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A jam submission

Darwin's FinchesView game page

Help Charles Darwin catch finches to prove the Theory of Evolution!
Submitted by Bryrant — 3 days, 21 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#203.5333.533
Design#213.3783.378
Artistic#223.9333.933
Overall#233.4003.400
Gameplay#293.0893.089
Technical#403.0673.067

Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Fast, frantic and had a blast catching finches. Some seemed rarer than others, but I still caught plenty. Great work! If you continue the game, it might be interesting to see other scientists trying to disrupt your effots and disprove the theory! I could see asymmetric PvP local multiplayer being a thing...

Submitted

If anyone told me that today I would be playing the role Charles Darwin who decided to be the next spiderman, I would not have believed them.

And yet, here we are - the wall jumping, speedy net slinging devilishly handsome Charles Darwin, here to rob the Galapagos of all it's finches XD!

Very fun, managed to get 7177 on the first go round, awesome job!

Submitted

It's not a bad game with interesting mechanics except wall jump. It was so hard and awkward to use.

Submitted

I love the animation of using the net in mid air. xD

All in all, pretty fun game, though the wall jump was a bit awkward to use.

Submitted

Really liking this one.
Your little Darwin player character is so cute and his grunts are very entertaining. There is still life in his old bones yet!
Your gameplay is pretty original. Gives me Ape Escape vibes. Lovely!
The art is crisp and bright, suiting the game well.
However, the controls are bit rough. Jumping gives me vertigo.
But still, a very fun and whimsical game! Good job.

Bonus points for the trumpet music.

Submitted

I loved cornering the birds and getting like 5 in one swipe! I love the idea of Darwin wall jumping collecting animals, like a fitness god. The game was fun and the art was great. Nice job!

Submitted

I want to believe that this is an accurate depiction of what really went down over there :D Loved the art and sounds!

Submitted

The jumping was a little janky but it was still fun flipping all over the place. What I learned today is I am horrible at catching birds.

Submitted

Very nice art! The theme felt a bit tagged on, but the game was decent. I had fun catching finches :D

Submitted

I especially loved the sound effects of the game.

Only problem with it was the jumping in my opinion. It was way too fast and it was really hard to do the wall jump as well.

Otherwise great game.

Submitted

Darwin is surprisingly agile for his age, loved the flips he is doing while jumping :D

Submitted

well made and fun :p

I really like the humor, the character sprite is really expressive and it's really a hilarious take on the theme to actually play as Darwin and have him platforming walljumping and all... in his old age XD

The catching mechanics are also well done, i like the fact that if you don't sneak around the birds do react and fly away, and it's nice to see the exact range of the net with the right click.

If i had to nitpick i'd say the only issue i had was the walljump mechanic, it feels a bit odd to pull of consistently, so this made the tutorial really hard since you have to do it to move on to the next part of the level.

Other than that it's solid overall and i had a good time playing it. Good job :)

super polished - great style and music, and maybe I missed it, but lacking left handed mouse support made it difficult to play

Submitted

the game and art are cool but i don't think it's fitting with the theme

Submitted

Fun game which really fits with the theme. My only pet peeve was that in some parts, the pixel scale was not respected.

Submitted

Great game!! Really fun take on the theme. There are a few gameplay elements which could be polished further, but other than that this is a great submission!

Submitted

Very nice tounge in cheek Darwin expedition. I hope this was what Darwin was doing in real life. Nicely done!

Submitted

nicely composed and very consistent. i like it! :-)

Submitted

Lovely art and a lovely feel.  Great game

Submitted

sorry but I can't help it,

gotta catch em all!

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