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The Circular Reaper

By greenphox

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1203.6032
Fun1203.5632
Innovation1003.5832
Theme2173.4132
Graphics1843.4532
Audio1723.1331
Mood1453.3832

Comments

rightangel 2023-01-08 18:52

Nice and simple, I like it! ♡

vidu 2023-01-09 07:19

Very cool game, with a very well conducted introduction ♥ With more feedback when hit, it would be amazing ! Congrats !

hoeleboele 2023-01-09 10:26

Wow great tutorial. But very hard game tried a few times but it gets hard real fast or i am just bad at the game. Some feedback is to make it a bit more clear what range you can start the count down but asside from that very cool and pollished game.

greenphox 2023-01-09 10:27

@hoeleboele thanks a lot for the feedback, there is bug rn and you start with 2.000 score :( I hope I could edit but I can't, as I submitted for compo. Thanks for playing!

yorsh 2023-01-09 13:17

Simple but well made and complete, even with a cool tutorial. Well done !

waysneighborgo2 2023-01-09 15:27

Very Unique!

frib 2023-01-09 15:28

Pretty neat game! At some point there's just too many circles lol

horda 2023-01-09 15:49

Super original take on harvest theme! Very fun to play! It get so suddenly hard (around 3k points) i could not move anymore, things keeps chain appearing around me. I love the concept anyway! Great game !

edit: I forgot to say the tutorial is a really good addition to the game, and contribute a lot to its overall quality!

pianoman373 2023-01-09 18:59

I really like this idea, nice way to shake up the bullet-hell genre. I agree that more feedback when hit would have been nice. And maybe a different button to harvest instead of pressing E, or just have harvesting be automatic. The tutorial was really well done and not something most people have time for in a compo. Well done!

arscene 2023-01-09 21:32

Hey fellow soul reaping game maker.

It is fun to make them comply, the idea is really cool.

I feel like this game would benefit tighter inputs (more responsive inputs).

Congrats, it's a really neat entry.

blue-pin-studio 2023-01-10 04:48

The entry was pretty good! I was still able to move around and get points after dying, but other than that, it was a smooth experience!

greenphox 2023-01-10 05:16

@blue-pin-studio thanks for playing and thanks for your kind words! You are right, unfortunately i didn't have the time to fix that bug.

2023-01-10 05:17

@arscene hey fellow soul reaping game maker! Thanks a lot for playing! Thanks for the feedback!

plexsoup 2023-01-10 06:40

Well done! Nicely polished. Fun concept I haven't seen before.

rjerez192 2023-01-10 18:20

I really like the concept. It is very original. The controls sometimes are hard to use, I found myself using two hands, one for movement and the other just to press the E key. Also, the ones that attack seem to do randomly, sometimes you can just stand there and nothing will hit you, would be interested if they have some kind of aiming to make to move a little bit more.

greenphox 2023-01-10 18:38

@rjerez192 Thanks a lot for your kind words! You are absolutely right about the controls, I didn't had the time to smooth them. There are actually enemies (green) who will aim at you, but yellow enemies will indeed shoot randomly. Thanks a lot for your feedback!

rjerez192 2023-01-10 18:43

@greenphox Oh makes sense. I'm colorblind so I couldn't properly realize the difference between both of them. Nice to know.

forgin-bits 2023-01-10 18:53

Excellent game ! The visual design is minimalistic but looks very nice and very readable. The music and sounds fit really well. I loved the gameplay, and the fact that your circle has a bit of "weight" or inertia to it, it feels so much better with it. Admittedly I got stuck pretty quickly between circles but the experience was pretty enjoyable.

Very cool entry, great job

paloobi 2023-01-10 19:11

I like that this an action game that requires you to stay still for periods of time, it creates interesting conflict and challenge, and has a nice feel overall. It's definitely challenging, but feels like something I could work on and get better at. It was very satisfying when I could get multiple circles counting down, and difficult but not impossible to dodge the bullets. Great work!

dgspitzer 2023-01-10 19:15

Very innovative gameplay! I like the cute emojis when the planets is harvested 'U'

greenphox 2023-01-10 19:22

@forgin-bits thanks a lot for your kind words ! The inertia mechanic mechanic was the one that most people want me to change saying "it feels weird" and strange but I'll probably don't change it. :) nice to see someone like-minded.

The difficulty curve is really bad right now, I'll fix it when the jam ends. Thanks for your feedback!

richard-vollebregt 2023-01-10 19:24

Great game! The simple arcade mechanic makes it fun to play. I also got the game over bug at the end, quite funny :D Also, kudos on not having a farming game ;)

zonoxx 2023-01-10 19:42

Really cool entry, I enjoyed the well made tutorial as well as the art style and audio. There is more to it than you realize at first and becomes quite challenging as well which I like. Overall really well done!

greenphox 2023-01-10 20:03

@richard-vollebregt Thanks a lot for playing! I am very happy you enjoyed the bug, I am really good on making them!

@zonoxx Thanks a lot for playing! I am very happy you enjoyed it!

neowhoru 2023-01-10 20:17

Its is a very great arcady game :). Also it is one of the games that you directly understand what to do hehe. Very nice entry.

froissant 2023-01-10 20:34

Fun game, great artistic direction, challenging and not boring :smiley:

ninnec 2023-01-11 00:39

Really cool game. The tutorial was a great touch! Adding the combos was a great touch to keep strategic

shimmerscale 2023-01-11 03:33

Simple but fun! Dodging the attacks wasn't too hard to be frustrating, and I liked the art and animations when harvesting from the spheres.

toomblercazz 2023-01-11 11:37

Cool take on the theme, I had fun. I like the strategy of multitasking by converting multiple at once. It does get a bit claustrophobic at some point, which doesn't lend itself that much to dodging, although it can be fun to tunnel through enemies to get away. I got up to 4030. (And yeah as others have said nice tutorial)

greenphox 2023-01-11 15:50

@toomblercazz there is actually a bug right now with the difficulty, and it is set on hard mode. So 4030 is VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!! Thanks a lot for playing, and for your kind words.

When I fix the difficulty, it would be less claustrophobic, I promise :)