Really unique and interesting idea. A short but challenging game with simple and elegant mechanics
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Never Laser Alone's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #299 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Originality | #476 | 3.846 | 3.846 |
| Overall | #495 | 3.718 | 3.718 |
| Presentation | #1051 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
Ranked from 26 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?
The player joins lasers from their character to points, creating a deadly beam for any enemies that come across it.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
There's a bug in the engine I'm using that makes it run out of memory very quickly almost randomly and literally no one I've spoken to has figured out the cause sadly. I spent probably half of the jam time trying to prevent the crash as much as possible and thought I had it. I'm personally moving away from the engine in the future due to this bug. Anyway, thanks for playing my game!
It got veeeery intense towards the end.
It's a superb entry, there's no denying that. At first I was a bit confused as to why I had to fire in the same direction I was moving, since it made aiming very difficult, but once I understood that the lasers were the actual damage dealers and that I couldn't get hit, it became a lot more enjoyable.
The idea of being linked to the towers to cause the damage was very innovative, I'd say. These top-view shooters tend to be more about aiming in a direction rather than positioning yourself around grounded elements to do the damage. Good variety of enemies, quite a good amount of levels given the development time, and a very impressive, intense final boss. Took me a few tries to overthrow it. Way to go! 🐳
2 years ago(+1)
I'm glad you enjoyed playing it through to the end! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this in-depth feedback, you're making me consider developing the idea into a fleshed out game, maybe in UE4 instead of Stencyl/HTML5 though. Originally the intent was that you had to stay within range of the grounded elements or you would run out of ammo/health/whatever really quickly, but a small bug lead to the lasers destroying enemies and from there the idea flourished!
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