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Private 621

By cptdrusha, tricky-fat-cat, getsky, sergio-nikol, Krik_IDDQD, Pavel Tararin, stp_shgnv and Rild

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2253.9241
Fun1703.9341
Innovation7023.1941
Theme5243.7041
Audio2043.7941
Humor4.005
Mood4.505

Comments

spike-studio 2023-10-03 02:33

8 person team! Great job on getting everyone to work together, you got a amazing result! The art/music really stuck out, they are very polished, good job!

borderdestroyer 2023-10-03 03:23

Oh my god this game was so addictive! I'm not going to lie, I'm probably going to come back to this one later to see how far I can get into it! It was insanely difficult, but honestly those are the types of games I enjoy the most, so for me anyways, I loved it a lot!

holysparks 2023-10-03 15:17

-Mom, can you get me Armored Core? -We have Armored Core at home The Armored Core at home:

Very fun and challenging entry! Will be coming back to it later for more. I run into some bugs on the main menu: 1. When I started the game, if I didn't right away ran into the Game Start portal the game would close and open again, as if some loop for the entire thing was running. 2. After dying, I went back to the menu and couldn't move.

tricky-fat-cat 2023-10-03 16:05

@spike-studio thanks, we tried our best!

@borderdestroyer thanks!

@holysparks Now we are game jam buddies

tentacledream 2023-10-03 17:03

I really liked the shooting and the mechanic with exploding grenades. It's a pity that there is no variety in weapons, or any grenades. Overall very good.

mortusnegati 2023-10-03 17:36

Was pretty fun. Definitely limited space. I think it would be nice to indicate when a mushroom has entered it's "I am dead / about to explode" state. Especially when I hit them with bullets I want them to turn dark or something, or start flashing. Then I know I defeated them and can stop shooting at them.

krassenstein 2023-10-03 19:27

Thanks for letting me play this on stream, it was awesome!

Here's the VOD with Timestamps so you can click to your game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVsG7UOyfw

merdeboi 2023-10-03 20:50

Great visuals and sound, nice varied enemies. The stages were a bit too long and difficult, made it to the 3rd? level with the spinning laser tower. Character controls were solid and responsive in terms of the sliding/shooting mechanics. Great job & well done.

philocode 2023-10-04 08:24

The game is really fun, even though I certainly could not get past the later stages. At some point, there was just too much for me going on there :D I think I encountered some bugs with the firing mechanic, one time I could not shoot anymore after I dashed, I had to click multiple times to be able to shoot again. Another time, I just started continuously firing after dashing and did not have to click or hold the mouse button down anymore. What I really liked though was your main menu, I loved the idea of starting your game like this and immediately had to try the "Flee"-option - which did exactly what I hoped it would! Great work :)

leiggarfeed 2023-10-04 13:07

Wow! That's nice game! Sound is really good, gameplay is fun

fatemperor 2023-10-04 14:13

I found you much faster than I expected. The sound is great, the humor is good, the controls are excellent and the graphics are on top. Even after five attempts, I could not pass the stage with moving lasers. If you click on the QUIT after losing, the control fails and you have to use Alt + F4. The game is above all praise. I didn't expect anything else from my teachers.

dock-frankenstein 2023-10-04 18:43

Cool game. I got a little bit thrown off when I heard the part from running in the 90s in the background. I got stuck after returning to the main menu and couldn't move, but except that, the experience was quite solid

pabloabraham 2023-10-04 19:24

Hey there, played "Private 621" and I'm truly impressed! Love the unique urgency of being the 621st toy. Gameplay's smooth with minor hiccups, but overall a solid experience. The weapon variety kept things exciting. For a jam game, it's a standout. Can't wait to see more from you!

tricky-fat-cat 2023-10-04 21:37

@tentacledream thank you for playing, we planned to add the second weapon, but didn't have time to implement

@mortusnegati thanks for feedback, I completely forgot about mushrooms while worked on the visual pass -_- Will fix it in a post jam version

@krassenstein thank you for playing and stream

@merdeboi thanks, we will improve balance in a post jam version

@philocode thank you! You caught quite a strange bug

@leiggarfeed thank you

@fatemperor thanks for searching!

@dock-frankenstein thanks for playing, this bug will be fixed in a post jam version

@pabloabraham thank you!

krik-iddqd 2023-10-04 21:41

@dock-frankenstein Everything is actually more complicated. Specifically in this sequence, this sample was used in many Eurobeat songs, not only in "Running in the 90s". For example, it can also be heard in Domino's "Tora Tora Tora!". :)

In generally, this sound is from LA Style's "James Brown is Dead" (from where it dispersed to other melodies), where it itself was sampled from an old Electric Light Orchestra melody. It just so happens that I'm a big fan of Eurobeat, Belgian Techno and Hyper Techno at the same time, where this sound was used a lot, so I just decided to bring a little element of them into the melody. The choir sample, by the way, also refers to “James Brown is Dead” and is also a marker for Belgian techno and Hyper Techno, but this is actually a basic preset from the Roland W-30 sampler.

For some mistake unknown to me, the build unfortunately included the Saturday demo of the track, not the final version by almost 4 minutes. =( This will be fixed in the post-jam version + I will also post it separately on services in the next few days.

juanrod707 2023-10-05 04:17

Fun game, controls are very responsive and visual effects look very cool, enemy variety is very impressive! I'd add lots of feedback just as polish phase.

chybby 2023-10-05 13:08

This was pretty fun, and got better when I remembered about the dash :P I was a bit confused about the first level ending in a checkpoint, then the second level just going on and on with no checkpoints. I kept getting killed by the mushrooms cause I couldn't tell when they would explode or the range of the explosion.

tricky-fat-cat 2023-10-05 18:04

@juanrod707 thank you

@chybby thanks

usagitsukino 2023-10-05 19:31

pretty fun gameplay, yes. and overall it's a good ja, game

jormarysky 2023-10-05 20:14

Stupid action game, way I like it. And this one is tight to play.

Only tried jam version so far. Nothing else to criticize than could have some damage flash and some death animations are too long/not dramatic enough, so I keep shooting dead enemies. That and some juicing and it is fun little time waster

camden-obertop 2023-10-06 01:23

Cool game! I like the concept of playing as a little toy soldier, its a fun concept

tricky-fat-cat 2023-10-06 18:48

@usagitsukino thank you for playing!

@jormarysky thanks

@camden-obertop thanks for playing!

jamesw 2023-10-06 18:49

A solid entry! I love the gameplay, it's a bit tough but fun. Also the art of the toys is very nice, it makes each of them lovely (tho I died several times being attacked by them :(

tricky-fat-cat 2023-10-06 18:50

@jamesw this is war private, not a playground!

braeden 2023-10-06 20:48

Love the range of enemies you guys were able to make in such short time. Very fun!

nevernox 2023-10-09 23:37

Very fun and polished game! I got to the 4th level) I love enemy and obstacles variety, music and audio design (dunno if this intentional, but shooting sounds match the music really well!) Impressive work for such little time, thanks for the game! :)

strangeryann 2023-10-15 13:04

very nice!

tight gameplay, balancing, enemy variety

I ain't big on bullet hells personally but that kept me entertained for a while

maybe it could have been interesting to break down level 2 into more sublevels because a lot happens in there

but it feels like there's all the elements for real diehards of the genre to find their flow

well done, looking forward to the next one in April :grinning: :sparkles:

skel3ton 2023-10-16 16:34

wow I expected a lot but I didn't expect a ride like this. the game really started to test my reflexes and thus remained fun and action-packed. great music and nice graphics...

interesting choice of enemies

great entry

curtis-pelissier 2023-10-20 18:10

It reminds me the Unity shooter tuto, but the game is fun though :thumbsup: