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A jam submission

Kill The ImmortalsView game page

For the gameboy-like game jam. A boss rush where you collect their souls and powers.
Submitted by Flune — 1 hour, 52 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
"Nostalgia"#14.0004.000
Artistic Section#24.1434.143
Gameplay#23.2863.286
Overall#23.6863.686
Sound Section#23.5713.571
Theme#33.4293.429

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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I really wanted to try playing this, but unfortunately, it just won't load for me. Even if I leave it loading for hours, it never progresses. This is probably an issue with my browser, but I can't figure it out at the moment. I'll update if I manage to get it working.

Developer(+1)

Hey, I just added a .rar file you can download and extract if you're still interested in playing. I'm still fairly new to this stuff so tell me if there is another problem on your end.

I downloaded and tried it out, but I get this error when I try to run it:


Data Folder not found

Details:

Application folder:
C:/Users/myusername/Desktop/Other People's Games/_Game Boy-like Jam/Kill the immortals
There should be 'Kill the immortals_Data'
folder next to the executable

Developer(+1)

It sould work now, tested it on another machine. Problem was I renamed the executable which confused it.

Okay I finally got to play it! Thanks!

The game was fun, and the art, sound, and music were all great and fitting! I love the concept of the game, although as has been stated already, the theme on collection is barely used.

I had several issues with the game as I played. The first boss was actually the most difficult for me because he liked to use a charging dash attack, which he gave no sign of preparing before suddenly launching into it. Unlike his (much rarer, I didn't even see it in my first playthrough) crouching projectile attack, which I knew was coming after the first time due to him crouching. There was no way to predict the dash, from what I could tell, except to stay far away from him as much as possible. This made the battle take longer, and it wasn't very fun, because it was mainly just: rush in with proper timing, attack once, retreat quickly and wait, then repeat.

The second boss was much more interesting and fun to fight. They telegraphed their moves well, meaning I could predict what would happen and adjust my playing accordingly. However, there was one issue that made them too easy to defeat. Sometimes, they would not do any attack at all, and worse, they would teleport to a spot next to one of the pillars. This let me rapidly attack them over and over. On my second playthrough, I took advantage of this and I didn't even need to worry about their explosion attack, because I knew I'd get my health back at the end of the battle, so I just kept spamming my attack until they died. This let me beat them very quickly. Also, the dash was practically useless because it was too difficult to use quickly and didn't seem to give me much benefit when I pulled it off, so I basically ignored it.

The flying orb attack that he had was the most challenging attack to deal with, and I think that would have been better used as a permanent addition to the battlefield after the boss was at half health. This would have prevented me from just standing there and spamming attack, I'd be forced to move around. Although if this was done, the dash would need to be improved as well.

The third boss was... ironically, the easiest by far. I just had to stand there and spam the attack button as fast as possible once he got a little close to me. I'd occasionally have to jump to try to avoid the skull things (I stayed on the top-left platform, so I only ever had to deal with one at a time), but then I could go right back to spamming. In fact, avoiding the skulls was pretty difficult due to the timing needed, so it was more efficient to just keep attacking. I beat him really easily and quickly.

I'd suggest giving him more unpredictable attacks using his tentacles, or maybe a laser coming from his eye that shows he's charging it before unleashing it, making you want to leave the safe platform and risk dealing with the skulls. On the note of the skulls, I didn't realize at first that you could kill them, so I legitimately thought it was part of the challenge that he keeps summoning more. This ties back to a problem mentioned already, which is the lack of health bars (or any visual indication of damage) for the enemies. The 1st boss doesn't show ANY signs of taking damage until you kill him. The second boss at least flickers when you hit. But it's only the third boss who noticeably has a reaction to being hurt (although even in his case, you can't tell how wounded he is). The skulls show no sign of being hurt by your attacks, making it seem like it's useless. So more clues as to how hurt the enemy is would help a lot.

Finally, I went back and played the game a third time, and found out that I can beat the first boss just by standing there and spamming my attack without ever dodging once. I think the player might have too much health, haha. Oh and by the way, there's a typo at the end. Instead of "THANK'S FOR PLAYING!!" it should say "THANKS FOR PLAYING!!". 

Regardless, it was fun playing the game and it's impressive that you did this in such a short time. Great job! I hope my feedback helps.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback! If you decide on continuing your reaper game, good luck with it.  We both know it was the best interpretation of the theme ;)

Thanks! I intend to finish the reaper game for sure! And yes, haha, definitely the best interpretation of the theme ;)

Submitted(+1)

Didn't know if it was hitting the first enemy because the sprite didn't change like with the 2nd enemy. Pretty hard getting away from the 2nd enemys massive bullet spell. Otherwise nioce art, good enemy variation.

Host(+1)

I loved it, it felt like a dark souls boss rush in game boy. It's one of those jam games that I wish were longer.

Incredible artistic and sound seccion, somewhat rough to play and perhaps my biggest drawbacks are the absence of a life bar for enemies and that the theme of Collecting is there, but very questionable.

 I loved.

Submitted(+1)

Really good game when it comes to nostalgia, theme and art. The gameplay is decent, but I was slightly confused cuz I couldn't see my health and the second boss had bullets that were always inside of me and made permanent damage. Sound effects are good as well but there could have been more for the bosses themselves. All in all though, I'm extremely impressed.

Submitted(+1)

Man, this game is really someting! This is easily my favorite game of the game jam, very well done! An amazing boss rush, i'd love to play more of that!!! (Nontendo destroyed me). Also, if you have time, please consider trying my game too, i'd love to get some feedback!