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A jam submission

DriftShipView game page

A fast-paced, arcade space-shooter.
Submitted by Saltyparts, phaug0123 — 1 day, 6 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#13.3333.333
Fun Factor#13.8333.833
Graphics#14.1674.167
Controls#23.1673.167
Originality#63.0003.000

Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+2)

I like it! Even though I was no good at it, I like the twist on Asteroids. This game really feels like one I could play on a regular basis. I'd love to see more of this

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Glad to see someone with a positive response to the difficulty! When I was developing the challenges, they probably took me around 10 tries per challenge to unlock another ship, but once I had gone back and played the game again, I managed to get almost every ship in a single try. Keep at it, and you'll get better--no doubt.

Thanks again for playing!

Saltyparts

8/11/19 9:44PM CT

HostSubmitted(+2)

I love the graphical style and it is pretty fun!

Developer

Thanks! We worked real hard on it!

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

That's a pretty good and finished game! I like the way it looks. If I could I would make the acceleration a little weaker so that it's more responsive and easier to control and stop the ship. The challenges to unlock ships are really hard, too. :P

Developer (1 edit)

I completely agree that the challenges aren't for the faint of heart. We wanted to make it hard as to emulate the difficulty of old school arcade games, and unlocking them is much more rewarding that way.  That being said, if too many people think it's too hard, we'll likely reduce the difficulty to a more manageable place.

Currently it works by taking the averages of all of the play tester and developer times and increases it by a single standard deviation so we can assume to unlock a ship around ~15% of games. The only problem is that we've had a lot of practice with the game, and so our average is likely higher than most players.

Here are some tips I found which helped me:

  • Try out the pacifist ships, the later ones can be used to unlock one of the best ships in the game!
  • Avoid the masochist ships as they're meant for hardcore players who want an extra challenge.
  • Running is a fantastic strategy, just don't let the enemies pile up too much.

Thanks for checking it out too, this game is still a work in progress as far as balancing is concerned, though a little imbalance goes a long way!

Saltyparts

8/11/19 7:01AM CT

Submitted (1 edit)

The agreement to terms unfortunately made me hesitant to play this game. If you can somehow upload something without that, I would feel much safer playing this. 

Developer (1 edit)

First, thanks for taking a look at the game, we worked pretty hard on it so we wouldn't want it to go to waste. The new installer has no agreement to weigh it down anymore! You might notice a new readme file with copyright information however.

Saltyparts

8/10/19 5:42PM CT