Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD35 → WaLeFi
By strike
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 79 | ||
| Audio | 340 | 3.25 | ||
| Graphics | 350 | 3.68 | ||
| Humor | 391 | 2.72 | ||
| Overall | 637 | 3.13 | ||
| Mood | 708 | 2.89 | ||
| Fun | 730 | 2.88 | ||
| Theme | 930 | 2.70 | ||
| Innovation | 994 | 2.40 |
Love the artwork work, it was super cute. The game itself was challenging and fun. I just couldn't get used using leaf to destroy water, I was hoping I could break 500 points but fell short at 490 too many times and rage quit. Excellent job overall.
Controls are smooth, and looks great! Takes a while figuring out which element works against what, especially when it starts taking multiple shots to take down some enemies. Tutorial is really clear, nice of you to include controller support (didn't test it though). Music is nice but actually gets kind of irritating quickly. Great job!
I like this game the sounds, music and graphics are very cool. But i really love the sound when i change my element, congratulations nice game bro.
mords leur l'oeil ma sorcière bien aimée ! bravo ;)
Nice artwork, especially the background is well done! Took a minute to understand the reason of the elements, but didn't take to long.
Nice artwork, I loved the background, quick and easy to play. loved it
Really love the artwork here. Beautiful game to look at, and the gameplay was straight forward and did what you expected from it. Good entry.
Ok buddy, let's go ;-)
This is a truly awesome game ! The artistic choices are coherent, everything works perfectly together, and the "particles" effect is stunning ! In terms of Emotional involvement, you get everything right !
The gameplay is also great, mixing puzzle game and shooter. you have to have good reflex to move quickly and perfectly, and a good memory to remember which element to use. And I also love the link with RPG games (Inazuma Eleven, ...) with the element system.
This game stands perfectly as it is right now, and I am truly impressed ! Three days for that level of result, you are now the real deal buddy !
For future versions, here is my feedback :
- one key per element, so that you can directly go to "FIRE" or "WATER" or "LEAF". This will give your game a more "dance dance revolution" kind of kinaesthetic involvement.
- a rethinking of the enemy waves, to work better in terms of "difficulty curves". Very quickly, you have a wave mixing the three elements. Easy to kill once you get the "rhythm", but very difficult the first time. However, later in the game, you got the same wave, but with one enemy at a time. I think this should have been before the "difficult" wave. To "teach".
- And why not considering that the enemy will not shoot (or less) unless you use the wrong element on them. And then, they can become berserk.
Well, I imagine that after such a hard work, you need some rest. So enjoy a good sleep, and looking forward for your next creation.
Really good art, pretty hard, funny voice of main character.
Well polished game.
Nice fluid movement/shooting controls and fun graphics/sound, with some nice polish. Good job!
I would have liked to have had one button per element so I could switch directly to them instead of cycling. That might be harder to pull off on a gamepad, but you could have each shoulder or face button correspond to a particular element.
It bugs out a lot, and the controls are a bit messed up (up goes down and versa vice -- kind of makes it impossible to play very long). Also, I would remove the link to the embedded web player since it doesn't work right in full screen (it cuts stuff off).
Looks like I mapped the gamepad controls wrongly. You can download the stand alone version and remap them in the options window before the game starts. This will also solve your full screen issue. Could you tell me what's your screen resolution ? Thanks for your feedback.
I made a very minor update to invert gamepad Y axis thanks to BrainSlugs83's review.
Nice entry! The gameplay is simple but effective. I wish you added randomized waves so each game is different. Anyway, good job ;)
Thanks for playing. I planned a survival mode at first which would have been endless and random with increasing difficulty, but sadly I didn't have enough time to implement it.
Fun game to play for some time. Really like the artwork.
Good idea, nice job! Very nice graphics.
Heeeeey Strike!
Love the concept and execution!
SHUMP with elemental changing twist. Reminds me of, but is distant enough from, Ikaruga.
Great job on getting it this polished in the time frame! =D
A couple of thoughts from my play-though...
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Took me a while to get the elemental association down.
This is due in part because I lacked the visual feedback that my shots were working.
So I was thinking perhaps:
1. The earlier enemies could die with 1 hit.
2a. The on hit particle effect could be changed to give us more information (e.g. Hurt or Heal animations).
and/or
2b. The enemies themselves have a visual indication of health remaining.
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I felt that cycling through elements was slowing me down and was having trouble remembering which element was next in the cycle.
I would take raphix's suggestion of binding 1 button per element but have that button instantly shoot rather than just switch.
Thinking more along the lines of BISHI BASHI and how it makes players tackle the mini-games of matching colors.
Perhaps this can lead to color mixing (i.e. pressing 2 elements buttons at once to shoot new element shot)?
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That's all off the top of my head at the moment.
Hope some of these suggestions can be of use to you should you intend to expand and polish it further.
Cheers!
Heeeeeeeeey Akaboham ! ;)
Thanks for playing my game. Let me answer you.
1. That's the case, the hp for first enemies is 1 according that you don't hit them with a weak element first. You can only heal them up to max 3 hp.
2a. Right now the enemies flash yellow if you heal them, or red if you hurt them. Maybe it's not obvious enough.
2b. That's a good idea !
Thanks for your feedback. :)
Really liked the audio!
Was going to comment that it wasn't clear if you hit them with the wrong element whether you needed to hit them more times with the right element (it seemed inconsistent), but have now seen your comment explaining it. I would second the thought that it could be more obvious when you heal vs hurt them (vs doing nothing).
I also found that it wasn't clear what the lose condition was; whether it was just getting hit too often or whether it was letting too many people past.
PS. you suggested a step-by-step tutorial for my game; a youtube walkthrough has been made and listed in the description. Thanks for the feedback!
@wboqm : awesome, I'll go watch this walkthrough as your game really intrigued me and hit my curiosity. Thanks a lot !
Cool game. Cute graphics. :) I really liked the attention to detail to make every enemy have some kind of personality. Nice work.
Great game!
Weapon switch would be better for me if each weapon has it own button. Keep up the good work!!
Like the style, controls work smoothly. A little confusing which shots destroy which things. And is she saying "Fleas" for green?
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
The controls are smooth, the art is super eye-candy, audio fits the game well and the game itself is pretty fun and theme-related. Interesting idea to mix puzzler with sh'm'ups, enjoyed it a lot. That's a great entry overall.
Really cute and stunning artstyle I love it!
Very Cute! Good Artwork! Fun doing the Pew Pew Pew! :-)
@Freank : Done, I uploaded my game on your website. Thanks for your video review.
Nice solid entry. The theme is clear and the gameplay challenging. The graphics are nice :) Good job!