The Czar, the Demons and the delicious Midnight Snack

tommyflower 2017-05-01 16:01

Nice concept!

cyberstarlight 2017-05-01 16:53

Haha cool game! I liked the silly jokes and the fact that they are carrots XD

Notes: - The music gets a bit repetitive after a while - maybe there need to be more feedback when you lose health, I didn't notice a few times - Health goes below zero if you get to much damage

I only manages to survive a few minutes, the idea is good, and I like bullet hell, good job!

kleinzach 2017-05-01 23:50

The repetitive foreboding liked the music with its low ominous tones foreshadowing the inescapable doom of the carrot people. The demons strike often, and without any notion of fairness or honor, often leading to the planet being trapped in a corner, unable to be saved by even the most skilled of pilots. The czar would be proud of your capturing of the mood and culture of the brave carrots, may they rest in peace. (I liked it. Maybe felt a little unforgiving at times.)

owc 2017-05-02 16:11

Gameplay is moderately varied, story is funny, but music... music is a little bit annoying :)

palemachine 2017-05-02 19:26

The intro was very funny! Good visuals, the gameplay is simple but varied enough. I agree with everyone else in terms of music. Overall good entry, well done!

marccio-silva 2017-05-02 19:38

Loved the backstory, really cool. The art was nice in general, and I also think the music is a little bit annoying but not unbearable at all.

zelos 2017-05-03 20:55

I like the game itself, and I really appreciate the effort you put into the graphics. You even made a small intro, which is very cool. The gameplay itself is very simple, but I could enjoy it. I didn't get the 'Danger!' zone at first, because I thought that was just an indicator that something's coming up, and not an indicator for where exactly it's coming, but the rest was very clear and easy to understand. The song is really annoying. Like, really annoying. To a point where I had to turn down the volume. It's a bit unfortunate, but what can you do. Overall I really like your game. Good work.

grena 2017-05-04 17:39

Cool graphics & animations! I enjoyed the intro, fun story. I need to discovere this carrot people! The gameplay is simple to understand and reactive, which is nice.

Maybe the music is a bit too "aggressive" (maybe it's a famous carrot song?) I expected some evolution in the gameplay, maybe some abilities or events with left or right click, but hey, game jam! =)

huvaakoodia 2017-05-05 06:46

Funny intro, always a fan of anthropomorphic veggies me! :eye::carrot::eye:

The gameplay is simple. It works, but doesn't seem to get any harder as time goes on. It is a bit on the dull side due to that. When death finally comes, it is a completely random mixture of all the hazards trapping you to a corner or some such nonsense where you have no way of affecting your fate.

I think the main reason for the lack of a steady challenge, apart from the random hazards, is the mouse controls. The planet is so fast and responsive that dodging slower, less random, dangers would be trivial. With a maximum speed and some inertia the dangers could be toned down and increased in number over time, resulting in a less chaotic and random experience. Maybe you want it to be chaotic (it's the :smiling_imp: we are talking about after all), in which case disregard the previous comment.

Some juicy effects, like particles and camera shake, would have gone a long way in increasing the feel of the core loop too.

Competent entry overall.

cerno-b 2017-05-05 19:13

I like the concept of tying rockets to a planet in order to escape annihilation. I think you are on the right path with your game mechanics, especially the way you force the player to keep moving because they can't see the pentagram showing up if they stand still.

The graphics were nice, I especially liked the clouds on the planet, and the tentacle animation. Presentation-wise I think the game could be easily improved by adding some visual effects, most notably screenshake. I always hand out this video at times like this because it's great place to start learning to give your game a more visceral feeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U

I think your game could use some tweaking of the difficulty ramp up. I played for about two minutes and did feel that the game became harder over time, and it has rudiments of the "just one more round" feeling that's important for your genre, but I think you need to make the experience a bit tighter. Visual effects can help with that, good crunchy sound effects are another way of achieving that goal. But the most important piece I think is to make each death feel self-inflicted instead of random.

I really appreciate you took the effort of making an intro. That's a nice way of easing the player into the game. A Trump joke is always good for a chuckle, but personally I prefer a bit more depth when it comes to humour.

Unfortunately the music did nothing for me. It just seemed like random notes.

Overall I think the game, while simple, was quite nice to play and could become really addictive if you keep polishing some more.

mikethewayne 2017-05-14 12:49

Really cool, really humorous game, love the music. Excellent entry!

pecolyte 2017-05-14 13:34

Enemy attacks are well made, and the plot is funny ,along with the... sound effect? Anyway, nice entry!