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A jam submission

You will never catch me!View game page

Submitted by Haredo (@iamharedo) — 9 minutes, 40 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#5853.1113.111
Fun#8332.7782.778
Overall#9552.6732.673
Audio#9892.4072.407
Graphics#9982.6302.630
Theme#10112.6302.630
Game Design#10812.4812.481

Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
The protagonist has the ability to rewind time that either restores his health or closen the gap between him and the crime boss.

Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes. Except for the font.

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Submitted

 I hope my rating was up to your expectations ^^Just make  tutorial more better, i like the mechanic too

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

I was confused as to why I am taking damage despite the bullets clearly showing they’ve hit the ground. But then I realized that it wasn’t a bullet, but rather a grenade from a grenade launcher that had an explosive radius. I eventually figured out that the explosive range can be dodged by moving away diagonally from the grenade. Was the graphics for the explosion not included in time? If there wasn’t much time, then a simple 1 frame fiery sprite would have been enough to show the spaces the explosion was occurring.

For the grenade launcher projectile, perhaps you could have a projector display a shadow graphic under it so it’s easier to tell where it’s going to land. It would behave similar to the round shadow that occurs under Mario in Super Mario 64.

Here’s a Unity tutorial that helped me learn how to accomplish this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQcZA3dYGxg

Despite this missing graphical feature, the game is incredibly fun to play. I’ve never played Battle Network, and it's quite fun to have combat in a grid-based setting. The enemies are not too frustrating to fight against, but you’ll certainly get punished if you stand still. I do kind of wish the enemies intensified the closer I got to the criminal instead of having a one static spawn rate + limit.

Some people here don’t like that you can take damage while choosing the option to rewind. I personally feel like this gives you an excuse to kill the enemies so that you can have a moment of peace to activate your powers. However, I can also kind of see the frustration with the menu blocking the whole screen which makes it hard to tell if you’re being attacked or not. Perhaps the rewind should require a short charging period so that the player has an excuse to kill the enemies.

It was kind of hard to tell if I was doing damage to the enemies or not. I did not know what the flashing sprite of the enemies meant. Did the flashing mean they’re invincible or running out of health? I would have preferred if the enemies had a small health bar above their head.

Developer(+1)

Wow! Thanks for this in-depth review. Yes, everything that doesn't seem right is because I couldn't do it before the deadline. I had a plan of adding more levels/content too but then I cut them off when I realized that I'm running out of time. 
The yellow hooligan's projectile (the grenade) hits an entire column. 
The enemies becomes invincible when hit so that the player can't spam shooting.
I also found a problem with UI. Some text is not visible on some screen resolutions.

Thanks for the video suggestion, I appreciate it!

Submitted(+1)

Not quite sure why I am losing health when I am not being hit.  It is pretty confusing and starts a little abruptly.

A little more feedback on getting hit/hitting an enemy would be valued, as well as a better understanding of how to capture criminals.

Developer

I know x(
The game misses some important stuff because I couldn't finish it before the deadline. "why I am losing health when I am not being hit" is probably because of the yellow hooligan's projectile which can hit an entire column of hexagons. Also the game doesn't pause when you open the REWIND menu.
Thanks for the feedback!

Developer

I guess there is a resolution problem in which the last line is not visible for some.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I tried the game out but the rewind mechanic didn't work nor I could heal myself. Other than that really innovative game, really love how it is not turn based but looks turn based. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks!
When the REWIND bar is full Press Z on the keyboard, select one of the two choices using the arrow keys then Press C to confirm your choice. Unfortunately I couldn't add a pause functionality before the deadline so you'll have to be quick because the enemies can still hit you when REWIND menu is open. 

Submitted(+1)

Completed the game. I was pressing enter before , thanks for telling me its C to select. The game music reminds me of the intro to Smoke some weed by Ice Cube

Submitted(+1)

I love 2d sprites in 3d games reminds me of paper mario :D.My issues are that when selecting what to rewind i couldnt understand what i was selecting is green the select color or blue? you should change the colors to more understandable colors (maybe gray and red?) Other than that nice game good job ! :)

Developer

Thank you! I just added a pause functionality during the REWIND selection and I'm thinking about adding an arrow indicator too. Unfortunately I couldn't do it before the deadline so I'll update the game after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game. Really fun !

Developer(+1)

Thank you

Submitted(+1)

Woah this game is really fun! Nice

Developer

I appreciate it!

Submitted(+1)

Very fun and cool idea

Developer

Thank you

Submitted(+1)

A little bit buggy for me and it felt like the reloading took a bit too long. Cool little game. Keep it up

Developer

Can you please tell me what bugs did you find, And if there are problems with resolution? Because my goal is to finish the game after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

Nice implementation of theme you got there!

Could do some polish. Like having a reload sound. 

Is it intended to allow enemies to hurt you when you are trying to rewind? if it is then it would be great if you let player know whats the key to press to accept the rewind :) 

great job nonetheless! 

Developer

Thank You!

My intention was to add pause functionality to the game and during the "Rewind" but I couldn't do it before the deadline.

Submitted(+1)

When you have to choose which type of Rewind to use, enemies can kill you anyway. In my opinion I would find a way to be able to select that without occupying the entire screen if you do not want to pause the game. Anyway it is a good idea and I think it is well applied. The movement system reminds me of the Megaman Battle Network games. Nice job!!

Developer

I actually tried to pause the game during the Rewind selection but one of the enemy projectiles uses gravity (continue moving during pause) and I was running out of time so I chose to get rid of the pause feature. I'll try to find another way.


Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Wow you have a very interesting system there! It would be great to see you expand it.

Submitted(+1)

Liked the tile based movement and idea behind the game. Great work!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted (2 edits) (+2)

Original idea! It reminded me of Megaman Battle Network series. The controls felt weird at the begining but with a good tutorial and some more graphics this will be a good game^^

Developer

thank you

Submitted(+2)

Had the same feeling. Megaman battle network I miss that game. 

Submitted(+1)

Cool Game needs some polish but I like the idea, and would do really well with some playtesting and adaptions... Thanks for playing my game aswell.
Cheers
Pete

Developer

thanks. i will try fix the issues and add more content to the game.

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the  concept and the idea of your game. You should integrate the REWIND mechanic more into the game. But the trade for life and progress was very good .I would recommend using the particle system and the Post processing to make it look good. Apart from that, great game. 

Could you please take the time to rate my game too? It would mean a lot to me if you rated it.

Developer

thanks. i just rated your game ;)

Submitted(+1)

tatics games is my love <3 congrats guy, you game is very nice

Developer

thank you!

Submitted(+1)

i lloved what you did with the hexagon floor reminds of a paricular game. also could you add cues for when being hit like a certain sound or screen flicker cos i was constantly checking his health

Developer(+1)

thanks. and yes i'll try to finish the game.

Submitted(+1)

Ok I played the downloadable version and I find the movement system to be really cool. Also nice rewind integration

Submitted(+1)

It doesn't load ;(

Developer

I know. You can try the downloadable version though.