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JaJa's Bizarre Transformer

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor174.19
Coolness1100
Fun433.98
Audio573.96
Overall663.96
Graphics814.31
Mood1533.69
Theme4653.44
Innovation5123.10

Comments

magicagrilsdoinggamesforsenpai 2016-04-19 01:56

Pretty cool concept.
And great reference.

luvshape 2016-04-19 03:06

I had a great time playing the game! Amazing and hilarious character design! Good job, looking forward to seeing more from you!

vapgames 2016-04-19 03:39

Tha best.

wisedawn 2016-04-19 03:46

Well, I am speechless. In a good way.

wg_phancock 2016-04-19 03:58

Interesting idea with the bouncing bullets - you kind of end up creating your own bullet hell if you're not careful.

Also, LOL.

pogo 2016-04-19 03:59

I don't know what I just played but I loved it.

afruth 2016-04-19 07:38

Twisted idea, love the implementation.

gyfis 2016-04-19 07:41

Great characters and overall graphics, well thought behaving of bullets... I enjoyed this a lot! Well done and thanks!

le_sarus 2016-04-19 07:45

I had a lot of fun playing this, great job!

serp 2016-04-19 07:45

That was pretty damn awesome. I couldn't stop grinning.

roadtosalvation 2016-04-19 07:46

Soundtrack didn't seem to fit gameplay. Dying/hitting sfx overlapped a lot and got loud. Gameplay got unbeatably hard by the end. Sometimes controls would stop working and couldn't switch shapes. Fun gameplay overall, good feel. Art potentially offensive in it's nature, watch that.

kenzierocks 2016-04-19 07:46

I feel like I'm missing some reference, but despite that this was an excellent game. It took me a while to figure out that my bullets were bouncing, but after that I really had to focus on accuracy, which was a strange change from normal bullet hell. I also liked that you could shoot a bunch of deliberate misses, use the shield/megalaser, and reabsorb them for massive damage. Overall a great game, and I loved the character and enemy design.

usonchen 2016-04-19 10:09

Full of energy after play! Just ignore all the factors, the whole game is very fun! Good job!

marod 2016-04-19 10:56

So funny and ridiculous bizarre, nice game!

monaarc 2016-04-19 11:13

AWESOOOOOOOOME ! The reference, the graphics, the music, the challenge are very good and the boucing bullet hell is thebest part of it :D

bubsypoochies 2016-04-19 11:22

Very nice old school arcade feeling, love the scanlines and image noise effect. A bullet hell shump with great quirky humour!

siryakko 2016-04-19 11:38

OMG what a game! The look and feel are awesome, the music as well. Digging it and quite jealous of it :)

mrmegawatts 2016-04-19 11:40

Good game! Escpecially sound

teke 2016-04-19 11:42

Nice work

mar3k 2016-04-19 11:45

Really nice game! Good job

robber 2016-04-19 11:46

freaky good, got style!!

thomz12 2016-04-19 11:46

Super fun game! Graphics are amazing, well done!

gillenew 2016-04-19 11:49

hahaha great game!
Extreme shmup bullet hell literally

I confess that when I died, I was willing to play again, I think that something very good for a game, well done :)

wan 2016-04-19 11:54

Awesome game, the graphics in particular are an epic win :)

Plus you just made me discover this strange Rainbow Dragon Eyes thing, of which the track you picked is indeed CC-licensed, nice find!

If I had to nitpick something, the allowed angles for shooting feel a bit arbitrary, and caused me some frustration when aiming. Opening it to [-90;90] could have helped?

wan 2016-04-19 11:55

(NB. I didn't rate your Audio since the music wasn't made during the jam)

chipcaramel 2016-04-19 11:56

Excellent Work! Not sure why you opted in for voting on Audio, though.

pelvicthruust 2016-04-19 12:02

Damn, this is funny. Had a great Time plying. The only negative thing i can find is, that it's over too soon XD
And shoot direction is hard to see with all the colors and stuff.

reckhou 2016-04-19 12:20

@Wan I've tried to set aim angle to 90 degrees but it will make bullet bounce directly towards you in a small area, and it will be very hard for players to dodge, so a limitation is needed.

Thanks for mention the audio, I will remove it from voting.

ocarson 2016-04-19 12:28

Good game all around, if only I could oraoraora, or stop time.

terrabalt 2016-04-19 12:36

I don't know what the hell i just played
but i loved it

crimson713 2016-04-19 12:36

Great game. Graphics, music, gameplay, everything. I loved it till the end. The only thing I can suggest is maybe relax the shooting angle limits a bit? It is too restrictive and it felt like the controls were weird until I realized about the restriction.

p4nurge 2016-04-19 12:49

I have to admit that I have no idea what the reference other players have mentioned is, but I certainly enjoyed this a lot! Great art style, awesome gameplay, fantastic overall mood and feel. My favourite entry so far!

kalm004 2016-04-19 12:54

Really cool game, have a good laugh with it

drkr 2016-04-19 13:09

Really solid fun and crazy, everything works well together. The enemies are also pretty... menacing ;)

yoel1234 2016-04-19 13:20

that was fun and also very funny when the tight pants men slide trough the screen,and the music also fits the bullet hell, i love bullet hell.
was fun and easy to play and get into,i liked the end animation too.

anaguilefdez 2016-04-19 13:40

Clever mechanic idea. I love the art and the audio. Main character strongly reminds me to Old Spice ads

david-cookie 2016-04-19 14:39

I didn't understand at first that our bullets bounce back, creating one of the maddest manic shooter I've ever played xD The design and title are hilarous, and the music is catchy but doesn't really fit the game imo.
Other than that, it's a very good entry! :D

edocentrique 2016-04-19 14:49

Much fun !

2016-04-19 15:39

Great graphics but mechanically weak:D
It was Painfully fun and enjoyable!:D Thanks for the great work!

thiagowaw 2016-04-19 16:10

Good artstyle and idea !

leom 2016-04-19 16:43

Very nice<
The graphisms are hilarious and the music loop keep us in the game.
Thanks for the free unlimited continues, that's a good idea for the tests :p

nesferjo 2016-04-19 16:51

Oh my god, this is crazy!

fafastudio 2016-04-19 17:22

Probably the best game i tried so far, very nice !

vururia 2016-04-19 17:43

Thanks for the nightmares. 10/10

kestrelgames 2016-04-19 17:45

Simply hilarious. The scanlines/warped-tv effect really add to the visuals.

luquio 2016-04-20 00:56

this is madness, not sure why it reminds me of sparta :P

oxysoft 2016-04-20 01:27

LMFAO

tmpxyz 2016-04-20 02:01

Could add more bizarre poses. :D

arvydas 2016-04-20 02:46

Oh wow, what did I just play? haha fun game actually! I like how you're "bullets" ricochet back at you and can hurt you. Good work!

smilingcat 2016-04-20 03:46

Intense... Bizarre... Stayed for the end... great job, congrats!

2016-04-20 04:11

Ok... what just happened?
Really weird entry, in a great sense! I do however found some problems mechanically, as mentioned above: the movement felt a bit constrained, and more freedom would be really welcome.

Hey, if you wish to play my entry, it's in my teammate's account. You can check WolfBit here:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=87729

peachtreeoath 2016-04-20 05:06

Personally haven't seen that bouncing bullet mechanic before, lots of potential to expand on the gameplay.

adipson 2016-04-20 06:17

jaja is furious lol

tentacode 2016-04-20 10:13

Too bad it's not azerty friendly :( please use Unity's input system next time, it allows us to rebind controls (or better, use both A/Q and Z/W for inputs !). Awesome graphics / audio anyway :)

ducktieteam 2016-04-20 13:40

Great game, lots of action, amazing graphics, especially liked the way character fills the screen when you change form. Score would be nice to have, would increase replayability of the game thousand times) Also, it has no ESC menu, so you can't pause the game. When you die, you simply can continue gaming, which I feel isn't right, being myself lover of oldschool games. You may wanna limit continues.

fragileannihilator 2016-04-20 14:28

I've beaten the game without knowing that I can switch forms... And then I read the tutorial...

spotlightor 2016-04-20 15:26

非常好,我玩得很开心!恭喜你们。

reckhou 2016-04-20 15:31

@DuckTieTeam Thanks for your review! To be honest, I didn't allow players to continue at first place, then I realized it might make most people give up at wave 10-15, as a jam game or demo it will make people frustrate. And I agree with you that it won't have unlimited continues in a shipped arcade game :)

demane_f 2016-04-20 16:32

hilarious ! and fun to play, great design, love the boucing bullet concept. Sometimes the game becomes reaaaly chaotic :D

khaos_fang 2016-04-20 16:50

Really high quality STG, amazing graphics and audio!

pixzleone 2016-04-20 17:25

woa hahahaha

khanatos 2016-04-20 21:59

Nice game!! So good

dyn 2016-04-20 22:27

Guys! You're crazy?
What drugs are you eating there?
!!!
Awesome!

panicq 2016-04-20 23:16

Funny art :p

zerofaction 2016-04-20 23:22

Great game! I really liked the music and the fun style of the game! The old CRT style visual was amazing as well! Good thing I had infinite lives, or it would have been nearly impossible for me! Awesome!

nvrskipgameday 2016-04-21 00:07

This was incredible. The music was great, the graphics were amazing, the gameplay was SUPER FUN. Also, I'm a JJBA fan, so the name is also fantastic and led me to expect great things before I even started playing - the game itself definitely did not disappoint.

Just amazing. Definitely one of my favorites so far, thank you for sharing.

ghust1995 2016-04-21 04:51

Awesome, loved the idea of the mechanics of not shooting, could make an amazing strategizable top down shooter

squidblinkgames 2016-04-21 04:52

Wow, fantastic entry! I adored the art style. I was a little disappointed I didn't have a full 180 degrees of aiming, so that threw off my gameplay a bit. All in all, great work!

strike 2016-04-21 10:56

I agree with everybody, this game is awesome. Just some minor comments here. I would have loved to have an aiming pointer graphics in game instead on relying on my system mouse cursor. At first I didn't register it as part of the game. I think this is mostly because I have the feeling that we are not free to aim at any part of the screen. So the mouse position and aiming seems disconnected most of the time and added lots of confusion to me. Same as the character not being able to move anywhere on the screen, but this one is not a big deal at all. Thanks a lot for having infinite continues ;)

vctr_seleucos 2016-04-21 11:44

MY GOSH this game is amazing. Reaally funny, loving that graphics and all the visual effects. There's a litle exploit, though, when you die if presses Q and transform yo can keep playing without a life-bar. Howewer, great job!!

fuchter 2016-04-21 12:22

It reminded me about my time in vietnam, holy shit those Chinks were everywhere shooting at everything. I still wake up at nights with this flashbacks and your game just made me confront with my biggest fear. Thank you gentlemen, and remember the goverment is trying to poison us with chem trails.

meownsk 2016-04-21 12:43

This is epic!

meownsk 2016-04-21 12:48

a fun game! allusion to jo jo pleased!

semicolon 2016-04-21 13:28

Craziest game I ever played. Amazing graphics, very funny game. The gameplay could be a bit more interesting, but the insanity of it all makes it worth it!

jerryzhao 2016-04-21 14:37

好欢乐,短时间内设计的很完整,完成度好高,膜拜!

roland-m 2016-04-21 20:36

DUDE!I love this game is hilarious and is pretty fun!

andyman404 2016-04-21 20:47

Great job! I loved the sheer level of wackiness of the graphics, music, and design. Fun game!

venneque 2016-04-22 07:45

A lot to say about this game !
Without blowing it out of proportion, the lack of a decent way to pause or quit the game is frustrating.
I find the game a bit hard to play ... but lets stop being negative :) The graphics are fucking awesome. (btw, I think I'm in love with Jaja :d) The gameplay totally sticks with the theme. There is content. Despite what I've read on some comments, the music fits. I may say, with a certain je ne sais quoi to add to this game, it would be worth selling it on Steam !

tobia88 2016-04-22 07:56

目前LD玩到最好玩的游戏,游戏性和完成度相当之高,相当有玩街机STG的感觉,厉害

dat_not_my_game 2016-04-22 13:46

Hilarious game about crazy man that is shooting bullets from his big mouth and kills strange things on small arena. Bizarre art and nice old TV screen effect included.

fabraz 2016-04-22 14:53

... What?

chromebookbob 2016-04-22 17:22

Ahaha, this was fun, great idea. the switching could have been a little clearer and it didn't stop me playing when I died but otherwise, super cool!

teamkuru 2016-04-22 19:31

Very funny game! Danmaku patterns are cools for a game jam game.
I had just a small problem to visualize character's hitbox.

judelco 2016-04-23 19:25

What a caothic game with nice shaders.

Thanks you implemented that "5" button, i died several times xD

fin_nolimit 2016-04-23 19:27

haha!!! I love the old school TV look and feel!!! Excellent game!

reckhou 2016-04-23 19:29

Hello guys, we've made a post-jam version, surely it's better! Please try it!

norseware 2016-04-23 20:25

Love the art! And screen shaders. Nice touch! My only main complaint is that the controls were "lifeless". No recoil. shake, drag, slide, nothing. It just felt very bland. But everything else, on point! Nice work :)

pauljs 2016-04-23 20:34

Great game !

lullaby 2016-04-23 21:18

That's one of an internet breaker :D
My five stars to Humor! Nice entry which I enjoyed a lot (only played the Windows one, not the Post Jam).

Well played

aaranos 2016-04-23 22:23

The graphics are over the top as is the gameplay. I typically don't like random games like this but this is an exception.

chriiis88 2016-04-24 19:00

Certainly one of the strangest LD entries I've ever played. And it was fantastic and great fun. Well done guys!

voider 2016-04-24 19:58

lol awesome!

2016-04-25 08:02

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

blob 2016-04-25 19:40

Did you make the screen shader for the jam or used something done? ( I noticed there's a "trial version" at the lower right)

radmars 2016-04-26 01:54

Awesome! I love the bouncing bullets mechanic. Felt really good to play, although on controller I couldn't stop transforming and movement on keyboard was a bit laggy. Would have liked to see some more variation in the enemies, or some way to make the bouncing bullets work more in your favor. Still a ton of fun. Great work!

solkar 2016-04-26 11:51

Very funny style. I only missed some more weird sound fx in line with the artwork and the music.

reckhou 2016-04-27 05:03

@blob that "trial version" mark was made by Unity Personal edition.

derr 2016-04-29 08:57

That was the manliest thing I have done all my life. Great entry. :)

xanjos 2016-04-30 22:45

Loved the retro CRT effects plus this is a great take on a bullet hell game (Really liked the idea of your own bullets actually hurting if you're not careful although you can sort of use that to your advantage by spraying a bunch of bullets then switch immediately to Supreme Shield mode to absorb them back). Also, any reference to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a huge plus in my book :D

franklins-ghost 2016-05-07 05:19

Such a well done, polished entry. Loved everything about it, the style, music and gameplay. Liked how if you kept shooting you'd increase your own difficulty.

weeping-rupee 2016-05-09 13:51

This game is just stupid silly fun and I like it alot. Very smart to include arcade, rogue-like, and hardcore mode to add some depth to the game.