Very fun, easy to pick up and enjoy immediately. I agree with others that there should be an explanation of how to spend money because that was confusing at first. Also, I think maybe zombies should be as fast or faster than you so that you can't endlessly kite them. But I like the concept and could see it becoming a full game
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The Crossing's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Submitter's Choice Award (top game overall) | #8 | 2.800 | 2.800 |
| Best use of chosen theme(s) | #13 | 2.400 | 2.400 |
Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Use of themes
Survival in a zombie apocalypse
Content warnings
N/A
Comments
It's a fun little endless shooter!
But a few things I'd like to mention are:
It's Very easy to leash zombies. I practically didn't feel threatened by the zombies at all during my play session. That's why I think more variants for the Zombies (like sprinters, tanks, some projectile shooting enemy etc.) that add challenge would be great. I was also able to stand still and let my companions and turrets do the shooting from wave 9 on out, so the enemy scaling should be much steeper.
Smth seems to be set up weirdly with the project, because the game kept starting SteamVR and my VR headset. You should check your Unreal settings and see if there's a checkbox controlling that!
Aside from that, I think Lucis mentioned a good few points and still want to congratulate you on a successful submission!
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Red FacilityI very much do like that the game has a gameplay loop and is indefinitely playable! :)
The most important thing missing in my opinion are explanations for how you can spend your money / showing the keybindings somewhere. I later saw you have an explanation for that on your itch page, but having it in the game itself (either at the start / in a start menu, or as an overlay in the main game) would really help!
The graphics are nice, but the park itself feels a little empty, with nothing but trees in it. I think small things like benches or something, that you could also use for tactical cover / to run around, would really add a lot of extra flair to it!
Also there seems to be little feedback on how much health the zombies, your allies or your turrets still have, which would be helpful as well! I know the screen could get cluttered really quickly when everything has little health bars, but you might also do other visual indicators, like changing the hue of the texture to a more red-ish color, or making them have visibly different walking animations to show that they are hurt!
Last but not least, I didn't see a clear connection to any of the subthemes. It definitely fits the apocalypse theme in general though.
I hope that feedback helped you <3
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