| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Interpretation of the Secondary Theme | #65 | 4.095 | 4.095 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #102 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
| Overall | #166 | 3.371 | 3.371 |
| Gameboy Soul | #187 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Graphics | #232 | 3.095 | 3.095 |
| Gameplay | #247 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game match the theme?
Spoopy space
I felt a bit slow and weak for an alien.
I do appreciate a solid bit of stealth though. But I do wish that attacks were more immediately lethal. Like sneaking up to perform the perfect strike and instantly kill. Or desperately striking as a last ditch effort to stop certain death.
But, I did like the idea. Last game I got to review. :D
I like the atmosphere you set-up with this one, the music fits the plot well. I'm a sucker for games where you play as the monster too, so that helps. I did feel the player's movement speed was a tad slow but overall, very fun game to mess around in.
I really liked the atmosphere of the game and the brutal game design.
Amazing atmosphere! I'm a huge fan of the xenomorph universe and I really enjoyed this game. I'm not sure why but sometimes my hit were registered and I could one shot a humans but sometimes it could a couple of hits. But other then that it's and amazing concept with some nice hand-drawn animations. Good job!
I never imagined playing as the alien monster would be more tense than playing the humans. Nice atmosphere!
I was a little disappointed at first if I'm being honest! I expected the agility, speed and endurance of a Xenomorph, but it was a bit slow and died with two bullets :-( Other than that, and after I played a couple of times, I found it to be quite immersive.
Really cool tension and atmosphere! Turns out, I am terrible at being a killer alien.
There are a lot of really cool ideas here, and the art is rough, but charming. Very competent.
That long death + game over + intro every retry was a pretty brutal punishment.
I never got the hang of the stun. It never seemed to be effectual with how short the enemy stun time is compared to the length it takes to both stun and hit. I ended up abusing the door to kill the final boss.
The soundtrack is atmospheric!
Good work! Congratulations on the submission.
The trick to to the stun was pressing p only ONCE while the attack animation is playing and vice versa. This ques up the next action, making sequencing easy. There is a slight issue with this system where if you do: attack, attack, stun quickly, then it will result in attack, stun, attack. Because it prioritizes stun as the next action.
Thank you for playing, Clark! :)
Although content wise, there isn't much to this game, my goal was to focus on small atmospheric details like the door jamming. I've always enjoyed games that do that and I wanted to replicate that. I'm glad you noticed and appreciated this! <3
Regarding the respawn - While I will make the boss slightly easier, I will keep the respawn time. I think this gives time for retrospection and to collect yourself.
Great atmosphere, awesome soundtrack!
Saw someone call it "Alien Hotline Miami", which felt apt!
With that in mind, and the fact that I keep dying all the time, i'd love a quicker respawn time!
Add diagonal movement to that and it's a wrap!
(read your responses and realized that i could gain health by eating! Now I've almost managed to kill the captain!)
Great concept, would love to see it expanded upon!
Yea, I think I made the captain a bit too hard. I'm curious to know if anyone had the nerve to defeat him (without cheating :D). You have to get lucky on the heals to get full hp and then nail the slash/stagger sequence:
2xA, 1xB, 1xA, 1B, reason for this being that his raycast in on his left gun, meaning that you can get more hits in when he staggers to the left.
Good luck and thank you for playing! :)
I liked the idea, and the soundtrack creates a tense atmosphere that suits the game. There could be more room for maneuvering; I felt everything was a bit cramped. A smoother camera movement would also enhance the experience.
Good game!
I'd also like to add that on my computer, the browser game appeared very small.
Pretty hard :D I liked the stealth mechanics, though one enemy was tracking me through the wall, which seemed odd. Really well fitting music :)
I didn't like the tiny window, because I had the option of either playing it in a tiny resolution, or fullscreen, which was way too large for me to play comfortably. Other than that, it played well :)
It's a cool entry, I enjoyed it :)
Oh, that's a bug then. :D
Very happy to hear that you enjoyed this! :)
Also, there's a fixed resolution version that I uploaded separately at Invasion (fixed)[GBJam 11] by Algedi-Studio (itch.io)
Excellent music. Cool stealth implementation.
Here are some suggestions for improvement:
1. The main character moves too slowly.
2. The camera is too zoomed in. This doesn't give the player much situational awareness.
3. The health bar is tiny and far out of the way. It should be easier to view without taking your eyes off the action.
4. The enemy health bars look like a part of the environment.
Thanks for playing! :)
Regarding the first 2 points: This was an intentional limitation on my part, giving a greater sense of mystery if just for a few seconds : "Oh, I wonder what's around that corner...." and also giving a bit more challenge of map awareness.
3. - Totally agreed. This is fixed in the upscaled version ( in description)
4, - Yea, I bet the hp bar could be executed better. Maybe dither the border or something
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