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A jam submission

BUGS! AAAAAAH!View game page

A small wave-based game in a small room. Made for the Indie tales game jam.
Submitted by tenseven, HACKY — 1 day, 2 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Aesthetic Flair (Graphics & Sound Presentation)#194.2864.286
Overall#683.3213.321
Technical Excellence (Design & Engineering)#883.0953.095
Immersion (Gameplay & Storytelling Engagement)#1192.7622.762
Relevance (Creative Expression of Theme)#1203.1433.143

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Made by One or Two People

yes this was made by just me / us

All Original Content

yes everything was made during the jam

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Comments

Submitted

I like the concept, the game has potential and the pixel art is great! That wall of text with the explanation of the controls is bad though and does not last long enough to be read. Also I couldn't figure out how to consistently shoot up or down. Overall nice job!

(1 edit)

This game was GREAT. Its SUPER polished, I LOVE the music and the gameplay was great. the pixelart was amazing and the only complaint i have is that the bugs are a little too hard to kill especiallly the wasps. Overall AMAZING job

Submitted

Very good job! The game looks really polished, and I love every detail that you had on it.

The issue, as other people had said, is controlling your character. Specifically aiming up/down, which I couldn’t totally get the grasp of. Also, I think that it would be best if you were able to use another key to shoot, instead of forcing to use the mouse. I think that using a mouse doesn’t make too much sense if you’re only using it as a button.

Aside from that, it was a solid game!

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks! 

Also, i am already working on a post jam edition where you aim with the arrow keys, which should be better. I'll probably also include a lot of other stuff like more areas and such.

Anyway, thanks for your feedback!

Submitted

Nicely done! I love the soundtrack and all the little UI flourishes.

Submitted

A very solid game for a game jam. Good job!

Submitted

It looks really really good. I love that there are multiple weapons, but the controls are weird to get used to. I still enjoyed it very much.

Submitted (1 edit)

This was super cool! The artwork is gorgeous, and the sounds are great too! My only issue is with the controls, i had a really hard time shotting up and down. Anyways, great job  :)

Submitted

Really liked the look and the sound design! The controls a bit too much to read in my opinion, that would have been nicer if it was explained shorter. Juming around was really fun! 

Developer (2 edits)

Hol up, lemme clear things up on the page of the aiming, it seems like it's a bit unclear.


quoted from the page:

Aiming: strafing left or right while jumping makes you aim up and falling while strafing makes you aim down.


I am thinking of working on this post jam since some content didn't make it in :) Would also mean i can fix some of the stuff including the aiming!

Submitted

Good work! The art and audio is great! I was having issues with aiming, but others have already mentioned that it seems! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks! i cleared things up in the controls thing on the page about the aiming so it should be better explained now :)

Submitted

This is amazing, the only hang ups I have are  targeting (I noticed I aim up and down sometimes but I'm not sure what causes it because it doesn't seem to be tied to the controls in anyway) and the absence of controller support... oh and also that this looks better than mine and I'm jealous. Grade A work.

Developer

Haha thanks man, ye most people are talking about the  aiming being weird, only heard like, two people like it lol. i may fix it in post if i people like the game enough. Anyhow thanks man! nice to hear some more feedback!

Submitted

Very clever to use of theme! the game gets the kind of frantic I love in wave based games.

Developer

Thanks man! Glad to hear.

Submitted

Enjoyable pew-pew, looks and mostly feels pretty good. Aiming is kind of a crapshoot, though, and that led to some frustration.

Developer(+1)

Ye, i was really having trouble with the aiming.  At first the aiming was way worse, thought i fixed it but apparently it's still frustrating :P

Anyway, thanks for your feedback man!

Submitted

Amazing artwork! Well done. 
(why not let the player shoot with some key, instead of the mouse, since he doesn't need to aim?)

Developer(+1)

Ye, that  makes sense. All keyboard controls would definitely made more sense than the left mouse button for shooting :/. If i ever get to work on it aster the jam i may add that. Thanks btw, really cool to see people enjoy the game!
 

Submitted

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