really cool! good job :D
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Athero's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #90 | 3.796 | 3.796 |
| Overall | #92 | 3.770 | 3.770 |
| Gameplay | #104 | 3.650 | 3.650 |
| Audio | #117 | 3.680 | 3.680 |
| Enjoyment | #146 | 3.748 | 3.748 |
| Theme | #172 | 3.845 | 3.845 |
| Visuals | #252 | 3.903 | 3.903 |
Ranked from 103 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
A racing game in the bloodstream should definitely qualify as a strange place! But also, the main theme of the game, Athero(sclerosis), is the build-up of fat and plaques, cholesterol, etc. in veins. That's a strange place for the body to put these things!
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
We did not make the font, the blur shader (yay godotshaders), some of the sound samples are from zapsplat and freesound.org (they're all edited), everything else is handmade
How many people worked on the game?4
Comments
Really nicely done entry! I love the catchy music, but I wish I had more control over the movement and view ahead to see the cloggages.
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The Gambler's Crypta fun game! easy but fun, i enjoyed a lot! and the ghost car is really juicy. the control seems lagged a bit, but it's not a big issue. a great one!
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The Sticking LandsHi! Im glad you enjoyed the game ^^ I understand why you might think the controls lag, but this is actually an intended feature :P The ship moves with the rythm of the heartbeat. Every heartbeat your ship will propel towards the direction you're facing. Which gives you limited mobility. You need to grind along the edges of the level to increase you speed. We realized a tutorial would have been very useful to explain this somewhat unconventional mechanic :P
Great work! My poor patient had the veins shredded XD. Top notch art and sounds, very elegant control scheme. Gameplay is fun, racing against the ghosts was very cool, well done!
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Chaos FactorLove the creative choice of the environment, looks pretty cool. The only thing that sucked in this game was me, cause I cannot turn in this game to save my life lol. My patient left bleeding on the ground of the amount of times I hit his bloodstream. But other than that I wish hitting the fat/plaque areas would've punchier, like a slow-mo effect, great satisfying exploding sound, everything breaks and then you continue. Maybe add a little drifting mechanic, or something to make it more tactical or interesting. Other than that, it's a pretty solid racing game. Good job!
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Geo PhobiaHi Thanks for your reply ^^ I hope the game wasn't too frustrating. We should have added a tutorial that explains our somewhat unconventional game mechanic. You propel forwards in the direction of your ship during every heartbeat. Grinding against the walls of the blood vessel increases your speed. So the trick is to steer your ship correctly between every heartbeat interval and grind along the edges. It takes some practice but if you get the hang of it, it becomes really satisfying (If I may say so myself :P).
Nice game! Visual, sounds and mechanics, all implemented on a high level. The only critique I have in mind is that the controls are a bit unconventional, I would like to be able to both move left and right and rotate the car, however if existing control is the main feature of the game, it’s totally understandable.
Cheers!
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Arcane KeeperStunning game! The heart beat in the background working alongside the music, the feedback of going alongisde the walls and hitting the build ups. The art was great! And it was really fun trying to beat my own best score!
Great job everyone!
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Anglernautvery good work! took me a bit to understand the mechanics but once I did it was really fun!
I also really liked the art and music!
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Of Maps and ChapsThis game is incredible, very original idea and mechanics I loved it, this has a lot of room for speedrunning and multiplayer. This deserves to be higher. Incredible job!
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A Strange 4D WorldModern medicine has really improved! Lol this was a lot of fun. It was addicting to go fast and I really liked that each subsequent time you play you see your previous attempt racing as well. That was a really cool feature. Nice work on innovation for sure!
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Traverse the DoodleverseWow, this is an amazing game in every category! I especially like the setting and that it's fast paced
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Mushroom betrayalGreat game! Strong visuals and a unique idea. The accelerations seemed random at first, but it took a while to realize they are synced to the heartbeat. I would place the beat indicator closer to the middle of the screen to reduce the need for looking back and forth (especially if you want to keep another eye on the map).
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Stranded SpellsGreat game! It was really enjoyable and very novel racing game.
I liked the length of the levels and that there were six of them. The ghost added when you retry was a great addition. I loved the heartbeat mechanic that sped you up at regular intervals, which meant you couldn't just grind against the edges the whole time and had to point in the correct direction.
The plaque was a nice touch but due to the speed you were traveling at was somewhat random if you hit it or not, unless you had memorised the tracks.
The sound and visuals were very good too.
This was really fun, I could definitely play more of it.
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Hide and Seek in Egnart's Placesuper fun!! it was during the 2nd level it all clicked for me- the heartbeat is such a nice touch :D
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