Play Bullet Hell
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #3025 | 2.436 | 3.444 |
| Presentation | #3255 | 2.514 | 3.556 |
| Overall | #3788 | 2.278 | 3.222 |
| Originality | #3977 | 2.357 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 9 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?
You lose more and more control of the character over time
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
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Comments
I like the concept of this! I'm a sucker for early-ish computer tech aesthetic stuff. Making the gameplay a bullet hell game is a neat approach to tackle the aesthetic with. Nice work!
Slick presentation but it could use some better feedback. Some screen shake on killing enemies and an indication when an enemy has been hit would go a long way. Really dig the vibe though, just needs some additional polish that I'm sure was a result of the time limit.
Absolutely agree with you, would've loved to juice it as much as I could, but alas time is unforgiving. Thanks for the feedback your holiness.
Wasn't clear at first that control would be lost over time. I was excited to see how that would feel, but the loss of control didn't happen in a fun way, the player just loses capability and strength over time. Would have been nice to have the loss of control change the gameplay loop or give up control in one way for strength in another (e.g. no aiming but fire faster in random directions, no shields but temporary damage and collision resistance after a hit, etc)
Clean controls and I liked the aesthetic
Thanks for the feedback! I've felt the same with it, one idea going forwards would be putting in a skill tree where you choose the abilities you lose, perhaps with a score multiplier. It's not stated but once you lose all powers the score goes up much quicker. It needs a lot of juice for sure, thanks again!