. Graphics are crisp; controls responsive, but it was really hard to know what to do.

colapsydo 2012-09-03 08:09

It was nice to chase all these flies since movements are smooth. I miss some action when all the flies are destroyed, some kind of "Victory" screen.

aeveis 2012-09-03 15:38

i tried again today and it worked! not sure what the problem was, maybe it was the internet on my side or something. Pretty fun, It could be more interesting if evolving change how the flies's properties or something like that.

darkshadow 2012-09-05 19:10

I liked the fly movement it looked natural. The story behind it is humorous but I think it would have improved things if you gave it some Mexican themed music and added a victory screen if you win.