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Unnatural Selection

By saint11

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics364.17
Overall513.72
Audio513.52
Fun673.54
Innovation743.64
Mood753.45
Theme1033.66
Humor1762.73
Coolness90428

Comments

luizhgmonclar 2012-08-27 02:28

Like it a lot, mood, graphics, theme. Awesome game, santo!

Cheers :D

Levynski 2012-08-27 03:25

Very GOOD!

pereubu 2012-08-27 13:08

best game i've played so far, same title than mine D:

sestren 2012-08-27 13:22

Great sound and graphics. I don't quite have the grasp on the evolving behavior for the minions, but, otherwise, good entry.

gfm 2012-08-27 14:26

Great entry!
Nice cute pixelated graphics. =D

I found the game idea interesting... though I didn't quite understand how the game works... ( the strategy involved, I mean...)

Also, it would be nice to carry some of your minions to the next stage...

andrew-2 2012-08-27 20:13

I disliked that I was essentially reduced to a postman while the minion auto-kill would do a fine job clearing the levels without any input from me.

triplevisiongames 2012-08-27 20:45

Love the graphics, love the movement of the minions and the mechanic is good too. Got a similar feel to a tower defence game but without all that waiting around nonsense.

I'd maybe like to have something where different traits are better against certain enemies and a way to select who rallies to you if you do develop it further (maybe with groups you make though so you can keep the random ability splicing) -- get tweeting links to this after you've had your extra week on it!

ramoncb 2012-08-28 01:30

Amazing game! Great music, good graphics and a very nice gameplay! Any chance for a downloadable version?

Greetings from Brazil! \o/

acsantana 2012-08-28 05:49

Wow! Nice , Santo! I've always liked your work! Surely, one of the greatest game developer here , in Brazil! Cheers! o/

gustavodort 2012-08-28 13:32

Man, I loved it so much!
It reminds me of Toejam and Earl, it only missed a funky soundtrack
:D

Great mood, greater graphics!
Congratulations!

terra 2012-08-28 17:14

This is a great one! Only thing I wish is that there was more of it :P I think an unlimited mode would work nice in this, if you end up developing more.

frederickk 2012-08-28 18:04

The minions moves very natural and is cool having an army of them.
Great game!

chambers 2012-08-29 00:33

Great game, it was fun and the minion behaviour was very well done, it's impressive you made it in 48 hours. I like the idea of a tower defense-like game where you need to quickly leave your base to look for resources.

I think this could become a really popular game if you worked a little bit more on it - some things weren't properly explained, such as how the evolution and breeding works exactly, and that the red color means low HP (the first time I played, I thought that maybe it was an EXP indicator of some sort)

You could use a few "loading screen tips" during stage transitions to present this kind of information to the players, for example.

Also, sometimes I wanted minions that were low on HP to eat flowers instead of fighting, but they fought instead.

I don't even need to say I loved the graphics =)

xhunterko 2012-08-29 01:26

Very well done!

volute 2012-08-29 11:17

This was fun ! I loved watching the minions attack. Great music as well.

deepnight 2012-08-29 12:25

Absolutely stunning, you are my fav so far :)
The concept is great.

sience 2012-08-30 09:17

Nice gameidea and great music. I love the adlib soundstyle.

orni 2012-08-30 09:23

this is amazingly fun - wow, you're going to get some really high ratings, and you earned them
the only bad thing I could say is that it's a bit too easy and the AI has some (minor) flaws to flatten out (but which AI doesn't)

I enjoyed playing this, solid game in every way

switchbreak 2012-08-31 02:05

Wow, love the art and animations on this, love how unexpected things can come out of the evolution.

porter 2012-08-31 03:40

Doesn't feel complete yet, but there's definitely a core mechanic that's playable. With a bit more player decision (how they upgrade), and more balanced levels, this could be quite fun.

matheod 2012-08-31 23:53

Nice game, just upset to have to restart all the game when we die :-(

miltage 2012-09-01 16:57

One of favourites. Fanstastic job!

auxiliumgames 2012-09-02 02:36

The graphics and sound come together really well, and this has potential to be a really awesome game once the gameplay is balanced out and polished a bit more. Already though it is really cool, I am looking forward to the more fleshed out version :D

kmad 2012-09-02 19:58

Fantastic little game that has a lot of potential to be developed further - hope you do carry on working on it.

lonestranger 2012-09-06 03:16

There is something missing from the game... some kind of mechanic involving the creatures. Maybe a sentry mode? I don't know, but I think you're close to something real good.

chuchino 2012-09-07 02:22

Cute game. At first I had trouble figuring out strategies for some of the later levels, but eventually I found that just leaving a bunch of minions near your base will work most of the time. I was surprised at how many different types of minion evolutions there were.

rubna 2012-09-07 18:10

great job on this!

ncannasse 2012-09-12 20:40

Quite nice, good polish, but somehow lack interactivity. I'm not sure that the actions I make on my minions affect the game in a positive way or not

waschnick 2012-09-13 21:00

Really nice, but I needed quite some time and the comments to fully understand the mechanics.

goffmog 2012-09-15 15:40

Awesome title... Actually, awesome game too :)

moonmagic 2012-09-16 15:02

This has the shape of a fun game, and now it just needs more Guts! Fill the game with Guts and make the creatures evolve based on other player pickups? Or only reproduce when following the player? Or with a crystal? I think then, the agency of Choice would be more apparent.

Love the graphics, particularly the swelling altar. Sound is chirpy and functional. Enjoyed exploring with my swarm of minions.

lekochen 2012-09-16 23:17

Nice game. Love it!