It's a pretty good game, even if I got stuck on the second time you fight satan for a bit. I love the design
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Death Deserves Holidays's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #2 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Design | #5 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Use of Theme | #5 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Adherence to Restrictions | #9 | 4.611 | 4.611 |
| Enjoyment | #10 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I completely agree with Kamil about the camera. The arrows and exclamation marks are helpful, but it's still hard to shoot enemies and dodge projectiles from off screen. I also think there should be more invulnerability frames after being hit, since the projectiles come in groups of 3 and you can easily lose all of your lives at once if you mess up just a little, especially once there are two monsters at once attacking from opposite sides.
I loved that tiny intro/tutorial! It says a lot with a little, and shows you exactly what each move is for in a cute little way. I tried implementing something vaguely similar in my game (the button used to start the game also causes the player to attack, so they learn the controls the second they begin the game.) I love when games do this sort of thing, and it made for a much nicer presentation than many of the other jam games which didn't have time to add that sort of thing.
Great submission!
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JoggerKnightYou are completely right about the invincible time! About the camera I answered Kamil with my thoughts if it interests you. I mostly agree with both of you. However you know, jam games, short time and lots of improvable stuff that comes out after people play the game. I'm glad you liked our game. Yours is great too and I completely love the animations in it ^^
This game is well made. Only thing that could have made it better is a camera that moves into the direction of your character. So you can see more what's in front of you.
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Grave hoperThis game is well made. Only thing that could have made it better is a camera that moves into the direction of your character. So you can see more what's in front of you.
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Grave hoperSure! The camera could have been improved a lot. Looking at the direction the player is going towards would have been easy to implement but I thought it may have been a bit weird if you change directions a lot. Thinking about it now it would probably have worked better than the actual camera, but I'm sure there is a better way, like a dynamic camera that takes in account enemies, projectiles, etc. Thanks for the comment and the feedback :)
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