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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

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!

Submitted

This was great! I think I stumbled across a convergence of spawn points, though, as I got to sit there for about 45 seconds and just swing merrily away and nab 89 birds!

Great work!

Submitted

Darwin is the coolest. Well designed.

Submitted

I liked it. i was not so good at sneaking though :) but i just ran around scaring the birds :) 

Submitted

I loved the sound of him coughing when he jumps. I died laughing here.

Submitted

I like how the old guy does front flips to catch birds. He is always coughing to death too!  I really like how Rob and Jess went off the theme.

Submitted (3 edits)

Great game. I enjoyed it, and great idea for the theme. The art was my favorite

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