It's so funny that when I started to play I thought to myself, "Oh I don't like games like this." But after I died a couple times, I really wanted to try and get a powerup. So then I played a little longer. Then I wanted to get a little farther. And before I knew it, I was playing this game for quite a bit. Really simple mechanic but it's executed so well and definitely has a "just one more run" type of gameplay. Great work!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Aesthetics | #82 | 4.118 | 4.118 |
| Music | #120 | 3.647 | 3.647 |
| Theme | #209 | 3.529 | 3.529 |
| Fun | #234 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
| Mechanics | #269 | 3.176 | 3.176 |
| Sound | #312 | 2.824 | 2.824 |
| Story | #419 | 2.235 | 2.235 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Freesound.org, Tunetank.com, Cinemachine, Polygon Prototype Starter Pack, Simplistic Low Poly Nature by Acorn Bringer , Flames of the Phoenix by OnPolyx, Better Minimal WebGL template by Sean
Link to your source?
https://github.com/JuliaKivenko/GameDev.tv-Game-Jam
Comments
This is a very nice game. I love the idea for the theme and the art style is beautifully. You did a very good work.
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Call of the DevilThis game is beautifully simple in its style and feels great to play. I wish I could play more of it right now, but I was having one little challenge. Being on a laptop right now, switching between left and right click on the touch pad is a bit tough. Would be a lot more intuitive on a mouse I'm sure.
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Turbulent SoulLooks well put together visually, i did find that using my laptop trackpad after shooting a few times the left click would not work at all. does the bird drop stamina after shooting and stop it from flying???
or have you got some code that doesn't prioritize fly left-click???
but welldone for submitting it and visually you have done a great job, only the fact i couldn't fly up at times ruined it for me.
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HopePlays really well, every death felt like it was my fault (with maybe the exception of the steep tunnel drop while at higher speed, but eh, maybe I'm wrong!) and I enjoyed the overall theme and ambience, well done :)
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Clone ShipStylish and snazzy. I love the colour scheme and presentation.
Nice controlling of the player. The game reminded me of Flappy Bird, only with significantly more class.
Vacuuming up the pickups is satisfying. I love that the level generation seems randomised.
Great choice of music too!
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ChipA phoenix is a great fit for the theme! Love the music and atmosphere. The fireball sfx seems at odds with the rest of the audio. I love the idea of being able to upgrade the phoenix. Well done!
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Necro HunterI really love the colours and the art style you chose! The music puts me in a very serene state... and then BOOOOOM! I think some more muted audio feedback would have been better to mesh with the rest of the game°^^ Why does my phoenix need to buy stuff with dollars? :P And having a health upgrade seems weird when I still die in one hit from the obstacles that are not enemies. Overall a great foundation that still needs some refining!
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Growth CirclesThank you so much for your feedback!
Sfx 100% need to be improved, the only sfx I personally think are ok are the upgrade sound and maybe coin collection 😅 And, technically, the dollar sign should have been replaced with the icon of a point, but alas, I delayed learning how to include icons in text until the very last minute, and then I ran out of time. Your feedback about health upgrade is a very common and very important feedback point - thisis something I will be looking into first thing once I pick up the development of this game again.
Once again thank you for your feedback, and thank you for playing!
I really liked it, has a nice overall color pallet. I played a few time and enjoyed that the obstacles changed. Lots of potential here...
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Afterlife KeysHey, great job with your game! I really liked the aesthetics here. Maybe one suggestion I would have is for the normal obstacles/walls that cause an instant lose state, how about having them deal health damage instead? A lot of the time I felt like my upgrades were useless because most of my runs resulted in me dying from a wall or moving obstacle rather than enemies which it seems that is where the upgrades come into play.
Congrats on getting out a submission though and keep up the good work!
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Last StandThank you so much for playing my game and leaving a review!
It really doesn't help that I didn't optimize a lot of obstacles in time, so oftentimes they can really seem unavoidable. But your feedback about feeling like your upgrades are useless because of that is an incredibly good point as well. It's definitely an issue I am going to prioritize once I continue with game's development.
The art style is simple but beautiful, and the game is fun and relaxing to play. I think it would be better if we could also move on the x axis, because sometimes I feel like the obstacles are just unavoidable, unless it is done on purpose for the "Death is only the beginning" perhaps?
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Why did you cross the road?Hey thank you so much for playing and for your review!
It's definitely not on purpose that obstacles are unavoidable. Unfortunately I failed to tweak all of them in time in such a way that there is always a possibility to avoid them. There is one obstacle which was designed to look impossible to pass, but actually has a small opening that player can use 100% of the time, but the rest of the obstacles just weren't optimized.
Being able to move on the x axis at least to some degree could definitely be intersting! Thank you for your suggestion 🙂
the hitbox of the bird is huuuge. and the death sound is unbearable
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