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Terra Nova

By n4tticus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3343.7427
Fun1653.9126
Innovation5143.3926
Theme2903.9526
Graphics3783.9028
Audio2633.6827
Humor1213.8425
Mood4473.5825

Comments

lorwon 2022-10-04 21:17

Hi, I can't play your game :( error 404. Please make it playable ! it seems to be a survival game and I also made one :).

likurio 2022-10-04 21:20

Cant play game

gonzalol 2022-10-04 21:36

Your link is incomplete. The game looks good anyway

n4tticus 2022-10-10 23:22

@lorwon @likurio @gonzalol Sorry, I was travelling and my hosting went down while I was gone. The link should be working now :smile:

jeremy-ryan 2022-10-11 01:46

Nice entry!

The graphics were really solid for a solo game. All the characters were animated, and the UI and health bars were clear and unintrusive. I really liked that all the attacks showed an area of effect when they hit so you knew what to avoid.

You injected a lot of small pieces of humor throughout, to great effect. The snage lasers in particular were hilarious and unexpected.

I do think the basic attack was a bit slow to start. It didn't matter too much, since you continued to get upgrades throughout the run, but in the early phases in particular the basic attack was almost useless compared to the axe tornado and a lot harder to time and position such that you wouldn't immediately be hit back. The anime punch was super cool looking, but also a bit slow for the animation, especially since you need to do it several times to take down the boss.

The music and sound effects were simple but effective, and worked together well. There were a couple things that would have been nice to have sound effects for (such as the slime's attack) but you definitely got all the important ones.

Overall really solid for a solo jam entry, plays well and has a lot of character.

I drew a picture of the snage and added it to the fan art compilation on [my profile.](https://ldjam.com/users/jeremy-ryan/)

snage.png

Thanks for making this!

gonzalol 2022-10-11 07:19

Great little game, the art and the animations are incredible smooth for a COMPO entry, the gameplay is quite chaotic but fun. Congratulations.

alex-mcgrath 2022-10-18 22:23

This is such a fun little game! It's a hot mess of chaos in all the best ways - from silly humor in the pretense and dialogue to the absurd heft of some of these attacks (especially the ultimate ability, which has a super fun animation)

The audio is simple, definitely does the job, though as others have noted there are definitely some effects you could add as well.

The screenshake is absurd as well, and I actually don't really mind it - I think it fits the vibe of the game well. Overall, this is a solid entry! Well done!

oliver-richmeier 2022-10-20 23:03

The style and audio are very good, and the game feels great! I did find myself getting stuck on enemies often, and screen shake sometimes made it quite chaotic to control. but otherwise very nice work

oddballdave 2022-10-20 23:07

I won. Yay! It got a bit hectic in parts and I couldn't quite tell what was going on at those bits. But it was pretty intuitive for the most part. I like the art style a lot. The Liches head wiggle had me chuckling.

Good stuff :8ball:

resacagames 2022-10-20 23:08

Very fun game!!! Ultimate ability's animation was EPIC. Wished it had some more waves before the boss. Well done!!

lincolnsalles 2022-10-21 00:53

The graphics are nice, but the gameplay is quite confusing. It would be better to be able to walk using the arrow keys or WASD instead of the mouse. After the first enemy defeated, many came at once, there should be a more balanced difficulty curve. Nor could I say how appropriate it is to the theme.

stephen-kyranakis 2022-10-21 02:10

Nice work! Getting a power-up every 10 seconds was a simple take on the theme, but it honestly might be one of my favorites. It was a great way to balance an otherwise seemingly unfair game. One minor complaint is that I think things might have been cut off a bit on my screen. Oh, and I also really liked the humor and sound. Well done

thesmellofoxygen 2022-10-21 02:19

Hilarious opening with more energy and sound than I expected! The game was brief, and I was surprised the camera didn't move with me to explore some, but I had fun in that time. Very player friendly, letting us respawn mid bossfight multiple times.

paul-nadan 2022-10-21 04:18

This was hilarious, nice work! I really liked the animation style, and the camera effects were really nice (especially the ultimate ability), although some of the effects could have been sped up a bit. The enemy with the separate head was also a really neat concept. Overall a very silly but fun entry!

mr-pyckle 2022-10-21 04:43

very nice. I really liked the art and genuinely had a fun time playing it. The mechanics worked nicely and I like the slime voice acting ;)

jag 2022-10-21 04:44

Okay this was incredibly fun, I had a great time playing this! I'm really impressed with the technical work that's put into this, it is a huge amount of stuff to accomplish in 3 days. Excellent job with the AI and I think the idea of the enemy attacks coming out in a special shape is a stroke of genius, it matches really well with what attack they're about to do. I'm actually pretty glad you made the game very forgiving and let us resurrect because I actually died a couple of times. I really love the cinematic deathblow animation as well! Great job, and thank you for the game!

0x-void-x0 2022-10-21 11:09

really love the gameplay loop in this game, it feels polished and well designed, the enemies have a really nice variation and the boss fight was enjoyable, the art style and music work pretty well together which is really cool. also you deserve a lot of credits for not restarting the whole game after the player dies, I feel like jam games should do this more often. great work!

criobite 2022-10-21 11:16

Hey, really solid game! Made it to the end, and it felt like a decent challenge, not to easy, not to brutal. Good graphics, music, and sound as well. Awesome work!