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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #249 | 3.380 | 3.380 |
| Theme | #266 | 3.580 | 3.580 |
| Innovation | #285 | 3.380 | 3.380 |
| Overall | #420 | 3.260 | 3.260 |
| Game Design | #577 | 3.120 | 3.120 |
| Fun | #601 | 3.020 | 3.020 |
| Graphics | #700 | 3.080 | 3.080 |
Ranked from 50 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?
It is a bullet hell hence it has the elements of chaos in it, in addition not being able to shoot means you need to be further aware of enemies and bullets making this game even more chaotic as more enemies spawn.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes
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The music and art were my favourite parts and I enjoyed playing the game for some time, it was at first hard to understand what to do. The game is a bit buggy and I would like to see it getting updated after the jam. Great work !!!
Thanks for the feedback, I will be patching up some of the bugs after the jam, especially the softlocking is one of the priorities for what needs to be fixed… Also glad you liked the music and art, art was made by me (trees by GoldenKing) and music by Mr Sniffles (find him down the comments), I’ll be making new art for the arena bounds as they are well… they don’t match the art style of the game itself.
Awesome game! Some bugs are a bit weird and the shield doesn't deflect the enemies bullets. Love the graphics tho
The shield doesn’t deflect? That’s weird… It should deflect them most of the time, only time I’ve seen it truly becomes bugged with the shield is when moving directly towards the bullets because they stay stuck on the shield and they don’t get deflected, you can exploit this bug to do more damage to enemies tho as if you just rapidly move back then they will get deflected as normal and you will be able to send all those bullets at once.
I’ll look into it though
Gotta get the bug worked out, softlock happened like three times it's really hard to want to keep playing when the game keeps locking up.
For the menu, if you want to draw the new players to a certain level, mark that somehow (beginner, advanced, etc).
Oh alright, I know about how frustrating the bug can be, it never actually happened during testing from the editor so we didn’t realise until we exported the build and then it was too late to fix it… I’ll be fixing it in a patch after the jam. Also thanks for the suggestion about marking the levels, I should probably implement that too!
Gotta get the bug worked out, softlock happened like three times it's really hard to want to keep playing when the game keeps locking up.
For the menu, if you want to draw the new players to a certain level, mark that somehow (beginnger, advanced, etc).
Loved the map feature!, although it's has some bugs but that's ok because there is no perfect game , I really enjoyed playing it
Well Done! 👏👏
Thank you! Maps was one of the main features I wanted to include in this, I just liked the idea of having different types of strategies in different maps I guess (like the lava pits and the falling objects). And yes I know about the bugs, had no time to fix them, theres some workarounds provided for some of the main bugs in the game page.
It's a pretty cool concept. I like how you can use your shield as a sling for some projectiles. I couldn't get over 25 seconds, so there's a pretty big challenge element to it. Also, the music is great!
Thank you for your feedback, music was made by Mr Sniffles, you can find him somewhere down the comments :)
So as lots of people have pointed out staying in the corners means you are invulnerable… just how? I tried it and often enemies will just spawn there and kill you… Unless you mean about deflecting bullets (which then yes, you are basically immune to them in the corner), there is still a chance to die in the corners too. I could probably fix this by changing up the maps a bit I think, also only major issue I saw regarding corners is that the top-left corner can teleport you outside the main battle area… Hence making you survive infinitely. This is caused by an issue with the shape of the collider I used for the arena bounds which has a very tiny 1 unit gap between points which is however enough for the player to be pushed through it. I will be fixing all this in a future patch after the jam maybe.
Your game is great, but i have a few thing you could change/fix
1. Graphics - if you are going for this resolution, aka pixel art you should try to avoid using smooth brushes
2. you can just stand in corner and nothing can happen to you
3. Its kinda hard
Thats all otherwise a good game
Oh right, I will remember your suggestions for any future patches.
REALLY awesome graphics and music, and it does get quite chaotic, but it's pretty hard to dodge and reflect bullets, so survivng for more than 30 seconds is quite a challenge.
Yeah a lot of people said its hard too, going to try and smooth out the deflecting mechanic a bit and make it slightly easier by slowing down bullets if I make a patch after the jam. Also thanks for the comment on the graphics and music, all the art is made by myself apart from the trees in the forest which were made by Goldenking using a technique I asked him to try out (to convert 3D models to 2D pixel art) and the music was made by Mr Sniffles. You can find both of them down the comments.
Cool game, I love the music
Thanks! The music was made by Mr Sniffles. You can find him somewhere down the comments…
This game is fun and really hard unless you camp in the corner of the map then you basically invulnerable.
other then that game concept is really cool and had a great time playing it
Hey guys, what do you all think of the music in the game?
Really liked it but it sounded a bit buggy not sure if its the browser
Yep it was probably either Godot's music management or the browser acting up. Happened to me too. Thanks for the reply!
Worked just fine in godot, most likely it’s browser issues, Ph4nt0mZ1Z0 (you should know him Sniffles) also complained about that.
Its Great!
Thank you!
I loved the drifting mechanic on the character controls. It let my ignore my movement at times and focus on aiming my shield properly. Had a great time pushing many a slime into the lava.
I recommend slowing down the enemy projectiles. This would give the player more time to react and avoid/deflect incoming bullets.
Overall, a great experience!
Thanks for feedback, I’ll try to remember slowing down projectile speed if I patch up the game after the jam.
I couldn't really play the game because i didn't understand the controls.
I’m sorry to hear that, you can find out the controls at the bottom of the game page under a section called controls. Just in case you can’t see that its: WASD or Arrow Keys - Move; Shift - Dash; Z or Left Mouse Btn - Shoot or Bomb when using powerups (Bow and Arrow and Bomb powerups); Mouse Cursor - move the deflector around the player;
Simple and nice game, have some bugs but not breaking the game. Good job!
Thanks a lot!
Nice game, little bit remind asteroids to me :D
Wow that was fun I love how you made multiple maps It has a lot of replayability and I will probably come back to this and play some more later
also im not gonna post my highscore because its embarrassingly low
Thank you for your feedback, it means a lot, also don’t be ashamed of your highscore, it does get quite hard to dodge all those bullets and enemies spawning at random…
interesting and fun game concept, but kinda buggy. apart from that, great game!
People, post your highscores on the comments to see who gets the highest (include the difficulty)
It has its issues but a solid game overall