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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 3 | 60 | | |
| Fun | 625 | 2.91 | | |
| Graphics | 775 | 2.74 | | |
| Humor | 852 | 1.85 | | |
| Overall | 888 | 2.86 | | |
| Innovation | 1034 | 2.41 | | |
| Theme | 1047 | 2.97 | | |
| Mood | 1065 | 2.32 | | |
Comments
norgg
2013-04-29 10:57
Cool! Got to 2,928,650 on stage 7.
The movement started off feeling kind of clumsy, but then it really grew on me and I got into it. I like the feel of this in general and the drag between fighting off the enemies and destroying the square.
I think it could do with some more urgency though, currently you can just dodge and fight off the bugs getting infinite health and points indefinitely, while gradually killing off the square. If you could only get health back from killing firewall blocks or if there was a timelimit on rounds it'd give a bit more incentive to target the square at more risk to your own health. In the end I just let myself get destroyed.
beshr
2013-04-29 11:45
Fun game! Control feels a little bit awkward, but like what @Norgg said, it kind of grew on me as well. Still, would've preferred a regular WASD UP/LEFT/BOTTOM/RIGHT controls :)
Those damn bugs are fast :P
kannas
2013-04-29 13:17
The trick is learning how to use the boundaries to bounce around. Glad you guys like it xD
maxgun
2013-04-29 14:19
Looks good and quite fun to play but had to change keyboard layout to play it properly. An alternative left-right-up keys would've been nice. Good job anyway :)
This game is wild, it gets very crazy very quickly. I don't know if I wasn't hearing anything because of my computer or if it was the game, but if it was the game it would have benefited a lot from a little audio
Totally ok game. Would have liked to see some more eyecandy, that would had made it really cool.
zairon
2013-04-29 18:20
I have the same issue with the controls, but they never grew on me :0
It is fun though, and I like the bouncing around. Once I got the hang of moving around it kind of didn't have any real incentive to finish the win condition. Good game though!
jools64
2013-04-29 18:33
This was a solid fun game to play and very pretty visually.
I found the controls quite interesting and different once I got used to them.
The only real fault would be the lack of any other enemy types. (From what I ran into. I got to stage 5.)
It would have been nice to have seen some variation. Also some sound would have been nice. ;)
Awesome game, well done!
cmayhem
2013-04-29 18:36
377800 points. I really like the controls, makes it very fun. There doesn't seem to be much reason to go for the black square though, you can just rack up points by shooting the bugs.
This was a lot of fun - I really liked having a primary objective in the stage as opposed to just killing so many bugs or surviving for a certain amount of time.
I actually really enjoyed the controls - had an asteroids kind of feel - but I wish that there was a way to move backwards as well. Great entry!
I liked the really wild movements, especially the bouncing. By late in the game, I never stopped moving and just kept my finger on the 'go' button. I wonder if you could have gotten away with removing the option to stop.
I liked switching my attention between the main goal and fending off enemies, though I agree that the amount of health pickups made it a bit too easy to just stay alive and gain points.
Score 541000!
Once you release your inhibitions and start going REALLY REALLY fast and firing nonstop it gets really fun! Took me a bit to realize that, though :)
Link appears to be down at the moment...
fun game to play, a bit hard to control! :)
Solid as hell, I actually quite like the bouncy walls and stuff, makes the whole thing feel really chaotic and well... great :) Good job.