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Darwin's Little Pink Worm

By wumpus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness358
Fun793.50
Humor833.19
Mood1243.17
Theme1323.53
Overall1413.43
Innovation2293.18
Graphics3542.97
Audio5631.54

Comments

jijaweb 2012-08-26 19:32

Cool game. I like it.

kevincorrigan 2012-08-26 19:49

This is a really entertaining game, fun with a good concept.

pohycz 2012-08-26 22:17

Hard one, but really fun! :)

littleball 2012-08-26 22:24

Great game, very addictive. I couldn't seem to get the action key to work though

wumpus 2012-08-26 22:37

Thanks. The action key will only work if you gain the 'spit' or 'poop' ability. I'll update the info to point that out, thanks.

kaidoe 2012-08-26 23:17

Love it, cool game, got a bit slow towards the end though

wumpus 2012-08-26 23:38

Yeah you're right, you end up mopping up the remainders and it's quite a slog, especially when they're nippy little super-speed sods. Not sure how to combat that best though.

nicealexanderas 2012-08-26 23:44

Very fun! good job! :D

ninjakannon 2012-08-27 11:25

Really cool, I like it!

juaxix 2012-08-27 14:17

Haha, wow, it was intense, but i turned into a pink man XD

turnip 2012-08-27 16:24

Considering you did that without an engine in javascript that's pretty impressive! I didn't really get what I was supposed to be doing though. I seemed to make progress without actually doing very well.

madpew 2012-08-27 17:22

i made it down to 5 by hiding in the beginning and pooping all over the place :D strange idea but hey it works. well done!

vigrid 2012-08-27 17:22

Interesting. It could use some sound, as basic feedback to what has happened. I haven't managed to win, just lost twice. Quite hard game, too.

wumpus 2012-08-27 17:45

Evolution happens every time the population drops by twenty. A mutation is awarded to all worms that had dealt 30 damage or more which is basically 3 normal hits. All mutations stack too so getting four speed mutations will see you whizzing around.

panzermancer 2012-08-27 18:13

I loved the whimsical little pseudo-haikus you get upon evolving :3

I just wish there was a bit more of an element of choice when evolving, though; that's what really would have made this game super-replayable. Still, impressive, for 48 hours raw in javascript.

littleball 2012-08-27 18:18

Great game, love the "weapons"!

If you're using sound with javascript try using .wav files they work across more browsers

mysound = new Audio('file.wav');
mysound.play(); ]

wumpus 2012-08-27 18:22

Yeah, I'd never used javascript audio before and tried implementing it in the last few hours. It's nice that it's so simple to play a sound but there's only one channel per sound so you can't get it to repeat quickly (unless there's a trick to it I don't know). In the end I decided no sound would be better than sporadic sound.

cataclysmicknight 2012-08-27 18:24

I liked the random powerups throughout, and how you could actually manage not to get them if you are just kind of hiding while the others all kill each other :) And using an ant farm as the background is genius!!

celeron55 2012-08-27 18:34

I actually managed to win on the first try. Felt horrible killing the other last ones alive. 8)

luizhgmonclar 2012-08-27 19:10

Man, I really liked your take on the theme. It's another game about evolution of species BUT it was cleverly though on the part of "getting life experience".

That's what really impressed me. If you stand still, you'll get no experience, so no new abilities, if you go on and try to fight, you will, so that's a real nice motivator. Too bad the difficulty curve just goes down and down as the game progresses towards the end, but hey, that's the concept of the game, being the strongest and eliminating everyone, right?

Great job!

starmen 2012-08-28 10:31

I really like this. The game itself wasn't exactly perfect as the controls felt a tiny bit too loose, but the core concept and the writing really tie it together in a nice way. This sort of thing would be a perfect multiplayer game.

Anyway, really good job.

maxium 2012-08-28 11:00

I laughed so hard at the ending...probably too much

matheod 2012-08-28 11:05

Good to see another entrant using raw javascript like myself so you've got my respect there already. ;)

Work perfectly, basic but nice idea. Game is fluid and funny.
Nice job ;)

kirill 2012-08-28 17:28

Finally, completed. (Got killed by the last enemy on the previous try).
Really nice that you had a solid victory screen - felt like my efforts were not in vain.
Thanks for your nice comment, btw :)

gnx 2012-08-29 14:33

Played it through. I really enjoyed the way your AI behaves, it seemed very lively and often comical :D

Good job.

kalabasa 2012-08-30 08:18

Fun game

dengzo 2012-08-30 18:45

good job

matheod 2012-09-06 11:51

I show your game to a friend and something funny happend : worms where moved under floor and when he push right key he slide underground :D

hamster_mk_4 2012-09-17 03:43

Made me think of highlander, there can be only one.