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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoPoCmTeJoCo
201224EvolutionEvoWorldcompo6212.481.592.843.522.081.8752
200915CavernsCandlecompo213.613.224.023.674.073.882.823.4561
200914Advancing Wall of DoomManually Operatedcompo832.872.523.614.221.831.003.752.182.091.50

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Comments by Problem Machine

LD24 — Evolution

CritterLab by berkano 2012-09-04T08:35:00

Interesting- it's fun to spawn a population and watch them drift into a few different species. I enjoyed reading the description of the stats in particular, though, since our projects were so similar it was super interesting reading how you approached it.

Mad Scientist Monster Maker by frosty 2012-09-11T06:27:00

Cool game, but I accidentally lasered a scientist and made the second level unwinnable. Maybe killing a scientist could spawn another scientist in a random building?

Dragonom by Kinokochan 2012-08-28T09:54:00

Beautiful assets, though there's not a lot of meat to it.

The Best Dinosaur by TomSmizzle 2012-09-03T08:28:00

I was briefly the second best dinosaur. I'm going to have to console myself with that fact.

Far From Earth by Ramikaze 2012-08-28T14:51:00

Fun little tower defense kind of thing. First time I played I ended up making like 300 archers, which seemed super effective but slowed the game to a crawl. After that I tried making military units and snipers which seemed a lot less effective. Balance might not be great.

EverWorld by KageToraNoTsume2 2012-08-30T08:29:00

Could not run: "The Device is not Ready"

Feesh. by Teejay5 2012-08-28T09:42:00

A nice, pretty little game. I really like the minimalistic aesthetic here. Sound would add a lot to the experience, though.

Hot Damn that's a Lot of Blobs! by Geti 2012-08-27T02:59:00

Interesting, reminds me of Terraria. Hard to control though.

cuboidAI by JH 2012-09-04T08:46:00

Greyscreened here too. Windows 7, Radeon HD Mobility 5870.

Praepoch by Connor 2012-09-04T05:30:00

Really nice aesthetic, though I found the music a bit grating and everything was kind of tiny on my screen

I Am A Tree. You Are Not. Ha Ha. by angrygeometry 2012-09-04T04:49:00

Really cool strange experience. Reminds me of Space Funeral for obvious reasons.

Evo Space by edibletoaster 2012-08-27T03:08:00

Really neat, I like the feel of it and the reflecting bullets, but dodging enemies and attacks is very difficult.

Lenimentus by firehand94 2012-08-30T08:47:00

Kind of fun. I found myself ignoring the whole weakness chain in favor of just upgrading one weapon to max and clearing the hallways with it, and played about 10 minutes that way wrecking face before I got bored.
Lots of screen flicker when I move around, though. You should look into double buffering.

Evolution by nosfer 2012-08-27T03:00:00

This game will haunt my nightmares

EvoWorld by Problem Machine 2012-08-27T11:04:00

There unfortunately isn't much inter-species interaction since they're all herbivores. They will run away from each other when they see each other and stick closely to others of the same species, but that's it. I've updated the game's description with a run-down of what all the stats do and a few notes on the AI (in the post-mortem), so it should be clearer from now on.

Constructor by link2x101 2012-08-27T03:47:00

I really enjoyed this one. Though it's kind of frustrating not knowing exactly what the buildings do at first, it's fun deciphering it via trial and error. The music is super relaxing too, and it looks nice. Excellent.

Constructor by link2x101 2012-08-27T04:13:00

Oh, also, minor nitpicks in that you can't see what the occupancy status of a house is and once you have a winning set up you still have to wait a long time to win (assuming winning is even set up, I'm not going to wait it out). Also apparently my buildings get randomly destroyed with no explanation sometimes.

Constructor by link2x101 2012-08-28T09:57:00

It would have been nice if once I had more money than I owed I could pay the whole thing off. I had 172000/171000 by year 31 and I wasn't going to wait the extra 69 years to see the ending XD