slothzilla-games 2022-10-04 02:44
Dealing damage to the playing is an interesting mechanic!
I think there could be some improvement to the pathfinding of the enemies. They seemed to always end up moving towards the player horizontally
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Bullet Hellth
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1190 | 2.65 | 15 | |
| Fun | 1073 | 2.76 | 15 | |
| Innovation | 890 | 2.96 | 15 | |
| Theme | 993 | 3.15 | 15 | |
| Graphics | 1096 | 2.26 | 15 | |
| Mood | 1179 | 2.23 | 15 |
Dealing damage to the playing is an interesting mechanic!
I think there could be some improvement to the pathfinding of the enemies. They seemed to always end up moving towards the player horizontally
Nice game! I like the concept of shooting hurting you
I really like the idea, I wonder how different enemy types and such could further emphasize the risk/reward aspect of the mechanic. Adding that along with improvements to the enemy's pathfinding and making it so that the health drops don't block their way would go a long way into making this more repayable imo, because like the stunning of the enemies, which could be cool but since they then end up blocking other enemies' movement too just ends up making it way to cheesable, it sometimes slows down the game to a crawl.
This was an interesting idea but it seemed like there were some bugs in the execution (particularly relating to pathfinding). It also seemed like enemies sometimes took as many as three shots to kill, but would only drop two shots worth of HP, which makes it seem a bit fatalistic and not as gripping as it could have been.
Agreed with squimmy, the idea is neat but maybe needs a little adjusting to balance out the risk/reward.
Sound effects would certainly be a step to work towards, but we all know in a jam we don't have time to get to everything we would have wanted. Art is looking good though, I especially like the health bar being a customized gun sprite rather than the typical rectangle, keep it up!
Cool idea that bullets act as health. It seems like that if I just hold the left mouse button, it doesn't cost me any ammo anymore.
Love the unique concept, simple but fun to play. I think using health as ammo is a great way to stop players from spamming bullets. The damage from shooting enemies seemed inconsistent, some would take 3 shots, some only 1, it would be nice if there was a way to understand this if it is a mechanic, but besides that, great game!
Interesting idea. Good game!