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Healer

By pisito

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall12043.5026
Fun10203.4126
Innovation6303.5826
Theme3524.0826
Graphics19822.9326
Audio14002.7524
Humor12602.8123
Mood16333.1423

Comments

teinree 2020-04-20 21:08

Movement on RMB feels a bit awkward, but a nice and fun game overall!

robstao 2020-04-20 21:21

Some instructions in game would be nice! The game was great overall, super smart idea :)

maumau 2020-04-20 21:22

I really like this concept, besides that, the game plays and feels okay for me. I think this could evolve into something great.

zlabya 2020-04-20 21:22

Nice concept even though i hate playing as a healer :D. You did a good Job

ioan-pop 2020-04-20 21:24

Really unique take on the theme, wish I thought of it as well!

moritz14 2020-04-20 21:30

i like that black white style! a tutorial mode would be perfect:)

carlix 2020-04-20 21:30

The idea itself was original and very fitting for the "Keep it alive" theme. But controls were kind of weird and I didn't get a feedback of how good I was doing, a game score would have been great.

Graphics were simple but they work. Great job, overall it was nice.

chocolat-endive 2020-04-20 21:31

Nice game idea! I was a bit lost with the controls and which icon did what, but overall I managed to survive for quite a few waves before dying (I laughed at the dying screen reference). Good job!

As a side note, the game works on Linux+Wine :)

dante2001 2020-04-20 21:31

loved it, needs a small key tutorial, can see this working rly well

pisito 2020-04-21 15:19

Thank you all you guys for playing my game :) and to @robstao @moritz14 @chocolat-endive @dante2001 and future players Thank you so much for the feedback. I just added an instruction for the game on my itch.io page

no-grapes-games 2020-04-24 03:00

I like this one. It was fun. I really like how you can upgrade after each wave. I feel there was need for a letter for the controls placed above the spells to help the player get familiar with what key goes to what spell. This was a great entry good job!

nirose 2020-04-24 11:33

Very cool idea, I keep trying to click on the skills icon, thinking they are buttons. maybe add that as an option?

oldblack 2020-04-24 11:42

Great concept and the skills felt satisfying to use. I like the cover art you made for it too. A few points for improvement: a wider field of view would've helped keep track of things, doing upgrades at the end of a wave would prevent the flow being interrupted, and obviously some further visual refinement would give it a better and more satisfying feel.

dave-gamedevelopement 2020-04-24 11:44

Really cool game, normally I hate playing support, but this was kind fun^^

selftitled 2020-04-26 08:51

It feels a bit clunky to move and cast with the mouse. I also found it a bit jarring when the round completed and the ui pops up straight away. I'd also like the passive skill to be separate from the active skills. Sounds like I'm being really negative, I really like this game, it has a lot of potential as its already quite fun. The art looks good already, I bet it would look stunning given a bit more time. Overall a good entry and a like the idea of being a healer.

boaz 2020-05-08 08:03

Good game

pickens-inc 2020-05-09 12:24

I see people complaining about the controls, but whilst they're not perfect I play a lot of Dota and it felt fairly natural to me. Really like this concept even as someone who tries to steer away from the Healer role. The skills didn't need much to figure out how to use (although I thought the entire time that E was passive, not sure what it does!), and it felt good to use them too, quick snappy effects and sounds.

Constructive criticism! It was a bit frustrating that, especially during the late game, the knights split in different directions, and there's no off-screen indicator to see if the knights are taking damage. So I sort of have to frantically squint and spam heals and hope it's going right. There's also no indication or sound (besides health bar at the bottom) to tell you yourself are taking damage. Every time I died was because I didn't realise I was being hit, and it seems somewhat counter-intuitive that you can't heal yourself!

Finally, love the cover art. Looks great. Very stylised. Well done!