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Vermin Attack

By stevepixelface

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1723.8526
Fun973.9326
Innovation4453.2226
Theme7123.0426
Humor2673.2524
Mood3153.5825

Comments

mrnotcrazy 2023-01-09 19:00

I loved it so much I started whacking Vermin in my own garden!

ffrusik 2023-01-09 19:03

Nice short game. Very loved the combat system and increasing of difficulty. Music and art are clear and handsome! Funny experience)

recursor 2023-01-09 19:48

Simple yet fun and quite stressful as I began to approach 100.

aarimous 2023-01-09 23:04

For being such a simple little game you were able to make it feel so good. Love all the screen shake, sound effects, and minimal color pallet. Congrats on making a game in one weekend! Cheers!

miloti 2023-01-10 11:50

Simple but super polished! Progression also scales in a really nice way. Hitting two moles at the same time feels super satisfying. Amazing job

skoufakis 2023-01-10 12:49

Small Game, Big Fun :D

kiberptah 2023-01-10 16:45

Nice game, it is small but polished! I think it'd be more fun if attacking wasn't automatic? But why not!

zakku 2023-01-11 10:43

Loved it ! Simple yet addictive ! Yeah ! Congrats the vibe is unpecable, the polish is there

rohanmoon 2023-01-11 11:52

Awww yiss love me some whack-a-mole. Very cute, well implemented.

bardia-crunch 2023-01-11 11:55

one of the most intense vermin whacking games I've ever played

I like it alot , it's realy well polished

burnsdesigns 2023-01-11 11:57

Small game, but well suited for a game jam. The art style is very consistent and looks well together. Also gave clear indication of where moles were coming with very simple sprites. Very effective!

Well done!

theothersamp 2023-01-11 12:04

Incredibly simple gameplay, yet somehow addictively fun! I wish it went a little longer, I was in a good rhythm when I got to 100 and would have liked to keep going.

The instructions were slightly unclear. At first I thought that I lost lives if a rat came up underneath me and bit my feet, and didn't realise that I lost them for missing one. Once I worked it out, it clicked very comfortably.

Graphics and music are cute. Simple and effective, although not very tied to the Harvest theme.

I wish there was a highscore mode that kept ramping up infinitely.

theothersamp 2023-01-11 12:06

I wonder whether a version of this would work as a rhythm game. Part of me wanted the thwacking to sync with the music, but maybe that would hurt the rhythm of the gameplay. Perhaps the music could adapt to match the rhythm of the thwacks.

hamb 2023-01-11 12:07

Simple and very good realization. The game feels really crisp and satisfying, everything works well together. I wish the whacking was not automatic, it was not much of a challenge as is. Maybe an evolution in game mechanics other than the speeding up of the pace would make it really stand out. Overall a really nice accomplishment, well done !

fishmasterino 2023-01-11 22:27

Makes me think of a wario ware mini game, which is always a nice thing to say. The screen shake and audio feedback work really well

fluri 2023-01-12 12:10

Simple and clean :) satisfying to wack their silly little heads. Controlling when the player wacks would make it more involved and perhaps there can be an enemy type later on that requires two wacks.

trsthstrs 2023-01-16 07:57

i really like the simplicity of the sprites and the game! color palette is nice too! screenshake is nice. had no bugs at all. Music is nice. Controls are easy to understand. Nice job!

pataya 2023-01-16 10:11

simple, easy to pick up, overall a really fun short experience!

arqsenpai 2023-01-16 10:15

Very simple but I enjoyed it a lot! Everything work really well together and feels polished with simple controls. Musics are dopes, feedbacks and sfx are efficients, I love the little intro, and graphics are very cute!

Love it :heart:

amarokczukay 2023-01-19 10:00

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simple but very nice game! i like how minimalist things are, they don't need more. Sweet art, nice gameplay (having to be on the side of the mole but not on top of it was kinda original), understandable goal… great execution, everything was fluid!

got it on my first run hehe

luhuchiha 2023-01-19 21:49

Great game! I only miss a "high score" mode.

local-minimum 2023-01-21 20:03

I managed to get to the end, which with these types of entries doesn't happen all too often. That I did manage with full health says something about it being kind of on the easy side at the moment. But I'm not complaining. The controls were nice in their simplicity and it was very satisfying to be able to wack with both arms at the same time.

For increased complexity one could imagine a second row of crops though it will add two keys... or zooming out to have a bit more slots where they can appear. But it was fun and a bit stressful as it was now.