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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Vote on your favourite game! | #130 | 2.313 | 2.833 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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good idea, the execution can be done better... invest more time to expand it!
Fun idea, but quite hard to get into. At first I didn't realise when it said "Click on enemy" that I had to do it multiple times, so I kept drawing a card and then immediately dying. Some of the sprites are really nice, but in other places the graphics are a bit messy. I think even just a visual overhaul could improve this game 1000%. The music was quite good though.
The idea is great, but unfortunately the game suffers from many flaws. Here's what I think could be improved! :)
Visual
Try to use visuals that match each other. Because there are power ups that are really flat and enemies have many details in their pixel art. It feels a bit off. Nothing too bad, but that's a way to polish the game.
Having larger sprites for enemies would be nice when we have to attack them, because I often clicked just a few pixels outside their hitbox. Or even without larger sprites, just a larger box.
Sounds
That's a great start, but it feels a bit empty. A drinking sound for the potion, a little pick-up option when you take the lightning to show it's a powerup you store, etc.
Also, having different sounds for the different enemies could be nice, but that'd be the last thing to do and probably hard or not possible within the jam's time. These ideas apply for potential post-jam updates as well.
Tutorials
The game tries with the help button, but it's clearly not enough. I thought lightning would give me mana but cost me 10HP, and I was hesitating to take it at first. I've learnt part after part by myself, and would've loved to see the game guide me a little bit.
Maybe even have a recommended player to start?
Gameplay
Fun
The game has a great fun potential, but the unbalanced aspect kept me off :(
Bugs
I didn't encounter any bugs, so great job on that!
Theme
You made the effort to incorporate the theme, even if it's not the best way (it feels a bit like my game, unnecessary but here only to be in theme).
Thanks. You are really right. Perhaps one day I will transfer to another engine and make a game with all the fixes
This was fun! I liked it! Would be nice to have an explanation of how the game works. Not that intuitive to change the mouse from the cards to the middle to hit the mob quickly. The program options in the windowed mode is also in .. russian? Would be nice if they were in english :)
Thanks! I completely agree with you. Many mistakes were made : (I forgot to switch the app language
This is really, really fun, I'd love to see a version of it with more decks so you can really customise things, but youve done an amazing job
Thanks! Yes, I wanted to add a lot and do a lot differently, But I didn't have enough time ...
This game is amazing love the idea. I want to see this game developed further
Thanks!
Enjoyed the art style, gameplay was fun but a little hard to understand how to kill stuff at first. Lovely surprise B)