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A jam submission

Already DeadView game page

In space no one can hear you sabotage the generator.
Submitted by BlackOpsBen — 8 hours, 53 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#54.1304.130
Theme#84.3904.390
Innovation#174.1194.119
Audio#204.1024.102
Game Design#274.1364.136
Fun#643.9323.932
Graphics#1074.1024.102

Ranked from 59 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?
Your squad won't last long without each other. Position their firing arcs to cover each other's backs and they become unstoppable!

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes! (And thanks to Brackeys for all the tutorials!)

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Submitted(+1)

This is super cool, the art is nice and the unique voices add a nice immersion touch. I think that the hard part of this is knowing which number to press for each of the characters. I think it would be good to have the numbers on top of the character's head so that you instantly know which button they are. As it is you need to look at the player color, find them at the bottom, look at your keyboard to make sure you are on the right key, and then click it. Then you have to make sure the person is set up correctly while also keeping track of all the other characters. It does look like it's set up well for an Xbox controller though with the colors matching the button colors.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the compliments and the feedback! I really appreciate it!

Submitted (4 edits) (+1)

awsome game, the unique voices was a great addition, and the mechanics are cool. my only problem is that its too difficult, especially for a game jam game (or maybe im just bad lol), by the time you reach the self destruct bit, there are so many aliens it becomes imposible too move to another room without dying, sadly i couldnt beat the game but i really enjoyed it, hope it does well! oh and the artstyle is great!


edits: spelling mistakes

Developer

Thanks so much! I'm glad you appreciated the voice acting and mechanics. To be honest, before submitting I was worried that it was too easy, because I was consistently beating it, but hadn't considered that's just because I'm constantly testing it. Thanks for playing and providing feedback! :)

Submitted(+1)

Cool game. I like that each member of crew has its own voice. And it feels like in a real battlefield, when you place every shooter on different side of corridor to cover your soldiers. But the progress is so small and you must carefully place every character to good position each room. Also when I started the game I had problems with aiming the weapons, but then I got used to it and it was ok.

But I really like the feel of this game. I must work as a team in it and I like it. It really depicts the theme. Good job.

Developer

I'm glad you appreciate the unique voices! I'm glad to head you got used to the controls, but I'll admit they could be better.

Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Really well done! Great take on the theme!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much!

(+1)

Ok the quality of this game is amazing. Great art, great game design, etc. I also like how challenging it is. Great job!

Developer

Thank you so much! That means a lot! I'm glad you appreciate the challenge. I seem to have made it maybe a little too challenging for a jam. Thanks again!

Submitted(+1)

Seems fun but the shooting mechanics are somewhat weird

Developer

Thanks, but can you elaborate?

Submitted

I just find it weird that I actually have to turn the character to be able to shoot the aliens, imo it could just turn with mouse so it would be easier to shoot. 

Developer

Gotcha, yes I could improve it for sure. :)

Submitted(+1)

Really cool game! Great job

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun game. The game is quite challenging. Just the control to cycling through characters is quite hard.

Developer

Thanks! The control scheme could use some improvements. I appreciate the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Really unique and quite challenging not going to lie, the art style and sound effects are great, i do just wish i could click on a character to change instead of cycle through though. 

Really cool game that has a lot of potential, good job!

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/927683

Developer

Thanks for playing, and for the feedback! I hadn't thought about mouse usage, but that makes sense! Others are asking for scroll-wheel cycling the characters too. Thanks again!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)
  • Some of the art looks a bit pixelated near the edges and I don’t think that’s intentional

  • The pause button (escape) is the same button to exit fullscreen which I don’t think is a good design choice

  • Art style is interesting, unique, and very readable

  • I’m not a fan of the walking animations (both for the characters and the enemies)

  • The voiceovers are cool

  • I feel like it gets way too difficult if you stay in the same area for a few minutesw

  • I wish the camera was more zoomed out. Sometimes my characters were quite spaced out so I just can’t see some of them at all

  • I wish there was a restart button

  • The aiming mechanic is cool

  • The audio is really loud

  • The escape countdown timer is really distracting

  • It feels like the game relies too much on previous playthroughs. There isn’t really any way to know where something is unless you’ve already been there and died before

  • I wish you could switch character with the scroll wheel

  • I can’t close some of the doors without getting trapped in (for example the scientist room) which is a bit frustrating

  • Sometimes you see enemies spawning which breaks immersion

  • It’s fun strategically placing my characters

  • My blue character turned green so I had 2 green guys but he turned back after

  • Sometimes multiple audio clips play on top of each other which makes it harder to hear things

  • Very difficult but I won in the end with 2 survivors

Developer

Good catch on the blue/green sprite swap. I don't know how that got through. And I'm glad to see you accomplished the mission! I appreciate the feedback.

Submitted(+1)

What a cool game, it was really surprising to see a top-down shooter kind of game where you really have to strategize! The only issue I had was that the camera didn't feel like it would zoom out enough to show every character at times. Other than that, I had a lot of fun! I don't think I've seen a game like this before and it's executed very well.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I appreciate your feedback! I have an idea for improving the camera, cause you're right, it doesn't work great in all cases.

Thanks so much for playing and commenting!

Submitted(+1)

Cool game! Really surprised that you have voice actors for it, which makes me feel I'm with the characters. Enjoyed the graphic designs too. One thing to improve that the control of the game is a bit hard, maybe think of a new way to switch between characters smoothly, maybe mouse scrolling? Anyway, good job!

Developer

Thanks for playing! I'm glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

I really dig this concept. Very nice and creative. Fits the theme perfectly. Very well done. The Audio is great and the graphics are fitting. 

I think this concept is worth to be more polished and further developed. 

Very nice! One of my favorites.

Developer

Thanks for the kind words and feedback! I may develop this further! :)

Submitted(+1)

This is such an impressive game that make me so immersive, but I just think maybe monsters shouldn't come out from somewhere that has already been cleared?

Developer

Thanks for playing, and for the compliment! Yes, I was thinking about that, the spawning could use some work. Currently they only spawn where the camera isn't looking.

Submitted(+1)

This is an incredible game. You have a really solid concept here. I want to give you feedback, but honestly this is probably the most polished game of this game jam I've played so far. My only suggestion would be improved turning of characters(needs to be more snappy). Otherwise, awesome game! I love it. Like a live action XCOM.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that! Yes, I agree, the control scheme isn't quite there as it is.

Submitted(+1)

This game was very fun! The gameplay was challenging and needed me to try to come up with a good strategy to beat the game! The squad made it easy to set up in a room and kill a lot of aliens.

I would recommend making it easier to move the guys around, maybe make a follow option? It was a little hard to move around when I had to move a few steps then switch around to everyone else.

The sound was very good and the level of audio polish was great!

My other complaint regards the game page, I would recommend changing the colors a bit as the pinkish color is hard to see against the background.

Other than that this game was amazing! 10/10 would definitely play again!

Developer

Thanks so much!

As for the color, are you referring to the theme of my game's itch.io page? Or the menu screen of my game?

I'm so glad you enjoyed my game!

Submitted

Yes I mean the itch.io page. The page where you play the embeded browser game. The links blend in with the background.

Submitted(+1)

I think this is the first game that earned 5 stars on all categories in my opinion. The gameplay is very simple yet very good. The art style is unique, the sound design is interesting and even the voice actors did a very good job

I usually leave some criticism with my reviews, but I honestly find it hard to find something negative about it. I could say that the game is hard, but that would be my own shortcoming, not the game's

Perhaps, the only thing I could criticize is that the characters all look the same. Maybe work a bit more on character design to make each character look unique

Also, I love the noise the aliens make when they die lol

This is a phenomenal job. Great work! 

Developer(+1)

I'm humbled! Thank you so much!

Yes, it would have been nice to differentiate the characters more. Thanks for the comment about the alien noises! I recorded those with my own voice, no altering of any kind! lol

Thanks again!

Submitted(+1)

That is one of the best alien voice acting I've ever heard then haha. Nicely done

(+1)

This is amazing. Everything about this game works together perfectly. The gameplay is really unique and satisfying. This is also a really creative take on the given theme. This is so good in fact that it would be cool to see it made into a full game. Great job.

Developer

I really appreciate your kind words! It's really encouraging!

Submitted(+2)

Really good job! The art is amazing, the sound and voices are top notch too! Controller is definitely the way to go when playing it, I found the keyboard layout a bit more difficult to get the hang of, but it felt much easier when I swapped to a controller!

Still haven't beaten it, the difficulty is immense but I feel like I keep wanting to come back and play a little more. I feel like this would be a great full game! 

Developer(+2)

Thanks so much! Glad you got to try it with a controller! I do hope you manage to beat it! To my knowledge, no body else has beaten it yet. ;)

Submitted(+1)

I have beat the game just now. It was really hard, but I finally got it

This is officially my favorite game on the Brackeys jam. Well done

Developer(+1)

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Congrats! So glad to hear it! You are officially the first person (that I know of) to beat it! Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

This was awesome, you did a nice job! Nearly everything is perfect, the art is gorgeous, the game is easy to play but hard to master, the sound fits perfectly, actually the voice lines are so cool. The only problem tho is that I found it really challenging, I was learning how to play and in few secons lines of 15 enmies are comming at me and I'm like woah chill. Probably it is because I'm pretty bad. Anyway, nicely done, keep up the good work!

Developer

Thanks so much! I appreciate the feedback! haha, yeah the difficulty curve is more like a straight line that starts already at the top! lol

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