Fun little game with some interesting ideas. Unfortunately, games like this need a lot of "juice" to feel "fun" but there's a great concept here. The modifier thing is a unique take on the genre. Great submission 👍
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Design | #1007 | 3.059 | 3.059 |
| Overall | #1356 | 2.980 | 2.980 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #1402 | 3.059 | 3.059 |
| Originality | #1518 | 2.824 | 2.824 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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We really liked it, reminds us of Warning Forever, but horizontally scrolling. The cards add a neat twist. Perhaps pickups would let you pick the good one. Or the bad one. I really hate orientation change, that messes with you. You should keep it, though we've wondered if orientation is always bad? Or is it that if it comes up good, it stays like it is?
The ending could use a tad bit more fanfare; I thought I died, but seems I've beaten the game like 10 times. Response in general, I'd have liked to more easily notice when I'm hitting the enemy and when my bullets are just out of range.
I wish it had more levels, maybe the boss could get smaller and smaller and angrier.
HP bar I don't think is necessary if you were to implement injuries on the player and let us interpret the HP off the sprite.
And the song does slap. :)
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One Armed BanditHey, thanks so much for playing and for the thorough review!
And as for your comments:
1. Some way to at least "scry" and see whether an effect will be positive or negative (if not directly choosing it) in exchange for some cost could potentially be neat, yeah.
2. Orientation is always negative, yes. I don't think there'd be a feasible way to do different levels of it (rotated 90 degrees would be a nightmare). Giving it a chance to have no effect would make it more of a gamble, but that also would mean that some of the time the card does just 2 things, which is less interesting to have to deal with.
3. I completely agree that the game needs to communicate what's going on to the player better. We ended up running short on time to add polish like that in the jam, but if we ever revisit this we definitely plan to have a visual indicator for when bullets reach the end of their range, and to have a much fancier and more clear ending. Also telling the playing whether each modifier turned out to be positive or negative would be nice.
4. Yep, the length (or lack thereof) is also a result of time pressure. We'd definitely have liked to have an expanded main mode and maybe even a endless variant.
5. Yeah, regardless how we convey it some form of HP indicator would be important. Personally I think a meter of some sort is easier to read in a bullet hell context than character sprite detail, but having injuries in addition could be a nice touch.
6. Well, you can thank @MantaRay for the music! :P
I love when games' upgrades also have its cons! Playing with inverted controls felt so painful. Check our game! https://cerosware.itch.io/one-stick-shooter
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One-Stick Shooter!Super cute pixel art and I loved the evolving boss! :) Would have like to see more punch to it!
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Backfire ManNice sprites and i like the idea of selecting sets of upgrades. A health bar and some more effects to sell the game feel and it would be great.
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ETTIN BFFsNice little game, the "upgrade" changing the avatar and the boss is as sweat as a potato.
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Share Your WordFun, simple, and sweet! Wish there could have been some indication of health, but other than that it had solid feel and an interesting mechanic.
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