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Curiosity, The Untold Story

By zoomyzoom

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor223.51
Coolness1100
Fun1063.02
Audio1262.79
Overall1333.04
Mood1572.55
Theme1612.55
Graphics1942.65
Innovation2202.18

Comments

zoomyzoom 2012-08-28 01:09

It is so good, I forgot my pasta was boiling!

forlornhero 2012-08-28 01:28

I came.

frib 2012-08-28 12:51

Nice music and customization, but the grind was a bit too much for me to enjoy it.

bereuge 2012-08-28 12:55

Fun game! The intro and the presentation are fun.
The gameplay is cool but the spawning of the zombies is pretty weird and they just overwhelm you after a while since the upgrades are very expensive (I played at noob difficulty) It just needs some balancing but it's still cool, especially the idea of Curiosity :)

quill18 2012-08-28 13:00

Great concept, excellent gameplay, and one of the few game that has a good implementation of an evolution mechanic.

However, unless I'm missing something, upgrades are WAAAAY too expensive. It takes ages to be able to collect enough XP.

quill18 2012-08-28 13:02

NOTE: This entry doesn't appear to provide source code, which is a REQUIREMENT of the competition.

Also: It's a shame that there appears to be no sounds other than music?

barry-abrams 2012-08-28 13:04

Haha! Loved the humor and the music.

barry-abrams 2012-08-28 13:05

Oh, and it ran fine on Mac. When I was done, I had to force quit, but that's about it.

frozencow 2012-08-28 13:06

You should rename Bomb.png to bomb.png and the folder Menu to menu. Otherwise the game didn't run on Linux.
Apart from that, I liked that the robot had an AK on mars. Fun to play and catchy music, though the upgrades were really expensive!

brotherst 2012-08-28 13:25

Interesting game! I agree about it needing some balancing. I played for a while, couldn't be bothered to get all the upgrades though :P

quill18 2012-08-28 13:29

Oops, I didn't realize that this was a Jam entry and therefore no source is required!

zoomyzoom 2012-08-28 13:33

Source will be out soon. (Anyone can decompile java)

infernet89 2012-08-28 13:42

Pro-tip: if you costantly move in one direction zombies will never reach you. Until you need to stop, and need to go back.

goerp 2012-08-28 13:50

I like my bullits like this :)

kayelgee 2012-08-28 15:27

I only got to the shotgun, after that it just took to long to get something and the zombies just killed me after some time

zoomyzoom 2012-08-28 15:30

try nublet mode!

kevincorrigan 2012-08-28 17:59

I wish I could have played, but it crashes on me after the loading screen, I'm on windows xp, and there wasn't any specific reason for it to close.

gidaio 2012-08-28 17:59

Fun game, though gets boring quickly.

sev_inf 2012-08-28 18:18

I knew NASA was lying!

killerbug 2012-08-28 18:47

OH GOD, it is so satisfying! Such a great concept. It plays very solid as well. A great submission, congrats!

eatthepath 2012-08-28 19:00

A pretty complete and basicly fun game. If I were to complain about something, it'd be that the progression is pretty slow to get started. I spent a few minutes just standing on a hill killing zombies without having to move at all. Some encouragement to move and some brakka brakka noises for the guns would be nice too! Still, I had fun!

aarongordon 2012-08-28 19:11

Nicely structured around the theme. I like the zombies evolving but i felt they did this way to slowly. Also after about 20 second i was ready to use another gun but it took far to long to be able to purchase and upgrade things (i only borght the shotgun before i stopped playing). I commend you for having all these options but with more options these needs to be more balancing and play testing done. Maybe having access to all the guns and being able to upgrade them all much quicker and the zombies become resilient much faster would play better. Also it felt pretty off having the projectiles effected by gravity.

All that being said, it was an enjoyable game and a really good effort!

milo 2012-08-28 19:23

This game was very satisfying. Good humor, good music, and lots of bullets.

dvdking 2012-08-28 21:30

"Do you like boom? I like boom. Zombies don't like boom"
I laughed so much!
Nice game. I think the upgrades must to be cheaper, because it was really long time when i could afford to buy something.

grouflon 2012-08-28 22:06

Kitty mode :3:3:3

ramoncb 2012-08-29 00:23

amazing game! loved the kitty mode! xD

thewiseguy99 2012-08-29 03:41

I really liked it and think you made a solid entry. Awesome job!

bobiniki 2012-08-29 14:30

I downloaded the game and turned around to see the news on the TV. They spoke for Curiosity on mars and stuff about it. I turn back at my PC and I see the intro.... I laughed so much xD that I want to rate Humor over 9000

zoomyzoom 2012-08-29 17:01

HAhaha thanks!

forlornhero 2012-08-29 18:08

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zoomyzoom 2012-08-29 22:36

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mach60kas 2012-08-30 00:36

That was probably the single most fun I've had out of all the games I've played so far. Deep down, you know you're right about Curiosity's true purpose... ;)

zoomyzoom 2012-08-30 00:52

I do not know why everybody else hasn't clicked on that Curiosity is obviously a zombie killing death bot.

raroadkill 2012-08-30 02:26

Well done game. gets a bit repetitive after awhile, but thats to be expected.

juaxix 2012-09-03 14:29

Particle systems are very nice. I like the sprites animation and the music, i think you are generating the ground dynamically, no?
Well, the zombies are all black people, why?
When you walk and dont stop, the zombies cant catch you xD
And the machine gun work more like a firehose? hahaha, funny!

zoomyzoom 2012-09-03 18:58

Thanks :D

Yes! I use Math.sin(i*50.0)

They are zombie coloured, not black or white. This is why Zombification will abolish racism.

The map is not inifite.

Fun-hose.

zoomyzoom 2012-09-03 18:59

oops...

Math.sin(i*50)+random.nextInt(60);

cakencode 2012-09-04 05:37

I love the real Curiosity, and yet I still approve of this game. It's a silly adventure and the zombies often cluster up for easy killing but it's just zany enough to be fun!

zx81 2012-09-08 17:40

Upgrades are to!o expensive... but apart from that a great game!