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Unnatural Selection - Circle of Life

By robinerd

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1533.7222
Fun1473.6722
Innovation474.0222
Theme2963.6222
Graphics4183.1222
Audio1183.6021
Humor1972.9120
Mood2123.3820

Comments

bloham 2020-10-04 22:07

Woohoo my instagram buddy!

robinerd 2020-10-04 22:11

@bloham :D yey!

robinerd 2020-10-04 22:12

Playable HTML5: https://robinerd.com/application_files/UnnaturalSelection/

maxwell3000 2020-10-05 05:07

I love the idea! It's so fun to just pick random ones and seeing what monsters they change into.

linus-lindberg 2020-10-05 19:34

Very fun! Definatly bookmarking this to play more later! :smile:

irwatts 2020-10-05 20:06

I really love the music and mood in this. I'm still listening to it while writing this. Excellent work! It took some generations, but I managed to breed some fast moving creatures and collect all the orbs.

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amin-jk000 2020-10-06 20:13

nice game I enjoyed :v:

jeremyoduber 2020-10-07 08:30

I'm gonna tell my nephew that this is how babies are made.

eldogg 2020-10-07 20:38

Really cool concept, visual evolutionary algorithms, I think the colours could have been a bit less dark, but it didn't affect the fun I had watching them grow. However I thought the orbs would be reset each round, so you had to build the ultimate orb collector species, but it was easier with them gradually going away, so less frustration = more fun. Good game.

oneiromancer 2020-10-08 08:50

I had a lot of fun with this game. Putting the player in genetic algorithm's shoes is a really clever idea. And I do believe it would be easy for players to get into it, even if they don't know this stuff.

erlioniel 2020-10-08 18:20

@robinerd I've tried to play, but didn't manage anything alive :D Maybe I'm bad from evolution perspective :) But as a big fan of Spore I do like the idea and respecting your game :) Well done

hakro 2020-10-12 00:19

I spent too much time on this, actually not doing much :D I really love the concept, some of them grow up and it's really satisfying to see them go for the orbs and get them. Not sure if it's by chance or not, but managed to finish the game.

Anyways, really great entry. cheers

bereg 2020-10-12 21:15

Well, that's a weird game. Brilliantly weird. The type of game I was looking for when browsing compo games. I'm not sure how genetics work in this game, but it was fun to make new species. It can be an addictive idle game if you add more creature features. It's fun to watch them grow, you know.

ddrkirbyisq 2020-10-16 04:37

Haha, this is great. The creatures that I had the most success with definitely didn't match what I was initially going for in the beginning; love it when a game ends up subverting your expectations like that.

bellivit 2020-10-16 21:31

I have always enjoyed these kind of games where creatures evolve, so i spent quite some time playing it and i actually enjoyed it. Really nice music, very atmospheric. Perhaps a bit slow.. but these kind of games tend to be that way :)