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Wisp

By squeg-inc

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3313.6328
Fun1703.7630
Innovation9112.7628
Theme9083.1030
Graphics2733.7729
Audio1303.7530
Humor5842.6124
Mood2453.5729

Comments

jaschez 2020-04-20 02:06

Love the music so much, very good job!

caseyh 2020-04-20 02:39

I liked the art - pretty and stylish. Some more 'oomph' when guns are fired and when bullets strike enemies would make it a lot more satisfying to play (barrel flashes, 'splashes' of wispy matter when bullets pass through enemies, stuff like that). I like the way enemies kind of 'lose matter' as they take damage. I like the enemy spawning in effect, too.

Gameplay was interestingly tight. A bit bare, but the way it's balanced does a lot with a simple setup. I feel like it's almost bad to pick up the power-ups that make you shoot faster, because you end up getting swarmed by enemies, and you die really fast (a couple of those explosive guys spawning on you is almost enough to kill you!) It might even be easier to get a high score if you ignore them as long as possible.

The music is nice (although the volume slider doesn't appear to work?) Some sound effects for shooting and enemies blowing up would've added a lot.

This is an impressive game to be made in 2 days, though. Nicely done!

darriasart 2020-04-20 02:47

the music is fantastic

blipbloop 2020-04-20 15:29

Love the stylish particles! I wish there were more sound effects for interactions (shooting, killing an enemy, enemy spawning,ect). This was rather fun! excellent work.

Also it might have been a bug, but the music didnt loop for me after I died a couple of times. This sort of killed the mood a bit.

bigtinygames 2020-04-20 15:33

It is a good candidate for making some juicy juiciness out of it! :) There are a few easy tricks to make it better: -add some sfx (bullet impact/shoot) -add some little screen shakes when player is hit -make upgrades more meaningful -add some enviroment (obstacles and covers)

pinballjunior 2020-04-20 15:33

Great music. Quite difficult, but has a cute art style and is quite addictive.

plopmenz 2020-04-20 15:34

Very nice game! Really enjoyed it =) Same as BlipBloops music died for me after dieing :/

miltage 2020-04-20 15:36

So half of the fun in these top down, bullet hell shooters is dodging the enemies bullets. The bullets come at you so quickly that they are almost impossible to dodge and you lose that mechanic, making the game a little 1 dimensional for my liking.

Enjoyed the music but it only played once - you should definitely set that to loop. Just missing a few pew pew sound effects :smile:

codeforjoycaro 2020-04-20 15:43

Love the music too - it emphasizes the fast paced character of the game. Also liked how the enemies get announced by pentagrams. All in all great look and feel.

fedora 2020-04-20 17:47

Amazing graphics. I found the gameplay to be a bit too simple and easy. I ended up going to a side of the screen and moved up and down while shooting, and never got close to dying.

squeg-inc 2020-04-20 19:17

@Fedora Thanks! Agreed, the balancing is quite off- I'll try to fix that in the future if I develop this game any further. Thanks for the feedback!

squeg-inc 2020-04-20 19:19

@caseyh @blipbloop @miltage thanks for the feedback guys! And agreed, some oomph in the shooting and pew pew effects would be amazing :)

justin-c 2020-04-20 22:47

Fun little game. I love the art style and the music. The game almost gets easier as it goes on, because when the map is absolutely full of enemies your health is just constantly being refilled. My high score was 298.

birchy 2020-04-21 12:25

Nice game! Good colour palette, fun music!

gullyngames 2020-04-21 14:19

It took a few tries for me to get the hang of the game. After a hundred score, it gets easy because of the number of enemies. I like the music, it really fits the game! Great graphics too. Good job!

niki90000 2020-04-21 14:25

Quite challanging but that makes it really fun to play!

vulgaris 2020-04-21 14:53

very addictive and fun! also the music is very catchy and the game has potential to grow if it had some more features that make it less repetitive.

hugo-kieffer 2020-04-21 14:55

really like the tension in the game, it's a bit hard but fun, the visual are simple but work great with all the effect and music is really nice, its a good entry, good job!

cobear25 2020-04-23 20:53

Great game, really fun and challenging. The music gives it a great mood along with the visuals. I think some sound effects would make it even better.

blubberquark 2020-04-24 12:34

It doesn't to anything interesting with the theme (keep yourself alive, that's how every game with hitpoints works), or the main mechanic. The shooting and moving doesn't feel particularly satisfying. The spawning and death effects of the enemies are very polished though.

borys 2020-04-30 13:10

I loved it. Idea is simple, but still interesting and it works well. Gameplay is so fast and exciting. I like that in one second there is a possible to die instantly so you have to be aware all the time. Great job!

wans24 2020-05-10 07:26

The idea is nice and visuals are pretty, however the balance is not that great. Health is never a problem in this game and you dodge 90% of projectiles by simply running around the arena and if you need to take a pickup, you just tank all damage while shooting enemies and that's it. Also, I think the game need more impact and particles to feel great.