Fun game with a good boss battle. Managed to kill the boss with just one health left. Unavoidable laser damage putting you on the edge of kill or be killed was a fun idea.
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Verge of Defeat's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun/Design | #26 | 3.879 | 3.879 |
| Music/Sound | #43 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Overall | #64 | 3.491 | 3.491 |
| Technical Implementation | #84 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Graphics/Animation | #100 | 3.515 | 3.515 |
| Theme/Limitation | #124 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game apply the limitation (and optionally, the theme)?
Verge of Defeat plays exactly like the title says: you always feel "On the Edge" of dying. (that and we were right on the edge of the project not getting submitted at all :p)
Team Size
Quartet (4)
What main engine/tool/language did you use to construct the game?
Unity
Which diversifiers did you use, if any?
We didn't aim for any, but the "Quick Run" diversifier suits it perfectly
Comments
Very nice ! Love the art, it plays very well & just the right amount of challenge without getting too frustrating (which is a very hard balance to get).
Great job !
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Souls .INCNice job on this one! Enjoyed both the art and the gameplay. For me personally the difficulty was right in the sweet spot. I was able to one shot the game, but barely had any health life left and the final boss was definitely pretty difficult. I like game jam games that are short dense little packages, but this one was almost just a little too short. Probably a testament to how fun it was. Definitely better than having it be too long though in my opinion. Good work!
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Qirmiz: The Legend of Curly's GoldWas really quick to pick up and play, only thing that was slightly frustrating was the drones being invincible as they blocked the bullets from hitting the boss. Other then that good job!
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Shopping FrenzyI really liked the concept of the game and the art is looking fantastic. The music really fits your theme and playing was absolutly fun. The only critique is the difficulty. It was really hard to doge the laser(second drones) and resetting the live in a new scene would have been great. All in all a really polished and fun game!Great work!
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Angel has fallenThat difficulty curve is REAL! I had a lot of fun playing this, but since the two first phases were so easy, I was a bit too unprepared for the real deal in the final one. That's were I had the most fun, however.
I loved the music, too. The only gripe I have is (besides it being too short) that it took me a while to realise I couldn't hurt the little guys.
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Geometricus: The Final ConfrontationI'm glad you liked it! I would've liked to have a more consistent/engaging curve but I was a bit rushed to get it working and playing well.
I agree, the music is awesome thanks to our excellent musician. While I mentioned that the drones were invincible in the story on the game page (if anyone even reads that lol) I think I'll put a note directly below the game because a lot of people seem to be having trouble with them.
I like who smooth the controls were in this. like comments below, its not obvious at the beginning what you're suppose to shoot, and the the drones being invincible doesn't help. But I'd did like the the bullet hell aspect of the drones with the laser and being able to dodge through them. I get that its a computer A.I. boss, but the fact that its stationary allowed me to just hold down the mouse in the same spot and just worry about the laser, which made it easier than expect, not sure if that was the intention or not.
Pixel art and music was very solid.:)
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Existence: A Short StoryReally nice old school feel, nice solid controlls and nice retro music and sound effects :)
I didn't manage to kill the minions, don't know if that was intentional, and couldn't shoot through the "lasers" which felt a bit odd. but all in all a nice play through.
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Razors EdgeI didn't understand at first that I was supposed to shoot the big computer mainframe and not the drones, but once I figured that out it was pretty fun. Some of the patterns those drones made were quite difficult to navigate, and I died after getting the final boss to about half HP.
The bosses' designs were cool, and I liked the drones' lasers a lot too. They looked dangerous!
Since you intended for the drones to be immune to the player's attacks, it might have been nice to indicate that in some way. Perhaps a force field flashes when they're hit to show it's being blocked? I'm not sure.
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Cliffside Defender
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