Darwinia Demo Out!

Maus · January 2005

I'm far too lazy to write a bit about it, even though it's a game I've been salivating over for many months, so here's the mailout they sent, and a screenie:

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Greetings from Introversion Software!

We are very pleased to announce that the Playable Demo of Darwinia is now
available for download from our site. The demo contains a single level of the
game - the Pixel Mines - and will give you a wonderful flavour of the game. We
really do hope you enjoy it. Please show it to all your friends and tell
everyone you know about it...we need your help to spread the word.

<a href='http://www.darwinia.co.uk/downloads/' target='_blank'>http://www.darwinia.co.uk/downloads/</a>

If our site is too busy, try this mirror:
<a href='http://www.3dgamers.com/games/darwinia/downloads/' target='_blank'>http://www.3dgamers.com/games/darwinia/downloads/</a>

The game will be launching on 4th March 2005. If you can't wait until then, you
can pre-order it from our site and we will aim to ship it to your house by that
day. This really is the quickest and safest way to get the game...pre-orders
will be handled in priority to normal orders.

<a href='http://www.darwinia.co.uk/store/' target='_blank'>http://www.darwinia.co.uk/store/</a>

Have fun!
Chris, Mark and Tom
Introversion Software

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<img src='http://www.darwinia.co.uk/screenshots/image5_medium.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

DY357LX · January 2005

Did Introversion make that computer hacking simulation game?

I can't remember what the hell it was called now.
Thats gonna bug me all night.

EDIT: It was called "Uplink" !

Downloading the Darwinia demo now - looks good.

Rellix · January 2005

Not heard much about it other than its gonna be cool and from the guys that made uplink so definitly worth a gander.

esuna · January 2005

Well it's quite cool, but it really throws you in without any explanation what you're doing, what you need to do, and so on, even the help system is little help at all.

iFire · January 2005

Omg this was the game I wanted to beta for <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

Maus · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (esuna @ Jan 21 2005, 09:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well it's quite cool, but it really throws you in without any explanation what you're doing, what you need to do, and so on, even the help system is little help at all.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
True, but you can pick it up pretty swiftly:

1) make squaddies to blow up arrow beasties with
2) harvest the souls from destroyed beasties with engineers
3) make officers to tell darwinians (created from souls) where to go, e.g. to operate the refinery

And your objectives:

i) start the refinery
ii) mine some primitives (to get to the mine island you can either cross the water with an engineer or align the radar dishes to teleport squaddies over), by making darwinians and telling them to work in the mine
iii) clear out the other island and capture the processor plant thingy

Job done.

Rellix · January 2005

Could use some music in it.

Seems pretty cool, dont know if id fork out the 30quid there askin for.

Leaderz0rz · January 2005

i can't even get on teh site to figure out what kind of game it is, or even see screenshots O.o

panda_de_malheureux · January 2005

<a href='http://www.darwinia.co.uk/about/screenshots.html' target='_blank'>http://www.darwinia.co.uk/about/screenshots.html</a> working fine for me. Grab the demo, very good fun once you get the hang of it. Go on my darwanians, frollock in the fields <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

esuna · January 2005

I have to say, i like it, but one thing it needs is easier control of selecting and ordering units. Too often i found myself missing the souls for my harvesters or accidently directing the wrong units to the wrong place. The alt-tab method was a bit dodgy, especially with no overview or map to properly make sure you had the correct process selected.

But on the whole, it's different, and it's quite fun really.

UnderDOG · January 2005

Seems to be alot of fun, but I'm having trouble. Is there anyway to kill those floating guys that seem to be laying eggs that hatch into arrow guys?

panda_de_malheureux · January 2005

Either toss grenades [left click while shooting] or draw a rocket / airstrike and attack the same way. A few explosions should easily kill it. The hard part is the spideys <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Venmoch · January 2005

Uh I played the demo, completed the mission.

And then brought it.

Oops.

Scythe · January 2005

I agree it needs a clearer indication of what you've selected, perhaps a ground aura of some kind. Mighty fun game! I daresay multiplayer would be a blast.

--Scythe--

Venmoch · January 2005

The squad control reminds me so much of Cannon Fodder. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Align · January 2005

It's identical, in fact... very short level though, and none of the "prettiness" that were in the screenshots :|

Tequila · January 2005

I love how it's very much an 'Indie' game, made by a development team composed of bedroom coders and the like. A nice spit in the face of EA and other capitalist nasties.

Maus · March 2005

Full game is out today. Hop to it people, <a href='http://www.darwinia.co.uk/store/index.html' target='_blank'>save them!</a>

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PC Gamer: 90%
PC Zone: 84%
PC Format: 90%

Align · March 2005

Hmm, have to persuade my father into using his card to buy this...

Venmoch · March 2005

I would...

But my game ain't arrived yet <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

panda_de_malheureux · March 2005

After a while of playing that demo I started to feel sorry for the poor little virus things <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />
Thanks for the update though.

Scythe · March 2005

<-- full version owner.

This is grand!

--Scythe--

Cold_NiTe · March 2005

Been there done that. Like crushing little people. Love lemmings. End game.

Darwinia Demo Out!

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