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Dabug

By devark

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun174.05
Coolness1100
Overall473.91
Graphics604.10
Theme2103.91
Mood2383.31
Audio2713.18
Humor4672.60
Innovation8232.73

Comments

psyduckfreak 2014-12-08 02:01

good work man enjoyed layout and colors.

normalkarl 2014-12-08 02:18

Its great fun. The sounds work really well with the graphics. It great :D

swampie 2014-12-08 02:30

Very Charming!

loving the artstyle, arcade style gameplay is quite fun

chris-delta 2014-12-08 02:32

Looks and sounds nice, and the weapon upgrades keep it fresh!

sergilazaro 2014-12-08 02:39

That was fun and polished. Nice work! It just needs a repetitive soundtrack :)

kraln 2014-12-08 02:43

"Unexpected error occured while running the game"

devark 2014-12-08 02:50

Thanks for all the feedback! Glad you guys are enjoying it. :D

@krain, I've asked a lot of people to try the game out and none of them, including me, has gotten an error. Where did it happen and how?

solomaz 2014-12-08 02:54

Solid and polished!

sergilazaro 2014-12-08 02:55

I also got an error. It doesn't open the window right away, Windows shows an error screen, but the game opens anyway. And now the game also doesn't exit, not with Alt-F4, nor clicking the x in the corner. I have to kill it with Task Manager.

2014-12-08 02:56

Strong controls, great aiming and very well polished. Would buy /10

stevehb 2014-12-08 02:57

That's pretty good. I like that the score is in megabytes.

karlipoppins 2014-12-08 02:57

The web version links to Dabug.exe on dropbox?

ym 2014-12-08 02:59

15170 was my best score. It tails off and gets a little sparse between 5000MB and 10000MB with all three powerups (were there more?)

The graphics and sounds that are in there are nice, it has a very polished feel to it.

I was really hoping it would start using GB, TB and so on as my score got higher, it really felt like that was going to be a thing. Still, a great overall entry :D

devark 2014-12-08 03:03

@karlinpoppins, sorry fixed that now!

@YM, that actually sounds like a good idea. I had a lot more ideas for the campaign version but simply ran out of time. Hmm... the game should keep getting harder until around 30000, but if you reach that high it gets really hectic.

Thanks for all the feedback!

2014-12-08 03:07

The sound effects and graphics were quite nice. I appreciate how the bug goes fuzzy and has slight invincibility when it gets hit. There is a nice variety of obstacles and enemies to shoot down.

It's quite hectic at the start with all the splitters, and then goes insane at 15k+ when all the turrets spawn.
This game is very well done and very enjoyable, thanks!

2014-12-08 03:26

Lots of fun. This game gets really crazy really fast.

tuba 2014-12-08 03:48

Pretty fun and the pacing is very good. Great work! :)

prymidion 2014-12-08 03:55

Really great. Maybe add a few more powerups to give it a little more variety and make it more clear when a player loses a life. Overall awesome

2014-12-08 04:02

Very fun game, loved the mechanics and the animations. The sound effects were good, but they got old after a while. Really enjoyed the graphics as well. Didn't like the fact that the menu used keys for selection even though the game focused on using the mouse. It would have been great to see megabytes upgrade to gigabytes

nobuyoshi 2014-12-08 05:11

I liked the art style. Everything is so polished.
Really nice work!

mahalis 2014-12-08 05:29

This is my favorite so far. Graphics are superb, gameplay's great, and there's a lot of little details (like the countdown bars over the bombs) that make this feel really nice. The explosion sound is a little harsh, but that's a quibble. Great job!

sim00n 2014-12-08 06:12

This game is extremely well done starting from the graphics which are gorgeous, through the sound that is perfectly matched even all the way up to smooth, intuitive and good looking menus. A really outstanding entry. Good job sir!

stjahns 2014-12-08 06:17

Great visuals, really felt the explosions!

plauk 2014-12-08 07:27

Solid fun.

gameattack 2014-12-08 07:32

Smooth controls. Awesome graphics. I liked the variety of weapons. but all the enemies didn't felt very different. Maybe because of the sounds?

flatgub 2014-12-08 08:10

Great work!
The game felt really solid and was quite fun to play, the graphics were aesthetically pleasing and the sound was awesome, but it felt somewhat empty without a soundtrack. If you continue to work on this, I would definitely buy it!

littlethor 2014-12-08 08:10

Very nice looking game with a great retro/arcade ambiance. It needs a little more power-ups in my opinion.
Nice work!

maxyan 2014-12-08 09:58

Just awesome.

onilink_ 2014-12-08 11:36

18335 \o/
Cool game, but the progression is too slow :b

kalugny 2014-12-08 12:20

Very good game! So juicy...

peerplay 2014-12-08 14:00

Nice little game. I love the color palette!

domicuc 2014-12-08 14:31

Nice colors/nice game!:)

swedishbacon 2014-12-08 14:49

Really responsive! nice work!

koujaku 2014-12-08 16:28

I loved the slick controls! Slide-ey, yet very tight =D Might have been nice to have some variations on the explode sound effect~

edve98 2014-12-08 17:30

Very nice game, Only thing that might be missing is some background music. Nut still, one of my favorites!

grid96 2014-12-08 18:13

Awesome :D Like your graphical style, looks really professional, and sounds and gameplay fit together very well.

legiion 2014-12-08 18:30

Very cool Game, i really like the Art design and the fitting sound effects

terrytheplatypus 2014-12-08 18:46

Very fun and a great look! You should definitely do more with this one!

01101101 2014-12-08 18:55

Really cool and polished game :D It's a ton of fun to play and gets funnier the more upgrades you get. Nice work! :)

naufr4g0 2014-12-08 19:19

You made a really good work!
Game is polished and quite fun!

designernap 2014-12-08 19:55

I played a game earlier called "arena of cube" and it does something similar to this which I really appreciate. The ricochet! it makes it a lot more interesting and balanced. Good work!

tasteslikefuture 2014-12-08 20:48

Great sound and art! Gameplay is traditional arcade fun. Awesome job!

tonbery 2014-12-08 21:03

nice colors!!!!!!!!

HelkeGames 2014-12-08 21:46

Like the graphics! Well done!

rameshkannan 2014-12-08 22:44

yeah some what nice

bcsgame 2014-12-08 23:12

Simple and super effective. Really enjoyed it. Kinda slow difficulty curve (to me anyways :P ), but only slightly. Enough new obstacles/enemies to keep it interesting. Awesome job! - Brandon

tudd 2014-12-08 23:25

I have a feeling this game was inspired by real-life events haha.

Some objects appeared later on with a timer near them, what did those do? I couldn't really figure out what they did.

mdelally 2014-12-08 23:45

Really loving the art style. Good blend of retro gameplay and modern shine.

biscuitwizard 2014-12-09 01:57

Really fantastic layout! The graphics were absolutely beautiful and the screen shakes really added to the experience. Felt very polished!

trixton 2014-12-09 04:09

reminds me of Grid Wars, nice job

tomvert 2014-12-10 19:32

Very well polished game, good job.

robotic 2014-12-10 21:43

Nice and polished design. The progression might be a bit too slow (and the death sound of the ennemies was kind of annoying). Otherwise, great job :D

phocker 2014-12-11 03:05

flawless - well done sir - excellent use of theme, great graphcs and awesome gameplay

lynx 2014-12-11 04:15

I love that the score is in megabytes! The overall feel of this game screams cohesive design! Well done!

thopis 2014-12-11 04:27

Fantastic controls!Great overall!

oranebeast 2014-12-11 04:44

Lovely game with great graphics, would like a feature to convert megabytes to gigabytes tho.

kitch 2014-12-11 05:40

Nice polished artwork, and good amount of enemy/powerup variation. The "feel" just fit right in to the genre.

Little tip for accessibility and the WASD front for the future, some folks have different keyboard layouts, and some us us, like me unfortunately were born left handed. It's good to have the arrows, or at least alternatives, as an option. But not held against you :)

Good work.. Thanks!

lightsoda 2014-12-11 05:46

Very slick graphics, feels great to play too.

devark 2014-12-11 05:47

@Kitch, it was originally created for keyboard only (you can actually still use the arrow keys - it's just not part of the official controls), but following unanimous feedback from mates, the keyboard controls were scrapped for the current alternative, which received much better feedback.

I'm so stoked that everyone's mostly been enjoying this! Makes the sacrificed sleep worth it :p

pixel_3 2014-12-11 09:56

The game looks and feels like a dream. The explosion SFX were a little loud and perhaps the HUD should have it's own dedicated space instead of being overlayed. Otherwise great job!

-AlucardX60

cabezotta 2014-12-11 16:11

Nice entry! great art, good job!

tsabanski 2014-12-12 00:24

Totally agree that this was a solid, polished game. Definitely one of the ones that could carry on post-LD. :)

I love the name, Dabug! The graphics are VERY well suited and crisp. I started playing and found the controls to be really smooth and articulate. The player feedback was very satisfying, and I was really surprised when I was hoping to myself that there would be power-ups and more substantial abilities and suddenly, they appeared! :D Like my prayers had been answered!

I do agree that the explosion sounds are a little loud and jarring (I did have to turn down my volume a bit, as they were exploding my eardrums a little), and it needs a bit of background music, but that is my ONLY little teeny tiny gripe about it. The rest of it was really fantastic! :)

hypnoticbytes 2014-12-12 12:34

Amazing game, great graphics!!! Lots of fun!!!

zkenshin 2014-12-12 14:45

Really solid entry, nice job!

ynots 2014-12-12 20:33

NICE GAME...PACING IS GOOD..

csanyk 2014-12-13 04:06

Pretty good! Feels like a well polished arena shooter should. I'd only prefer a dual-stick control scheme, WASD + mouse never plays as well on a laptop trackpad for me. The sound effects are particularly well done.

apiotrw 2014-12-13 19:55

Nice graphics

kualitygames 2014-12-14 14:16

Saw this game during a twitch stream, very well done mate! Gameplay is smooth, enjoyable and fun. Good job.

taro 2014-12-19 23:30

Great game, amazing polish. Not sure the premise was all that necessary.