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A jam submission

Space AcesView game page

space shooter where you control 4 ships at once
Submitted by shakirus — 3 hours, 27 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#384.2404.240
Overall#1553.6733.673
Innovation#1663.6803.680
Audio#1883.5603.560
Game Design#2623.6003.600
Fun#3213.4803.480
Graphics#4663.4803.480

Ranked from 25 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?
4 ships are required to work together, but if any should die, it is tougher as you start to lose access to abilities

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
yes, everything was made from scratch in this game!

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Submitted

I really like your game. It was pretty fun! 

I just didn't understand if the point of the game was just surviving or shooting with each ship each enemy ship that matched its color. I didn't notice any difference, so I just ended up rotating and going in circles the whole time trying not to die. So it got a little bit boring for me.

This is my personal observation so I hope you don't take it personally. 

It is a great game and I hope it taught you some valuable lessons. Take care n.n

Developer(+1)

thanks for trying the game out!  Yeah I am noticing that this game would've benefited from a bit more explanation.  In regards to what you were asking, each ship does more damage to enemy ships of the same type, but you can kill each enemy with any ship color.  If you combine that with the attack up power up (the red arrows), it was actually possible to kill some ships in 1 hit.  

Submitted

Thanks for that explanation and for considering my opinion.

I would appreciate if you try out my game too n.n

Really liked this one, controls feel good and the graphics are clear and easily readable. I especially love the music! Very solid game, would love to someday see new levels and enemies :D Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for trying it out!  I appreciate it!

Submitted

I liked this! You're right controller is definitely better. It fit the theme well!

Developer

Thanks for trying  it out!!  I am a console player so designing for controller just felt right lol

Submitted

Nice game! Doesn't all fit in the screen though.

Developer

thx for trying it out! the resolution is a bit on the big side for what I made it (whoops!) 

Submitted

A really solid shmup! Cooldowns on the abilities feel a little too long and some enemy variety would really help replayability. But overall it's a good time! Not sure if this was actually the case but does shooting the enemies with the same color kill them faster? If so that's a fun way to incentivize rotating!

Developer

Thanks for trying it out! Yeah, if you shoot enemies of the same color as the ship, they die faster.  If you combine that with the attack up, it is possible to kill enemies in 1 hit

Submitted

Cool idea and you put together well!
I like that you can lose the ships.

Developer

Thx for trying it out!!

Submitted

A lot of well thought design in this game, though not too well communicated to the player it is there.  In the health bar etc. which was nice to see.  It's an interesting concept though there wasn't too much to mix up the gameplay throughout since it was just endlessly spawning enemies.  Some sort of power up could help.  The ability to get ships back as well.  Along with maybe tweaking the difficulty to allow for some tweaking on the abilities and such.

Cause currently the abilities cooldown feels extremely long.  Which lead to me generally only be able to use them once per run, which essentially removed them from the game for a mass amount of the loop.  So tweaking difficulty to be easier/harder or maybe making the abilities cooldown shorter or make them stronger etc. could balance it out.  

Developer

thx for trying it out on your stream!

Submitted

Really cool game, gets a little stale after a while but there has been effort put into it here, it's just missing a little something extra to take it to that next level, good game for a jam though! Good job!

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

Developer

thx for trying it out!

Submitted

Difficulty is just right. A lot of mechanics that separate it from a standard top down shooter and makes the game really fun to play, and it fits the theme very well and creatively.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I appreciate you trying it out (and on stream)!

Submitted

No problem! Appreciate you stopping by and sharing your game.

Submitted

Love that you can use a controller dude cool game

Developer

Thanks for trying it out! Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

Love that you can use a controller dude cool game

Submitted

I really liked your game! the graphics look very good and the music is also pretty catchy:)

Developer

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed it!!

Submitted

Overall fun game, I liked how each ship had a different ability and that ability was lost with the ship. Every ship feels important and it fits very well with the theme.

If you wanted to improve, I suggest an in-game tutorial. I also suggest the ability to change the formation of the ships, I think that could add a lot more versatility and strategy to the game. 

Overall super fun!

Developer

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed it!  Yeah, if I had a little more time, I definitely would've added that in, but maybe that will be a change later on!

Submitted

Good job.

Glad to have controller support in this game, the sprites also feels nice.

Developer

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

Definitely the most innovative game in the Jam! Absolutely love it! The colors and rotation felt very intuitive as well.

Developer

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed it!!

Submitted

I really like the concept and the mechanics of the game. I would love to see this game extended

Developer

Thanks!  I have definitely toyed with the idea of continuing development on this game!

Submitted

well done! great idea!
The only gripe i had is that i think it would have been a better idea to let the player click on the powerups to use then instead of using the numbers.

Otherwise great idea and great execution!

Developer

Thanks!  Yeah, I probably could've added that option as well for mouse and keyboard players.  

Submitted

Very clever design and nice execution. A little hard to play with the keyboard, but I bet it's great with a controller. 

Developer

Thanks! Yeah, this was designed controller first in mind as that is what felt comfortable for me

Submitted

Cool game! Got 800 as high score!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! 

Submitted

I really liked the idea of this game, it fits perfectly with the theme of this jam. The graphics and sound look quite poor, but the gameplay is incredibly unusual and interesting 4.5 / 5

Developer

Thanks! Yeah, I am a developer first, so my pixel art skills aren't great lol.  I am glad you enjoyed it though!

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