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A jam submission

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Physics-Based Top Down Shooter
Submitted by wavefriend, jstenger95 — 18 hours, 35 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#233.5713.571
Overall#433.0713.071
Presentation#502.9292.929
Fun#512.7142.714

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

It took me a bit to understand the throw mechanics, but it was fun to play once I got the hang of it.  Would be awesome to know how many astronauts are left or where they are, I spent a bit of time hunting for one of them, but I might have also accidentally flicked them in the wrong direction to make that happen.  I think I might have mistook the point of the game: I was using the rocks to push the astronauts into the anomaly, not to kill them directly, but that it was fun to do.

Developer

I had initially intended for the player to kill the astronauts by throwing their bullets back at them, but over the course of development it became clear that it was much easier to use the environment to kill the astronauts.  Pushing them into the anomaly is probably the fastest way to kill them.  Thanks for playing and I appreciate the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea !

The throwing rock mechanics felt nice. But it was kinda hard to aim. It would have been nice to have healthbars for the marines.

Submitted(+1)

I'm not really sure what I'm doing, I'm guessing I am flinging the rocks at the bad guys but it's hard to tell if I'm winning. The controls are a little cumbersome. I would just have the rocks gravitate towards the mouse when you click on them.

Developer

Having the rocks gravitate towards the mouse is a cool idea.  The objective of the game is to kill all the astronauts after you become the monster.  I would've liked to have made the AI a lot more aggressive because I think that the lack of combat intensity makes the game feel aimless.

Submitted(+1)

Really cool artstyle and nice game Idee. Felt really nice to play.

Submitted(+1)

This was cool!  The art was great the enemies behavior was fun too! Nice work!! :D