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Arcade Wizard

By t-a-c-commandeur

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall194.0423
Fun164.0423
Innovation1033.5423
Theme1953.4523
Graphics84.5023
Audio124.0722
Humor1932.8921
Mood803.6522

Comments

xsupah 2019-04-29 07:18

I really like the artwork and how animated everything is. The mechanic of shooting backwards works good because you need to get close to the enemies. Loved it!

gear-steak 2019-04-29 07:31

This was really fun, I hope you continue to work on it after the jam!

mahalis 2019-04-30 02:45

Wow, I absolutely love the artwork and music in this - the characters are all super lively and the sort of flame-y particles on the pickups look really cool. The orb mechanic is unique, and fun for a while - I started wishing I had a different kind of attack once I started getting really swarmed though. Overall, great work!

t-a-c-commandeur 2019-04-30 15:49

Thank you very much for playing everyone! :D I think I will work on it some more in the future

tonho 2019-04-30 17:31

Love the pixel art. The animations are really great. The details like screen shake are all really great.

Here's what I think could be improved: - I think it would be better if the pickups were in another color. As it is now they are hard to find in a crowded scene - This may be a bit too much, but I think it would go a long way to change the format of the arena and give some of the enemies different attacks so the player has to vary their strategy. Right now it seems like the best strategy is to just keep in the edges of the map always

t-a-c-commandeur 2019-04-30 17:39

@tonho thanks for your feedback and playing! I agree with your suggestions. Shooting enemies could be a nice addition. I was also thinking about enemies that come from the edges of the field so the player would have to watch out for those directions. I might add more arena's in the future. Maybe different stages with waves that can be cleared.

alex-davies 2019-04-30 18:58

Great artwork and sound design; things to improve: - Slow down the enemy spawn rates slightly: a lot of the time there is way too many on screen and you can get trapped in a corner - Make the extra enemy types + chests appear sooner. At first I thought there was only 3 types of enemy, and it would be a shame for people to not see those great animations

kai 2019-04-30 18:59

This game was really fun. I love the art style and the sound design but there was one rather glaring issue. Enemies will naturally converge in the center and more spawn at the sides. I kept having enemies spawn ON me, which got fatal when the giant versions started cropping up.

plexsoup 2019-04-30 19:05

one more try.

Great gameplay! Felt like a slightly easier version of a classic twin-stick shooter. I really like how that facing mechanic works.

My only complaint would be that the tutorial text is hard to grasp before you've seen the game. I'd move that all into the first scene.

t-a-c-commandeur 2019-04-30 19:12

@plexsoup I agree, some kind of in game help might be better.

caevv 2019-04-30 20:02

awesome game! nice graphics and audio. the came concept is really unique, good job guys!

quagga 2019-05-01 08:40

Amazing art ) Very nice. We need to play full release game )

gwinnell 2019-05-01 14:32

Very cool game! Love the movement/orb mechanic! Fits the theme perfectly too. Well done!

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swen 2019-05-01 22:08

Really enjoyed the orb game mechanic here. And the pixel art and audio make it a polished game. It's amazing to see what you can achieve with 1 small game mechanic, good stuff!

liauj 2019-05-02 04:53

Really enjoyed the minimalist design, the game was really good! Playing for a while makes you feel a bit dizzy due to the screen shake though!

jin9310 2019-05-02 10:54

This is great!! Love it all the way! It is super simple and super catchy! Hands down this is the best I have seen so far. Also the art is great! Really thanks for such experience

fm-studio 2019-05-02 12:51

Great game. The animations are very well made, and the sound is good. The action is truly entertainment.Well done.

pcmaster 2019-05-02 14:54

Absolutely massive! I scored 2400. I love the pixel-art, the controls and the music. And all the different enemies! Dude, respect. Very nice!

t-a-c-commandeur 2019-05-02 20:46

@fm-studio @jin9310 @pcmaster @swen @liauj @gwinnell @quagga @caevv Thank you all very much for playing and the kind words, I really appreciate it! I'm really motivated to finish the game now!

frederikh 2019-08-20 10:08

Solid 8000 :) well polished for a GameJam-Game.