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Developer fixed link, so its pretty neat game, shows there was lots of effort since there is many features (camera that records emeralds in the back, ability for emeralds to fall out so you have to be careful, energy refilling, rocket mode + overheating, map of the area etc..). However it was quite hard to maneuver the vehicle around moon surfcae since it slides almost too much for my taste, but i guess thats the whole point, and i got used to it after few minutes anyways.
@ltyrosine No problem. You should prepare at least thumbnail soon after the deadline though, since most people only click on games with thumbnail. I personally don't care but most people do. Also i think one needs to rate other games so the classic & smart balance are higher so your game is sorted more up top, since most people only scroll trough first few pages. People usually put so much effort into games but forget about the page so games are then without feedback. But i also realize alot of people go on jams for fun and for personal experience not for anything else.
So keep developing and good luck on the next game jam
The atmosphere is good, you nailed the looks of the game, the fps controller is also very smooth, sprinting feels satisfying and not clunky and "wooden" like on some fps controllers. As you said yourself on itch, its short, but the foundation is here and its good. Horror game with these looks/mechanics would definetly come out great.
Neat little game. Reminds me of one of the good old miniclip games.
Bulldozer could have a bit more acceleration since when i go reverse and then forward again its extremely slow. But i suppose then difficulty would be too easy since now reversing/bumping is exactly when the farmers catch you with dynamite, other than that its ok.
Impressive visuals, the character walk and camera zoom is nicely done too and flickering/screen tearing realy conects it together. Sound is also very good, my only complaint is that intro is unskippable and because i died alot on the begining (since the first few times i didn't even see the monsters) i had to listen to it many times.
Other than that you made very nice foundation for maybe future full fleged horror game.
I tried the game and it looks nice but i couldn't figure out the rules or what those texts below potions meant to do/show.
@Sibi hey i checked out the game one more time and it took me a min or two to fully get it, but when i did i was very impressed. Very creative and toughtful mechanic of when to use which potion which to brew or not to brew etc... I toroughly enjoyed it and the 30min i spent playing it flew by. Its very solid entry, its also practicaly finished game with high polish and no bugs and its not bad to replay it. With some randomness in potion recipes you would have an awesome mobile game for actual release since it would have even more replayability. Music and sound effects are also good.
Too bad you didn't put instructions + thumbnail soon after the deadline though. Since most people don't click on games without thumbnail and most people only play games first day or so. But still, good luck!
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Game seems pretty polished from the part that i played. but it would be good to have some instruction what am i doing and how to do it. At the start it just puts you in completely dark hallway where i only saw hand and crosshair. i didn't know if im moving or not so i just randomly pressed wasd untill i saw some sort of hallway. Then i came to the area where it actualy tells you to use Q to swap, and E to pickup and leftlick to attract itmes back into your hand. I tought tutorial would be longer since i didn't know what im swapping even. It seems its another dimension but i couldn't figure out what to do or what to use items for or what swapping idmensions even is useful for. I came to one character that even had multiple dialogue choices but again i couldn't figure out how to advance.
Instructions would make all the difference.
Very fun game. Very polished. Movement is extremely smooth and feels satisfying to move around and dash, melee is satisfying, shooting is satisfying. Just the right mechanics and just the right feeling. Getting helath from killing enemies was a breath of fresh air since this mechanic is usualy way less used compared to healthKit pickups or self-regenrating health.
The graphics are good since the style of all assets is cohesive and the lighting was also nice to me.
It is very short, but thats to be expected from gamejam games. You have made very good basis to add plenty of levels/monster types/weapons and could make a full game off it.
Can't acces either of the links
i played the game now, the vehicle physics are good. Trawling ice behind also works good, could only use a bit more polish on textures/sounds imo, but its understandable that time runs out quickly, especialy for 1 person projects.
Not familiar with unreal engine or its metasounds feautre and technicalities of it, but the background music is nice and relaxing and its aslo what i paid attention to, since you said yourself sound was priority not the gameplay.
Great game, i liked it alot. Movement is great, dodging is great and concept of unstable is also great. It actualy makes you try and retry and adapt strategy to finish the levels. The level of polish is very high, one of the highest that i have seen from the games submitted i played. Dodging trough the fires on the wall was a bit hard, but i got used to it and i died way less often, but it still seemed that sometimes it worked sometimes not.
Nice music, very nice visuals and the style, i also like UI which many people overlook. Mechanic is also smooth. All and all its relaxing and creative game and its very polished.
It shows you put alot of effort into this game. The graphics are awesome and sound design is also great. The greatest thing in my opinion is atmosphere which is amazing.
Theres bots which have their own vitals and schedule, theres many diferent repair systems on ship, theres proceduraly generated planet names with procedural resource placings and different quantities plus random textures so planets look different. All shows how much effort is in this game. Mechanics wise theres plenty of things in this game, but in my opinion some mechanics actualy make gameplay more passive rather than more active.
For example as now bots actualy do all ship repairs and player only collects resources which gets a bit repetitive over large amounts of time. Personally i would prefer if player had to fix the ship on its own and instead of bots,and had different tools that he also had to maintain. This way player would be in constant action.
But nonetheless its game jam obviously and not much can be done in this short amount of time, as i said atmosphere is very good and also "unstable" theme was portrayed pretty well.
i have python installed but when i click on iehter of the files nothing happens. Command prompt just quickly opens and closes.
nice little game, takes some time to figure out you need to lean your boat towards rum barrels to pick them up though
It's nice concept, execution of mining is very good, i like that it's not too easy (since you need to aim with pickaxe to hit crystals) but at same time its very satisfying when crystal drops out of it. I also like the falling stalagmites that stay in the ground for some time and make it so you cant move where they have fallen, its another aspect that makes player think about. Only thing i really missed is some background music.
Unique look,i like the music and especialy animations , but it would be useful to have some sort of instructions. I couldn't figure out if the weapon that i have actualy kills the zombies around me or they just randomly dropped into splatter and i didn't know if i have to hold it or just click when using it.
Very fun game, nice motion and it has some creative ways enemies attack you, which were executed well.