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A jam submission

Microscopic MayhemView game page

You are a blood cell, defending the body in this bullet hell where time is relative
Submitted by flavedogame, Sapient44, Julio Reyes Dieck, Sealcat โ€” 17 hours, 23 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
CREATIVE#84.5854.585
OVERALL#194.1224.122
THEME#234.0734.073
FUN#284.1224.122
VISUALS#624.0244.024
EASY TO GET INTO#883.9273.927
AUDIO#953.3903.390

Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Do you have any bullet or projectile in your game?

Yes

You added some projectile or bullet in your game

How does your game implement the theme? (If your game doesn't use the theme ignore this field)
In each level you need to achieve a goal in less than 10 seconds (but time is relative here).

What was the size of your team?
4

Please credit the resources that you used during the jam (if you used any)
Bullet generation: https://wayfarergames.itch.io/bulletfury

Credit all team-members that worked on this project (you can link itch.io/twitter/youtube/twitch)
Programmer - Flavedo https://flavedogame.itch.io/
Sound composer - Julyzor https://itch.io/profile/julyzor
QA - Sapient44 https://sapient44.itch.io/
Artist - Sealcat https://sealcat.itch.io/

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Submitted(+1)

Unique mechanics and main idea! It's really well executed, and the fact that this is a submission for two jams is really mindblowing (quite genius actually). I just hoped that there could be a more interesting twist to the Bullet Hell Jam theme other than the time of the stage, but the game is still good. Appealing art, nice SFX and overall satisfying. Keep it up!

Submitted(+2)

I love the variety in the different levels, it was really well thought out.  I also like the timer mechanic, i'd seen a similar type of game done for the 7DRL and the mechanic of small movement hops and time freeze works really well.  Something i'd like to try in the future too.  Great entry!

Submitted(+1)

Really solid submission! The variety between cell types was fun and they all had different enough playstyles to make them feel worth separating. At first I thought the platelets were going to be problematic, but even they felt well balanced. The only thing I would change is the cell type prompt that shows up each time the level starts. Initially it was helpful, but after a bit it felt like more of a disruption to your gameplay loop than anything else. Having the option to skip that phase would really smooth out the transition from one section to the next. 

Submitted(+2)

As I told to the guys in Chrono Contol, this y a very profesional game and might get the best ratings at lest for me is a solid 5/5 very fun and easy to get into.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your words

Submitted(+2)

It's remarkable how much you squeezed out of those minigames! Most things feel polished, the idea is simple, clever, unique and well executed. The music sets a nice atmosphere that suits your artstyle perfectly. Great entry!

Submitted(+1)

Fun minigames and a cool concept!  Nice work! :D

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Pretty fun and an interesting mix of concepts with the "Superhot" style time , i liked the variety even if on the first time encountering a different gameplay phase it can be hard to adapt, but once you get the hang of it its super fun, i like the mouse only gameplay, and i also like the artstyle with the cells having little faces and all :p 

Didn't score all that much but i had a good time, well done ! :)

Submitted(+2)

Excellent theme!  Great game and very interesting and varied gameplay mechanics.  Good job!

Submitted(+2)

Very impressive game considering it was made in a week! I love the theme going on here, where you're controlling different types of cells with their own abilities and win conditions. It keeps the game from being repetitive. I also like the different enemy shooting patterns, it really does make the game feel like a bullet hell. The white curvy bullets are especially fun to dodge.

I would increase the visual contrast between the walls and the background more. They're really similar in color, which makes it hard to tell when you're near a wall. It's especially a problem in the stage with the moving walls. Some levels are also considerably more difficult than the others (looking at you, platelets), so I'd considering some rebalancing in that aspect.

Overall, excellent game. I spent a while playing it and getting a high score.

Developer

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback. We will keep in mind ours walls and difficulty problems.

Submitted(+2)

Surprisingly educative! Played a bit but I already learned a lot.

Submitted(+1)

love the artstyle

Submitted(+1)

Superhot x WarioWare.. Very cool concept and well executed. Great work!

Submitted(+1)

Reminded me of warioware a bit, very nice

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the visuals, 4/5 overall stars, and 5/5 in visuals

Submitted(+2)

Very neat submission, I actually had a lot of fun playing this. The different kinds of little mini-games/objects was a really cool idea and the leaderboards are always a welcome addition - despite the fact that I wasn't exactly great at it. :P

Submitted(+2)

This was really neat and the time manipulation was great! I love that it has an educational flare to it!

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

The game has a neat theme and the minigames are fun and thematically neat.

My main criticism is with the UI. The transparency makes it harder to read and doesn't add much IMO. Also while explaining the mechanics for each game once is great, it quickly becomes repetitive. Once a player successfully completes a certain minigame, they shouldn't need it to be explained to them again.

I did run into an audio bug a few times where sound effects got stuck in loops. This occurred first in the leaderboard at the end and occurred in the WebGL build (I have not tried the desktop version)

Submitted(+2)

Hey! I really like your game, the mechanics are well-thought out, the various kind of minigames is really fun as well. My favorite is controlling the platelets. The only downside I can see and feel is that the difficulty does tend to jump around a bit, some higher levels are sometimes easier than the levels before it. Other than that, your game is really polished and I recommend it to anyone that come across it. It's a fun time waster.

Submitted(+2)

Nice art, differents plays styles with each cell and interesting mechanic of slowing down time, Good game!

Developer

Thanks for playing, glad you liked it! :)

Submitted
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Developer(+1)

Thank you for your feedback, really glad you liked it! Good point about the instructions, we'll keep that in mind for the future. I'll check out your game too!

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