I feel this game would have its highest appeal in the mobile gaming industry. I got to level 11, and the difficulty ramps up rather quickly, but it'd probably be easier if my finger wasn't hurting so much. I'm willing to bet that using one or two fingers to tap on a touch screen could greatly ease that pain, thus bringing the difficulty down a notch, and extending the average length of play time a bit more.
As far as game design goes, my only issue was giving the player cash as a reward. If there is a mechanic that allows you to spend that cash on something, it definitely needs to come sooner than level 11... Otherwise, it might as well just be a high score. The powerup mechanics were interesting, but it also seemed like they were required in order to complete a level... So perhaps allowing the player to buy more of them (or buy a different variety of other powerups) could feel more rewarding.
As far as technical issues goes... Everything was flawless, aside from having to Alt+F4 to close the game. All in all, this is a very well made game with very little to complain about.
LD42 — Running out of space (1)
One Man's Trash by mike_inPrinciple 2018-08-19T04:44:57Z ♥ 1
I feel this game would have its highest appeal in the mobile gaming industry. I got to level 11, and the difficulty ramps up rather quickly, but it'd probably be easier if my finger wasn't hurting so much. I'm willing to bet that using one or two fingers to tap on a touch screen could greatly ease that pain, thus bringing the difficulty down a notch, and extending the average length of play time a bit more.
As far as game design goes, my only issue was giving the player cash as a reward. If there is a mechanic that allows you to spend that cash on something, it definitely needs to come sooner than level 11... Otherwise, it might as well just be a high score. The powerup mechanics were interesting, but it also seemed like they were required in order to complete a level... So perhaps allowing the player to buy more of them (or buy a different variety of other powerups) could feel more rewarding.
As far as technical issues goes... Everything was flawless, aside from having to Alt+F4 to close the game. All in all, this is a very well made game with very little to complain about.