I liked the unique mechanics. It was a bit hard to read the "how to" at the opening screen due to the colors contrast. Catchy music, fun gameplay. good job!
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Too Many Bullets's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #541 | 3.527 | 3.527 |
| Overall | #1250 | 3.236 | 3.236 |
| Presentation | #1647 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Originality | #2184 | 3.036 | 3.036 |
Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Don't shoot too much or it might get Out of Control
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
That's a lot of bullets! I like the risk/reward mechanic of launching a ton of bullets. It's a nice touch that the enemies get smaller when they are damaged.
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HeatstrokeQuite fun, though I did not understood at first that your shield only protect your from yellow bullets ^^'
(Also, it made my pc crash :o)
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Liberty (game jam version)Fun game! I like the art style! I also liked the bomb too. Maybe in the sequel there could be some extra pickups to makes things even more great. I enjoyed it!
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Lenny: Snuzzlepuff TroubleNice work! I liked the bullet hell meets twin-stick approach. I wish there was a more visible cursor, because i often lost my mouse on the white background. Great game!
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Whiz BladeThis is really cool! There's a lot of strategy involved with waiting for the right moment to shoot, to make sure you hit it. I also really like the music. I wish there was an indicator for where the enemies would spawn though, as I was caught off guard by some appearing right behind me. Overall, good work, keep it up!
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Straight Outta ControlGreat game! The art style and music both work really great for this one. The overall mechanic is pretty solid, and the bullet hell aspect is well complemented by the need to manage the amount of fired bullets on the screen.
I kinda agree with Charlie Gray’s feedback on enemy shooting. It gets a little bit too hectic too fast. However, I don’t think you should entirely get rid of it. Your idea of having melee only enemies would work really well - if you had two types of enemies, with only one of them shooting, it would reduce the bullet clutter already.
Another idea is to telegraph the shots - add either a short charging animation, or something like a progress bar on the shooting enemies. Maybe make them stop for a second before shooting. Something that would let the player know they are about to shoot.
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Procyon VThis is great! One of the best interpretations of the theme I've seen, the situation is totally out of control but the player is still in control, which is important for making a game be fun.
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Pointer DropI love the arstyle.
And I like the idea for this game. It's simple but has enough depth to it that it makes for a bit of fun.
Maybe I just didn't read the instructions carefully enough or it wasn't mentioned in the game but at first I thought the shiel was buggy. It took me some time to notice it only works once the bullets turn yellow.
And there is one thing I would change: Don't have the enemies fire bullets. And here is why I think that would make the game better (keep in mind that this is just a suggestion and I'm basically spitballing here but maybe you could think about it):
I think the screen gets filled up with bullets enough just by the player shooting and missing.
Because you don't really know when an enemy will fire you are weary of getting too close to an enemy, so you shoot from a distance which means that you miss more often and the game gets pretty tough rather quickly. And the fact that the shield doesn't block freshly fired bullets means I can't even safely approach enemies with my shield up.
I think the game would still be challenging enough if the enemies didn't fire and the gameplay would be a bit more streamlined, making the game a bit more tactical.
Of yourse, with more and more enemies spawning it would get hectic anyways but start out a bit more in control.
Which might highten the feeling of chaos later on if the player is able to build up some amount of control which then spirals out of control instead of basically starting with chaos.
I definitely had fun playing your game, though. And (maybe even more so) thinking about it. :D
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Curse of the CursorThank you
I agree that the tutorialising about the red and yellow bullets is definitely not done.
I really like your idea of just swarming the player with ennemies, but it is needed to make them dangerous.
So they might be able to hurt you on contact, for example, instead of firing, that would be interesting :)
Or it would be possible to give ennemies a dash, that would means that it is needed to keep some distance - and miss some shots, which would lead to more chaos
I am glad you had fun :)
Great game. I really fits to the theme. I wish the player would have a different color than the enemies. Really fun game! It makes me go YES!
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Teacher SimulatorI was surprised how well this worked. Very addictive simple game. I loved the shield mechanic and bomb mechanic. And because of these, it turned out to be quite original. Really great job, ps good choice with the music.
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Dating the PilotThis is a really fun game and I liked the bullet hell aspect of it. Having to be careful of how many projectiles I'd used was a really nice touch, and the shield worked super well.
Great concept! I really enjoyed it.
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Restaurant RecklessTook a while to figure out you could only shield against the ricocheting projectiles, but once I did I really liked the idea of switching between blasting baddies and clearing the screen of projectiles to maintain my control.
Cool concept! Congrats on finishing!
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Potion PanikSimple but addicting! I liked it a lot! My high score is 157, how well did I do?
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NyctophobeCreate your own personal bullet hell! I like it a lot. Killer soundtrack btw
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Cursor's Curse
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