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GemStar Saga

By cassio-eduardo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7373.6123
Fun7073.4723
Innovation9603.1623
Theme6223.8523
Graphics7173.8323
Audio5783.5723
Mood6743.6623

Comments

pbg 2021-04-27 19:42

This game is RAD. Reminds me of an awesome, pre-rendered Saturn game. I sort of wish it was a touch easier - your melee attack and gun are not very effective, since the enemies have such small hitboxes. Even with that being the case, its still super cool. Nicely done!

steelax 2021-04-27 19:53

hi i was unable to play this due to an error. please let me know if it gets fixed :)

cassio-eduardo 2021-04-27 19:55

@steelax what was the error?

lohii 2021-04-27 19:56

I too was unable to play due to an error:

############################################################################################ ERROR in action number 1 of Draw Event for object obj_menu_controller:

global variable name 'default_gamepad' index (100541) not set before reading it. at gml_Object_obj_menu_controller_Draw_64 ############################################################################################ gml_Object_obj_menu_controller_Draw_64 (line -1)

I'm on Windows 10

cassio-eduardo 2021-04-27 20:04

@steelax @lohii Fixed. This was very dumb on my part. I always have a gamepad plugged in, so I didn't catch the error. Thanks for the report.

nicolasjl9 2021-04-27 21:08

Nice game! Brings me old metroid vibes!

alexandre-pedroza 2021-04-27 22:00

Super nice game! What tools did you guys use to make this? Congrats!

cassio-eduardo 2021-04-27 22:03

@alexandre-pedroza GameMaker Studio 2, Gimp, Blender and bfxr.

plepletier 2021-04-27 22:51

wOWWW!!! This game got me! Really! This type of game is my favorty!!! Scoreboard and plataformer dash megamen like \o/ Congratulations! I really enjoy and, of course, played to broke the record! Good job guys!score.png

cassio-eduardo 2021-04-27 23:34

@plepletier Thanks! Nice to see the scores going up. Glad you enjoyed it.

frankiesmileshow 2021-04-28 06:07

Loved this on the stream! I'd say main issue is that the controls are a bit overwhelming, lots of actions mapped to lots of buttons, especially if playing on keyboard. Idk how id fix it exactly, maybe moving some actions to be button combinations instead of single button triggers?

sarajs 2021-04-28 16:46

Thanks for submitting! Hope my in-stream feedback was helpful!

gryffo 2021-04-28 17:29

Beautiful ps1 throwback style. Congrats!

steelax 2021-04-28 17:38

worked now, thanks! yeah this was a nostalgia trip, the sounds the gfx all reminded me of the early PC games i played from when i used to sneak on the brothers PC when i was like 8 YO

roikku 2021-04-28 21:16

Nice!

simayen 2021-05-01 18:55

This game is oozing with charm! Love the pre-rendered graphics. There's a great mood and a great overall feel. I like your style.

pnkvrt 2021-05-02 12:52

This was fun! Cool graphics, music is great. Well done!

roidz 2021-05-02 13:04

Nice game, getting real retro vibes here. Feel good game, if that's a thing.

andidebob 2021-05-03 09:58

This was really cool, I love the artstyle you went with, the very megaman aestetic. The gameplay was cool too although I did mix up the controls a bunch. Maybe drill and attack could be one action, which would also make more sense with the downwards dash. Another thing that is cool is the veriety of enemies that you have added to the game, but I think some people might not even encouter the ones that appear later in the game. I don't know how to fix this though...

Either way, this was a really solid game, really well done!

philliptrudeau 2021-05-04 10:06

I like the mechanics at play here, but the control scheme is kind of a killer for me. I'd prefer if jump were W, dash were Shift, all drill controls were unified, etc. Besides that, the audio is great and the art style is really interesting! The boulder mechanic was cool and having leaderboards was neat. Overall I gave it a 3.5/5 - impressive work for a one-person jam!

meep 2021-05-11 16:24

I think the controls were a little awkward at first, having so many options available and not being eased into them slowly. However, once you got used to them, it was pretty well controllable. I came into it thinking the shoot height would be a little awkward, but waiting out enemy cycles to line up worked out, and it forced you to make use of the rest of the kit (the drill bouncing, melee attack, etc.). It really grew on me, and found myself diving back in despite some frustrating deaths- would love to see this idea polished further! :D