slimothyj 2018-04-24 02:12
No piece of art is ever finished :) I really liked the art style and the music. You also played to the theme of 2 genres brilliantly. Don't beat yourself up about it. I wouldn't call my game finished either.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → Star Shadow (Incomplete)
By veilastrum
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 690 | 3.35 | 23 | |
| Fun | 705 | 3.19 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 703 | 3.21 | 23 | |
| Theme | 925 | 3.07 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 548 | 3.52 | 23 | |
| Humor | 2 | |||
| Mood | 639 | 3.22 | 22 |
No piece of art is ever finished :) I really liked the art style and the music. You also played to the theme of 2 genres brilliantly. Don't beat yourself up about it. I wouldn't call my game finished either.
@rytannic Thanks. I'll try to be more positive with my creations on later jams, haha. This was my first jam I've ever had.
Nice game, I enjoyed it. No need to be so negative about your creation :)
The game has a surprising amount of content from an outside perspective. You should be very proud even if it's not finished in your eyes others don't realize what is not there.
Hey, the fact that you uploaded something playable is absolutely amazing. How many people will go their entire lives dreaming about developing their own game and never actually doing it? That being said, yes, the game could use some extra sound effects and a tutorial. But honestly what is there is actually quite fun. The light enemies that chase you are really intense. I haven't really seen anything quite like that in similar bullet hell games.
I can't say I didn't have fun! Good movement+controls! The enemies were too messy and unorganized.. which is completely normal taking into account what you were trying to do.
This genre's scope was very big! You did well for such a big scoped game!
That said, you miiight wanna scope smaller next time :P
Cool game for your first Jam buddy! :D The controls felt great and the music was pretty cool too. I really liked the cloaking mechanic! Not gonna lie, took me a while to figure it out cause i'm pretty slow, lol, but it's definitely a neat addition to the game. Keep it up!
Interested. It lacks a lot of feedback to make the game less confusing, they would greatly facilitate learning. Balancing is also to be reviewed,** but the bass is there, congratulations!**
The theme is not respected.
I think the artwork clearly the most impressive factor, great futuristic look - that's not easy to achieve on the timeframe. Likewise a lot of cool features like the stealth, sniper mode, dashing that go beyond the basics. Good thematically appropriate music. Radius based aggro on its own isn't that fancy (in fact I have it in my game too) but you've given it an aesthetic that makes it a lot cooler, like the visible radii and the eye that reveals you.
Maybe I didn't figure it out but after dying I couldn't restart without exiting the game. In general stuff like this is more important than adding the sniper mode so I'd recommend that sort of prioritization for future jams.
@Utho @GenTel @egawag @Kaiomoi @Lyrcaxis @David Boeger @driedwatermelon Thank you all for your feedback! My apologies for responding back so late.
I will keep in mind all of your tips for future jams and try to stay more positive with my creations in the future as well.
Hey!Good work!At the start of the game everything is calm, easy, but suddenly, wow! It the end of the world XD.For me the difficulty is very exponential.Anyways good work!
Here is our game if you want to test it! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/me-da-miedito-la-oscuridad-i-get-goosebumps-in-the-dark
Loved the dark ambience. Nice music, Ultra challenging gameplay! A vertical shooter with mouse aiming is a really good idea, I think it could be a genre by itself. Excellent work!
Great stuff, love the mechanics and the style of gameplay :)
Be happy if you could review mine :) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/sam
Hi! Nice game!
Would you rate my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-game-that-bad-that-it-is-actually-good
Thx a lot! :)
not bad but i fill like mechanic is not end or i really not understand how it work) but nice work any way)
Great entry! This is really good for your first jam game! And yes you will learn so much the more of these you do. I really like the idea of combining a stealth game with a space shmup, those are definitely two incompatible genres. It did seem like it was a bit too easy to just go into stealth mode and hide out in those shadows. But you balanced this out by having those enemies that would disable your ability to cloak yourself. I would really like to see how this would turn out if you kept developing it! Also great visuals and the audio fits very well. Congratulations on your first jam!