I absolutely loved the aesthetics on this! Everything was so well done, from the explosion mechanics to the incredible health bar with the crows. The bosses were neat and I loved how the game actually gave love to Longgoons for once!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #2 | 4.263 | 4.263 |
| Doki's Choice | #5 | n/a | n/a |
| Theme | #6 | 4.421 | 4.421 |
| Overall | #10 | 4.047 | 4.047 |
| Creativity | #19 | 4.079 | 4.079 |
| Ambience | #21 | 4.079 | 4.079 |
| References / Humor | #50 | 3.395 | 3.395 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit into the theme?
A lot of explosions in a chain reaction! Lack of treats for D.A.D. spiraling into a Dragoon uprising.
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242 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much for playing! I'll fix the bullet collision for dead enemies in a few hours!
Very cool visuals! The chains of explosions are awesome!
The level design is well made but it took me some time to figure out that certain elements are blockers that only disappear after blowing up a connected element in a different part of the map. Eventually I got it. XD
Sometimes the enemy dead bodies would block my shots, preventing me from taking out enemies further away. Would be nice if dead enemies stopped colliding with the bullets.
Definitely looks like a game that could be in that speedrun records website.
Great job, team!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the game! The health bar being a bunch of crows on a powerline was such a silly idea that we just had to do it.
Our playtesters played through the game so much that they began to find i-frame and respawn exploits to make their runs go faster than we expected. It's nuts.
Thank you for playing!
You know I wouldn't say they're glitches, but just exploiting game mechanics, managing health and good pathing haha. But here's a list of stuff that could help you improve your score
- Your own bombs deal 1 dmg to yourself, big dragoon bombers deal 3 dmg and snipers deal 2 dmg. You can mitigate the extra damage from enemies if you just bomb yourself.
- I don't think the barrels placed in the map actually do damage LOL. I think I messed something up when I was trying to fix some stuff during testing.
- You have 0.5s of i-frames after getting hit.
- You can blow up the red trains next to you for just 1 dmg which isn't really a big deal.
- In Section 2, You can blow up the big barrel pile and then use the big dragoons to quickly die and respawn while the explosions are happening. (I'm actually not sure if this is faster than just running, but you do get a full heal from the respawn).
- In Section 3 with the large walls, it's hard, but you can shoot the barrels near the snipers to activate the gunpowder trail mid-way instead of the very beginning.
- I think one of the red trains after the first boss isn't actually connected to anything so you can just skip it (oops).
- During the jump at the final stage, you can land on top of the train on the right and skip the initial walk around.
- At the final stage, you can simply skip the right side of the map after clearing the first red train and just blow up the big barrel if you place a bomb at the very top corner.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I had a tough time trying to communicate to the player that your own bombs hurt yourself, but I'm glad to know that people manage to figure out out.
Because of how we built the floors for the levels, there might be some graphical glitches haha. Thank you for letting me know!
247 days ago(+1)
I'm really glad you liked it! Damn we've never come across that issue. Thank you for letting me know!
248 days ago(+2)
I was worried it wouldn't connect so it's great to hear you liked the aiming. Thank you for playing!
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