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A jam submission

Killer ShapeView game page

A 2D color/shapes based shooter
Submitted by Xalio — 1 hour, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#13302.0002.000
Playability#14862.0002.000
Cleverness#18961.0001.000
Artistic Style#20811.0001.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • I would swap to another background as all these white dots makes it a bit overstimulating to run through the map. I think you have a neat idea going here. keep up the good work.

Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

Tell us about your game!
GDD google drive link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14i3yko--s39F0EAm-DDJ3suFYFzWEbZL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107041800757807208206&rtpof=true&sd=true

Killer Shape is 2D shooter/platformer, revolving around shapes and colors.

Enemies are made of distinct shapes and colors, the shapes dictate the abilities/functionalities of the enemies, whereas colors dictate, which player weapons can damage them.

For example: Yellow shape can only be damaged by yellow weapon (shotgun), or when the player enters the shadow realm, in which case all colors are void and players can damage any enemy with any weapon.

Shadow realm mechanic is limited by shadow realm power, being in the realm depletes the power, while slaying foes outside of the shadow realm recovers the power

Shape abilities:

Square: patrols the area and damages the player on contact
Star: chases the player and damages them on contact
Triangle: shoots projectiles at the player
Circle: provides power to compound enemies (consisting of multiple shapes), when the player destroys the circle, they destroy the entire enemy

Shapes can be combined to form compound enemies - combining shapes power into one entity.

For example:
Square + Triangle = patrols and shoots at the player
Triangle + Triangle = shoots different projectile attack at the player
and so on ...

Player mechanics:

Dash - gives brief invulnerability during its duration and allows to traverse more space
Jump/Double jump - player can double jump while mid air at any point, even combining this with the dash. So the player could jump ->dash -> jump

Shotgun weapon: Sprays the area with randomized spread of bullets
Machine gun: Mid range fairly inaccurate, high fire rate weapon
Sniper rifle: Long range, accurate weapon. Allows the player to penetrate the first shape hit, allowing the player to either damage
2 shapes, or bypass the first (if its immune to the sniper rifle) and hit the one behind it

Controls:

A/D - move left/right

Spacebar - jump/double jump

Q - dash

E - toggle shadow realm


Left Mouse click - Shoot

1 - switch to shotgun

2 - switch to machine gun

3 - switch to sniper rifle

R - reload the gun

Extra Notes
Thank You for playing my first ever game! :)

Hope you are having a wonderful day and thank you, for hosting and participating in this game jam

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