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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Audio | #235 | 3.395 | 3.395 |
Graphics | #252 | 3.767 | 3.767 |
Fun | #360 | 3.349 | 3.349 |
Overall | #390 | 3.298 | 3.298 |
Game Design | #436 | 3.279 | 3.279 |
Innovation | #470 | 3.116 | 3.116 |
Theme | #743 | 2.884 | 2.884 |
Ranked from 43 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 light bullet aspect of the game could be considered chaos?
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, although some textures were reused from previous projects also made from scratch.
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The graphics looks great and the frog is also really easy to control. I like that you added invincibility for a few seconds after dying. And it matches the theme nicely :D
Quite an innovative spin on on the horizontal shmup. Different enough to be its own thing. There's a lot going on here, with needing to time jumps to attack and evade, as well as maneuver in the face of the wind.
Very polished and fun!
I instantly guessed that since the only thing you can do is move and jump, that the jump might be a Mario-type attack (since there are no platforms to jump onto, it's probably for the enemies). However, since many players were confused, you might want to start the game with a scripted player character jump in from offscreen and stomp an enemy before the player gains control. Personally, I feel on a game with such basic controls and gameplay, it's fine to let players figure stuff out for themselves, since eventually they will.
The player's respawn feels too slow.
The invincible enemy at the end is slightly unfair, because the game teaches the player to stomp on enemies throughout, but then changes the rules at the end with an enemy that kills the player when stomped on. Every player will definitely die at least once by stomping that enemy, and it's not fair to die from doing exactly what the game has been training them to do. It would be more fair if the player bounced off the enemy without dealing damage, but also didn't die.
The game is only somewhat chaotic, since all the enemies move and shoot in easily predictable ways. If all the action on the screen can be easily processed by the human mind, it doesn't feel that chaotic.
Thanks for the feedback! I will keep a lot of this in mind going forward.
Quite an innovative spin on on the horizontal shmup. Different enough to be its own thing. There's a lot going on here, with needing to time jumps to attack and evade, as well as maneuver in the face of the wind.
Very polished and fun!
I instantly guessed that since the only thing you can do is move and jump, that the jump might be a Mario-type attack (since there are no platforms to jump onto, it's probably for the enemies). However, since many players were confused, you might want to start the game with a scripted player character jump in from offscreen and stomp an enemy before the player gains control. Personally, I feel on a game with such basic controls and gameplay, it's fine to let players figure stuff out for themselves, since eventually they will.
The player's respawn feels too slow.
The invincible enemy at the end is slightly unfair, because the game teaches the player to stomp on enemies throughout, but then changes the rules at the end with an enemy that kills the player when stomped on. Every player will definitely die at least once by stomping that enemy, and it's not fair to die from doing exactly what the game has been training them to do. It would be more fair if the player bounced off the enemy without dealing damage, but also didn't die.
The game is only somewhat chaotic, since all the enemies move and shoot in easily predictable ways. If all the action on the screen can be easily processed by the human mind, it doesn't feel chaotic.
nice game! I got to the red dude that constantly shoots at you, that's definitely chaos. Would love to see more of what you'll be doing! If you have time, can you rate our game as well?
Thanks for the feedback!
I love the game! You can try to add a stamina bar. Right now I can spam the jump button and kill everyone without being hit.
Thanks for the feedback. Guess I made it a bit too easy.
Wasn't sure how to destroy ships at first, but once I figured that out it was surprisingly addictive! If I could recommend something to further that mechanic, it'd be a combo system. It was very fun chaining jumps on enemies, if you could reward the player for doing so it'd make for a very entertaining time. The face of the game definitely convinced me to check out it, funny lil' guy. If anything, just needs more content and a refined game-loop. Nice work!
Thanks for playing and I appreciate the feedback. I will keep this in mind.
The artwork is awesome. loved it!
Thanks for the feedback!
That was a really well made experience. It almost felt like a rhythm game, timing hops was so satisfying. The background and main character reminded me a bit of old claymation videos. I could see this being quite fun with extra enemy variety, powerups, etc.
Thanks! I spent quite some time getting the hop mechanic to feel good
Thanks for the gamepad bindings; they worked fine with an Xbox One controller, and it's so much more fun to play a platformer with a gamepad. I enjoyed attempting combos of jumps, hopping from one ship to the next. I'm not sure what you call this camera angle (is it some flavor of isometric?), but I like it. This sets the game apart visually from most of the other games in the jam I've tried. Seems like the game could use a little more variety (e.g. varied power-ups or enemy attack patterns), but it's a solid foundation.
Thanks, I have always found it easier to play on a gamepad over a keyboard. I guess you could call it isometric.
A fun little shoot em up. Great work on the artwork considering the limited time.
The game mechanics worked well. I think perhaps the chaos could have been better implemented.
Thanks for the feedback, I agree.
I like the jump landing animation. Did you use a tweening engine for that? Also the ship bullets start small and scale up as they are shot. These are nice touches that add a good feel to the game.
Thanks! I did not use a tweening engine, just good old localscale and lerps haha.
I love a great frogger so it was a fun experience, although I suggest adding some sort of twist to really switch up the formula and make it stand out from all the other such games out there. I was also confused as to how I was supposed to destroy the ships, so consider adding a brief tutorial segment of sorts at the start. The sound design/music was great. Good job!
Thanks for the feedback, I will keep this in mind for the future.
Very nice game! 2 things I had in mind. I didn't understand you had to jump on top of the enemy ships to destroy it. I had to find it out accidentally. Second thing - I think it would be very good if you could implement a jump streak mechanic or something like that where the player gets more points if we jump from enemy ship to enemy ship. Other than those, very good music very good sfx. Liked the simple gameplay. Well done!
Thanks for the feedback, I will keep this in mind!
I think this is my favorite game from the jam so far, its really simple but its polished a lot and I really like the art and visual style of it. My only complaint would be that the respawn delay is just a little too long, and I also didn't realize I was supposed to be jumping on the ships, but that might've just been me missing something lol. Great job!
I'm glad you think so and thanks for playing! Yes, a lot of people had these same problems, I will keep that in mind.
This game is weird, but definitely in a positive way. The concept is simple, but the music and the graphics carried the game .
Thanks, I am glad you liked the music!
This is a strange game, but I like it. My only issue is that it takes so much time for your player to be sent back when you take damage.
Thanks for playing and I will keep that in mind!
The jump in the 3rd dimension was totally unexpected so I wasted the first minute only dodging stuff, is the round enemy indestructible?
I really enjoyed it btw!
Thanks for playing! I should have made the controls more apparent to the player. Yes the round enemy is indestructible.
I really like the gameplay! Avoiding projects, destroying spaceships, and collecting hearts is a lot of fun. The art style is simple but elegant. Music is very good too. It's not entirely clear that you can destroy spaceships by jumping on them. Overall a good game!
Thanks for playing! Yes, I need to work on making things clear for the player. It is hard to predict what will be obvious and what won't since as the developer you already know what to do.
cool game, i love it when you destroy one robot and bounce off of him instantly to another robot. The art style is very cool too. Good Job!
Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome game!! I lovee the 3D pre-rendered style, and the animations too, very cool entry!
Thanks, glad you liked the animations!