I thought this was a super cool game. Great graphics, great sound, and the chiptune gave off the old school vibes, big time. It was easy to play, but also challenging. Great work!!
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Theme | #56 | 3.552 | 3.552 |
Fun | #64 | 3.345 | 3.345 |
Visuals | #82 | 3.310 | 3.310 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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OMG I LOVE THIS! Such a perfect SNES Vibe! You have captured the spirit of a 'mario' type game perfectly! I had a blast! I also really enjoyed the control scheme. I'm not a big fan of 'spacebar for jump' but most people are used to it (hence why I did it in mine), but using JKL was really comfortable and easy. I wish more games would use JKL for controls, but for some reason a lot of people don't like it. No idea why. haha.
Either way, great work! I had a ton of fun and it was very nostalgic in a way! Made me feel like I was a kid in the 90's playing the newest hottest game on the market! Great work!
The soundtrack fits this game soo so super well! It all reminds me very much of those retro platfomer like "Love" and "You Have to Win the Game"! If you are going for that that's super cool but if not, maybe tweak your jump arc; I know it's super nitpicky, but I always think a more rounded arc feels much better and could also work here. Oh, and the enemies are super bullet sponges.
Well done, beautiful action platformer!
I didn't understand why he reacted like that when he shoots (as if he was taking damage). Music at the levels quickly gets boring. It's better to make it quieter by default.
Some opponents (cubes on legs) look sad that they don't even want to shoot at them.
Good luck in development, if planned =)
Great game, the gameplay reminded me of Super Mario Bros on the NES. I loved the shooting effect with the little knockback and the character closing its eyes, super cute. Main feedback is the enemies probably took a few too many hits to kill and the background was very bright so it competed with the foreground graphics. Perhaps turning down the saturation of the background to make the foreground stand out more would have helped? Great job overall!
Nice retro platformer! The music fits great with the overall look and feel. Accidentally walked into the blue laser a couple of times though because it blended in a little too well.
Hey, glad to see you got it working! I love the art style, it reminds me of something but idk what. It plays very smoothly, I didn't find any collision bugs. Some quite creative puzzles given the simplicity of the level elements! I also enjoyed how long the levels were.
I actually found it was easier to just not use the gun and avoid the enemies, than it was to worry about where the recoil would send me.
I'd also suggest some different controls as I found these ones quite awkward. I would have used W for jump and space to shoot. Or if space has to be jump, shift could have been shoot too.
Overall, great entry!
PS: I let the enemy sleeping in the neon gates be. He looked so peaceful. Although I bumped into hm by accident, he didn't wake up so I hope he slept ok.
The platforming was pretty entertaining. I enjoyed skipping lasers and ducking to avoid the bullets in succession. Very satisfying. Sound was a little repetitive. I did enjoy the aesthetic and the parallax made it background pretty interesting. I also liked the recoil when you shoot. Really made the bullets feel powerful and also added an extra challenge. Appreciated the generous health/life pools. Think that works really well for a jam entry.
Really fun! I love the vaporwave background and art in general. My favorite thing is what you did with the shooting, I think there is a lot of potentials to do cool stuff with that. My biggest gripe with the game is that some things felt unclear as to whether or not they were dangerous i.e. the enemies blowing up when they die came across to me like they were bombs, and the blue laser looked more friendly than the red. But overall really great!
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