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A jam submission

Universal ExpressView game page

Truth at Light Speed!
Submitted by Zailef — 36 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Music#4992.4622.462
Sound#5612.0002.000
Story#6411.6151.615
Aesthetics#6552.3852.385
Theme#6612.1542.154
Mechanics#6622.0002.000
Overall#6622.2312.231
Fun#7391.8461.846

Ranked from 13 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?
2

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
N/A

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Comments

Submitted

My papers can't reach the planets!

Submitted

Unique idea delivering papers in space. The spacey music vibe was a nice touch. I think a clearer indicator for successful deliveries would help. Overall, fun concept and good effort

Submitted

Survival time: 02:19 Papers Delivered: 1

I obviously never really figured out where the papers were supposed to be thrown lol

I did really enjoy flying thru the galaxy dodging things, listening to space jazz. Well done!

Submitted

Flying trough space and avoiding adds is kind of nice. Good job!

Submitted

It's a fun game to play, the concept of the game is good, keep improving it.

Submitted(+1)

A very funny idea for a game. It was fun, even though I was terrible at it. Made me smile, so great job!

Developer

Thanks for playing! I definitely think it needs some tuning in terms of the dodging and the throw strength on the flick shots with the papers - so it probably wasn't on you. A smile is all you can hope for, really 🙂

Submitted(+1)

It was a little bit confusing for me because I did not know when the paper was delivered

Developer

Hey, thanks for playing - that's fair feedback. There's a score label in the bottom right that goes up when you deliver papers, but I think audio cues or even having  labels that fade (e.g +10) with sizes relative to the score gained might be a nice enhancement.

I uploaded a new version of this with a whole bunch of bug fixes if you wanna check it out 👍

Submitted(+1)

Never delivered papers by space ship before. Would have preferred a bit more movement though, some obstacles seemed completely unavoidable.

Developer

Thanks for playing, and for the feedback. You're not wrong about the obstacles!  I have since uploaded a version with a number of bug fixes if you would be willing to check it out.

Submitted(+1)

I struggled with controls.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback and for trying the game. The first uploaded build was a bit janky, but I've pushed up some fixes. In case you get a spare moment to try it out 🙂

I'll be giving your game a go some time soon! I usually batch up all the desktop ones I plan to play and run them on a VM in one play session.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting one but not sure if it's me but I can move the ship but they seem to swerve and still hit me most times?

Developer

Hey, thanks for checking the game out. Yeah, it was in a reasonably buggy state on submission. I've pushed up a build with some fixes if you get a chance to try it out!

Submitted(+1)

I am completely lost in this game. The controls do not move the ship in the way I move. What am I doing wrong?

Developer

Thanks for honest feedback and for playing the game. I've since pushed up a number of bug fixes which might make things a bit clearer if you get time to try it again. On the movement front, it's a rail shooter. So you're limited to side to side movement and/or acceleration.

Submitted(+1)

Fun. I enjoyed the unique mechanics of flinging newspapers from a spaceship while dodging asteroids. 

Developer

Thanks for checking it out! It was in a pretty buggy state when you tried it. I've since pushed up a bunch of fixes if you get a chance to play again.