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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
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| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | Estrella | compo | 128 | 3.76 | 3.63 | 2.97 | 3.83 | 4.09 | 3.25 | 2.71 | 3.46 |
Yay! I love it. Seriously. This is one of not many games on this game jam I played until the end. If there is a single thing I would change it is the movement - I wish I could just keep the button pressed. :) Great job!
Wow, the game is fantastic. From all entries I played, this was the one I had the most fun with. 2022-04-05_13-15-50.png I do have to play at least once more and use dash - I had no idea it is there until I have seen some upgrades but then I didn't know how to trigger it.
The graphics is simple but very coherent, it looks very polished, I love it. You can really feel lack of music - and that's a pitty because the game would really feel much more intense. Also I would love to have a little bit more sound effects.
Great leveling system, as for jam - nice variety of enemies. Simple but very well executed idea :).
Yet another idea that could become commercial game. You should extend it and release it on mobile. Just fantastic. I love the simple esthetics. I got stuck on one of the levels (the one when on your first step you trigger the fuse) - but that's probably just because I am not too good at puzzle games :D
This is incredible! Seriously, very professional entry and very unique. Unfrortunately (maybe I just don't see it) I don't see how it connects to the theme? :D Neverless amazing entry! Good job :)
Woah, I love it. It's so simple but very engaging and fun. There are several minor tweaks I would do: - The screen shake is sometimes a bit too hard - very noticable when using semi-auto - The good progression is not clear. Maybe it is part of the design (in that case completely disregard this point) but I completely had no idea which weapon to choose when shopping, just to realize that I downgraded to something worse. I think stacking the weapons on top of each other would be slightly better - but then of course the difficulty would have to be adjusted. - I would love to have 'fix ship' option in the shop available
Very unique entry! I love the aesthetics of it, if you would add a little bit of bloom I think this would significantly improve the visuals. Unfortunately the game was a little bit too difficult for me, so I didn't manage to go pass first few turns :D. Still enjoybable experience!
The game has a great atmosphere but it is veeeeeeeeeeery hard. I wasn't able to play for longer than 1min without being killed. Also the graphics is a little bit unreadable at moments. I realized on the third play through that I can shoot boxes (it helped a lot). I also like the sound. It fits the game very well :)
Wow, it is very polished. The idea is great but I am terrible at multitasking so, selecting rocket, typing code, aiming and at the same time making decision which meteor to hit was a bit too much for me. But still - the execution is great. I love pixel art and I think yours looks just beautiful. Game has very nice mood, it is very atmospheric.
On the down side - I feel the music is a little bit intense, I would prefer it to be a little bit more quite or less invasive :).
Great job! Love it!
Interesting idea - I would love to see more levels with maybe some moving obstacles - that would make you have to plan for your movement. Really enjoyed the experience of playing your game :)
Thank you so much for your encouraging comments! It is really motivating, I think after the rating period finishes I will fix some issues you mention!
@cerno-b , thank you so much for detailed feedback - on the first point, I realized that late in the evening that it would be much nicer experience to have the whitespaces and - optional but unfortunately I already was running out of time :(
When it comes to the difficulty level, you may be right, probably I have missed it when setting up reseting! Thanks for spotting it, I will fix it!
Regarding third point, the rockets are instant but are fired from wrong locations (any random point located 'on earth' which is not optimal), also their react only to the 'target meteor' - so they do not affect other ones even if they collide with them buuuuuut, I probably have done a sily mistake somewhere in code - I noticed it during play testing but as as with the spaces & dashes - the time wasn't too kind to me haha.
Regarding the sounds - I wanted to make everything myself for the jam, but this will definitely be first thing I will replace after the rating period ends :).
Thank you everyone for your fantastic comments. It is so encouraging and motivating. You are all amazing <3.
@william-corrin, thank you so much for your detailed feedback - I added the issue you mention to the list of items to be fixed after the rating period is over :). Thank you so much! I knew something was 'off' but couldn't really grasp the idea of what it was! :)
Yay, even more positive feedback! Thank you so much! I am really happy you enjoy my entry. @mikoziq, thanks for detailed feedback.
When it comes to the cons: - Regarding volume, switch on/off sound/music - it has been planned but it turned out to be literally the first thing to be descoped. I just didn't manage to add those features, even though their implementation would be pretty simple. - I have no bloody idea what is happening there regarding the multiword phrazes, it's one of the first things I am going to fix after the rating period is over. - You are not able to target specific meteors, I screwed a little bit design and basically double typing an initial letter is treated as an error. This makes it confusing from time to time - also one of the first things to fix :)
Thank you everyone for fantastic feedback!
@korfi , wow! That is amazing result! Congratulations! I am very happy you enjoyed the game. Thank you for mentioning the font - this is very good feedback that nobody yet provided! I will definitely adjust it once the rating period is over :)
Woah, that is beautiful game. Seriously. I would love to be able to create amazing art like that. As others said - I would love the start to be a little bit gentler. Also a tutorial would be useful ^ ^. Over all great game!
Hell yeah, seriously. This is impressive. I did not expect that. I mean - I kind of did. I was thinking that maybe I will need to click 4-5 times but your really have put a lot of effort into it. Great, fun experience. Even though it is very simple, this is probably the entry I rated highest.
It somehow reminds me of a game "There is no game" :D
Very nice game. I wish everything would happen slightly slower - like you know, a little bit less gravity, slightly slower character and enemies. I would survive more haha. I really like how the game looks, pretty nice idea with the dream!
I LOVE IT! Very clever design, great idea. I think this would make a fantastic mobile game, especially if there would be multiple levels, some obstacles and so on. Really impressive entry taking into consideration the short tiem! :)
Woah, I didn't expect the game to be so much fun. It got me hooked. Great job, really polished and feels really complete. It would be amazing mobile game! :)
Wooooooooooooooooow! Very solid entry. I wish I was more patient and was able to finish the game. Unfortuantely after over 15min of trying I still didn't manage to finish it. I wish there were checkpoints so I don't have to start from the beginning. The most innovative entry I have seen until now! Fantastic job :)
The concept is great. If you improve sound and graphics it could be really successful game. I really love the idea. Managed to get to level 7 but then even knowing what I have to do I got a little bit frustrated hahaha, probably will have to try once more! :)
I love it! I really had fun playing it until my boulder dropped xd. The experience is very intense and it is really enjoyable, however as somebody mentioned before me the snowy part is very punishing. To be fair I wouldn't mind losing a little bit of progress but losing all the progress made me stop the game. If you polish it and work a little bit on level design it will be fantastic game. I think it has a huge potential even for commercial game, seems to be also quite easy to be ported to mobile. It reminds me a little bit of the "Get Over It!" game :)
Yay, the game is pretty difficult but it is fantastic. Very nice idea, smooth level generation - I love it. I just couldn't understand the reason for using torches. Why would I gather them and throw? Are there enemies that can day from it or something? :)
Oh and the atmosphere - it's just great. Amazing job! :)
Cute, little game or rather experience :). The narrative is nice. I have approached it without reading the description first and haven't really understood which items are 'good' and which are 'bad'. Also they sometimes are generated on top of each other which makes them difficult to pick up/avoid. Neverless good job and congratulations on being the most rated game! That is a huge achievement :)
This is really amazing first game jam entry. The game is polished and has a clean design. The sound is a little bit too intensive for me but beisdes that there is really not much to complain. Maaaaybe movement of the character & death could be a little bit quicker, especially that death has more moves than the player and that means more than 50% of the game is waiting for the death to move. I also fully support the idea of having rewind option.
Great job! :)