mjgood 2018-08-15 01:26
I can see where you're headed with this... I like your idea for the theme! I have a few suggestions for you that could help make the game more fun
1. Make the screen area bigger. I know the suicide robots are supposed to be rare, but when they come up, you don't have much time to shoot at them before they hit you, and you can't see them until you have very little time to react. The best defense against them is using the camera width (eg. keeping them to your left / right instead of up / down) and that feels kinda horky. Any mix of the following could help: a. pan the camera out a ways (might be a good idea to do this anyway) b. Put information metrics and other options as menus to the left and right to make the screen area more square c. Add in some fog of war to make the LOS be more of a circle
Right now the game feels extremely bland, but I realize that's largely due to it being a game jam and there not being enough time to polish it as much as you like. Right now it's playable, which is more than I can say for my game lol
Keep up the good work! This game shows a lot of promise for your skills as a game developer... keep practicing and learning new things and your games are just gonna get better!