Simple but fun, the mechanic is pretty great and the style is great. Great job :D
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Game Design | #16 | 4.074 | 4.074 |
| Theme | #26 | 4.037 | 4.037 |
| Fun | #50 | 3.815 | 3.815 |
| Innovation | #83 | 3.519 | 3.519 |
| Overall | #103 | 3.488 | 3.488 |
| Graphics | #117 | 3.704 | 3.704 |
| Audio | #522 | 1.778 | 1.778 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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4 years ago(+1)
Thank you so much for the detailed feedback :)
Visual clarity is something that has been mentioned a lot when people are critiquing my game and I completely agree. I was trying to mostly stick to the same four colours because I think it looks nice, but you're right that it's hard to balance that with readability. Maybe since enemies are red, and buttons are blue, I could have used more different colours to highlight the player and flag?
I also agree that it's hard to tell the enemies apart. I really struggled to work out what the enemies should even be, so I picked boring shadowy things, but given more time I would have been more creative, which would have also made them more visually distinct from one another.
I would also have liked to use vision cones to more clearly indicate where enemies are facing now, and where they will face next.
Your game is so creative! You presented the mechanic of managing two things at once in a very interesting way. The two screens reminded me of the Nintendo DS. The graphics are also very minimalist and cool.
4 years ago(+1)
Thank you so much :) Yours is so fun: I particularly like the UI design - definitely the best I've seen for the jam!
4 years ago(+1)
I really appreciate your comment :) I'm glad the level design turned out well: the developer really has no way of telling how good it is because in puzzle games so much of the experience comes from not knowing the answer. I liked yours too!
4 years ago(+1)
Thank you very much! I wanted to do audio, but I unfortunately ran out of time. Yours is great!
Thanks for the feedback! I would also like to make some more levels - I was planning to have more but I ran out of time during the jam. Vision cones are a very good idea, and maybe I could have a vision cone for their current vision and then a flashing one for where they're going to be looking next. Thanks again, that was very helpful :)
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