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Buck Shift

By bwalter

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio2633.14
Humor2792.73
Graphics2853.45
Fun3743.27
Overall4283.26
Mood4442.97
Innovation6882.75
Theme8012.73

Comments

dooskington 2016-04-18 02:17

Interesting, but I was getting a little frustrated with the shooting controls.

red15 2016-04-18 02:20

Good entry, the shooting sound gets really repetitive though, maybe some random variation? Love the soundtrack.

Found the gravity mechanic a bit superfluous (not required).

A bit more graphical difference (color/sound?) between enemy types would would be nice.

Your source link is the same exe file btw

spacewarp 2016-04-18 02:23

Very nice :)

Enemies are very much bullet sponges though. They can also shoot through the platforms.

vantaug 2016-04-18 02:24

Really cool graphics, the game is well done. Good job.

swellbastion 2016-04-18 02:25

I really like the audio. The die music is really nice. It seems quite challenging. I'll try this again when i've got a mouse.

candlesan 2016-04-18 02:26

Fun to run around - unexpected gravity flip! :)

ianb96 2016-04-18 02:26

Fun & addicting!

nicotuason 2016-04-18 02:38

Hehe this is great! It's fun once you realize that picking up the blue dots upgrades your weapon. I was surprised that there was 3 separate music tracks.

I think the game would be much improved by scaling everything up. There's a lot of black space on the screen that isn't really useful. It would also help appreciate the cute pixel animations more.

I was also missing some sort of hit / impact effect when your bullets hit an enemy, or when an enemy dies.

Lastly, I wish there was more dialogue that I could read in a scottish accent!

npc23 2016-04-18 02:43

That was really fun dude. Took a bit to get used to the gravity flipping, but it got addicting real fast. Good work

vividredemption 2016-04-18 03:09

The sound is nice, but could use some balancing, the SFX were much louder than the music. Gameplay is nice, but I had some instances of the bats clipping through walls, which made them impossible to hit. The graphics were great, and the game overall was quite fun!

tharky 2016-04-18 15:50

Aye, it's a fun game, eh. Sounds gets a bit loud though. And repetitive, eh. Overall it's pretty cool :) *says in a scottish accent*

dvdking 2016-04-18 17:06

Really liked music and graphics.
Didn't like enemies though, killing them took too long, and didn't feel rewarding(if they exploded with some camera shake it would help a lot).

reallysketchypen 2016-04-18 17:36

Great game. It was a little frustrating that the enemies just refused to die, but otherwise it's very fun.

rakowu 2016-04-18 18:10

Ok, that is funny xD. Nice job.I Like that button inverse stuff. Good one.

studiosaurus 2016-04-18 19:38

I really liked everything but how fast some of those enemies move/shoot and how long they take to kill. It's painfully hard to stay alive, even if you do manage to upgrade. Nice music :)

tanis 2016-04-18 20:52

I love the graphics and tunes! It's very polished for a compo entry. Nice one!

bigpan 2016-04-18 22:14

Very fun game, my score was 1475 then 1675. You weren't joking when you said the enemies were hard to kill! Loved the graphics. I think it should have a sfx when you hit an enemy, and also when you get hurt, otherwise the players will lose track of their life. Good job on your first LD!

bwalter 2016-04-19 02:36

my personal high score: 5100 points. Anyone beaten that?

gurkenlabs 2016-04-19 02:56

generally likeable, but getting a little repetitive after a while. nice Art, though.

norseware 2016-04-19 03:12

Love the art! I also enjoyed the different take on twin shooters, where the "gun" is set above you. Being a platformer added an additional layer of difficulty. It did take a long time to kill enemies though. Over all, nice job :)

fin_nolimit 2016-04-19 03:30

Wow that is a hard game! I love the reverse gravity feature! Very clever! Nice work!

phocker 2016-04-19 03:36

pretty nice game - shooting thru walls was annoying - also it got repetitive - needed something else to do - nice job

remdiky 2016-04-19 06:59

Nice, but you need to work with your controls for shooting.

cynicalmonkey 2016-04-19 07:12

great sound and look to the game, maybe try speeding up the time it takes between death and restarting if you can. an extra few seconds of idleness can really take away from how fun overall a game is

meek 2016-04-19 14:01

Loved it. Brilliant graphics and liked the audio too. The gameplay was also addictively fun!

diebackstudios 2016-04-19 16:15

Pixel art is love <3 amazing tunes under 48 hours well done

berserker_chris 2016-04-19 16:17

Good Game, the shooting speed of the enemys is really fast.

adipson 2016-04-20 06:23

pixel art is not dead ! :)

khanatos 2016-04-20 11:55

Nice and different game concept. cool!

esayitch 2016-04-20 15:34

I really dig the aesthetic and the sfx. Very polished. The enemies were pretty varied so kudos for that! And I loved the humor in the dialogue whenever you begin a new round.

Very stylish and "complete" entry :) Good luck!

patomkin 2016-04-21 12:01

Oh boy, that was fun! I didn't understand why there's gravity switches, but it was fun!
Oh, and the music - fantastic!

mieeh 2016-04-21 16:12

Cool idea, felt good too play. Great job!

fabraz 2016-04-22 14:22

Always fun to see the shapeshifting applied to enemies instead of the player. Cute art style, dig the classic light halo.

neilcorre2k6 2016-04-23 02:26

Cool game! :)

derr 2016-04-29 08:47

Good game but super hard because bullets pass through platforms and there is no way to hide. I like the special attacks of the bat monsters and the music is really good, too. :)

mayank-technical 2016-05-09 18:00

really fun game specially the sounds effects

thecain 2016-05-09 22:29

I got 5965.
Pretty simple and pretty good. Nothing amazing, but a solid little game.