Play game
Pentagoon's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| References / Humor | #222 | 1.257 | 1.818 |
| Creativity | #223 | 1.635 | 2.364 |
| Theme | #223 | 1.446 | 2.091 |
| Gameplay | #225 | 1.132 | 1.636 |
| Overall | #226 | 1.333 | 1.927 |
| Ambience | #229 | 1.195 | 1.727 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit into the theme?
You explode crystals which explode crystals which... also it has a recursive main :D
Showcase / Streaming Opt-In
Yes!
I give consent.
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
It is a funny game, esp when the goons run away - I loved the explanation too, when you die :D
Nice coverart. It's a pretty fun concept once you understand it :D did cheat by reading the comments as i didnt die in the first try.
Okay it took a little while to understand the game:
You have to go up to the coloured Dragoons at the top, and when standing on it, right click on the Dragoon to pick it up. Right click to drop them again.
Then you can drop bombs with left click. You have to bomb the conveyer belt of items at the START of the belt, before they get the shield. But you have to at least have a chain of them going into the center or it doesn't do damage.
Rinse and repeat for each colour a few times and you win.
After figuring it out, it was a solid game. The chain reaction of explosions was satisfying, albeit a bit loud. And lmao at the credits scene XD
I am extremely impressed! I can't believe someone figured out how you actually play the game properly XDD. Mega props to you man this is insanely impressive to bypass my poor game onboarding skills.
(mb about the explosion volume...)
There is one last "easter egg" (if it is) which I left in. I urge people to try beat the game the proper way, so look away if you haven't! Here's a little hint: you can speedrun the game... very fast.
Can't figure out the speedrun strat, but the fastest I've gotten was 51.74 seconds.
So when I'm not sure what I'm doing, when I press R to reload, it kinda gets stuck on update or looped. scary sounds, I'll wait to rate, in case you're still fixing the bugs
If you are doing this on web version, this is probably because I made R reset the game (in all states; dead and alive). Not sure if you mean to reload the page on the web, or to restart in the actual game. If you are restarting by reloading the page, just press R without reloading the page to try again.
Probably just download it if you want the best experience (there are some weird things I don't know what to do about on the web build, like the screen being small and not centered on the player, sometimes it even scrolls, not present if you download the game).
Not sure about the scary sounds you mean. Perhaps its because if you reload the page it cuts to a part of the song with a weird sound.
If you are confused about the game and how you should play, I totally understand - it's not user-friendly lmao. Just lmk if I should place the instructions in the description along with the controls, either way if you want instructions right now, just get shot in the game and open the information screen you see on the death screen.
explosions!