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Red Entity

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun224.06
Coolness370
Graphics324.47
Audio393.98
Overall413.98
Mood1373.61
Humor2522.74
Innovation4602.90
Theme6332.43

Comments

clownaround 2014-08-26 06:28

Cool game. All art was really good. Liked the mech, but would have been cool if it could do more. Great design.

mess110 2014-08-26 15:22

love the graphics

adventureislands 2014-08-26 15:22

Awesome graphics and fast-paced gameplay. The mech felt little underwhelming compared to what the girl could do. But overall very nice entry.

nylonica 2014-08-26 15:22

That was really fun!

vennril 2014-08-26 15:32

This is amazing! Great art, super solid gameplay, and overall just really polished. Had lots of fun :)

Please tell me you're making a full game out of this.

nichii 2014-08-26 15:34

I had a lot of fun playing this, the only thing problem with the game is that There were no instructions regarding what the GUI actually meant and the random weapon changes when picking up weapons without knowing them is kinda annoying. The mech idea was AWESOME seriously although I could spam it all the way making it kinda easy toward the end. Overall, its a really fun game to play :D

satyre 2014-08-26 15:41

Nice graphics and music. The mechanic is really appealing. I liked the power ups and the dashing.

priorblue 2014-08-26 16:26

Ah, i see you are using Dawnbringers 16 color palette, nice too see this colors in action. :D The pixel art style is very good.

purpleapes 2014-08-26 18:26

Fun!

headmade 2014-08-26 19:16

Excellent graphics and the game has a very vlambeerish feel (that's a good thing in my book).

But what does it have to do with the theme?

dan369 2014-08-27 02:03

Really fun game, great job!

jdavidson091 2014-08-27 03:03

Love it! Great music/graphics/style/control/aesthetic. Definitely derivative of other games in terms of gameplay, but the whole style had me

blurryroots 2014-08-27 04:16

Holy shit this rocks! Very cool graphics and animations. The sound effects pack a punch and the music is catchy. Although the connection to the theme is not entirely clear to me, I think you guys made a an awesome game.

alvivar 2014-08-27 06:27

Great game! The dash, the robot, pretty cool.

I think that shooting using the mouse cursor as direction could fit in this game. I found myself trapped in the caos wishing to shoot in all directions.

jjhaggar 2014-08-27 07:00

Art & music are fantastic! I also love the controls, but it would be much better if it had gamepad support... Well, nothing that "joytokey" can't solve ;) Great game, one of my favourites of the Jam, I hope you'll decide to make a full game out of this, cause I'd love to see this on Steam! :D

arzi 2014-08-27 08:34

Really nice little shooter. The art is top notch and the gameplay works (even if it felt a bit confusing at times for me personally).

namide 2014-08-27 12:39

So fun to play!

jishenaz 2014-08-27 18:06

Very cool game! The controls were a little difficult, but I got used to it. Her jumps aren't that high, but maybe that's intended. The mech is really nice, but I wasn't aware if there was a limit on how many times you can summon the mech. The mech itself was a little hard to control. The graphics and music were awesome.

shivur 2014-08-27 18:10

Fun action game!

racarate 2014-08-27 20:21

whoa

that was ridiculous

like a mix of aces wild + gunstar heroes

only complaint is that getting hit didn't feel like getting hit

that is, it felt like monsters/bullets were just gliding through me

and the gun sound was ehhh

but overall yeah

stepwise 2014-08-29 03:10

OH MY GOD HOLY SHIT.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

I can definitely see the influences here - I can feel some rocket knight, gunstar heroes, and a hell, even a bit of armored core with the mech's seriously destructive laser blade. You guys had the feel down pat, on top of an absolutely pumping soundtrack and incredible pixel art.

The rhythm of switching from melee use to special weapons (and timing mech transformation!) and the feedback of blowing up enemies was absolutely perfect. I have to admit I actually got goosebumps every time I laserbladed some enemy mechs.

Only comment I had was the connected worlds theme was a bit of a stretch, but hell, this is a 5* entry. Hats off to you guys for making this in 72 hours.

Nevermind playing more if you made more. I would buy this game no question if you made a full release.

tosic 2014-08-30 09:09

WOW, it was relly awesome I was like addicted to the game, it is so cool when I call the mech and he slashes through the enemies, I enjoyed it it is exactly the kind of a game that I like: Not too hard, not too easy, but gets you wanna play it, also popcorn enemy monologue at the end: L - O - L !!! :D

leafthief 2014-08-30 09:11

Good looking and well sounding game.
Often I didn't notice the correlation of getting hit and losing hp.

heychinaski 2014-08-30 09:17

Great fun and looks and sounds great. I never quite got the hang of the mech controls but I guess things were always pretty hectic at that point.

simonlarsen 2014-08-30 16:02

one of the best jam games this LD, the melee/dash feels just perfect! This is really a game that's all about the "feel", atleast in my perspective. Only thing i found a bit off is that the mech doesn't really seem that much better than the pilot. Either way, made multiple 10 round tries, still haven't completed it though :(

- Lukas, the graphics guy.

noffle 2014-08-30 17:19

Very impressive for only 72 hours. Awesome title screen, great in-game graphics and animation, solid sound effects and music, and a cute little ending sequence. Well done.

beardaneerz 2014-08-30 17:53

I love the "eurodance" style of the music and simplicity from arcade games ^^

kayz 2014-08-31 09:22

Really felt a bit like Gunstar Heroes with all those popcorn units exploding everywhere :).

gfm 2014-08-31 20:05

Amazing quality! The game is really polished!

But I almost didn't play as the mech. The pilot kick is too OP (and fun to use), so everything else was kind useless...
I fell like the game needs to be better balanced...

nicepenguins 2014-09-03 15:11

Nice Game, maybe a littlt bit confusing !

gladers 2014-09-03 21:34

Fun shooter!

mechabit 2014-09-05 22:49

Hey, you got an RPS article!
Cool game bro

resni 2014-09-05 23:48

Love the colours!

franklins-ghost 2014-09-06 09:28

One of the best looking games I've played this LD. Was fun to play and liked the different attack waves. Think you just need a bit more difference in gameplay between the mech and the normal player but overall an extremely polished entry, great music, great art.

moosefly 2014-09-11 19:56

Looks and feels nice, but the gameplay is honestly somewhat dull as it is. I guess the feel of progression just isn't there, since you're confined to a certain area and the enemies spawn in waves, which are indeed always a bit harder, but still pretty similar to the last wave. Not much to do but run and gun (hehe) around the stage at the moment. If only it had actual levels with bosses..!

Don't get me wrong though, it was a great entry!

Anssi@MooseflyGames

_rilem 2014-09-15 19:49

Really beautiful game. I found it very enjoyable. The music fits very well en you feel awesome while playing the game :D