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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #116 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Audio | #290 | 3.467 | 3.467 |
| Overall | #312 | 3.533 | 3.533 |
| Theme | #367 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Enjoyment | #467 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Gameplay | #580 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Innovation | #588 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
"The longer you risk, the sweeter the cookie becomes."
In the game, players face a boss and a variety of bullet patterns. Players must remain still to charge up a devastating attack. The longer you remain stationary, the more exponentially the damage growth rate skyrockets. The ultimate goal of the game is to defeat the boss and achieve a high score by dealing as much damage as possible in a single hit (the boss's health is limited, but the damage dealt in one hit is virtually uncapped. Therefore, to achieve a score higher than the boss's health, players must continuously charge energy to deal a sufficiently high amount of damage in one go. However, this also means that every second carries the risk of death and losing all accumulated energy).
Players only have 1-3 chances to get hit (depending on the difficulty), meaning every second is a risk. Will you choose to unleash the energy you've already accumulated, or will you risk losing it all to continue building up even more? This is a test for the player.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Some sound effects and music samples are sourced from Pixabay and Free Sound.
How many people worked on the game?2
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Really nice game! The visuals are very charming, the audio is also very nice, and the game reminds me a bit of Deltarune and JSAB with all the dodging :D
I found the game to be a bit difficult at first, but once I got used to it, it wasn't so bad :)
There was a problem with entering your name for the leaderboard though. Because the R key is linked to retrying, you can't put an R in your name, and since I use the name Yoru everywhere, I retried like 8 times or something before finally discovering the problem and using a 3 instead of and R. Now I don't really mind this, because the game was fun to play anyways, but I think other people could get annoyed at this :)
I think this was also the problem with the other guy, since he also had an R in his username.
I believe currently I'm first on the easy leaderboards. I really enjoyed the game, and probably one of the most addictive and polished games I've played so far :D
Thanks so much for the feedback! I’m pretty sure that’s the problem. I’ll need to update the description on the submission page. Thanks again! (o゜▽゜)o☆
awesome game! I like the art, its vibrant and catchy. The controls are smooth and responsive, I'm playing against a tough boss , the projectiles are challenging . This has good replay value, Overall, I enjoyed playing this ! congratulations! keep it up!
not what I expected from the title, but actually fun.
Great art and concept! Really nice to just fight a Boss right away. Very very hard to win but I guess that was the point.
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Well done!
It was crazy hard for me to win, but the art and overall vibe is truly amazing!
I liked playing the game but Ranking isn't working.
Thanks for playing! Could you describe the leaderboard issue?(like ‘Submit failed’?) I’d really appreciate the feedback! (I suspect a bug is keeping people off the leaderboard and I’m trying to fix it （；´д｀）)
I should appear in Leaderboard, with 107k Points in easy mode, But I can't see Myself (name: Sederikku
cute and difficult, love how you have to adapt, and thats what i love about it, cuphead-esque boss fight
I like the movement and its very polished but its way too hard :(
One of the most polished art in this game jam, and the music is quite nice too. Personally, the game was a bit too hard for me and the control buttons felt a little awkward.
Thanks for playing! The difficulty might be a bit high for those new to bullet hells. I’ve heard the feedback on the keybindings too—ran out of time to make them customizable, unfortunately. /_ \
The game was nice, a tad too hard for me but well done!
The background music was awesome, and the graphics were excellent!
The gameplay was simple yet addictive and really fun!
Great job!!
MAN THIS GAME IS SOOO FUN TO PLAYY, THE GRAPHICS ARE AMAZINGM REALLY ENJOYED IT :D 10/10
Super nice game, very polished nothing to say bad about!! Very hard to gain big points. How someone got such big score must be pro gamer!
The mechanics are easy to understand, glad we can dodge attack! Well done game very awsome!
Finally got a score I was happy with (90000), and then the game restarted before I could submit! :(
Regardless it was super fun!! I love love love how standing and charging plays into the theme so well, and the combat feels great. The art and music are super cute as well, great job y'all! :)
So sorry about that bug messing with your gameplay. I actually pushed a fix for this before, but it seems it’s still popping up. I’ll fix it later. Thank you so much for playing and glad you’re liking it! :D
The cutest game I played so far. Great job!
Extremely good visuals, gameplay and music.
I also really liked how if you charge for a long time the attack takes longer to execute.
Overall, you did a fantastic job with this game!
The art and the animation reminds me of the asdfmovie and I love it so much. I got too greedy and got owned pretty quick.
Found it pretty hard, but cool concept and wow the art and audio is definitely the best I've seen so far! You've got a great eye
Ok this game fuckin rules. My favorite of the jam so far. Definite High Dragun from Enter the Gungeon vibes. The song is a fuckin bop- as a songwriter its really cool to see you incorporate all these 8-bit sounds in such a cool way that makes sense musically. Taking notes.
As for the gameplay- I beat it on Easy, got 194260. Perfect difficulty for me, I love bullet hell games. The storing power mechanic is cool- but in practice it kind of feels like it comes down to luck, whether you can afford to stay still for so long you can just one-shot the Cooking King? Not saying you should change it, just giving my thoughts. I think you should add (more?) invincibility when hit, since I took damage immediately again after taking damage.
Hard is insane, I lowkey do want to give it my best shot but the one life is so so punishing. I do really like the attack patterns of hard, but I kind of wish they were also in easy? Idk. For me, I feel like the difficulties could be combined, cause I like the variety of hard, but the health of easy. Or maybe you could just bump the health to 2. Not sure what is best for the game.
In short, really enjoyed your game, would love to see more bosses
You totally called it! The dev is a huge Enter the Gungeon fan, haha!
And about that music—yeah, it's a total bop! Full disclosure, we actually found it as a free track on Pixabay (it's credited in the submission) and the vibe just fit so perfectly we had to roll with it (⊙o⊙)!
This is actually my first time making a bullet hell, so the pattern design definitely still has a ways to go. But maybe luck is part of the game? Every time you charge up, you're gambling on whether the Cookie King will give you the chance. :)
Your thoughts on the difficulty are spot on, too. The original plan was even more punishing: one life and one single shot to kill the boss. After playtesting I was like, "yeah, that's way too brutal," so that became the hard mode. But I'm seriously thinking about nerfing some of the hard mode attack patterns and mixing them into easy mode to give it more variety, just like you suggested.
Thanks so much for your suggestions!Really nice artsyle, looks so good, goofy lil dudes haha! good job!