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Stellae Flere

By salamichild, bwalter and Bibiki

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4153.8227
Fun5913.5627
Innovation8063.3027
Theme16002.9827
Graphics1374.4028
Audio1354.0928
Humor7262.9024
Mood6673.6728

Comments

mahjoub 2021-04-27 11:33

Really good entry, impressive quality of graphisms (already noticed this by following PixelDailies production :v: ), and fun gameplay!

wouter52 2021-04-27 13:25

Nice backstory, I like how the controls are different from other space-shooters. It takes some time to getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it plays well

I had fun :smile:

craig-cordeiro 2021-04-27 20:15

I looks and sounds amazing! That's an incredible level of polish for a game jam game! My major complaint is that picking up both a weapon and shield upgrade basically make you unstoppable. I had to leave my computer just as the boss fight started and when I got back "We did it" was written across the screen. One other quality of life improvement would be if I could select my weapons/engines/shields while the dialogue/cutscenes are playing. That way I don't have to panic click them while enemies are coming at me. Either that of have a small window to set things before enemies are on screen. Still, overall, amazing work!

webox 2021-04-28 03:31

Whoaah,

- Great art - Great music - Great mechanics (tho It would've been cool to have keys to quick access clickable menus)

This game is the full package!! It feels super polished, dialogs flow really smooth, that effect on some words to emphazise something is really cool too. Very very good, congrats on your game! I loved it (Also, Add fullscreen on the html 5 version!)

davision 2021-04-28 17:23

That is a really cool concept and the pixel art is also great. It was however too hectic for me dealing with the enemies while also managing powers. Maybe keys instead of mouse would have helped, then you don't have to look at the controls for changing them.

caveman54 2021-04-29 13:34

Really cool game. I love the mechanics and I really enjoy these types of games. Thank you for the experience!

peco 2021-04-29 15:28

The pixel art, mood and music were awesome :D The mechanic felt a bit clunky and unfun to me. I wasn't sure when to boost what based on the enemies and there was a lot going on at once... but the idea is cool, might just need a simpler interface like scrolling through modes or reducing the number of modules.. not sure

toreole 2021-04-29 15:29

Looks and sounds absolutely amazing, but sadly the browser version has no movement, i tried pressing every key on my keyboard but nothing happend

anuke 2021-04-29 15:36

- I would have liked a full-screen button on itch.io - with the small window, some of the text was quite difficult to read. - UI, text and graphics feel very well polished, well done. - Very nice music. - It would be nice if the dialogue didn't replay every time you died in stage. - Difficulty curve is a bit weird; I struggled a lot on the first couple of stages, but after receiving the homing bullet upgrade, everything else was a breeze.

jrevel 2021-04-29 15:40

Cool graphics ! The gameplay is really well made, I love the idea of needing to balance movement, weapons and shield, but in practice I think that it is really hard to predict when the enemy will hit you, as enemy bullets are very fast, so I never could use it to my advantage. But the game is still really fun to play !

kev-the-gamedev 2021-04-29 15:40

Nicely done! I got here through your "5 to go"-post. Your game feels super polished and looks amazing. Definitely a shame that you still need some votings.

Our game is only 4 votings away from qualifying, so I would appreciate it if you couls play and vote our game as well! Keep up the good work!

bwalter 2021-04-29 16:04

@toreole the browser version is controlled primarily with the mouse :smile: clicking will advance text. space bar should work also. after the ship is powered by clicking the middle systems lever, either WASD or arrow keys will allow for movement.

bwalter 2021-04-29 16:13

@anuke thank you for your feedback :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, gamemaker doesn't play well with itchio's built in fullscreen button, leading to the game not really centering. I'm looking for a fix to that still. In addition, itchio puts the button in the bottom corner, overlapping where you need to turn shields on slightly, which causes issues in gameplay.

wasd 2021-04-29 16:14

Amazing graphics. Super sound and music design. Very polished game overall. Press middle mouse button continuously for easy mode guys :)

bwalter 2021-04-29 19:31

@wasd thanks for notifying me i left debug mode on in the builds, but please dont tell people to exploit games like that :)