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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Engagement | #3 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Theme | #5 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Presentation | #6 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Gameplay | #6 | 2.375 | 2.375 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The custom art looks great! One thing that threw me off about the game immediately was the odd control choices. I would recommend using spacebar for action as well as enter. U and J are also random keys to pick for switching characters. Because there are only two characters to switch to I would recommend one key to toggle between them or Q and E if you want to assign two different keys. The default character shoots very slow and I was killed the first time I played. I then found I could switch between the characters rapidly and keep shooting which made short work of the zombies! The short exploration phase at the end of the game was interesting but then it ends abruptly. It did put me in the mood for sushi though! Nice work and good use of the theme.
Thank you for playing! I chose the U and J keys because the characters are named Ursula and Jason, so I thought it made sense, but the Q and E key would be more convenient. I'll keep it in mind in case I ever decide to work on this game again to fix some bugs :)
I think you all did a good job. I like the premise, and I think the gameplay could be expanded if you all wanted to keep working on this. As for critiques, the character selection screen doesn't appear to work, and I honestly couldn't get far past the starting area. I can see from the screenshots that there are other areas, but I couldn't find a way past the starting group of enemies. Other comments don't seem to mention this, so maybe I just missed something? I wish I could explore the game more, but for what I did see, I can tell a strong effort was put in, and that there's potential for building off of it all.
Great job on the game jam!
Sorry for the late reply! You can switch characters during the shooting minigame by pressing U and J on the keyboard. The character you get when you press U has weak bullets that shoot fast, while the character for J has very strong bullets with a much longer cooldown. It takes some strategy to get rid of all of them, but it is possible. :) Good luck and thank you for playing!
It's very good, I would say that the strength of this game is in the environmental theme and it's history. The gameplay i liked the purpose, change characters for different combat modes, its interesting.
What I can say about the gameplay, making the actions "quick" and the little feedback that a horde is about to end, the life of the zombies, etc...
About the investigation or exploration of an area, not bad actually, I had some bugs with some colliders, but i liked the idea of being able to search for something. Good Job!
Thank you for playing :)
I liked the story, though it felt a little unsatisfying. Perhaps they could have found the item they were looking for?
The combat was good. A death animation and/or health bars might help teach the player about head shots more intuitively.
Thank you for your feedback. I didn't have time to add all the features I had in mind, but I'll take this into account if I ever decide to update or remake the game.
Hey! I made a video of this jam where I gave feedback to the games including yours! Hope it helps! :D
I would really appreciate it if you left a rating on my submission too!
Thank you so much for your feedback! I'm glad you liked the game :)