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Witch Contractor 2

By ruruie and alpacalypse

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10302.9524
Fun9832.8425
Innovation8333.0225
Theme5943.6025
Graphics8083.1525
Humor7052.6022
Mood9003.0423

Comments

jcmonkey 2023-10-03 01:56

this game was pretty wierd, when i got to a final piece the only thing left to do was to die. no mobs spawned on that room, nothing.

kujoen 2023-10-03 14:33

I like the concept, but for some reason the player character would dissapear and the level would freeze multiple times. I will rate it for now, but @ me when you think you fixed some of your bugs and I will give it another go :)

polite-prinny 2023-10-04 01:44

Glad to see you guys are still staying true to your witch games!

The game itself worked fine for me, but it did take me a while to notice that advancing to the next level without killing enemies/collecting stuff doesn't increase the score.

Really wish those coins had a different design, they were kind of hard to notice.

adhesion 2023-10-17 02:24

Solid concept, though the gameplay definitely took some getting used to since it was so fast paced. It was a bit hard to figure out what to do at first, but once I understood the goal of getting to the circle I was able to find the fun of charting a path at the beginning of each level and picking up things along the way. The enemies and pickups didn't feel super impactful since you could just sprint to the exit and survive, and survival seemed like the biggest priority since it was so easy to make a mistake and die since the void showed up so quickly. My high score was around 22000. The core concept of "you get a few seconds to see the whole level and plan out your route" is quite cool, would be fun to see that expanded on maybe with some slower paced gameplay. Good work!

dougggggg 2023-10-17 04:12

Nice game! Great interpretation of the theme. Agreed with some others that the pickups didn't feel super impactful, but that's just a balance thing that you'd be able to solve with more time. I liked the vibe!

draekdude 2023-10-17 10:56

Fun game! It was rather simple and really just came down to a timed maze. Other than just trying to get more points the player never really has to shoot anything or collect anything. Perhaps the levels could also require things to keep it a bit more different each time? Like collect three blah blahs, then the player has to look at the map at the beginning, not only for the circle, but also for these different items each level? Anyway, good job!

nullval 2023-10-17 14:56

cute game, fun twist that the "squares" begin to disappear when you step onto them

lincolnsalles 2023-10-18 01:30

I didn't understand this game. The camera's view is very distant, the items are distant due to the distant camera and I don't really know what they are, the music is quite repetitive and quickly starts to get annoying. The screen goes black and I'm not sure what to do..

croze 2023-10-18 04:07

Feels like a classic SNES game, the slimes are cute too. Maybe more enemies could add some spice too it, but overall a good start to a run and gun game

aucguy 2023-10-18 06:39

I liked the concept of the idea and the fast paced nature due to the timer. I wish there was a bigger challenge (maybe from the enemies) and a clear goal. I also liked how the tiles were randomly placed for each level.

nuin 2023-10-19 20:12

The shooting was pretty satisfying

egormnc 2023-10-19 22:09

I liked the game interesting gameplay

pen-island-games 2023-10-20 04:23

I didn't really feel like I had much time to shoot enemies before the tiles collapsed around me. Overall, I was somewhat confused. Figuring out how to collect all the treasure while navigating the collapsing tiles was pretty fun though.

casper935 2023-10-20 06:19

The gameplay was very fast paced and fun and I loved the soundtrack! I feel like requiring the player to kill all enemies before proceeding and lowering the black tile rate a tad could make it feel a little more engaging. Overall great job was a lot of fun!

smiley405 2023-10-20 18:16

If more time was given, I can definitely see the potential in this game. Loved the game concept, level design and how the camera zooms to the player at the beginning. There are few bugs like when there are more enemies & chases the player there is a lag. But its a time limited jam and I can see that. Good job on finishing the game. my highest score was 9449 :high_brightness:

alchemic 2023-10-20 18:50

Oh wow! I remember playing the first Witch Contractor! Very cool to see a sequel.

I really like the tile collapsing mechanic. Having the camera show the whole level before zooming in is a really cool idea. I enjoyed planning out my route to the magic circle.

cheesepencil 2023-10-20 18:51

I got third! Mostly because I stopped bothering to shoot enemies and just flew right through them (until eventually this tactic failed and i died). I think I never got a score multiplier though, that was always at zero.

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