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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.
How many people worked on this game in total?
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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!