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Wormhole Arena

By spacemonkey, talops, METALbrasier2X0, Tazwomante and J-Star

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1563.8440
Fun1373.7640
Innovation2633.5439
Theme3263.8040
Graphics5483.5040
Audio3513.3239
Humor4512.8438
Mood5253.2037

Comments

darkguardsman 2018-08-14 00:43

Enjoyed the game, needs a little work. Quit button does work, and mechanics are not explained before starting.

sentrovasi 2018-08-14 00:44

That was really well put together. And quite fun - nicely done.

spacemonkey 2018-08-14 00:55

@darkguardsman Thank you for your comment! Today we had to make a hard decision between cutting some features or leaving a few minor issues like the lack of tutorial. Hopefully you could still enjoy the gameplay!

@sentrovasi Thanks!! We really tried hard to make it fun and I'm glad you could feel it <3

diego-goncalves 2018-08-14 01:06

Nice game, I liked the caster voice and had the most fun playing the free for all mode, probably because it was the hardest one.

spacemonkey 2018-08-14 01:25

@diego-goncalves It's my favorite game mode too! I'm so glad you had fun. The caster, J-Star, also made all the sound effects and music in one day. I included all the voices half an hour before submitting :X

kmce 2018-08-14 15:32

This was fun, liked the fact it wasn't the standard block disappearing when hit, the "holes" in the paper gave it a nice touch. Really liked the graphics and the music. The announcements from the caster gave it a nice touch too, reminds me of old arcade machines.

merdeboi 2018-08-14 18:07

Quite nice arena shooter, fits the theme well, gameplay is straightforward. Spamming left click seems to work a bit too well against the ai. Fun little game.

troligtvis 2018-08-14 18:08

This was a fun little game. Nice that the paper sheet was burning holes xD pretty funny. The music was very nice as well :) Keep up the good work

nats 2018-08-14 18:14

Good work! I love art! :)

andreas-roschal 2018-08-15 00:03

Really fun game and nice implementation of the theme!

biowater 2018-08-15 00:17

Very cool use o the theme! The game looks amazing and feels very good to play.

awix 2018-08-15 08:25

A good game idea, the music should be improved. The graphics are good. Try our game too, maybe you'll like it)

ditzel 2018-08-15 08:42

Nice game. You can clearly see the efford you put into it!

bob152 2018-08-15 09:42

Very addictive and great interpretation of the theme - very fun to play couldn't stop playing free for all. The computers are very challenging and the game has a great difficulty level. Maybe add an option to quit to menu after you die after FFA, as I had to wait for the computers to finish fighting.

spacemonkey 2018-08-15 12:31

@kmce @merdeboi @troligtvis @nats @andreas-roschal @biowater @awix @ditzel @bob152

Thank you for your awesome feedback!

We will try to fix what can be in a post-jam version, including 4 players support and more reasons to use powerups (because a lot of people don't use it and we put a ton of effort into it :D). Some game-breaking bugs were fixed already and published, like the Quit button of the menu not working. Huge thanks to @talops for that ;-)

HAVE FUN

zeriver 2018-08-16 15:10

That's a pretty cool arena kind of game, making terrain destructible by player's projectiles is pretty clever. The AI is pretty decent and it is engaging to play Free For All. Controls are pretty responsive and gameplay is pretty fun. One thing i could suggest is to make holes more visible, the background moves so sometimes the holes blend with the white parts of the background. Nonetheless the game is pretty good, it sure is an interesting take on the theme. Graphics are also very neat and easy to read. Solid entry overall!

cydouzo 2018-08-17 10:20

Excellent arena game. I have no negative feedback whatsoever. Expecially loved trying to trap my openent. Graphics and music are very good. The AI is really dumb but that's to be expected from a 72hours game.

tigerj 2018-08-17 15:12

I really enjoyed this one! I think the power ups are difficult to keep up with, as a player I want to keep my eyes on the action. The AI should not see me when I am dead and deciding where to re-spawn. i should not see where the AI is going to pop up with their lives. full feedback: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298451826?t=00h05m15s

spacemonkey 2018-08-17 15:32

@tigerj We totally agree with the problems you point out!

Should we decided to make a post-jam version, we would probably replace the powerups by pickups that spawn on the field, so players can keep their eyes on the battlefield.

Since we want the game to be playable in local multiplayer, we have to keep the respawn marker visible for all players, although I understand how awesome it could be to respawn behind your opponent and surprise them. But you are right, respawn-instakill is a problem we have to address. We have ideas that imply things like making the player invincible for a short amount of time after respawn, or give them a reflecting shield, or allowing the player/AI to respawn a little bit before the cooldown in order to make the respawn location a little harder to predict.

Thanks again for the insightful feedback! See you on discord or on stream.

tigerj 2018-08-17 15:39

@spacemonkey those are very creative solutions (invincible and shields) great work!

carlos-giraldo 2018-08-19 05:53

Cool concept for an arena game. Nice work fleshing out some different game modes. I would look to adding some other type of obstacles that block the shots. But other than that, good work!

merpader 2018-08-19 20:03

very fun and addictive! I liked the multiple powerups and game modes!

ely-shaffir 2018-08-20 17:23

Great game! One problem I had is when I got off screen by mistake I didn't knew where I am and it automatically lost. Other than that I had lots of fun. It's awesome that each color has a unique projectile.

Also great voice lines!

devemil 2018-08-20 20:01

Very enjoyable! Nice job on this one!

renier 2018-08-28 07:37

Had so much fun just playing single player ! well done nice take on the theme and good gameplay