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A jam submission

PathophobicView game page

No pathogens will survive!
Submitted by Freaky — 1 hour, 6 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#543.6673.667
Game Design#743.2223.222
Theme#763.4443.444
Audio#982.9442.944
Overall#1023.1673.167
Mood#1083.0003.000

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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Submitted

Made it to about wave 11 before they got me.

Overall a good concept. I personally think it would have gone well with a MIDI soundtrack or something.

And I also agree with the pink patch + pink pathogen = hard to see.

Developer(+1)

I'm not well versed in music at all, making a track of my own would be worse than the silence presented in front of the player. So since I couldn't find a song of my liking, I decided to focus on the gameplay instead. I appreciate your time.

Submitted

I went through and played for a bit and I wanted to provide you with some feedback. The concept of the game is cool. The enemies are the same color as the path on the ground so it was hard to see the differences from afar. In terms of the enemies difficulty, I think that it would need to be a bit more challenging, The enemies for all the rounds I played through did not get past the first corner where they spawn from, I could just tap fire and kill them and the bigger enemies with 3 shots, but I could kill them pretty quick. I like the simplicity of the controls. I felt like shooting the items on the screen would be a cool concept though I didn't get to see the effects since the enemies couldn't make it there. When switching waves, you have the the noise, but for the first couple waves, I didn't understand I was on a new wave because I wasn't familiar with the audio queue. Once I saw it at the top left, then I took note of the changing waves. The main menu didn't have the title of the game or any kind of control guide. When first downloading the game, I didn't know what to expect until I got into the game, then I found out that it was just clicking. Time between rounds and some fade away text may help the clarity. Overall still fun in terms of game play (as long as you don't shoot upwards and kill them too fast). Great job, and I am being nit picky as well to provide some honest game dev to game dev feedback. No harshness, or rudeness intended. 

Developer

Thank you for playing and taking the time to give feedback. I don't think that the title of the game is necessary in the start menu, since I think that the name is irrelevant, plus you already know what the game is called, since you downloaded it. I didn't think that adding a fading text saying "click the left mouse button to shoot" was necessary as that is pretty much the only mechanic of the game, but as the game progresses and becomes more complex I do see the need of such things. I agree with everything else, it needs more work. I appreciate your time.

Submitted

Nice game, it was fun to play, and you could really improve this submission to make a complete game out of it, you could for exemple, add an option to create more turrets, or to upgrade the existing ones. Also, the death particles and fire effect were great!

Developer

Thank you for playing and thank you for your recommendations. I appreciate your time.

Submitted

:)

Submitted

Nice Game!!! I really love Graphics and Effects(specialy destroyng enemies!)!!! It have some potencial to be an awsome Tower Defense game!!! And i love Tower Defense!!!

Developer

Thank you for playing. I appreciate your time.

Submitted

No problem :)

Submitted(+1)

Just beat the game! Pretty cool! I really like the toon shaded voxel-art style. The effects and animations are pretty awesome too. It was especially satisfying to destroy objects because of the particle effects! The worm's movement animation was particularly impressive. I did find the game too easy because the enemies moved down the path so slowly and the turret can shoot at a rate fast enough to prevent enemies from getting far from the spawning point; perhaps if the stronger enemies moved faster or if there were multiple enemy paths to watch out for, it could maybe address that problem. Also, I think music would have been a nice touch to the game as well.  Overall though, this does have potential to be an awesome tower-defense game. :) Great work!


Developer

Thanks for playing. Thank you for your recommendations, I'll take them into account. I appreciate your time.

Submitted(+1)

The game looks and sounds great! The effects were very cool, especially exploding barrels. I wish there were some upgrates for the turret. Overall it's a very nice entry!

Submitted (1 edit)

Love the aesthetics and sounds, nice work there!

I think there is a major flaw in  the level design: by shooting constantly upwards, there is no way the herd of pathogens will advance for the first 13-14 waves. This makes the game so easy that is boring. I'd consider putting a barrier there to avoid this "exploit".

Besides that, it's a solid entry, and I had a lot of fun playing it. Congrats!

Developer

Yes, it is a major flaw. Thank you for playing, I appreciate your time.

Submitted(+1)

The overall graphics, effects and the mood it sets is among the best for this jam. I actually played it for a while and have been entertained by it, and that's the most important thing imho. Looking forward to see the upcoming updates on this, maybe I'll be able to go over the 11th level then, I would have loved to have some powerup options in addition. Solid entry!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you a lot for playing! Your kind words and time are very much appreciated.

PS: Yes, I'm planning on adding upgrades to the game in the future.

Submitted(+1)

My favorite aspect was the effects, exploding barrels and destructible environment with well done particle effects. Cool concepts, would love to see more of this project in the future. 

Developer

Thank you a lot, your time is much appreciated.

Submitted

Great game! Good job!

https://itch.io/jam/quarantinejam/rate/587937

Submitted

About wave 11 i got overwhelmed and inevitably got rekt. Would be cool if u could place more turrets or was able to upgrade the current one. Nothing more i can say really. Graphics are cool, audio is neat. Good job!

Developer

Thank you for playing. Yes, this game needs more work, appreciate your time.

Submitted
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Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing! Yes, the rotation damping was intentional, but it turned out to be the wrong choice, I thought it would look more natural. Thanks for your time.

Submitted(+1)

First of all, I love the artistic style, graphics and the overall mood: really spot-on!

I agree with others that it might be a bit too slow. My personal suggestion is to create a mechanic such that players get point for accuracy, so that keeping pressed the left button of the mouse is not incentivised: you get more points if you hit correctly! Another way might be to allow for more directions to let enemies come from.

Developer (1 edit)

I appreciate your time, thanks for playing. Interesting idea, haven't really thought of rewarding the player based on accuracy but it makes sense, I will take that into account. Thank you.

Submitted

Game complete! :) A great start for a COVID-themed tower/turret defense. The color, artstyle, and sound effects all seemed to work well together. 

Developer

Thank you for playing.

Submitted

I like a lot how it looks, but gameplay-wise it´s a bit too simple, you could speed it up and allow the player to place more turrets or something.  Anyway, good job, I really dig how it looks!

Developer

Thank you for playing! I didn't foresee the problem during the development process, but a bit later in game I think it gets just a bit more interesting, the start is truly boring however. Thanks for your time.

Submitted(+1)

Overall, a very presentable game! However I think the game is too slow. Add more turrets the player can control and it should be good to go :)

Developer

I agree, I couldn't make the game any harder, otherwise it became unplayable, since aiming is quite hard. So I either had to make it easy or VERY hard. I am also planning on adding some extra towers for clean up. Thanks for playing, it's appreciated!