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A jam submission

Axe and ArrowView game page

Axe and Arrow, a survivor type game that focuses on managing the balance between light and dark!
Submitted by Mookie (@jyoung424242), Drew Conley (@drewconley13), Glenn LaBarre (@glennlabarre) — 1 day, 1 hour before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#453.4863.486
Graphics#523.8293.829
Overall#683.4293.429
Gameplay#883.3433.343
Theme#1333.4573.457
Innovation#1583.0293.029

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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GitHub repository url
https://github.com/jyoung4242/GameDevJSJam2025

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Submitted(+1)

Great game ! Well polished, satisfying and addictive. Really felt part of the music everytime i was swinging my axe

Developer

Thanks for the comment!  We thought the music jived with the melee attack as well!  Drew did a great job!

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoy the character switching mechanic, the zoom out and zoom in in the slow motion feels nice!

Good job!

Developer

thank you so much for the comment, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Overall, the game is really fun and really nicely done. Having to balance the play between the two characters was a fun mechanic, and it was nice that each character felt unique. I thought it was good match with the theme of the jam. Great job!

Developer

Thank you so much!  That means a lot!  Thanks for the comment!

Submitted(+1)

A really nice survivor ! The waves might be a bit long (or frequency of enemies at first too low), but the idea of having to balance the time you use each character is really smart and both characters were very interesting ! :) 

Developer

Thanks!  That feeling of needing to balance both players AND having to watch over both is exactly the feelings we were going for!   And yes, we played with a number of different batch and spawning strategies, we could easily spend another week of tweaking that system in. 

Thanks for the comment!

Submitted(+1)

great game.  love survivors. I like the switching animation a lot.

Developer

Thanks for the comment, we had a lot of fun playing around with different ways to do that!

Submitted(+1)

Very nice! Clean looks and tight controls and all. I’m not usually into survival games, but I really liked this, owing to the wicked cool pixel art and beepy music. Well done! :)

Developer

Yeah, Drew did a banger job on the art and sounds!  Thank you for your feedback and the comment!

Submitted(+1)

Cute little game also the switching mechanic gets annoying quite fast as it takes "too long", but fits the theme definitely.Art style, music and sfx are on point! Consider increasing the UI a bit (like numbers of enemies killed etc), while also using a fitting art style. Nice work in this amount of time, hope you keep going!

Developer(+1)

All great feedback, thank you for your comment and your thoughts!

(+1)

Love the art and fun twists on the vampire survivor mechanics. The music has me be-bopping along. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the wonderful feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Liked the music and the cute visuals! It's a fun way to play a vampire survivor, having to care about you, your companion, and the global balance. Nice work :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the comment!  We had a ton of fun doing this, and learned a lot along the way!

Submitted(+1)

Great Entry! having a "tail" that you have to worry about is a nice change of pace for the survivor genre.

Developer

Yeah, the theme of balance really lent itself to that when we were coming up with ideas!  Thanks for the comment!

Submitted(+1)

Love the art, the audio is fantastic as well. Good base game, with some more enemy types and upgrade variety this could be quite addicting

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much!  This game is very extensible but for a game jam you have to scope it correctly to ensure you finish on time!  Thanks for wonderful feedback!!

Submitted(+1)

Fun game!! I love the visuals, the gameplay is a bit confusing right off the bat, but I was able to pick it up after. The controls are very intuitive and I love the sound effects!

Developer

Thank you for the kind feedback, we appreciate it!

Submitted(+1)

Fun game, the theme is really there, very good audio and sound effects I like it, only at the end of the game, it isn't very clear how you do it; there is much information at the end, maybe a text saying, Good balance, bad balance... That would be perfect, but it's a great game!

Submitted

Please, can you play my game? , is not this you can see here, is called Kitchen Master, the balanced diet? you can find it on the no rating games

Developer

This is great feedback, thanks for your comment!

Submitted

Thank you!

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