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A jam submission

Death's DanceView game page

Death just wants his rest
Submitted by Silvyger, Alex Heflin (@alexheflin), ricenoodles — 4 minutes, 26 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#93.7503.750
Presentation#94.5004.500
Overall#153.7083.708
Use of the Limitation#243.2923.292
Concept#343.2923.292

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Silvyger, Alex Heflin, ricenoodles

Software used
Godot, Ableton

Use of the limitation
Play as death, defending his throne

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Comments

Submitted

Really slick presentation and in just about every way clean.

Very beautiful and clean graphics. Simple but fun game. I think the gameplay needs more balance as the enemies overwhelm you pretty quickly. Might be just me, but it feels like the player moves a tad slower than the enemies. Maybe a teleport/dodge function could help?

Not sure how it fits into the poison theme, but definitely gives me an "Overlord" vibe.

Submitted

It's a pretty and fun game. Loved the art style and the sound. Good job!

Submitted

The game comes together very well, combining into a whole, very enjoyable, experience. Art design, animations and art itself is very good and, most importantly, consistent throughout. Music matches the gameplay well and sfx pops (in a good way). Main mechanic of using the spells is satisfying and different spells are unique enough not to be interchangeable.

My main criticism would be a lack of different enemies, some of which would necessitate player's movement in other way than just moving away from the melee knights. Connection with the theme of poison was also tenuous (through the spell #3).

Submitted

Really fun game but i think the balancing need more work , Good job !

Submitted(+1)

Love the art and sfx! Holding down the mouse button with the first spell is kinda op, but I really enjoyed the game

Submitted

I love the artstyle and animations.
This is surprisingly fleshed out for that short period of time.
I thought it was pretty good but when I noticed that you even had these different kinds of spells with all their unique animations each I was really blown away.

Submitted(+1)

Amazing sound design!!! Presentation is top notch.

Submitted

perfect art

Submitted

Good Art, Sound design and perfect Music I love this game. The 3rd ability is op I love it

Submitted

Who doesnt want to be death for a while?

Also, the art is really perfect. Those cute skulls! Which software did you use?

Submitted(+1)

did I complete the game?: It's not that kind of game. I did score 15,000 points though which I think is pretty good. 

what i liked: Out of all the games I've played so far this feels and looks like one of the best. The different powers are interesting. Everything looks and feels very smooth and polished. And it's just fun! the sfx and the music are nice. I like the little note at the menu about "getting this over with". It all felt unique, finished, and very fun. This honestly does not feel like a jam game. It just feels like a regular and good game.

what I would suggest: The different powers are interesting as I said, I would do more with them. Maybe every thousand points or so it switches to a different shooting style. Or maybe you have to unlock them and each is slightly more powerful? I'm not sure. Other than that there really isn't much more to suggest. Maybe just do more with the game overall because it's got a very fun and good core gameplay loop. So maybe it just needs even more gameplay. Last idea: some breaks in between the waves would be good or else it could create a very intense game experience without many breathers for players who are playing for a long time. Every couple minutes or so a few seconds to recoop would be good.

overall: One of the best games here. This should be top 10 easily. Great job. I think with jams people shoot for the stars which is great and all but not if your game isn't fun. This is just fun at the end of the day. I want to play it again! 

Submitted

Great Style and Sound :)

Submitted

The game is well done graphically. The gameplay is really the same. The theme and limitation are conveyed not badly. If this is your graphics, then you can see right away, you are very talented!

Submitted (1 edit)

Really nice.  :) The overall sound design/audio fit very nicely and I really like the graphics!

Really the whole presentation is nice.