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A jam submission

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Submitted by LekoTopaz, ArkSampleMk2 — 1 hour, 39 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Art#64.4794.479
Overall#213.7583.758
Sound Design#223.6993.699
Gameplay#223.8363.836
Fun Factor#233.8773.877
Theme Integration#693.6303.630
Innovation#1213.0273.027

Ranked from 73 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • Solid survivorlike with pleasing aesthetic and soundtrack. Would have been nice if the recycling bin was a black hole you could kite enemies into. Has potential to be further expanded into a complete game and released on Itch or Steam.

How does your game bring our theme, The Error is the Feature, to life?
You play as a little malware that is breaking a PC and causing errors using malicious scripts.

Did you work in a team? If so, link their itch profiles.
https://itch.io/profile/arksamplemk2

Did you include a fake publisher splash screen at the start of your game?

No

Did you use the Audius API in your game?

No

If AI was used in your game, let us know how you used it.
No

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Submitted

Very cool, nicely polished! the art style is really consistent and tidy! This one is super fun to see because we made a similar idea but we've both made different key choices, so it's cool to see how different choices have affected the gameplay and design. 

For me personally, I really enjoyed the gameplay, though I feel like the start can be a bit of a slog. the fire rate and movement speed are pretty slow initially and upgrades to those increment pretty gradually, so it becomes much more methodical rather than run and gun. But this is more a matter of taste than anything else. The combinations of errors were pretty interesting overall and you had a decent variety. There were a good amount of monkey's paw type things where i really had to decide if the glitch is worth it for me, which is pretty neat. 

Overall great job!

Submitted

Very good Game ! The art, music and gameplay are really enjoyable ! I really like the survivor and how you integrate the theme to it !

Submitted

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Submitted

Great game! Great execution of the theme.

I really like the parts where the upgrades you acquired becomes part of the environment that you have to avoid or be mindful of in the game, added a new cool layer of how to make the game more difficult over time. The arts are also very nicely done. The music is actually pretty simple, but the small touch of being able to change the track if you shoot at it is also very clever, add a lot of flavor to the game.

I found the game started out pretty slow and the rate at which player acquires new upgrades was also slow. Maybe if the balancing was tweaked a bit players could get to see more of the content you have've made.

Overall a pretty solid entry though. Very nice job indeed!

Submitted (1 edit)

Wow this game was super fun and super clever - everything is suitable for a computer setting, and also the concept of the upgrades being files that are saved on the desktop and destroying these files removes the upgrade TT.  This makes the player have to strategise on which enemies to destroy

I also liked the music, and how it changed depending on the player health. The sound effects were also super satisfying, the player shooting and steps etc. I did think the step sound could be slightly lowered though, as to not overpower the more important sounds.

The art and visuals were also cool, the purple blue theme felt cheery. The sprites felt exactly as it would if you were navigating on desktop. I did notice that the shadows were drawn in on the sprites, making them slightly more transparent could look better (im just being picky, your game was great)

This is a really polished and solid entry to the jam, so Gg!

Submitted

Feels like player progression is slow and enemies end up overwhelming pretty fast. Also was confused if I was supposed to shoot the dropped upgrade files or not and wasted time with that. Also I feel like the play damage upgrade did nothing. But other than that the art is great and is a fun littol romp.

Our game also took some inspiration from vampire guys but in a very different direction 😅

Submitted

Woah, really cool what you guys managed to achieve in such a short period of time, 10/10 loved it!

Submitted

Pretty cool and fun game, very well polished. The enemies AI could've use some improvements, and also upgrades not repeating itself would be nice as well. 


Overall, it is a pretty well done game, pretty well made and polished, has very good potential for a full version.

Submitted

I love how you can interact with the pc!

I don't know if I was too weak, it would be cool if shooting a file too much destroys the upgrade (because I sometimes got an upgrade I didn't like and stood there to shoot it 20+ times xD )

Very fun game, congrats on the submission! :)

Submitted

I love this pixel art!

Submitted

Very fun and polished gameplay, art looks just as great!

Submitted

the upgrades appearing and taking friendly fire was a fun spin on this kind of game, nice job! the graphics and sound were all really cute!

Submitted

I made a small fort with my upgrades, shooting enemies one by one as they were entering a small hole i left there. Best feeling ever

Submitted

i spent my lunch break playing your game and only found out 2 hours later that my break was over :--)

super addictive and fun gameplay. i really enjoyed it! 12/10

Submitted

absolute masterpiece, this is exactly what was happening on my computer when I was twelve and was trying to download free call of duty from softonic or stuff like that.

Submitted

Very Fun Game with Great New Idea. i really enjoyed it. i may play it in my free times when i needed it. Overall perfect in all aspects.

Submitted

The game is very beautiful, if you can also test mine and evaluate it, thank you.

Submitted

Great art, fun gameplay, look very polished! Good game and congrrats

Submitted

Incredible aesthetic! Great feel and sound design.

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