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Nucleus Loop

By m-dam

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11003.3022
Fun7573.3722
Innovation10953.0522
Theme8573.5722
Graphics5473.8522

Comments

freddyturbina 2020-10-05 22:04

Aside from the camera controls it was a really fun experience

wormius 2020-10-07 14:53

I like the graphics. But, what is going with the camera?

jelle-vermandere 2020-10-07 14:53

I feel like the game was a little bit too unforgiving, the camera controls are too sensitive and the obstacles are a bit too tough in the start to get going. Some sort of more gradual difficulty would have helped I feel. But the character looks cool and overal nice job!

offlebaggins 2020-10-07 14:54

Nice work! I enjoyed the art style. The gameplay was simple but fun!

minos-l2b 2020-10-07 14:57

Great job with the theme and the overall, works with my PS4 controller, menus would have been cool and a better camera as well

garywiss 2020-10-07 14:58

The graphics are colorful I like it. The camera move too quickly and is a bit uncontrollable. Apart from that the gameplay is fun ! Good job !

coda-highland 2020-10-07 14:59

The graphics are excellently executed, and the character controls feel pretty good.

I have to agree that the camera is WAY too sensitive. I can't move my mouse a small enough distance to actually control it, which makes it really hard to make progress. The blue light is also really hard to see coming, so it took me a while to figure out why I kept resetting. Maybe put a point light source on the object so it casts colors on the walls as it gets nearer?

iron-leonem 2020-10-07 15:00

Not bad at all! I enjoyed the gameplay, but the camera definitely needs a little love. I'd love to see this as an autorunner- you've got a good gameplay loop here.

jdbuenol 2020-10-07 15:03

The game is a bit simple but it's a good idea, the art and the music are good but the camera and the controls feels a bit weird and the blue light is a bit too fast for me, my high score was 900 (9 coins).

bjornstahl 2020-10-07 16:38

Liked the 3d models. I found it very difficult to pick up the coins, you could make their colliders a bit larger perhaps. And also when you touch the glow that chases you, It felt like you died a bit to early so maybe die when it has covered half of the player character could be a suggestion.

m-dam 2020-10-07 16:44

Sorry about the camera controls. I struggled with the settings a lot, it's probably better to just not move the camera at all, it tracks the player fairly well

m-dam 2020-10-07 20:17

I patched the game and lowered the sensitivity.

matootsy 2020-10-08 19:54

Yes the control and camera management are a bit messy and the level design a bit confused. I had difficulties to play. Need some polish on this points. Otherwise, the character and colored minimal style is interesting. And the music fit well. It's a nice wink to the oldschool 3D games.

kaldrin 2020-10-16 20:24

Nice oldschool looking 3D game! I found the animations and how they fit with the environment pretty surprisingly good for a jam, even if it's of course a simple character!

However, the controls, are really, really messy, I can't quite pin point what's going on but for sure the jump has a lot of issues with slopes and moving objects collisions.

You're right, it's better not to touch the camera, works well, but it's awful when I try to move it myself xD

I like how the level is shapes in circle, pretty nice idea but in the end it's just the same level infinitely, not saying it's not a loop, but it's not that clever of a use of it ^^

I felt like the death barrier was speeding up when I was going ways faster than it, is that right ? Just curious !

The game looks pretty nice though, you can be proud, the audio works, it's a nice little game I had some fun with ^^ Congrats for this entry!

m-dam 2020-10-17 14:59

@kaldrin thank you for the review! I realized all of the problems with the controls I just didn't have enough time to fix it all :(

The barrier does indeed adjust its speed based on how far/close you are!

kaldrin 2020-10-17 15:49

@m-dam You're welcome sorry for giving harsh feedbacks on controls and such while I know you're aware of them and just lacked time!