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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #85 | 3.846 | 3.846 |
| Fun | #142 | 3.513 | 3.513 |
| Overall | #209 | 3.372 | 3.372 |
| Audio | #220 | 3.256 | 3.256 |
| Game Design | #226 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
| Graphics | #358 | 3.282 | 3.282 |
| Innovation | #376 | 2.949 | 2.949 |
Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
You find allies on your quest for revenge
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All the code and most of the visual/audio assets. The few sprites used from free sources are credited
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I like that you added sound when the enemies die, the animations... well done. All the best!
I really had fun! The combat system is really good - and I love the animations! Graphics are amazing. It would be nice to collect points after killing enemies - then buy a weapon for longer range. Nice job!
Ties in well with the theme and the ghosts are useful in the combat too. I can see this being expanded into a proper game
I had a lot of fun with this. It was a little on the easy side, but I spent so much more time playing this than I spent with submissions that were too far in the direction of difficult. I think you did the right thing erring on this side of the difficulty scale, and games are hard to get balanced right in such a short time. I eventually got to the point where difficulty seemed to have stopped scaling up, so I let myself die at 13 waves defeated.
The art and animations were great. Their styles weren’t super cohesive, but it looks like several people worked on them, so that’s understandable. The intro sequence was nicely done, and just as long as it needed to be. Great game guys. And also props on getting something across the goalpost with such a large team, that’s not easy to manage.
Hey, I really like this ! :D
The dash and the finishing blow a la Skyrim was a nice touch to an already good looking game, despite the lack of cohesion between sprite resolution :)
Also, it felt really cool when you got helped by ghosts ! (You especially come to love the cook way really fast xD)
I was just a bit confused at what the Napstablook looking fellow was doing. Sometimes, he seemed to scare the enemies, and sometimes attack them. Does he do both ? D:
I was also wondering ; is there an end, or is it an infinite wave massacre ? x) Because I did like 10 waves after the last type of enemies (the red one) was introduced x)
Also, music was really nice :)
Overall, a charming experience, also due to the fact that the cutscene, even if it has a simple storytelling, has a nice impact ! :D
Oh hey, glad you liked it! The last ghosts that appear (Napstablook fellows) are supposed to randomly attack or scare enemies! Sort of like poking them and scaring, or actually hurting them. Though they were implemented like 3 hours to the deadline so I can understand it being confusing.
The original idea had an ending in mind, as if you avenged your village and could now try to live your life in peace. But we'd give the player the option to keep on fighting infinitely. But... we ran out of time.
Very interesting and cool graphics, however I would like to see a bigger variety of enemies
Incredible GFX and music, it feels like you really are fighting alongside the ghosts. The only limiting factor is how repetitive it seems, as it is the same enemies and same weapon. Some variations, boosts, more enemies, bosses, etc... would make the game feel more varied. I also found it quite easy to cheese, but quite relaxing and the atmosphere is perfect! The zoom at the end of each wave is a great finish as well!
yo really good cinematics, nice music and like the way it's zoom when it's the last ennemy of the wave , it's add some more cinematics feel , well done!
Really fun game! The music was great, the story was short but potent and really set me up to feel like I was avenging my hometown. I loved the intuitiveness of the controls but was craving some kind of power boost or new weapon from an item drop. The ghosts fighting with you was a really unique interpretation of the theme and I think you did a great job!
I really dig the art style! Also great use of the background image before loading the web game, it really adds some flair! The characters and ennemies are pretty (shoutout to my boy the turtle cannon thingy) as well as the animations, albeit a little stiff maybe. The music is fitting too. The theme is a bit on the "not-so-original" approach but it's okay, I still had fun killing these guys :)
Lovely intro. Really liked the different enemies and figuring out how they could help the player :)
I think this is is one of the best ratings I have given so far.
I loved the enemy progression and the ghost effects. Sound and music blended in well and the ghost effects were awesome. The only thing I would like to see improves are player sprite. That did not fit into the rest of the art.
I like the idea of ghosts or spirits helping the character. My attacks only went to the right (may be a bug).
Here's mine: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-8/rate/1675396
Hey! You attack towards your mouse. If you're using the keyboard controls, you'll attack in the direction you were moving.
I can just sit here for hours playing this it's so addictive great game!
This game is very fun! It feels amazing when the ghosts help with the enemies. Good work!
pretty fun game, looks and sounds good too, just wished the game progression was a bit faster however it still feels well made and polished
Good artwork, nice characters, the sound could be better and it gets boring after 2-3 minutes, but overall nice game, if you could play my game thanks!
I really like the implementation of the theme. The companion is doing really a lot for you and also he is an important part of the gameplay.
The graphics are well made and the enemies are very creative ^^. I would like the graphics more if there would be shadows.
The game itself kept me going for a while because it was fun to dash around and kill the waves. But it would be nice to have more motivation for continuing. Like upgrades or at least having a wave-counter.
But besides that it is a really nice game with a great use of the theme :-)
Thanks! I totally forgot about shadows for the sprites 💀
This is an interesting take on the theme and has some solid mechanics.
This was actually a great submission. the art was great and animations perfect. the dash animation was smooth and polished and all the creatures and death were great too. and good adherence to the theme with the spirits helping you out. had fun playing and was a great submission. well done guys