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Desi Quintans

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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201224EvolutionAdditivecompo673.653.473.752.343.043.632.153.2291

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Feedback left by Desi Quintans

Desi Quintans leaves an average of 72.0 feedback comments each event.

LD24 — Evolution (72)

Flower o Doom by Sheep 2012-09-16T12:26:00

Better luck next time. :(

Only The Fittest Shall Survive by Tom Leonardsson 2012-09-16T12:21:00

It would have been nice if the game didn't start running as soon as the exe begins.

EvoR by KingCeleborn 2012-09-16T12:18:00

Could not run this game. The executable returns an error:

"Deployment and application do not have matching security zones."

I'm not running it from a protected folder or anything.

Eat, Spawn, and Die - Organism Generator by SpikyCaterpillar 2012-09-16T12:16:00

Please make an executable next time. Not everyone has Python, or knows how to execute py scripts.

Psyco-Evolution by Romulus 2012-09-16T12:11:00

Link still dead.

Our FIRST Game, MiW by JPNETO 2012-09-16T12:10:00

Cannot play. Doesn't get past the Creation screen in newest version of Firefox.

Bacteria Infection by LittleGreenFlame 2012-09-16T11:59:00

Game refused to run, even from command line.

Beyond The Lava by agmcleod 2012-09-16T11:55:00

Very poor installation method.

Harry no te mueras by drumsoverbogota 2012-09-16T11:55:00

Can't play, as not in English.

EvolovE by encore 2012-09-11T20:48:00

I think more sound effects would have done well. For this type of game, the graphics were more than adequate; it reminded me of Space Invaders: Infinity Gene.

Dissolution by Sergey Mohov 2012-09-08T21:43:00

Using the word 'click' is incredibly misleading. Make the key prompts look more like keys and you can remove the word altogether.

Evolution of a monster by eld 2012-09-08T21:38:00

Awesome art direction. What did you use to animate the sprites?

On the Origin of Block by savethejets1 2012-09-08T21:16:00

I really enjoyed that. A more fluid control scheme, like clicking on blocks to select them instead of cycling through them all, would have improved this even more.

Vesuvius by Joker 2012-09-08T21:10:00

I liked the graphics and I understood that taking damage should make me stronger, but that actual getting-stronger bit seemed a bit arbitrary. For example, I'd stepped in all of the lava pits I'd encountered to no visible effect, and then died when stepping into one more.

Tonality by hgcummings 2012-09-08T21:03:00

That's a great idea! I had a really tough time playing it because I am completely unmusical, but this is quite good.

evolution of monsters by mohammad 2012-09-08T20:59:00

Your controls are all over the place. Arrows to move and Space to fire, then Esc, and then you want me to click?

Also, spellchecking please.

One Day To Breed by Hazel 2012-09-01T11:13:00

Yours is probably the highest I've rated any game so far. The only thing I didn't like about it was that my cube animal would slow down or even get stuck when trying to climb hills.

Simplex Evolution Tabulae Ludus by raohmaru 2012-09-01T11:07:00

Interesting concept that would do well if developed further. Some irregularly-shaped boards would be kind of interesting.

Oculus Battalion by Maxium 2012-09-01T11:03:00

I liked the art style, reminded me of Doom and Delver. The camera was too fast and the FOV too narrow, for my personal preference.

Squid-wyn Happily Cleans Up Creationist Propaganda by pansapiens 2012-09-01T11:00:00

I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. I saw coins, but was given no reason to collect them.

Fend off waves of zombies with your evolving gun DELUXE by Ezzam 2012-09-01T10:55:00

Please don't make an installer next time.

Obelisk Preserver by Nanolotl 2012-09-01T06:38:00

FOV was very narrow, so I couldn't play for long. Fun while it lasted.

Tiktaalik's Tale by _AM_ 2012-09-01T06:33:00

To future downloaders: This is not a game, there is no meaningful interactivity to speak of.

I know you were making a joke and all, but I don't really enjoy having my time wasted.

The Cycle by Mclogenog 2012-09-01T06:29:00

200MB and an installer? ಠ_ಠ

Bullet Evolution by Mattykins 2012-09-01T06:28:00

I played for quite a while and didn't notice myself getting any stronger at all.

Space Worm by hamster_mk_4 2012-09-01T06:22:00

Very fun! I was a bit stuck at the beginning because I was spending all of my points on Wings, and had to read some of these comments to figure out what I was doing.

Tower Evolution by DBRalir 2012-09-01T06:12:00

This was a good idea, but I did exactly what tupperwarespoon did, in that I used upgrades for the heck of it instead of actually needing them, or needing to put much thought into where I needed them most.

Death Cell by fohx 2012-08-29T20:57:00

I never thought I would see a novel implementation of The Game of Life, but here we are! Great use of an existing system, truly inspired. I didn't find it particularly fun to play, honestly, but impressive nonetheless.

AInts vs Robots by YSelf Tool 2012-08-29T04:40:00

I had absolutely no idea of what I was meant to be doing. I tried playing with your instructions on one screen and your game in the other, but it didn't awfully help.

Winding of Isaac by TehSkull 2012-08-29T04:37:00

I don't own an Android product :(

Simulation by CarbonCoder 2012-08-29T04:34:00

Could not run this on Windows 64-bit. It would freeze when clicking on Play, though the background music kept going.

Untitled Tower Game by chuchino 2012-08-29T03:26:00

Yup, I stopped playing at the impossible jump just after the slash. A pity, because I was really enjoying it. Would have liked some sound too.

Reckless Abandon by clavicarius 2012-08-28T08:27:00

I couldn't play for very long as the controls were too complicated.

You ARE the RAIN by alvivar 2012-08-28T08:22:00

Please have autofire next time.

Place of Origin by evilseanbot 2012-08-28T08:21:00

I really enjoyed that. There were some seaming problems during movement, and I wish it was longer.

An Infection's Journey by Solarhippo 2012-08-27T21:54:00

It was unclear how I was supposed to manage my cells.

FruitMon by 2Creative 2012-08-27T21:47:00

Nice art, but the game itself is very repetitive and unchallenging.

Dr. X's Rainbow Arena by TheChemist 2012-08-27T21:42:00

I was able to play your game because I have a 360 controller, but why don't you have keyboard support? This game would have been more playable for me (in my opinion) if you'd had keyboard movement and mouse aiming, and you'd probably be getting more plays and rates too.

I felt that using the controller triggers for firing was really redundant, and just autofiring towards the right stick location would have been nicer.

Good Morning World! by Viridi04 2012-08-27T21:36:00

The text didn't print instantly — which is a pet peeve of mine because I am a fast reader — and there were some errors like effect/affect, and I think I saw the wrong your/you're. There was a lot of text, and when you died you had to sit through all of it again and mash Enter to make it go faster.

Dawn by SteelRaven7 2012-08-27T10:03:00

Haha, great ending! Your art style is fabulous, and it played like an old-school point and click almost.

Bit-Craft Evolution by eyehawk 2012-08-27T09:51:00

That's the first time I've seen someone use noise for a starfield, and hopefully the last. :p It hurt my eyes after a while. Also, your game is the third Geometry Wars-style game I've played today that didn't have autofire, and I was unhappy.

Still, I played all the way to completion, so you're sitting on a good game here!

Constructilution by David Colson 2012-08-27T09:40:00

Your instructions lack specificity, and the building detection isn't transparent enough. "Make a building with logs as your main material." Cool, I'll just make two three-log walls with a log over the top. Doesn't work. :(

cosmic evolution by ttrkaya 2012-08-27T09:05:00

IT SOUNDS SO GOOD

I too would like this on my phone. I was kind of hoping that the way you answered the questions at the start would affect the sounds that were played, but I heard no difference.

Attack of the killer cute things! by Waynetron 2012-08-27T07:54:00

Great graphics and a lot of variety in the gameplay. I got fast tiny things that did 50 damage per hit. :/

Dusty Balls by Baburo 2012-08-27T07:48:00

Great concept! I would have liked for a light or a particle effect on spikes, though, so that you could see them in the corner of your eye.

DrumBeat Evolution!!!! by Crushenator 2012-08-27T07:42:00

Could not for the life of me run your game (Firefox 14.01). Left it to load in the browser for about ten minutes, then tried downloading the .jar (but it wasn't executable, of course).

Slimy Things Did Crawl by rhill 2012-08-27T07:30:00

To be honest, I think there were too many buttons and too many possible behaviours.

Candy Shop by foxor 2012-08-27T07:17:00

I am so incredibly confused about what I am supposed to be doing.

rEVOLution by TwilightFlandre 2012-08-27T07:15:00

I had a hard time connecting the theme to the game, and a less circuitous map generator would have been nice (although I am of the single-screen roguelike persuasion).

Harvest Doom by superstu 2012-08-27T07:10:00

It was hard to know what to do. You should have mentioned that it was a Plants vs. Zombies tower defence game, because I started planting stuff in horizontal rows before I even knew that zombies were crossing the screen.

Little City by Keevor 2012-08-27T07:06:00

I ran out of power while placing a house (three houses, one park, one power station already existing), and a big "Epic Fail" flashed up on screen. The real fail is that this message would not go away. :p I'm running Firefox 14.01.

Microraptor by robcozzens 2012-08-27T07:03:00

A shame you didn't get more done, it would have been interesting to see how you'd use this model.

Species by mappum 2012-08-27T06:49:00

Is there anything to do after you turn the lights back on, or are you just boned for all eternity with the Slender Man right outside the door and all? :p

Darwin's Odyssey by Edd Morgan 2012-08-27T06:41:00

I loved the 'extra' evolutionary stages, but stopped playing because the second stage after Modern Man (don't want to spoil other players) dragged on for too long. Still had a lot of fun, though, and I hope I didn't miss out on too much content by quitting early.

Infestation by jwin 2012-08-27T06:17:00

The ship movement is sloppier than you'd typically want for a game of this type (see Beat Hazard or Geometry Wars), which made it near impossible to play with any precision.

VENA (Viral Evolution: Nano Attack) by Dakota 2012-08-27T06:12:00

Like you said, an indication of what the power-ups did would have been nice, but it is a fun game anyway. Kudos on making it for GBA!

End Humanity! by SFX 2012-08-27T06:01:00

I played it for seven waves, and had quite a bit of fun. Maybe a bit too easy? I took speed upgrades and one melee upgrade and just steamrolled everything.

Advanced Evolutionary Tactics by Enneract 2012-08-27T05:43:00

I would have liked to play this without having to compile myself.

Tiny Life by Fejuto 2012-08-27T05:20:00

What does the player do?

Foodvolution by cobrajs 2012-08-27T05:17:00

I'm having a heck of a time downloading this. Could you stick it on Dropbox or something and update your description with the link?

Refuse Annihilator by netmute 2012-08-27T05:06:00

Excellent concept. It was rewarding to see the ships adapting to my preference. Autofire would have been nice.

the Fisherman by dagothig 2012-08-27T04:53:00

Maybe I'm just thick, but it took me a good minute or two of pressing keys before I realised that I needed to buy a sail and net and so on if I wanted to actually do anything. Giving the player these basic by default would have made more sense, but maybe you wanted the player to scroll through your different ship parts to see the variety.

AntiVirus by Galan 2012-08-27T04:37:00

Your Windows download link is identical to your Source download link. Is this intentional?

Star's Requiem by davisan 2012-08-27T04:24:00

I had some slowdown in the SHMUP bit (Firefox, overclocked quad core, 8GB RAM), and the movement sensation in the sidescrolling sections felt very loose. I would have liked to see more of your story if you had placed your text in a more prominent location (like middle-bottom, which is standard), and made it print instantly.

The evolution of Blocky by Digitalduck 2012-08-27T04:07:00

This reminds me too much of tamagotchis from my childhood. :p Great pixel art.

EvolBots (not EvilBots) by vigrid 2012-08-27T03:52:00

I think that the evolution theme contributed little to the game. By itself, the rolling-lots-of-balls-at-once mechanic is a really interesting one, and one that I'd be happy to play in a more abstract puzzle game.

NOAHS ARK 2 by racarate 2012-08-27T03:44:00

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NOAHSARK2.exe - System Error
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The program can't start because DevIL.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
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OK
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FronSkratx by muh_h 2012-08-27T03:42:00

Very innovative! I really enjoyed the concept.

Gravallax by Entity2d 2012-08-27T03:29:00

I found this really, really difficult. Some balancing and playtesting would have helped to tweak it for players.

TOWER of Evolution by SiENcE 2012-08-27T03:16:00

All of the characters and all of the hazards blended into the background, and it was very difficult to see anything.

Survuzzle by Jojo 2012-08-27T03:12:00

Is it possible to win by going to the right at all?

PixelVolution by darokin 2012-08-27T02:09:00

I wanted to play more. :(