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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Mechanics | #22 | 3.913 | 3.913 |
| Fun | #23 | 4.087 | 4.087 |
| Sound | #36 | 3.804 | 3.804 |
| Music | #38 | 3.891 | 3.891 |
| Overall | #44 | 3.978 | 3.978 |
| Theme | #69 | 4.174 | 4.174 |
| Story | #206 | 2.674 | 2.674 |
| Aesthetics | #317 | 3.435 | 3.435 |
Ranked from 46 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This was quite a bit of fun. Simple but effective. Music was bang on for the action. It took me a while to realise that the more powerful weapons were there from the beginning, and it's simply a matter of cost per bullet.
Thanks a ton for playing! 😊 I'm really glad you had fun, the “simple but effective” vibe was exactly what we were going for. And awesome to hear the music hit the mark for the action!
Yeah, the weapon system trips up a few people at first, we’ll definitely look into making that mechanic a bit clearer in the future. Appreciate you pointing it out!
Thanks again for the great feedback! 🙌
Cool game! Really enjoyed this one.
A couple of bits of feedback:
- I had an enemy spawn on top of me, which felt a bit unfair.
- It took me a while to figure out *where* the powerups were spawning.
Other than that really enjoyed, love you incorporated the theme, very creative!
Thank you so much for playing! Great feedback, you are absolutely right about both points. The first one is usually addressed by giving some sort of an indicator a few seconds before the spawn, which gives some warning. What we ended up doing was having an area where enemies spawned and coloring it differently to indicate that the area is 'dangerous'. But we couldn't communicate this to the player properly. Will keep this in mind in future! Thanks a lot :)
Oh that makes sense about the enemy spawning! Yeah I think if I knew that, it would have been fine as is.
The atmosphere of this game is fantastic! I love the concept its so unique. Very cute animations and the music was very energetic and fit the vibe.
thanks a lot! Glad you like enjoyed the art and music:)
It was a very cute and fun game. I enjoyed it very much! Also, the little robot was adorable!!!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game, that means a lot!
You are very welcome!
This was a really fun to play top-down shooter! I loved rounding the viruses up and releasing the super weapon upon them.
Thanks a ton! I’m so happy you enjoyed rounding up the viruses.
Fun Game I like the fast pace.
Thanks! Really glad you liked the fast pace, we wanted to keep the action exciting!
Great game. Fun shooter with good level of difficulty.
(Some extra keys to fire would be great for trackpad users.)
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it, we really appreciate the kind words. And great point about trackpad users.
Very polished game! Each weapon felt satisfying to use. I loved the enemy art.
Thanks a ton! Super happy you liked the weapons and enemy art.
Fun little top down shooter. I liked the soundtrack.
Thanks! Happy to hear you enjoyed the shooter and the soundtrack, we had fun putting it all together!
I have less than 10 seconds left to go. The game is quite exciting, but from my observation, I see that the virus will mainly occur on the top. It would be much safer to stay on the bottom.
Thanks for playing and yes youre right, it spawns only on top! but it will follow you haha. and also you have to kill all of it so even if you are safer, theres a ticking clock youre up against!
This was me during this game jam. Just killing bugs lol. I think the UI was a bit rough difficult to quickly see what was doing what. And I wish there was a way to cycle to the weapon I wanted immediately but I really liked the game. I think a thing I tend to lose in these new vampire survivor likes is that we lose the ability to aim so I really appreciate that in this game. And I liked that the different weapons were actually like different and useful in different situations. When everything was so close the scatter was really great. But the penetrating shot was definitely my favorite. Finished the game :) would've been cool to have an upgrade mechanic of some sort beyond just the pickups but I understand it's a jam but very cool game :)
Thanks so much for playing and for the feedback! I agree, the UI couldve been cleaner. But glad you enjoyed it!
That was really fun, enjoyed that a lot!
Thank you so much!
Excellent - loved it and finished it on 3rd try. Perfect hardness for a game jam. Gave you almost perfect scores.
Wow, thank you so much! Super glad you enjoyed it—and finishing on the 3rd try is impressive! Appreciate the high scores!
Simply loved it, we're within the theme, it's enjoyable and simple !
Thank you! That’s exactly what we aimed for, happy you enjoyed it!
Yeah! I won! I sure showed these viruses what's good! Very pleasant gameplay – nice to collect power-ups and use different kinds of weapons!
Haha, love the energy! Glad you enjoyed blasting those viruses 😄 Super happy you liked the power-ups and weapon variety.
Fun - Really great arena shooter game! I loved that I had all of the weapons to begin with, they just cost extra points to use. Really forced me to strategize as the game went on.
Theme - Definitely on-theme. The little robot dude was the best!
Aesthetics - Cool pixel vibes. Really enjoyed the retro feel.
Music - Fit the frantic tone of the game perfectly! Really helped keep my heart rate up as those tougher viruses spawned!
Sound - Right up there with the music - sound hit the spot nicely.
Mechanics - Pretty straightforward mechanics here. Solid, battle-tested, well implemented.
Story - I dug the concept of blasting viruses in a computer. Very cool.
Overall - Fun and challenging! I liked the strategy in swapping weapons on the go. It made it way more intense! Great work.
Thank you so much for playing and also for giving such a detailed and well thought out reply, really appreciate it:)
Pretty cool. I like the weapon variation.
Thanks a lot :)
Your game is very fun too! Congrats!
Thanks for playing :)
Really fun game. I think this could be something awesome and expanded on with what you have currently. Great work!
Thank you so much for playing! Glad you feel that way :)
I really enjoyed the game. I had a lot of fun..
Thank you so much for playing :)