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Hollow Shell

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun4083.19
Graphics4963.25
Humor5792.41
Audio6022.67
Overall6323.11
Mood7772.74
Theme10402.51
Innovation11002.25

Comments

spotco 2014-04-28 07:50

Really well animated and polished, wish there was more content (other enemies, etc)

drmelon 2014-04-28 20:26

Nice little game. The camera moving when you turn is useful, but feels a bit weird.

longshorts 2014-04-28 20:26

Best thing about this was that it feels really good to shoot the gun. The camera shake coupled with the recoil is a really nice touch!

thx4nothing 2014-04-28 20:28

It is a nice game but it is hard if they from both sides. I also like the effects of the bullets :)

pighead10 2014-04-28 21:03

A bit simplistic and repetitive. The graphics were nice - coincidence that they are identical to the ones recommended on the juice it or lose it video?

mortl8324 2014-04-28 21:08

Awesome game. A bit annoying that it doesn't shoot the direction you are moving. while it does allow you to kite, there isn't much space for it, and they die fast anyway.

hexabeast 2014-04-28 22:57

I love the head of the player, he looks great! ;)

otato 2014-04-28 23:01

Really nice feel to the shooting. Only issue I had was that I couldn't tell how much damage I had taken/could take before I died.

kragnir 2014-04-30 10:14

It seems like there is no ending in this game, it would be nice if it had one or at least had some score that was increasing while playing. The shooting is pretty nice once you understand how it works, the screenshift when you turn left to right is way to quick and caused me to feel a bit sick.

metanokid 2014-04-30 10:19

Pretty nice gameplay! Shoot recoil is something I wouldn't expect and it was lovely, including screen shake feedback.
Graphics fit perfectly and its animations gave it a really polished aspect.
Don't really think the theme is there but still, good job!

thorig 2014-04-30 10:21

Nice simple game.

diamond-crow 2014-04-30 10:49

Seems odly similar to the Vlambeer talk on the art of screenshake ;)

moist 2014-04-30 11:18

Thanks for comments, everyone!

As for similarity to the game presented in Vlambeer's talk... wall, I was heavily inspired by it, not gonna deny. :)

tititesouris 2014-04-30 12:41

Good game, gets a bit repetitive, I wish there was a goal to play for. Also, the spawning right next to a herd of zombie is impossible to dodge.

sheepolution 2014-04-30 13:09

Nice! But there wasn't really any variation. It was just shooting the zombies, which isn't very hard. Or did I die too early to notice the new things that come along?

nichii 2014-04-30 13:24

I like the graphic, nicely polished. The game is simple, and the different room every time you play makes the game less repetitive. But, I don't think you emphasized on the theme pretty much, only stating that the setting is underground, and the gameplay is pretty much plain. So yeah, good job on the game.

ccglp 2014-04-30 13:50

Shoot the gun feels well, very well, maybe some levels are too hard (Random generation?)

munkeebacon 2014-04-30 20:57

Game is polished pretty well! Nice job! Graphics are enjoyable to look at and the combat feels very satisfying. The only thing I'd suggest adjusting is how far your gun goes back when shooting, it almost looks like you're turning around! Great job though.

7hesama 2014-04-30 21:18

The relative intelligence of the enemies (climbing ladders/jumping) was much appreciated, but overall whether you won or lost depended a lot on the level that was generated, which was frustrating. I think you might have done better with a top-down viewpoint or some kind of extra objective.
Nice touch that if you backed up while shooting you didn't change your aim (though I forgot it a lot).
Decent graphics and SFX too.

baykush_figtree 2014-04-30 23:27

The way the hald after shot really builds up some tension. Great entry!

chronoberry 2014-04-30 23:29

I really like the random levels, and how awesome it felt to shoot the gun. I think my biggest frustration was not being able to turn while shooting

thegreentie 2014-05-01 14:28

I guess someone saw Vlambeer's "30 Tricks To Make Your Action Game Feel Better" ;)
Nice game.

blazingfanfish 2014-05-01 14:40

The game is simple, yet it's fun to shoot those undead. It got boring though because of the repetitiveness. Good game anyway. :)

kevlanche 2014-05-03 12:48

The game felt very nice. It felt like the gun actually had an impact. However; I miss a purpose in the game. I got to level 20 or so and it didn't seem like much of a difference to level 1, except bigger. I'd like to see a pre-determined set of levels (not randomly generated) and level 15 or so could be a boss. Then it would be a solid short little game :-)

tuxxilla 2014-05-03 12:54

I really enjoyed those falling bullet shells :)

copain 2014-05-03 12:56

polish. nice zombi sound. a little easy and repetitive.

gamertaters 2014-05-03 18:02

I really enjoyed this game. Easy to get into. The camera feels a bit jumpy when you switch sides; a little more easing on it would be nice. Some kind of health indicator for the player would be great too. I found myself wondering how close to dying I was a lot of times. Very cool game though. I really liked this one. Nice work.

crocantidepollo 2014-05-03 19:39

Love the details, like the recoil and shell casings. The camera movement it's too quick sometimes

illugion 2014-05-09 02:42

It's great to find someone inspired by vlambeer too ! I really liked the tiles in your game, they look really nice and the recoil really felt good. I like simple arcades like this :D The only big issue i had was with the screen shift when you turn backwards, it was really fast o.o haha

senordiablo 2014-05-13 17:37

Really loved the environment art. A very impressively full game. Nice work