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Never Alone

By alexsogge, aamuuninen, fachscahfttf, NoeF, dangerbleistift, Trigrab, Ethereal, Xerxeres and Julian1

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7233.5151
Fun6213.4452
Innovation2853.7051
Theme8023.5651
Graphics11112.9853
Humor10572.2047
Mood11822.9448

Comments

eggsscrambled 2022-04-05 03:56

I love the art style, very unique!

luquio 2022-04-05 04:30

I love the concept and appreciate the implementation. I think the overall gameplay experience has a lot of room to improve.

firescape-games 2022-04-05 11:24

This is a cool game, and the art is very nicely done.

ds-nahogara 2022-04-05 18:19

Holy crap!! This is very cool, how many times can you save your best record to help others? This is a pretty neat idea, i'll be playing more of it, keep up the great work! :v:

bhughes 2022-04-05 18:26

Cool concept! love the music and art, would love to see a bit more abilities or map variation

lisyarus 2022-04-05 18:37

Nice visual style! The game sessions are quite short, wish I could move around longer. Couldn't beat 18000 mark, always got surrounded by enemies. Anyways, good job!

fc85057 2022-04-07 01:54

Very impressive! Cool, simple concept that works extraordinarily well. Fits the theme and music and art fit perfectly. The "ghostlike" vision of other players is incredible and I cannot imagine how you pulled it off in such a time frame. Truly impressive. This could be a full-fledged game with a bit of variety/abilities added.

sillyman987 2022-04-07 16:14

Very interesting concept! Having previous gamers play with you is impressive!

yetanother 2022-04-07 16:52

Having some online elements for a game-jam is super ambitious, kudos!

spaghetti 2022-04-07 18:32

time for jolly cooperation

mickxe 2022-04-07 19:07

I applaud the effort to make a multiplayer game, you don't see that a lot in LD. :D Nice job!

kndratova 2022-04-07 19:45

I really enjoyed the game, thank you guys!)

itzemii 2022-04-07 19:47

Online components in a jam game! Wow, that's great! Congratulations. Game itself is very standard twin stick shooter.

stefan-laimer 2022-04-07 20:20

The game itself is solid, but the fact that you made it into a multiplayer game is insane. Great job!

bunner 2022-04-07 21:19

Nice work on the multiplayer aspect! also shoutouts to Pacifist, they've got 50k points without taking a single shot

halflemonstudios 2022-04-07 21:34

There were many things I was expecting in a little arena survival shooter, but the ghosts of other players was not one of them. That's very clever, well done!

tobius 2022-04-07 21:43

Really like the idea of async multiplayer like this. The gameplay is simple but seems to be well made with decent assets and sounds. It was pretty laggy on the old laptop I used to play it, though that's not likely the majority of your audience.

glove 2022-04-07 21:44

Super unique idea! How in the world did you even manage that in such a short time!? Crazy good work! The lighting and music help a lot with the mood, kept things high energy and upbeat. Big fan of the graphics too, feels like an old arcade cabinet. Only complaint would be with difficulty but I understand how that fits with the Jam's theme as well as the game's mechanic so no big complaints. Super solid entry!

grubre 2022-04-07 21:49

Such an amazing concept for the game, nice job guys!

tornadopiggie 2022-04-07 21:50

Making a multiplayer Game Jam game is fascinating and it was brilliant that you guys were able to pull it off, congrats! Game is a little bit dull though, it goes too quick and the moment-to-moment isn't the most exciting. But all-in-all, a very ambitious project that y'all should be proud of!

postpostscript 2022-04-07 21:56

Got this error on firefox and chrome: ```WebAssembly streaming compilation failed! This can happen for example if "Content-Encoding" HTTP header is incorrectly enabled on the server for file Build/Builds.wasm, but the file is not pre-compressed on disk (or vice versa). Check the Network tab in browser Devtools to debug server header configuration.```

I can send console or network request info if it'd be helpful!

flying-dog-fish 2022-04-07 21:58

What an interesting concept, playing with the help of other past players.

lazy-fox 2022-04-07 23:42

I liked the sense of camaraderie this game gives. Fighting with your fallen friends, trying to get a high score to help the next player. In a way, it has more purpose then most single player games xD

joe-cowman 2022-04-08 05:27

Wow, what an awesome concept that you implemented quite well! I really enjoyed seeing the spirits of other players in the game -- async multiplayer isn't something I'd ever considered, but it was very neat. If you keep working on this game (I hope you do) it might be interesting to explore other ways players might influence each other, such as dropping helpful supplies or activating effects.

Congrats on completing an awesome entry!

hilkojj 2022-04-08 08:33

Cool concept of playing together with past players, and well executed! I'd have liked some visual/audio feedback when I got hit, that was not very clear to me.

mar3k 2022-04-08 12:46

Very nice entry, the controls are nice, the game is quite difficult, but I guess that is intended and the addition of having NPCs fight with you is nice. Well done.

fatiguedfox 2022-04-08 14:48

Incredible unique idea. I love it! Using the runs of others to get a better score is such an awesome idea, and the use of the theme to make it impossible is just a good blend with the idea. Very fun to play, and the graphics look great.

anson-rutherford 2022-04-08 17:19

Neat online features, really cool idea!

bearding8 2022-04-08 18:40

I really appreciate the online features. Async multiplayer and keeping online highscores are impressive. I feel that gameplay needs to improve a bit though. The color palette and the graphics, makes it a bit hard to follow.

fedora 2022-04-09 07:07

I really like the idea of taking other players previous inputs and having them help you. The controls and game mechanics could be improved to have more variety and a better feeling (things like having the enemies have a spawn animation instead of just appearing on top of you, and having better movement options like a dash). Overall, I think it's well done and enjoyed trying to get a high score (although I never got over 13k :P)

xoreaxeax 2022-04-09 07:19

Wow! Very nice concept! I like the chaotic nature of the emerging gameplay.

brainwavecreations 2022-04-09 20:59

Fun stick shooter style game. I played a handful of times :). Wasn't sure if I was playing with other folks, or if those were AI that were playing alongside my grenade. Overall, it's fun and chaotic! This is really similar to one of the ideas I had, while thinking up games for this jam.

mpk90 2022-04-09 22:24

Cool idea, I find it motivating that there is a high score. My teammates die unfortunately way too fast :D

naali 2022-04-19 04:13

It's a neat idea to save the actions. At first I wasn't exactly sure if it was multiplayer or if it was just an AI, but this seems like an interesting way to make the play feel multiplayer without it being multiplayer.

felkymike 2022-04-21 15:53

Great idea! Love the phantoms, it's really neat. The animations for the player and the design for the enemies are nice, but the backgrounds and elements are a bit dull. Maybe you could play with some randomness to keep everything fresh, like the locations of the enemies' spawn. Good job overall!