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Hexshaper

By excaliburjs

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Overall2393.58
Innovation2663.42
Fun3143.38
Graphics3213.73
Humor4952.53
Mood5713.07
Audio5732.72
Theme6923.13

Comments

subpixel 2016-04-19 06:31

That was neat! Absorbing bullets is always a weird unsettling feeling. Works well with the theme.

mrmegawatts 2016-04-19 11:43

Nice! Good graphics ;)

psyxose 2016-04-19 13:45

Very good game. Innovative, fun and very nice graphics. I really liked it.

mikedirl 2016-04-19 20:55

Enjoyable game, good idea and use of theme.

sudorossy 2016-04-19 21:03

Love it! Pretty difficult, and I liked absorbing the bullets!

leftright92 2016-04-19 21:12

Difficulty curve was a bit steep, but clever idea

kappaix 2016-04-19 21:15

Gets pretty frantic with 3 portals, couldn't work out whether the best strategy is to let the enemies build up to shut them quicker, or try and clear the screen! These are fun decisions to make!

Well done!

kopo 2016-04-19 21:16

I liked it :>, makes me thinks of Slip
Pretty hard tough

bigmangames 2016-04-19 21:17

Unique take on a bullet hell game, has some strategy to it. If you wanted to expand this, you could perhaps do multiple levels and add environmental puzzle elements which would limit your ability to get around the map.

pulsorhd 2016-04-19 21:25

Really fun and difficult, liked the graphics, sound effects were nice, sadly no music. Good job, promising game if you continue making it.

kalm004 2016-04-19 21:47

Good job! I love the graphics.

qaterknan 2016-04-20 12:01

I really like the bullet absorbing mechanic. It creates interesting dynamic - on the one hand I need to kill monsters to keep the game beatable on the other hand I need them to seal the portals. I would add different AIs to each enemy class - now they all tend to create a dense flock that is practically invincible... Fun game nonetheless!

xandy 2016-04-20 21:35

absorbing the bullets/enemies is very uncommon but a neat change of mechanics, maybe better explain that part of the mechanics. besides that the game was very fun and especially with 3 portals open challenging and fun

bazkur98 2016-04-20 22:20

Neat concept! My only issue is I think the instructions could have been a bit more clear but otherwise not to bad. I never could make it past when the triangles were added but I probably just suck ;)

weeping-rupee 2016-04-21 00:13

The character sprite is great. A little background music never hurts :)

excaliburjs 2016-04-21 02:12

@PulsorHD @Weeping Rupee There were a couple of small bugs that made the background music very quiet or not play at all. Everything should be fixed now!

2016-04-21 17:00

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

norseware 2016-04-21 23:00

I really enjoyed playing this one! Clever, and very unique. For added difficulty (I never died and stopped because of repetition), you could make it where if you flying to a wall,floor/ceiling, you'd get hurt too. Also, it would have been nice to have a bar or something indicating the life of the portals. But those are merely suggestions. I'm impressed, this must have taken a lot of work! Nice job! :)

djfariel 2016-04-21 23:04

One of the better entries I've played. Great job.

excaliburjs 2016-04-21 23:11

@norseware Thanks! The bars below the player health fill up as you collect enemy projectiles, and disappear when you close each portal. We'll definitely be looking at the difficulty curve in the post-jam version.

dvdagames 2016-04-21 23:41

The game escalates to a very challenging level pretty quickly. It was fun, though.

The visuals were pretty nice. I'll have to find a controller lying around to test the game out with that control scheme, I'm wondering if it will feel better flying around with an analogue stick instead of a mouse click.

soulbound 2016-04-22 01:31

Interesting and challenging. I love the art and the animation.

yumeito 2016-05-06 21:09

Nice little game :)