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The Devil and Some Aliens Went down to Georgia

By david-markham

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4802.6528
Fun4802.3628
Innovation5031.9326
Theme4522.5728
Graphics4832.1528
Audio3702.2128
Humor3042.4027
Mood4402.4427

Comments

pwroff 2019-04-29 12:13

The sound was a bit much, but overall had fun playing the game.

purpledartfrog 2019-04-29 12:14

nice entry @david-markham

kuro 2019-04-29 12:28

Nice game, simple enough gameplay. Something really cool could be made out of the bets with the devil/reward mechanic, cool idea! The game was a bit slow for my taste, as in the player moved slow, and bullets were faster than the player. It is kind of a bullet hell (or bullet purgatory, not so many bullets), so it makes it a bit awkward to try to dodge at first. Overall, thanks for this game, I had fun :)

david-markham 2019-04-29 13:34

Thanks for the feedback everyone! @kuro yeah it definitely starts slower, maybe a bit too slow. You do get movement and fire-rate upgrades after rounds 4 and 7 (among other upgrades later). So by round 8 it should start to feel more like a bullet hell game.

m4cgregor 2019-04-29 15:08

As @kuro said, the player movement is too slow. The player graphic could be more worked.

mia-devs 2019-04-29 18:42

nice game

gettingrekt 2019-04-29 18:53

Solid entry, it fit the theme and nice touch with the dialogue to start. As people pointed out, the movement is a little bit slow in the beginning. I enjoyed the music. Good job!

mrschlag2 2019-04-29 18:55

Nice game ! Classic gameplay but still effective ! Rounds deals are nice, but I think there is a bug on the speed up bonus, no speed added to the player. A GUI with remaining life and current upgrade would have been great ! Thanks for this game !

dumivid 2019-04-29 19:04

Cute little game. I do like the devil quotes and theme, however, the sound design is way out of balance (I think you are aware that some sounds play only on left ear and alien collision sound is way too delayed). If you fix sound and game pace, I could become much more appealing. Good luck, hope you had fun making it!

paul59 2019-04-29 21:19

Needs the Charlie Daniels fiddle :D Nice little game but definitely needs a health bar!

marcmagus 2019-04-29 22:03

Nice. The press-your-luck on powerups was an interesting touch. Lack of any sense of current health was frustrating (since it's not classic bullet hell one-hit)

omnipotentindie 2019-04-30 00:03

I absolutely love the concept, really creative. Gameplay was a bit slow at the beginning

cheesepencil 2019-04-30 00:42

love the couplets

david-markham 2019-04-30 02:17

@mrschlag2 found and fixed a bug related to Double or Nothing rewards (speed up bonus, etc.) not being given, thanks!

shp 2019-04-30 07:42

A bit basic and slow, but the concept is good. Congrats on finishing it!

pseudobytes 2019-04-30 08:49

I really liked it, though I think everything feels a bit slow. Especially because of the slow player movement it felt a bit unsatisfying.

grllle 2019-04-30 12:46

Didn't know robotic vacuum cleaner have souls :D I enjoyed playing!

ahmed-ali 2019-04-30 15:31

I really Liked This Game!

candlesan 2019-05-03 10:02

Fun game, liked the upggrades. Solid combination with the music and audio too.

al-bueche 2019-05-05 03:10

I liked the devil's deals appearing periodically (even though I always took them, so not really a choice for me).

I really wanted a health bar to determine how I was doing. I think I took 4 hits on the round I died, but not even sure if I got healed up between rounds.

I liked that upgraded enemies appeared eventually, but I would like to see the progression sped up considerably (player and enemies). I'd suggest having a deal every round with enemy progression to match.