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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #489 | 2.646 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #652 | 2.394 | 2.714 |
| Originality | #661 | 2.394 | 2.714 |
| Presentation | #733 | 2.142 | 2.429 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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A fun and engaging sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you enjoyed Better Shield!!
Who doesn't love burritos?
No-one: If you don't love bean burritos, surely you didn't forget rice burritos? All code + story + assets were made by me in just 7 days, and it was so much work! Please make sure you rate the game: Revym has had trouble getting noticed, and it would help our organization stand out if Better Shield! won the community choice award! A fun and engaging sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you're interested!
The game is nice, maybe a bit too simple, just having one button might get boring after a while. Its a nice reaction game if you add some more effects to perfect parry and getting hit, the game feel could be better.
Thanks for your feedback! All code + story + assets were made by me in just 7 days, and it was so much work! The sequel coming soon will not be one-button and will have 1v1 real-time combat with movement, so follow us if you're interested! Until then, you still need to beat Better Shield! to see the ending, so I hope that is/was a proper incentive for you to play through! Thanks for playing Better Shield!!
Simple but fun! I love games like this where you have to get the perfect parry. I haven't totally got the timing down for this one yet, but when you pull it off it's very fun. Nice!
Thanks for the awesome feedback! Better Shield! was designed to have a long parry-time so it can be mastered after a while; the difficulty is in parrying consistently enough to take on 6 friends at once! A fun and engaging sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you're interested! Please make sure you rate the game: Revym has had trouble getting noticed, and it would help our organization stand out if the game won the community choice award! Thanks for playing Better Shield!!
A pretty fun, simple, challenging and engaging game.
Thanks for the great feedback! A fun and engaging sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you're interested! All code + story + assets were made by me in just 7 days, and it was so much work! Please make sure you rate the game: Revym has had trouble getting noticed, and it would help our organization stand out if Better Shield! won the community choice award! Thanks for playing Better Shield!!
The gameplay is super engaging, it kinda reminds me of Rhythm Heaven. The backstab guys were very clever and felt good to get perfect blocks on. Nice sound cues too.
Thanks for the great feedback! All code + story + assets were made by me in just 7 days, and it was so much work! Please make sure you rate the game: Revym has had trouble getting noticed, and it would help our organization stand out if Better Shield! won the community choice award! A sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you're interested!
I like the gameplay a lot and the art style + voice acting is very charming
Thanks for the feedback! All code + story + assets were made by me in just 7 days, and it was so much work! Please rate the game as the goal is to win the Community Choice Award in Acerola Jam 0! Thanks for playing Better Shield!! A sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you're interested!
The voice acting was the absolute best part. But I'm sad I didn't have any burritos. I used cheese crackers with peanut butter instead. Also, there's no real consequence for dying. And why are we fighting people when our mom said to watch for animals?
Thanks for your feedback! The voice acting was a 10 minute recording made just a few hours before the deadline. Maybe you should get some burritos. The game was designed for replayability through the extremely high skill ceiling (zero-death runs, speedrunning, secret ending) so maybe try a zero-death run yourself! An early plot twist in the game's story explains the true conflict, which turns out not to involve Elliot's supposed "animals that ram into the gate and walls" at all. Please make sure you rate the game: Revym has had trouble getting noticed, and it would put our organization on the map if Better Shield! won the community choice award! I think the game will win; it's fun, full of content and was made with no pre-made assets in just 7 days (only half the given time!) Thanks for playing Better Shield!! A sequel is coming soon, so follow us if you're interested!