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Eye of the Basilisk

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness298
Audio1773.37
Fun2103.41
Humor3033.08
Overall3323.28
Theme4053.49
Graphics5332.95

Comments

flygamer101 2015-08-24 03:12

Really nice graphics and models :D Laser Eyeballs! I liked that you had to regen health by eating mice.

sepharoth213 2015-08-24 03:30

Nice entry! I like the concept and the execution. I found that the game was constantly dropping my inputs and making me move in random directions which was pretty frustrating. I also couldn't find any consistency in how the enemies ended up dying to my lazer eye beams.

The tune was really catchy though, and I liked the sound effects.

Congrats on the entry!

weazen 2015-08-24 03:37

Enemies seemed to clump up along the right wall for me. Used it to my advantage by getting multi-kills when they would hit a corner and then turn towards the left :)

fiveironfanatic 2015-08-24 03:40

There's a solid game idea here, and the graphics and sound definitely fit, but it's too easy right now. I got bored after 2 minutes because there wasn't any challenge. I wish I would've wanted to play longer!

pusty 2015-08-24 04:07

I am a laser shooting snake? AWESOME! :D

laddo-d 2015-08-24 04:08

very clever and fun

9-ar7k 2015-08-24 04:10

Honestly i didn't read the rules but once i figured out what was going on it turned out to be super fun. would play a mobile version on the train all the time. ^^ great job

ewchap 2015-08-24 04:38

Cool concept. Lots of fun to melt the wizards. Would be nice to have some difficulty ramp to it, but your foundation is awesome.

onlyslightly 2015-08-24 04:50

It was so satisfying to use the laser beam :D I loved how everyone was running in terror from you. It had a polished arcade-y feel. Great job!

watupdb 2015-08-24 04:51

Nice! I like the art. The input seemed a little wonky at times, but nothing that made the game unplayable. The laser seemed a little unreliable, but maybe I missed something - still super fun though!

hive-interactive 2015-08-24 05:08

Love the music :)

lowercaserho 2015-08-24 05:34

My favourite of the games I've played so far. Great stuff.

acerio 2015-08-24 05:47

I had a good laugh with the whole "eating mice" thing. This was great.

kcaze 2015-08-24 05:52

I liked it! The kill enemies by shooting them with laser beams was pretty funny and it makes for a pretty cool game mechanic too. Also, that description :P

markoburzan27 2015-08-24 06:15

great

cynicalmonkey 2015-08-24 06:52

died in about 4 seconds first attempt but made it almost 3 minutes on turn 2, plays really quickly and smoothly, very easy to pick up and satisfying when you can kill 3 or 4 at once

jeasonfire 2015-08-24 06:53

Very good. Nice graphics, fun gameplay, just overall a very good game! :)

jodizzle 2015-08-24 07:06

Really great submission. I think it's a nicely clever twist on the top-down, survive forever type game. The graphics and music were especially nice.

A couple things I noticed:
- The eye beams don't seem super consistent, both in terms of how you have to line up with the wizards and when the animation plays.
- The game feels pretty easy overall; I found that a lot of the time I was able to just stand in the corner and wait for a couple wizards to line up before turning to face them. Since the score is passively increasing, you could argue that it isn't that necessary to use the eye beams at all.
- Taking damage on impact is good, but in combination with my first point, this can lead to scenarios where an undying wizard is banging up against the player. Maybe have a single hit do more damage but also bounce the wizard and the player apart?

Overall though it's a fun submission!

elenesski 2015-08-24 07:09

(spoiler alert!) 57 million points and lasted almost 6 minutes. Could have gone on for hours. How'd I do it. I hung out in the corner ... almost the perfect defensible location. Could fix it by making it wrap around. Fit the theme really well. Good job.

archbang 2015-08-24 08:09

Cool little idea nicely done. Didn't encounter bugs. The graphics are fitting.

xeke_death 2015-08-24 08:41

Exploding wizards and witches with laser beams is always fun..! I liked the graphics, control was easy enough... Nice work...

uthamon 2015-08-24 08:47

Great entry, really like the attacking mechanics. It both looks nice and is executed well.

scottredrup 2015-08-24 09:10

This is a really original game mechanic that is excellently implemented! To take it further I would make the collisions a bit less harsh, especially when enemies can almost spawn on you, it makes dying too easy! Good fun though!

hiddendepthgames 2015-08-24 09:26

Most polished game I have played so far, really enjoyed the art and overall a very fun few minits of my life!

peterthehe 2015-08-24 09:33

Great graphics and laser eyes. Didn't expect a snake to have it though :)

geeitsomelaldy 2015-08-24 13:29

Once I figured out what was going on it was great. Could have done with more instruction though

zzcalvinzz 2015-08-24 15:08

pretty good... it's cool that they had to stare at you in order for your lasers to hit them

mantis 2015-08-24 18:27

Great game, loved it :)

uvwar 2015-08-24 18:44

Great! Love the animations and music. It might be fun if instead of exploding, everyone was paralyzed and they just kept filling up the room while more people opened a door or something to come in and check on where everyone was.

runedrake 2015-08-24 18:57

Wow, the points accumulate quite fast!

bradur 2015-08-24 18:58

The laser effect was awesome! Good music & sounds as well. Diagonal movement would have been nice though.

yamzho 2015-08-24 18:58

Very cool !

snooze82 2015-08-24 18:59

Nice one

reecpj 2015-08-24 19:01

Got a cool 3 million points! Fun though I couldn't figure out when the laser would fire

oldpeculier 2015-08-24 19:05

Okay, yeah, this is actually amazingly engrossing and fun. Simple yet clever. Hagwarts—nice.

robinerd 2015-08-24 19:09

I really like how you interpret the theme, and the look-into-eyes mechanic was fun. Music was a tad too chaotic perhaps.

jod 2015-08-24 19:54

Cool! Smooth gameplay, nice graphics. Would kinda help to have a goal (like, reach ten-thousand points or something).

kunonooni 2015-08-25 01:06

Haha! I loved that! lasted 106 seconds for a score of 2599176 :) Simple yet effective.

vividhelix 2015-08-25 03:19

wow, very interesting attack mechanic! well done! for some reason I don't see innovation here for rating? did you take that out? i think this is rather innovative...

druhinm 2015-08-25 07:55

Really nice graphics. The execution is pretty brilliant

peterkirk 2015-08-25 17:04

It was simple but fun. I liked the as them facing you, it made it interesting. Good work.

apc 2015-08-27 19:25

I liked the game. I thought the concept was really creative, and it really changed up the game play a lot.

crucknuk 2015-08-27 23:25

Oh I love this game! This is so arcade! The music is simple but very great! Maybe you can try to add a multiplayer for more fun!

pixlexia 2015-08-30 19:32

Pretty cool and simple mechanic that is executed well. The controls, the speed of the units and the enemy behavior are just perfect. Killing enemies with the laz0r eyebeams feels really satisfying!

Good job on the game!

– Alphonsus

bombjack 2015-09-10 19:45

quite difficult game but very original. I liked it.