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Darwin's Turtle Race Challenge

By endermath

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall114.10
Fun84.05
Theme64.35
Humor423.56
Mood493.61
Innovation1043.55
Audio1243.21
Graphics2273.30
Coolness71940

Comments

endermath 2012-08-27 00:56

I hope to be able to upload a Windows version soon.

crowbeak 2012-08-27 04:55

This game is fun. I think the turtle breeding is my favorite part. I would love to see a more polished version of this. <3

endermath 2012-08-27 14:25

Thanks!!! :D

krides 2012-08-28 20:22

I liked the game, although I think that it is either too hard or too random :-) Also, props for the Mac-exclusive version, I've never seen one before :-)

shmarah 2012-08-29 04:12

This is so much fun! :D I love this game... and the turtles are so cute~! I love turtles. Little Darwin riding his turtles is so silly, it's a fantastic but simple concept, I love pixel art, and such nice music... you really can't go wrong.
Especially since i have a Mac. :D

csanyk 2012-08-29 06:11

Wish I could have played this but I don't have a Mac:( I'll check back to see if the Win version is available yet.

cappelnord 2012-08-29 11:16

I ended up always breeding the last two turtles. Some kind of incest malus would have been great.

crushenator 2012-08-30 00:26

This was awesome. I used my MacBook Pro but if windows users are determined to play it they could jump on torrentz.eu and search for a Mountain Lion VMWare Image and VMware.

dwrensha 2012-08-30 01:14

Nice music.

pereubu 2012-08-30 19:17

one of the best games i've played so far, the aesthetic as well as the audio and gameplay leads to a cool authentic retro game, i really liked it :D

danvil 2012-08-30 19:24

This game is fun :) I love the turtle breeding. Not sure if I understood how it works though. Is there a way to actually win the game?

josriley 2012-08-30 19:28

Really loved the concept (Almost the same as mine, lol) but your execution was much much better. I love the humor of using turtles and the simple menus

endermath 2012-08-30 22:47

Thank you all for the comments! I'm glad you like it (it's my first LD game) :D

cappelnord: By breeding a very low level turtle with a higher level one can sometimes get a really good turtle as a result (better than you would get by breeding equal level ones). This is kind of a secret ;)

Danvil: Yes there is a way to win the game: Breed a turtle with all three stats maxed out! :)

Chezzo 2012-08-30 23:27

Yeah, Danvil! You win by getting all the stats to 99.

I haven't had this much fun making turtles bang since I got the April O'Neil action figure.

ggiraldez 2012-09-01 03:02

This is awesome! It's really simple, yet very addictive. Great job!

tastyorange 2012-09-01 03:20

Fantastic. A very complete experience. I adore this to bits. The only thing I can think of is that the game gave out too many leaves, which made it more on the easy side. Bravo!

zatyka 2012-09-01 03:25

Fun and addicting. I think it could have used a bit more variety, after a while, it was the same few steps over and over again.

wan 2012-09-02 23:40

I have no idea why, but I kept playing this until most of my turtles werre awesome green beasts. This is an awesome take on the evolution theme, with a simple yet addictive gameplay.

Not only the graphics, but also the kinda naive gameplay and the UI give this game an authentic retro feel that seem quite polished. Congrats!

mohammad 2012-09-02 23:54

slow and steady wins the race
NOT THIS ONE! meet the newest racing game asop!
had lots of fun trying to make the ultiment turtle.
hope you can manage with all the TMNT comments!

free_napalm 2012-09-07 22:40

Why is this so addicting?

commanderstitch 2012-09-12 01:15

I really enjoyed this. Very cute, neat, and a great thing for the theme. :D good work! I managed to get the perfect turtle in 29 races. yippee! hahaha