cool idea. like others said, i went max amplitude thinking it would be OP, but got me into trouble in the end. Nice submission!
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Sineonara's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme interpretation | #6 | 4.310 | 4.310 |
| Innovation | #8 | 4.034 | 4.034 |
| Gameplay | #28 | 3.655 | 3.655 |
| Overall | #39 | 3.690 | 3.690 |
| Audio | #137 | 3.069 | 3.069 |
| Graphics | #162 | 3.241 | 3.241 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/riSygneD/Sineonara
Game description
Control a sine wave's amplitude and frequency to fend off waves of shapes. Watch your energy; you need more for higher amplitudes and frequencies!
Theme interpretation
I interpreted "Wave" as both a Sine wave and Waves of enemies.
Comments
Interesting idea for a mechanic, though I think the optimum strategy is just to make maximum amp and frequency to cover as much of the screen as possible.
Possibly you could avoid this by having hostile mobs that attacking damages you, or some other mechanic to mix up the behaviour, like a sawtooth wave etc.
I like the graphical effects like the various fades and animations, very polished and makes the game feel very responsive to play. Great work!
Thanks! From my own testing, max amp + frequency is actually more balanced in the later, longer waves; it's not always a perfect screen wipe, so there will sometimes be shapes/patterns that slip through that you won't be able to hit in time because of the energy cost. The intended balance is for the player to very slowly start "bleeding" health past ~Total 60 if they're not using it at the right times, though it is definitely possible to just get lucky enough that this doesn't happen often enough to offset the per wave heal :P
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