darwin_award

Category	Rank	Score
Coolness	3	57
Innovation	193	3.25
Audio	279	2.67
Humor	321	2.21
Graphics	321	3.07
Theme	377	2.89
Mood	474	2.43
Overall	590	2.56
Fun	713	1.81

csanyk 2012-08-27 03:08

I'll have to come back when I book into linux and try this out.

heuermh 2012-08-27 05:30

Thanks, I will have a Windows build tomorrow morning.

einbernd 2012-08-27 21:23

You really need your instructions to be more specific, I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do.

prealpha 2012-08-27 22:21

My guess is:
-Anti-Vaccini...cists are weak against illness an thus a source of mutated nasty stuff.
-Someone in the the crowd might be naturally immune to this mutated virus and can spread his defenses by donating it around (or the immunity appears by crossing donations).

What I'm not sure is if the virus and the immune system can keep mutating and if you can cure those who are already sick (or if anything I've written is actually right).

heuermh 2012-08-28 01:26

SPOILER ALERT

@Prealpha has it about right. My idea was to have multiple levels with increasingly difficult parameter sets for different diseases but of course ran out of time to implement that. Mutating the virus would add an additional level of complexity, nice suggestion.

rawbits 2012-08-29 02:25

It was hard to get the picture together but now I'm starting to understad things. The only thing I don't understads is why cure anyone if you win just by surviving?

phocker 2012-08-30 04:10

was not really sure what to do -- it was interesting -- nice effort

jovoc 2012-08-30 04:30

I liked the art style. Has potential but I didn't really understand it or what I was supposed to do. Also was difficult to tell who i was controlling.

beanalby 2012-08-30 04:45

Should probably mention somewhere that it requires Java.

adamharte 2012-08-30 06:34

Nice looking game, a little confusing, but I think I work it out mostly. Nice job.

lucas-tiridath 2012-08-30 07:07

Nice idea if a little confusing. Well done.

heuermh 2012-08-30 17:11

@RawBits Just surviving is a lonely existence, is it not?

@jovoc I agree that it is difficult to see whom the player is controlling, I should have added a visual indicator.

@Beanalby Thanks for the suggestion, added a note to the description.

kratorspore 2012-09-04 04:58

This was all a bit obtuse for me. Some more specific instructions would be good.

mdkess 2012-09-04 05:25

Took me a while to get the hang of. I'm still not sure that I get it. You might want to post detailed instructions on this page or in a readme. In any case, the core concept is really cool, and the game has slick graphics, plus it really plays to the theme in a fundamental way. Good work!

sev_inf 2012-09-04 05:54

As many others here I didn't understood the game, but I liked the audio and colors pallete.

munkeebacon 2012-09-04 06:33

THis game is sweet, and defidently has A LOT of potential! Love the art, and if it had a background, it would set the mood completely!:D

zx81 2012-09-04 09:09

A very good game, I liked the graphics and the sounds of the game!

goerp 2012-09-05 17:01

Ha, I like that you have to do research for a game. I liked the graphics (if I looked beyond the graphical corruption, java and compatibility). It wasn't really clear for me what my influence on the others were and how the protesters were dangerous, but maybe I'm one of Award winners ;)

goerp 2012-09-05 18:28

oh and I like that you used the Darwin Awards as inspiration.

marudziik 2012-09-13 23:47

It took me quite a while to understand the mechanics, and I'm still not sure I got it right. From what I gather the idea here is really interesting and judging from the gameplay and other comments, this entry's only big flaw is the lack of explanations anywhere. Looking at the gampleay/walkthrough video doesn't clear a thing, too. Maybe I'm just too dense, but I'd welcome some explicit info on what I see on the screen and what I'm supposed to do, especially since the game looks and sounds very good. All in all, it's a job well done, but some more gameplay info would be great. :)

creative630 2012-09-14 08:23

Cool idea, a little more explanation would have helped.

puzzlem00n 2012-09-17 23:46

When I click the .bat, all I get is the CMD popping up before disappearing in a blink. I assume I lack some dependency.

tomhunt 2012-09-18 00:21

I lol'd at the concept. The graphics and sound seem appropriate. I wasn't quite sure what to do or how it all is supposed to work, though, and that was a little frustrating.

heuermh 2012-09-18 21:23

@Puzzlem00n I assume you are on Windows, 32 bit or 64 bit? Do you have a JDK or JRE version 1.6 or later installed?

See
http://java.com/