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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #10 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Presentation | #10 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #17 | 3.618 | 3.618 |
| Use of the Limitation | #35 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
| Concept | #46 | 3.235 | 3.235 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
This game was made by programmers Justin Chartier and John Day of SAWD Games in collaboration with artist luisdenpixel.
Software used
Godot 3.5.1, GIMP, MS Paint, Aseprite
Use of the limitation
In this game, this limitation is used both in the game flow, which is in the form of a bottom-to top shooter, and in the story, where the player is working their way up to the President's stomach through his intestines.
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Nice game! I really like the feedback when shoot the enemys, and the boss fight was so good!
But i have some bugs in boss fight, after defeat two hands the game crash =/
Would be interesting add some UI for life, so the player can see how much lifes rest.
Thanks so much for the Bug Report, we will be working on that as soon as possible! This boss has been the biggest game crashing issue all development long lmao
Also, there is an indicator of your life! When you get hit, the ship flashes white and its color changes to yellow or red. It also looks progressively more damaged.
UI has been a difficult thing, since I wanted to keep the screen as UI/HUD free as possible to make it more immersive.
Thank you for the report, I have hopefully finally fully eradicated that boss bug, and all should be good!
Really fun game! I liked the visuals, music and gameplay. It's amazing that you managed to add a boss fight in a jam game. Very cool!
A health bar, some penalty if you let an enemy pass and more kinds of powerups (like a shield) could make it even better if you're planning on working on it after the jam.
The game froze when I was playing the boss level. I tried reset but it was still frozen. But it's a jam game, stuff breaks. :)
Overall very well done!
Thanks for playing! We have spent two days tracking down that infernal boss crash bug, but we think we finally have it sorted out. An updated version with that fix and a number of other fixes and changes will be posted sometime tomorrow.
Awesome! Looking forward to it!
New version is posted, update log is here if you're curious:
https://sawd-games.itch.io/executive-fungal-extraction-force/devlog/506553/versi...
Great Game!
Really liked the visuals and the background music. One thing I noticed is that the background seemed to not be moving as smoothly as the player or the enemies. Maybe it was intentional.
Apart from that, keep up the good work!
Nice game :) With very good pixel art graphics. I like weapon upgrades and diversity of enemies. The music fit to the speed of game. Unfortunately, the game was stuck on the boss fight :c Keep going :)
Thank you for the feedback! I have seen a couple reports of a freeze upon killing the boss, but have been unable to recreate it to see ourselves. Could you provide any additional information that might help us track it down?
Ok, I will try my best. I played on the windows pc 10 on the firefox browser. I opened full screen and played once and killed by boss. Started again and take right upgrade get hit, get second upgrade after some time get hit so shot with basic bullet. I only shot into head and after x shoots one of the bullet stop on the head and game stuck, music played but game stopped. I waited maybe one minute, but nothing happened. Also, when I shot the last bullet, there were no boss bullets, but you can check like that scenario:
- You and boss were killed in the same time.
- Boss is in the "rest" stage when he dies
- Boss started special head attack/ special hand attack when he dies
I forgot One thing can be important, I all time hold space to shoot.
Nice submission! I like the theme and artstyle, and I always love to see a fellow Godot developer. The one think I would have liked to see is some kind of particle effects or animations when you hit an enemy. Other than that, this game is great!
I would be grateful if you could check out my submission as well :)
Amazing visuals!! The game feels really amazing!
I really liked the art of the game, it´s pretty cool the variations of colors. Idk about the lore, but is kinda spooky (idk how to explain it) and i like it. i think is about the immune system fighting with something inside a person.
U should add some info ingame for the player, like a health bar, sounds when u get hit and maybe a different final animation of the bullet when u make damage to an objetive, just to difference when u doing something or not. I really liked the sounds u choosed and the music was pretty inmersive, idk where did u got it but is awesome. Best wishes now and, keep the good work.
Thanks so much! We couldn't manage to flesh out some cutscenes to properly set the story up, but in the meantime, you can read a short description of the lore in the game's page by scrolling just a bit down!
amazing game and picking up a gun power up is so rewarding, I also was shocked when I saw a second level in a game jam game!
Thanks for playing! I feel like a lot of people might think level 2 is the end, so I added a couple screenshots of the boss afterward to let players know there's more to it.
The color palette and art was awesome. The weapon upgrades were really well done!
wow great game, y'all are improving I remember no swimming past this point. Really liked the art style, upgrades, multiple levels, and the getting hit removes the weapon upgrades was a nice touch
Thanks for playing, both this one and No Swimming! We're trying to enter one jam a month so you may see more from us in the future,
Really great art and animation. The shooting sound got a little annoying after a while, but other than that, overall good experience great submission!
Agreed, the sound could have used some variation. Audio is not our area of expertise and we are still new at working on game sounds, so the feedback is very helpful to learn from.
I am new to audio too. My games have the same problem
Great title screen, nice boss fight and I'm really happy that you had weapon upgrades. I got the reference at the end, haha!
The only feedback I'd give is that the game could be a little bit faster and there could be a bit more visual feedback for the hits (I know how jams go, though, it's crazy), but other than that, it was a really fun game, with a funny, unusual story. And it had a nice number of levels for a game jam. Great job!
Thanks for the comment! You're spot on, we started a day late, so the time crunch was rough. This is the first time we've built a boss fight like this, and we are happy to see that it has been received positively.
I always like me some top down shooter action games. Would be nice to have a indicator on the last boss if he is taking damage but all well. Good job to you and your teammates on you game.
Thanks Drew! Yeah, we missed out on enemy sounds and damage feedback for this project, I'm aware it makes it feel less satisfying. (Something we couldn't really take into account due to the time restriction).
all good its all about learning and growing.
Very nice game! Could have some more variation with the enemies, weapons etc, but of course the jam was only 3 days. Well done!
Oh yeah, I had some much more in mind, but time restriction hits your scope in the face like a Pie lol
Glad you liked it :)
Good stuff! The president was saved successfully with one death only. Very nice that the weapon can be upgraded. The weapon fire sound could use some little random phase-shifting since the player will keep firing and hearing it constantly, and a more powerful bullet impact sound would be cool. The graphics are neat though and it is very nice that the game allows both WASD and arrows control schemes.
Very cool and fun game overall. Good job!
Good to know that accessibility here was useful :) Sound design isn't our best department yet, but this feedback is super useful!
Great game, wish the shooting was on space instead of left click but its fine
In space it's kind of overly done by now, though I understand the sentiment! Thanks for giving it a go :)
wait I meant the shoot button to be space not for the setting to be space
oh... lmao, yeah, I thought so too, definitely a more satisfying button to mash!
apologies for my original wording
Really fun game. Was so glad that you had it reload the boss stage if you died on it rather than starting over. That was a nice touch. Great job on this!
Thanks so much! You can thank modern gaming for that, lol