You respect the theme as well , and the gameplay is simple but very cool. Nice work !
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A Last Stand Story's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #14 | 4.404 | 4.404 |
| Story | #15 | 4.106 | 4.106 |
| Overall | #183 | 3.596 | 3.596 |
| Fun | #240 | 3.447 | 3.447 |
| Aesthetics | #248 | 3.681 | 3.681 |
| Mechanics | #265 | 3.213 | 3.213 |
| Sound | #324 | 3.021 | 3.021 |
| Music | #400 | 2.979 | 2.979 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Great story, very fitting with the theme. Gameplay could have some difficulty scaling over time.
Just so you know, using ESC for pause menu tends to be a bad idea for web games because ESC cancels fullscreen. But I did like that you add F to toggle fullscreen. I did the same thing in my game and I'm surprised more people don't do the same 🙃
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The Last Art StandThe only significance to me is that I was told the story. But it was told to me by a veteran of World War 2 and was the sort of story that stood out. Usually, the war stories I've heard have been about lost friends and families, or loved ones that never came home, or the bigger more strategic stories. This one didn't fit any of that, to me it was more about respect, respect for the sacrifices made during war.
Thanks for having a go, will look at yours, might be tomorrow now though, I've played over 40 games today. Been fun though.
Edit - Sleepy Typos
Sound off by default? How come? :P Fun game, definitely fits the theme. Maybe more of an indicator of player health but otherwise nice job!
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Revenge Of The TartansThanks for the feedback.
Unlike your name, my audio wasn't spicy enough ... in all honesty, I've never been in a jam before so when I saw guidance saying have it off by default, that's what I did. Also, I often feel like audio is the most difficult bit for me. Never been much of a musical talent and using tools like LMMS is a bit of a learning curve - I can do simple tunes and tweak some of the default sounds, but ask me to make a full song with multiple layers and it would probably take me months to do.
oh I didn't realize turning audio off was part of guidance, how rude! lol And you don't need to be a musical talent to have great audio, I think what you have in there is aesthetically appropriate and works well. You can sink a ton of time into music for sure, but the important thing is does it support the project, does it match the aesthetic, that kind of thing. Anyway cheers, good game :)
Perfectly fits the theme. Congrats for making all your assets yourself! Also, love the fact that you have a team defending the zone
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Sylvania: Last standVery cool story. Looks good too. I did have one of the ally soldiers glitch out looking left and right.
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Last Stand StandingThat's down to rounding errors in the built in navigation system in Godot, the only fix I found I found for that seemed to break the navigation after the first movement, so I left it with the bug, they sometimes spasm like mad, but they should catch up on the next cycle.
Thanks for playing, will have a look at yours as well.
Great job, and very relevant to the theme. The friendly fire definitely made things more interesting, as it enabled me to let the enemies keep shooting each other from one side. Great job with Godot too!
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One Cow, Two Cow, Good Cow, Bad CowThat is a great game idea, I liked the pixel art you used and also the fact of playing with a team :)
Great game!
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Bright DarknessNice game, I like the art and the gameplay. The story is good too, not every game has something to tell. You told about a farm in France, are you French? (I am) I played in the browser in fullscreen on a high dpi screen and I think that the UI deserve to take more space as it renders very very tiny on my screen. I didn't ear any sound or music, am I supposed to or you didn't implement any sound effect? Audio would add a lot more fun to the game imho. Keep up the good work!
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Zombie TrapperThank you, Je suis Gallois (Welsh), been a while since I spoke French.
I was told the story by War Veterans when I was holidaying in France, we stayed in the same hotel as them and got talking over dinner. Was more than a few years ago now.
The sound was off by default but there is a button to turn it on on the main menu.
I didn't think about UI scaling when I was making the game, I'm still learning it all at the moment and haven't gotten so far to be able to code in the checks for screen sizes or resolution just yet.
love me some backstory for jam games like this, and congrats on doing all the assets, animation , sounds etc.
the only thing was that the sound was off by default, besides that great submission.
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Old west gunfightThanks, it's my first game jam and first web build game, when I looked up how to configure the game for a web build the instructions suggested that having sounds off by default was good practice. You're not the first to suggest I probably should have had it enabled by default.
Regarding the story, it was told to me and my family by war veterans, and is a story I had never heard before, or since. I think it's nice when little war stories like this get out and remind us that even at the worst of times there is still some faith in humanity.
Very neat game! Managed to get 30 enemy kills in my best run. The hot pocket things kept coming in clutch.
I feel like there could have been a little bit more feedback to indicate that you got hit. Once I turned the sound on I realized there was a sound effect that played, but it was pretty quiet compared to all the other ones.
Great job overall though! Very well done!
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Last Pin StandingThank you for the feedback.
I haven't quite figured out how to use property animations to their fullest yet, among other more dazzling effects to give good visual queues on things like hits etc. but when I do, will probably update it.
One of my relatives played it all afternoon the other day and got to 77 kills. They just kept playing to see how far they could get.
Solid game! I needed a minute to realise i wasn't the farmer :D and for the second game i forgot to turn the sound on :D
If you have the time, can you play and rate my game too?
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The Last StandI really liked your game and was a unique story that tied into the theme quite well! As some other people have already noted the attention to detail with the pixel art visuals was incredible especially the farmer. I also had a lot of fun trying to keep my friendly NPCs alive longer as I seemed to survive better when they were able to help me.
Congratulations on your first published game jam submission!
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Dracs After DuskNice game, congrats on completing the game jam and your first game, that's awesome! it plays well, looks nice and I really like how the story ties to a real story.
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One Last SiegeAmazing attention to detail, especially when your allies die, love the story too especially being based in reality, great submission
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Necrofear: ApocalypseIt is a nice concept. great attention to detail. great mechanics. overall fast paced gameplay and full of tension.
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The Last GrabNice work! I really liked your setting and characters, I think you did an excellent job of executing on the theme.
One minor piece of feedback I have is: For me the sound defaulted to off and so the first couple times I played I thought there was no sound in the game. I was about to post about how I liked the game but wished there was sound but then I located the button to turn on the sound. You did a nice job with the music and sound effects so I would default that to "On" if you can!
Great work!
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Dracs After Dusk
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