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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #134 | 3.036 | 3.036 |
| Overall | #146 | 3.071 | 3.071 |
| Visual | #168 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Fun | #176 | 2.786 | 2.786 |
| Theme | #232 | 2.143 | 2.143 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Are you using any third party assets?
All music is third party, open license. Credited in game and page.
Are you using any AI generated assets?
No
Did you use BulletFury?
No
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Comments
I like how clean it feels. Very good contrast as well. Great entry
L liked the game. I would allow the player to move on diagonals, also, nice soundtrack!
Nice vibe to the atmosphere, made me remember playing R-Type as a kid. Love the crunchy explosion sound fx. I also wish there was diagonal movement. But other than that it controls very well! Nice job
This was a really nice entry. Really good retro graphics mixed with action hero movie soundtrack level bgm.
Like other people said, I kept trying to move diagonally without realizing and that left me flying right into more bullets than I hoped; however! Filling up your “lives” with the points you’ve accrued before the boss was brilliant.
great job finishing the jam! cool retro graphics. wish bullet were a bit bigger so it was easier to hit the few enemies that were there! good job!!
Cool game! Really liked the patterns and the boss. Although I wish you could move diagonally ><
I killed the boss! Personally, I think you could have used different colors for the projectiles with that black space. Overall, good game!
Cool retro sidescrolling shooter !
I like the ship sprites they are really cool, and the title font made me think of the metroid title on NES :p
The music fits the atmosphere well, of being alone agains some highly advanced alien ships
Gameplay wise i like the idea of having the score serve as a lifebar of sorts
Also gotta say the bullet patterns themselves were pretty interesting.
My main gripe is the oddity with the controls, not being able to move diagonally greatly impairs the ability to dodge in some situations i.m.o :/
Other than that it’s a nice entry, i managed to reach the boss but got killed at some point XD
Cool game! Really nice QoL with constant shooting! Bombs were a nice touch.
I think either something's wrong with my keyboard or there is a bug where I can't move diagonally (perhaps Design choice?)
Cool game! Really nice QoL with constant shooting! Bombs were a nice touch.
I think either something's wrong with my keyboard or there is a bug where I can't move diagonally (perhaps Design choice?)
Great game, cool patterns, nice music, nice visuals.
I dig the retro intro screen.
A fun bullet hell! I liked the bullet patterns and the gameplay. Nice work!
It was fun and i like it you need to put lasers
I can tell you worked very hard on the final boss. Good work!
Loved how the enemies could pile up if you neglected to kill them! Cool game!
Really pretty bullet patterns, only drawback was that I either took hits because I admired them or focused so much on avoiding bullet that I missed the view XD
The part with only "mines" that spew bullets felt a bit long (especially since it didn't seem possible to get points then) but appart from that I really enjoyed it.
funny.
Good game! Had fun time playing it. Pretty interesting score mechanic. For me it felt a bit too difficult, I played 3 games and every time died on the boss. The sprite art is pretty impressive. And, I know it sounds weird, but I really loved the tutorial. Many games have problems with lack of explanations and there everything is cool and straightforward
Oh and all the audio is really good! :3
Very nice and well polished. The score as health mechanic was interesting, and I think it worked well. It starts off feeling very forgiving but you quickly change your mind in the latter parts of the game! My favourite aspects were the sprite designs and level design (i.e pacing, mine placement etc)