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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of the chosen theme | #44 | 2.683 | 3.600 |
| Innovation | #49 | 2.087 | 2.800 |
| Overall | #50 | 2.180 | 2.925 |
| Aesthetics (Art or music) | #54 | 2.012 | 2.700 |
| Your personal opinion | #54 | 1.938 | 2.600 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Can You Eat Shadows?
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Very spooky vibe when youre getting chased around the screen by a swarm of shadows. Awesome use of the theme, i'd love to play a sequel (oo maybe with power-ups and stages)
Thanks for joining! The next pizza jam is in july https://itch.io/jam/pizza-jam-pizza-prize9
Really painted quite the atmosphere with the sound effects. Like the concept of having to double kill, even when my brain doesn't do well with teleporting. Good game
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The audio creates an unsettling atmosphere and the 'trailing' effect on the visuals is very nice. I like to 'teleport-to-kill' mechanic and the game is smooth and frantic. All together, pretty nice!
One small thing, I really don't get on with using Left-Shift alongside WASD (I can't be the only one?!). I'd prefer Left-Alt then I could use my thumb to alternate between that and space.
Sorry for lack of tutorial in the game, I put longer description of the mechanics on game page, so if you're confused please visit it.
I've uploaded new version of the game with tutorial.
I really liked that you need to land combos to stay alive. The eating sound effect is really satisfying. Managed a best score of 198 - one thing I was confused by was sometimes I'd use the special ability and instead of wiping out enemies, it pushed them all away and I'd die instantly 😅 other than that, really enjoyed it! It gives me Amorphous vibes (https://web-gaming.fandom.com/wiki/Amorphous)
Wish there was a tutorial, it is hard to understand. But it is ok.
I don't think understand the mechanics of this game, left-clicking on the shadows got me points but also caused the energy bar to go down so the max points is always 34. The special ability bar also doesn't show any changes.
I worked out a few of the mechanics if it helps:
- Eating more that one enemy at once will fill the special ability bar (and regain more health than you lose from the teleport)
- if you get hit, it will take a while before the special ability bar starts filling again
- There's a small health regen, so if you might have to go into "evasion" mode (WASD and shift, no teleporting) while it refills