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DIABLOW: Savior of the Damped

By subtlydramatic

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall23862.7926
Fun22442.7128
Innovation25082.1728
Theme23242.8828
Graphics21652.6528
Audio15452.2927
Humor9983.0425
Mood22422.6026

Comments

dianacalistru 2020-04-21 15:49

it was fun! Was hoping for more levels. The sound effects are a bit loud though :)

west 2020-04-21 16:06

Unsure why but it doesn't load for me.(Edit never mind it started working)

the sound effects are a bit loud and like dianacalistru said i'm a bit sad that its just over after you beat the level.

catalystl 2020-04-21 16:07

I LOVE the music and graphics for this game. It has a lot of charm! The game itself is pretty basic though, I would add a few more levels.

koolruz 2020-04-21 16:14

Congratulations on finishing your first individual jam game!

I am a sucker for a good pun, and as such I love the idea of a blowfish named diablow being sieged by angelfish. :)

subtlydramatic 2020-04-21 19:16

Thanks @dianacalistru, my boyfriend said the same thing about the sound effects after he tested it. I should probably quiet them a bit, but I thought how loud they were was really funny at the time X_X

subtlydramatic 2020-04-21 19:17

@catalystl Thanks! I could probably add some more levels now that the jam is over! Personally, I wouldn't have had time over the weekend. That puffer fish took a few hours to draw! lol

subtlydramatic 2020-04-21 19:18

@koolruz I love puns too! The only game ideas I have are based off of dumb puns. It's a great way to get an idea started though!

subtlydramatic 2020-04-21 19:19

@west I'm glad you got it to load! I definitely would love to add more levels now that the jam is over. And I guess I should fix that sound too!

caladrius 2020-04-21 19:57

The sound effects terrified my pet bird and now she won't stop screaming and pooping

10/10

subtlydramatic 2020-04-21 20:19

@caladrius :laughing:

rebecca-harrison 2020-04-22 14:13

Cool short game :) The sound was a bit loud but the puns made up for it. Great job for a first individual game!

thefoppian 2020-04-25 00:01

Pretty fun game! Was shorter than I expected, but hey, it is a game jam. Good job on the sound, probably the strongest aspect. Nice job!

jonathan-lorenz 2020-04-25 16:12

It is funny to try to dodge the fishes. I would have liked more different challenges(a level with fishes moving verticaly, a level with fixed walls, a level with tons of little devils ...). The sound effects were too loud and aggressive. Good work overall!

PS: I see this is your first game jam. Congratulations to you for this achievement!

kate90 2020-04-26 10:37

Hey, nice entry! I like your idea, art is great too! Sounds are not friendly for ears, and that the only minus of this game! Good luck with it!

wheybags 2020-04-26 10:45

Retro feel is good, it has that geocities look down :D It would have been nice to add a few more levels.

laura-del-pino 2020-04-26 11:40

Good job for your first entry alone! I advice you for the next time to check in places like opengameart, itch.io for graphics and check that the result is not a mix of styles! In the sound side, I like the background loop it's catchy! However the volume of the sound when you are caught ruins the game experience. I advice you to make a "pre-release" before submitting and share with friends and family, they would catch these little mistakes before submitting. Overall good job!

a333 2020-04-28 21:19

Congrats on the completion! Great choice of music, mad props if you also did it during the jam. I liked the spritework as well, and both controls and difficulty were just right. As people said, sounds are a bit jarring. It's usually a good idea to allocate time and give game for playtesting during the jam - that feedback really helps to identify the main problems.

subtlydramatic 2020-04-28 21:50

@a333 Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, the sound issue isn't due to lack of playtesting. I thought how loud it was was SO funny when I heard it that I left it. No one else seems to think so :laughing:

a333 2020-04-28 21:55

@subtlydramatic yeah, that's exactly the issue of feedback. If no one during playtesting likes the sounds, most probably tired, sleepless, game-saturated herd of LD jammers won't appreciate it as well. But hey. Director decisions are director decisions =)

fitting username btw.

low-mana 2020-05-04 14:14

It was an interesting experience and not what I expected. I wasn't sure what atmosphere you were going for; I guessed comedic and kinda wild. The sounds hurt, I would mess around a bit more with the sound effects; the music was pretty decent though. The gameplay is simple and works well. The instruction page was a bit hard to read due to the messiness of it.

Overall, it's just a crazy collage which makes me feel like it's an LSD trip (not that I know lol). But hey, it plays well and works! Good job on finishing dood :)

guladam 2020-05-04 14:32

The first sound effect blew out my eardrums and I almost sh*t my pants. :o

Regardless, I really dig the artstyle you went for. The gameplay itself is simple, yet fun. :)

Overall, I enjoyed it very much. A cute, enjoyable take on the theme. I would have loved to see more levels but time is a b*tch in jams.