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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Music | #210 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Theme | #247 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Sound | #315 | 3.042 | 3.042 |
| Fun | #356 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Overall | #405 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Aesthetics | #426 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Mechanics | #479 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Story | #509 | 2.208 | 2.208 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Tilemap: https://kenney.nl/assets/rpg-urban-pack, Background Music: https://opengameart.org/content/battle-theme-a, Sound Effects Shooting: https://opengameart.org/content/50-cc0-sci-fi-sfx, Sound Effect Footsteps: https://opengameart.org/content/different-steps-on-wood-stone-leaves-gravel-and-mud, Sound Effect Glass: https://opengameart.org/content/75-cc0-breaking-falling-hit-sfx
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Reminds me of the era of flash games! I liked the epic soundtrack and the fitting SFX (e.g. glass breaking for pods). Didn't know what to expect from the pods, but a wave of enemy spawning definitely wasn't top of the list. Got a shock.
Not sure if it was intended, but i found it odd to only be able to shoot laterally. Made it harder to deal with the waves.
Seems like a working prototype to add in more features!
Thank you for your feedback! I’m glad that you liked the game.
As for the lateral shooting, yes, that was an intentional choice to increase the difficulty and make the gameplay more challenging. I’m happy you noticed it!
I’m excited to add more features in the future. Thanks again for playing and sharing your thoughts!
Has a sort of addictive type of gameplay. Nice game, well done.
Thanks for playing! I’m glad you liked it.
I like the game, but i always lose :D maybe the enemies should have friendly fire.
Thank you so much for playing! Haha, I actually left the friendly fire intentionally because currently the AI is very simple and since the enemy move in a group they would easily kill each other immediately. But nice suggestion I would consider checking out how can I make the enemy AI a bit better so they avoid shooting each other, but as a player you can bait them to shoot each other. Thanks for the suggestion and Thanks again for playing!
Cool game! A fun challenge and the character felt really responsive and snappy. I do echo the hold to shoot sentiment as my poor spacebar was brutalized but you know what? Overall I had a lot of fun!
Edit: PS: The art was excellent!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the challenge and found the character responsive and snappy. I’ll definitely add a setting for hold-to-shoot controls in future to save those spacebars! I’m happy you had fun and appreciated the art. Your feedback means a lot to me!
hahaha really nice game! I had to set the mouse on triple click action in order to beat so it's kinda cheating but I liked the chaos
Thank you so much for playing! Haha, everything is fair in ‘What the Pod?!’ Winning is all that matters! I’m glad you enjoyed the game and congrats on beating it. Thank you again!
hahaha really nice game! I had to set the mouse on triple click action in order to beat so it's kinda cheating but I liked the chaos
So many of them! I liked it, good job on the game!
Thanks for playing! Glad you liked it.
Fun but hard! Player controller feels great!
Thanks for playing! Glad you liked the player controller. Yeah I definitely need to do something about the difficulty in future. Thanks for your feedback!
Fun game! Couldn't manage to break them all, it's pretty difficult. Would be nice if you could autofire by holding space because it's a little tiring mashing it. Love the pixel art!
Thank you for playing! I’ll add a setting to change the controls (hold/press) in future. Glad you loved the pixel art, I’m just starting out in the pixel art and your comment means a lot. Thanks Again!
Holy cow that was hectic!! Loved it though! Great job :)
Thank you so much for playing! Glad you loved it.
This is solid, I got hooked and want to win but couldnt yet. I played it on my youtube channel and gave my throughts if you want to check it out you can here
Thank you so much for playing! and thanks for featuring the game in your video, I really appreciate that. I’ll definitely try to improve upon the camera feel. Just started out in Godot and figuring things out as I go. Thanks again for playing!
Bro, what the .. did I just play haha, this is so hard, but I love it, it is fun and stressing even though I couldn't win :)
Good job!
Thanks for playing! What the pod?! isn’t it? LOL. Glad you loved the game. You’ll beat it for sure. Thanks again for playing!
That was super hard! I liked the mechanic but I think I would have appreciated a little more ramp-up in difficulty. Also, what were those little bottles scattered around? I kept thinking they were HP powerups but couldn't seem to pick them up. Cool game but I personally needed a little bit more hand-holding.
Thanks for playing! Glad you liked the mechanics. I’ll surely consider ramping up the difficulty slowly in future. The things on the ground are something I was experimenting with just to make the level a little less empty but forgot to remove them. They’re confusing for sure, I’ll remove them.
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Oops! Sorry 😅
Definitely a very difficult game, at least to start. Concept and controls are well done, but maybe balance the enemies a little more? Overall, good job!
Thanks for playing! Glad you liked the concept. I’ll surely try ramping the difficulty in future.
The game starts on a very hard level. Please add some easy levels first.
Thanks for your feedback! Yeah the game starts off pretty challenging, I wanted it to be challenging but I think I should add an easy mode. Thanks again for your feedback!
I think I've strained a muscle trying to press the spacebar fast enough to shot. :D
Nice controls and movement, mad gameplay :). Very last stand theme :)
Sorry for the spacebar workout 😅. I’m glad you like the controls and movement. Thank you so much for playing!
lol. What the pod indeed. Had to run around in circles. Beat it but no way you can win this by shooting with the mouse.
Glad you enjoyed it. Running around in circles is definitely the strategy, Thanks you so much for playing!
Nice short game! It is definitely difficult, but has easy controls and a cool atmosphere!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Phew! I managed to find a strategy to win! Really tough game and thank goodness I could use spacebar to shoot, there was no way I could click my mouse fast enough! (Even better would be controller support!)
Pretty epic music helping to elevate the tense atmosphere of staying one step ahead of the endlessly spawning enemies, trying desperately to take down the pods without getting caught or trapped!
Haha! Thank you so much for your feedback. Those enemies are challenging for sure, Congrats! on beating the game. I’ll definitely add controller support in future. Thanks you so much for playing!