Awesome entry! allowing yourself to feel powerful but is still balanced properly. Only feedback i can give is to have more impact when spawning drones and hitting enemies - just to make it more satisfying and make you feel even more powerful
for spawning the drones, having an unique sfx play when you spawn each drone would be nice and for the hitting enemies part, maybe having a subtle flash can help
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Swarm Master's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #368 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Style | #540 | 4.136 | 4.136 |
| Overall | #1076 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Creativity | #3745 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
Ranked from 22 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 scale up an army of drones, that you have to maintain as they die.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Font - Font end dev
Additional art assets - Gustavo Vituri
Comments
I loved the graphics, it fits so well, and the game is so well polished. The gameplay was a lot of fun, just missing an easier way to get more drones, getting a few flying rocks that you can barely see was pretty hard with so many bullets on the screen.
The performance was painful, most of the time I was playing in slow motion, even with only 2 or 3 enemies on the screen (I was playing in the executable version), I am not sure if this is an issue with my hardware, but it was hard to continue playing.
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Bar of Demanding Godsincredibly polished and addicting, I had a great time playing it! well done!
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Scale the TowerI liked the idea of spawning drones from enemy scraps, and gameplay was fun too. The visuals are also really cool.
Two major problems for me were that there wasn't enough juice when you damage an enemy like a hit flash or some particles so you can't really tell that you are hitting an enemy while your eyes are not focused on the enemy while trying to dodge bullets, the other was the ui around the ship was kind of big so it makes it hard to see around the player and makes it hard to dodge bullets since it looks more crowded and you can't tell where the bullet is exactly.
Besides these two issues i had fun, good job!
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Super Scale FighterHey, thanks for the feedback! The hit flash is something that the next build will have, but about the ship UI... isn't it see-through when projectiles and enemies go through it?
Objects should be entirely visible (although filtered into a different color when going through the health bar (...wait, is it even a bar?)
Could you send me some screenshots or footage on your end? It'd be a real help, especially since recently, there has been some graphical bugs with firefox specifically.
Very fun, great aesthetics and the difficulty level is just right!
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A Starship for Ants (GMTK 2024)Really liked the aesthetic of this one, and it was really fun to watch the screen get progressively more flooded with your drones as you try to avoid enemy projectiles.
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Neon Genesis E-Bug-GelionIts like watching a sensory video. Super awesome! I wish the UI around your player wasn't so large, its a little distracting.
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SUPER GIMBALThe honing missiles from the drones are super fun! The art is a great choice and aesthetic!
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