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NESDev Compo '23

Hosted by Matt Hughson (NES Dev), NESHomebrew, Action 53 · #nesdevcompo
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A jam submission

Catmercs - Big Bug Invasion (NES ROM)View game page

1 or 2 player scrolling shooter for your NES!
Submitted by team_disposable — 7 hours, 50 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Art and Style#63.9293.929
Polish and Completeness#73.7143.714
Overall#83.4643.464
Sound#83.4293.429
Overall Impression#103.3573.357
Gameplay#113.0713.071
Originality#113.2863.286

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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RaftronautSubmitted1 year ago

The strafe mechanic was great and well appreciated in a game like this. Wished there was more variety in damage ranking among weapons as some enemies tended to feel like sponges. 

Fun theme! Enjoyed the tile work quite a bit.

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Miroh Jr.
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Pineberry FoxSubmitted1 year ago

This was fun! I love how varied and responsive the enemies feel! I feel like I recognize the music from somewhere, is it the same as was in your submission last year?

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Pentablocat
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team_disposableDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Ha, thank you! Time ran a little short and we had to cut some corners somewhere ;)

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pubbygamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This was my girlfriend's favorite 2-player game of the compo.

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Little Sisyphus
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team_disposableDeveloper2 years ago

Excellent, thanks for playing!

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Clever Cat GamesSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Love the art and the overall polish. Shmups aren't usually my favorite genre but I enjoyed what I played. The spread gun feels sluggish to fire and the robot mech things felt like they took too many shots to kill. However, it's possible I'm just bad at the game. :)

Oh, and thank you for adding auto-fire. That was a great touch.

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Echoes of the Unread
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team_disposableDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! I think we're going to go back over the weapons and balance again post compo so this is all really helpful!

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voxelSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I love the art, it's nice to walk through an RPG like environment blasting bugs. Some of the weapon upgrades felt more like downgrades, and the wave difficulty felt kind of random. I liked having to choose between different paths in some sections, somehow I don't know why this isn't a more common feature, it's good. Great entry!

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(NES) FISH
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team_disposableDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you! Yeah Zoliononline knocked it out of the park with the art. The weapons are meant to be all equally viable - if you have a minute let me know if you feel I've nerfed any of them instead. And having checked out your itch.io page can I just say holy s**t do you have some cool projects! Thanks for commenting!

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