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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun/Engagement | #16 | 2.888 | 3.154 |
| Theme | #23 | 3.734 | 4.077 |
| Overall | #28 | 2.941 | 3.212 |
| Audio/Music | #29 | 2.747 | 3.000 |
| Art/Graphics | #41 | 2.395 | 2.615 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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- Cool game ! I wish there were other letters than abcd, since there were only those 4, the controls felt a bit weird since it wasnt the whole alphabet, so I ended up putting my hands in a weird pose where I could rpess all those 4 inputs. Also there is no real negative impact to press when you are not supposed to, so I ended up just mashing the 4 buttons at once and cheese my way through.
- This is a good entry that could just use a little bit of fine tuning to be really great. I really like the idea of typing the letters to shoot asteroids; the problem is there's no penalty for just spamming keys. Not only can you just jam on keys to hit asteroids before they're even on screen, but you can also hit the same key multiple times for one asteroids, and the extra bullets can break asteroids behind the first one even if they're different letters. Introducing more penalties to the player would make this game even more fun and engaging
Did you work alone, or as part of a group? (If in a group, list their names)
Alone
Disclose if you used any public domain assets or not.
Yes, in opengameart.org . The credits and links to the pages of these assets are in the in-game credits.
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I like the concept of this a lot!
I think you should add some sort of penalty mechanic for pressing the wrong key, because I was able to cheese it a bit by just spamming all of the letters and pretty much play forever. Would also help reinforce learning if that's the goal! nice work :)
Thank you very much for the comment!
I really appreciate the support the community is giving me!
I've already made some improvements to the game and I'm working on it.
I would like to know if I can update the game before the game jam assessments are completed.
(If my words are a little confusing, it's because I'm not fluent in English)
I liked the idea and I also think, as others said, that it would be a really good educational game so good job! Btw I noticed that I could shoot at different letters from the one I pressed if that one was on screen (i.e. I could shoot at every letter pressing "b" when a "b" asteroid was on screen). Apart from that it was really engaging :)
Thanks!
I liked this and the music added this sense of urgency to everything. Though, I was able to press all the letters at once and shoot everything. Looking forward to seeing updates on this :
Thanks for the comment!
It is likely that a little slowing down and adding more letters could be used for children to learn letters. Nice try.
Yes, that's what I planned, but I had some unforeseen events and couldn't add all the letters in time for Game Jam. Soon I plan to update this game adding these improvements. Thanks for the comment. (If my English is confused it is because I am not fluent in English)
Definitely has a typing/educational vibe to it.