khahem 2014-12-08 15:26
I like the constraint of firing to the right while enemies are a bit everywhere, it makes it more strategic.
The different type of bullets were confusing though.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD31 → Blondmare
By razieliyo
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 75 | ||
| Fun | 485 | 3.16 | ||
| Audio | 547 | 2.73 | ||
| Mood | 641 | 2.85 | ||
| Overall | 644 | 3.12 | ||
| Graphics | 738 | 2.79 | ||
| Innovation | 1025 | 2.37 | ||
| Theme | 1177 | 2.31 |
I like the constraint of firing to the right while enemies are a bit everywhere, it makes it more strategic.
The different type of bullets were confusing though.
The controls could be made more responsive. It takes too long between pressing a key and the character moving. The bullets are too fast to dodge without these controls.
I see I got 3 different kinds of bullets but I don't know the difference between them, plus , they recharge over time, so I just shot all of them at once. You could add some sort of strategical value to each bullet or give them in powerups. Or just let all of them on all the time because it looks cool.
The things that recover health look evil. They don't look like the kind of thing you could try to touch, so I avoided them unknowingly. Maybe if you changed their color or something you could make them look like they are good things for the player.
The health indicator is too small. It takes too much effort/time to see how much health I have left. Maybe it could be made more obvious?
Many things to improve but I like the direction where this is going, it was fun to play and neatly well made :D
Fun! I didn't quite understand the difference between the different bullet types, and it seemed like sometimes it would switch randomly on me (or maybe when I got hit?). It got pretty hard after a while! I enjoyed it, good job!
Did not fully grasp the elements. Just had it on 4 and mashed like hell, fun - but a bit confusing.
Congrats on completing a game in time for submission! I like the different types of enemies and ammo. Leaves a lot of gameplay options and choices open to the play. Also, I didn't think the music was as bad as you said it was.
I think the biggest issue is the controls. They aren't responsive enough for quickly dodge enemies like you need to in these games. Also, some hit reactions would help me realize when I'm getting hit.
Cool game but I don't like the floating eyes!
Nice variety of enemies! The game got pretty hard, but the triple gun system was interesting. Is there any reason not to use all three at the sam time, though?
Nice concept! The floaty movement makes it much harder than I expect.
The idea of switching different weapons on and off is neat. The music was really loud with no way to mute it on my computer that I noticed, however.
I appreciate the feedback very much, really!
@khahem: added a little description of bullets, you are right, it wasn't explained.
@Leo: as I told you at irc, I'll take all those points one by one when the voting is done, thanks for the in depth feedback! ;)
@madlee: I edited the description to clarify the weapon thing. I hope it's clearer now.
@RyanNielson: yep, you're right, I also feel the lack of knowing when you're hit. And the responsiveness is definitely an aspect to improve! :)
@Hempuli: well, at first I was going to let just one kind of bullet at the same time, but next I added a consumption bar for each and let every weapon be enabled at the same time. I also thought on letting several options of each weapon, but finally didn't get to that. That's a point I also thought for a while, thanks for the feedback!
@GAFBlizzard: yep! I also got that complain from other people. I'll have to change that too. Thanks for letting me know!
Really, thank you all for your comments, I appreciate all the feedback and hope to get more of it! =)
The responsiveness of the controls are certainly an issue when compared to other horizontal shooters. Also I noticed that you can move outside the screen. Despite all that I think for a first entry this is quite well done and most importantly (or what I consider important) it is a fun game to play.
Graphics is awesome! So dynamic gameplay. My opinion overall 5!
Thanks for your comments! and don't doubt I'll change them when the LD is over, since I think I can't change them now.
To be honest, I thought a little on that when developing, and thought that the lack of responsiveness would be a "feature" that would make it more challenging. I obviously failed, it needs to be a little more responsive.
Again, thanks for the feedback!
Very cool game! I like different types of weapons and how they all shoot differently from one another. The music was nice and that eye enemy was creepy! I would have probably preferred less floaty up and down movement since it was sometimes hard to dodge enemies even though I had a lot of time to react. Well done!
I enjoyed playing this. I liked the choice of bullets and the way that you could select all of them at once, however they recharge fast enough that it seems like I do the best if I just have all of them selected at all times so maybe some balancing is needed. I really liked the music as well. I found the controls a bit too floaty which made it hard to dodge things, you gain height very slowly as well. I saw a bug where the tentacle monsters appear for a moment then disappear again.
Responsiveness thing appears again! :D And @JoshuaBurr, yes, I have to fix that bug when the voting is over, it's a little unpleasant.
Very nice first entry!Floating movement makes it hard but eventually challenging.Keep up!
The mechanics in this game are pretty neat. The audio is probably the thing I disliked most, the graphics were fine though, as it was consistent.
nice game