Very polished game, from the lighting, player movement, bullet VFX and SFX, enemy AI. The energy, bullet and health management is good but with the procedural generation of the map it's kinda hard to manage if you not lucky enough. Maybe you can rework for map around the spawn area to be easier and have plenty of resource and further from spawn the map is harder.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #4 | 3.626 | 3.917 |
| Presentation | #4 | 4.089 | 4.417 |
| Overall | #10 | 3.446 | 3.722 |
| Originality | #33 | 2.623 | 2.833 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thanks for the comment and rate! Yes, I'll admit the game definitely struggles with it's identity a bit. I wanted to offer conflicting goals to encourage the player to switch back and forth between combat and stealth, but I didn't execute this part as well as I wanted. I've got a bunch of ideas for the game after the jam is done that aim to address the concerns you've mentioned. Thanks for playing!
1 year ago(+1)
Thanks for the rate and comment! Yes, some of the mechanics/systems in the game could definitely use some tweaking. I wanted to create a tension between two competing objectives (remaining hidden and maintaining energy) to force the players to make some hard choices, but I was struggling to find a balance between the two competing objectives. I didn't want the player hiding with zero combat for the entire round (that can get boring), but I also didn't want the player to feel like they need to rampage through the map to maintain energy (that can get exhausting). I was hoping to the two competing objectives would offer some pacing throughout a round so the player doesn't experience one extreme or the other for too long. I love the idea of a light at the exit, I'll be sure to implement this in future iterations of the game!
1 year ago(+1)
Thanks I appreciate the comment and rating! I was super excited to implement a rudimentary director AI. The director will also start giving "hints" to enemies if the player hasn't been spotted in a while which helps ramp up the difficulty if someone remains hidden for a while, and also helps to make sure the player has enemies to take out if they haven't seen enemies in a while. Yes the game also includes procedural level generation that was pretty fun to build. It's a pretty simple "cyclic dungeon" generation algorithm, but it ensures there's never a dead end so the player doesn't get cornered running from the enemy. Thanks for playing!
This game looks SO GOOD - I'm impressed with the quality of the gameplay and polish! I especially appreciate the enemy barks that notify you of the enemy's state. A couple of things I'd note:
- I really liked the detection meter in the top left. Nothing frustrates me more than stealth games that don't give you any indication about if you're hidden or not. That said, I wish it wasn't all the way up in the corner. It would make it easier to check if it was closer to the center (like above the player), or at least bigger.
- Maybe I was being too gung ho about my health, but I've played three times and wasn't able to succeed. I think the energy counts down too fast for my liking, so I felt like I had to be moving on, even if there were enemies in the way. I understand that's a tension you were probably going for, but it made me favor a "run and gun" approach too often.
- For a stealth game, I don't feel like there's a whole lot to hide behind. The decorations and crates spawn pretty close to the walls, so I'm either in the center of the room or against a wall for the majority of the time.
- I managed to glitch out of bounds when some enemies ganged up on me in a corner (pic below). Thought that was neat.
But I'm only being so nit-picky about my comments because I thought it was so fun. Again, excellent job on the quality of this game jam submission! 🎉
1 year ago(+1)
Thanks for the rate and comment! I've got a bunch of improvements and ideas to add in the future and I appreciate the recommendations as well! All parts of the level are procedurally generated and unfortunately I didn't have time to place more items in the rooms except next to walls, as I couldn't guarantee the placement of the item wouldn't block the path.
Yes, that wall glitch was found by a friend of mine after I had submitted the game and didn't have time to fix it before the deadline unfortunately. Thanks for the heads up and screenshot though!
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