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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #427 | 3.973 | 3.973 |
| Overall | #691 | 3.595 | 3.595 |
| Fun | #781 | 3.432 | 3.432 |
| Originality | #1469 | 3.378 | 3.378 |
Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The character's hands are joined to the their arms with a wire and can be extended as weapons. One of the hands has the character's heart in a jar, which causes problems when it's no longer joined together.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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This game has a lot of juice, with the animations of the arms and the sounds that play, that go a long way to make the action satisfying.
The idea of punching out the heart and pulling it back in is interesting and I could see a lot of cool interactions happening with this if you guys keep working on this after the jam is over, which I think you should because I think there is a lot of potential with this mechanic.
The 3D models are really impressive for 48 hours; most people don't attempt 3D because they can't get this far with it in the allotted time frame.
You guys went for more of level-based or chronological design rather than an infinite gameplay loop like a horde mode which is the way to go, I think. It makes a big difference to me as a player to know that there is going to be a progression of the mechanics and that there is a finite goal or end.
I liked that you had in-game tutorials, because many games don't, however, I had some trouble reading them due to the white text on overlaying the bright gameplay in the background. I think you would be better off with less text and more button prompts anyway - allow the player to see what happens when they press a button rather than tell them. However, specific details like the behavior of the heart is understandable, although ideally that would not be explained in text either.
Other than the tutorials, I really didn't have much feedback. It's a very ambitious and impressive submission for 48 hours.
I would love your rating / comments on my game as well, so I can know what to improve.
Yeah sorry about the tutorial UI, we had a bit of a git mishap and Mark’s last UI updates (pause menu, main menu, probably those tutorial prompts too) as well as the ending he added got wiped out (although it was just another door into a white light exiting from the last room, so mostly a placeholder I guess).
Thanks for the in-depth feedback! I’m still working through a back log of things to review but hopefully I can get to yours in time.
Awesome game! I can tell this game is really professionally made. The 3D models and animations look so nice. But I'm a little confused about the "heart" attack. Sometimes I will lose the heart, but sometimes I won't. I'm also not quite sure in what case the limbs are lost and I have to retrieve it. But anyway, the 3d graphics look really good. Nice job for a 48h work! Had a lot of fun!
Thanks for enjoying the game! The idea is that the enemies can slice the cable between you and the arm/heart if you're not carefull. If that happens, all you need to do is go to the severed limb and walk over it to pick it back up.
So when you submitted this to me, you mentioned that it was a bit buggy, so I'm not going to mention that because you know it. I will mentioned that I loved the design of the game, and thought it controlled very well. I loved the aesthetic of the heart in a jar, and the monster were very creepy. This was a fantastic proof of concept, even when my arms got stuck in the ground, and I'd love to see where it goes.
Thanks for playing! We’re working on a bugfix patch to be released some time after the uploads unlock again.
Great art, great music, great mechanics - great game! =D
But I got confused that I had to click left to punch with right and vice versa^^"
Thank you for playing!) Almost all the time we had LMB for heart and RMB for punch ) we wanted to add option to change controls, but didn't have time in the end.
Ah okay, yeah 48h are too less to do everything so I can understand that =)
best first person punching I've played in a while!
I'm very impressed by how much you got done in only 48 hours! The visuals look really great and so the animations and models look so stunning! Congrats, very well done!
Thanks for playing. I was able to pump out many models and animations in such a small time thanks to great management, clear ideas and feedback along with great teamwork overall.
Good to hear everything went so smoothly :)
I mean I wouldn’t say that ;)
Haha you sure made it seem like it 😋 but yeah when I read it it made me really wonder how you did it, because there were definitely some difficult moments during our 48h 😅
Great game congratulations!
I wonder how you did in 48 hours, if it was on unity I would take that time just to configure the lights and shadows :P
Thanks! Yeah, Unreal has a lot of common stuff built in which makes prototyping things pretty quick, although it was still a struggle to get all of this working as people can tell from the hefty amount of bugs…
The graphics are great and I had a really good time playing it. ~ Do check mine and give your valueable feedback:D
I love the art! Great job making a 3d game this fleshed out in 48 hours! very interesting interpretation of the theme! I'm impressed!
Wow this is really well put together, how did you make the 3D models? I really like the feel of the game, coupled with the music and the unique mode of attack it's a really fun FPS. A few bugs like enemies stuck in walls/no damage from lava, but would love to see where it goes when you have some time to fix those.
Yeah, thanks playing and for the review! We’re definitely intending to at least fix the bugs so it’s in a playable state, and maybe even expand the game a bit further. We may have let the scope get a bit too large since we weren’t able to quite get it over the finish line without bugs.
In terms of the 3D models, kanuki modeled and animated everything in Blender, you can ask them about the details. I think the materials were painted in Blender too but it’s possible they used GIMP or something (Blender itself is fully capable of painting materials though).
Also, I’m not sure if there are actually enemies stuck in walls or if it’s just the sound bugging out and looping on the corpses after they die. Although the blade projectiles do pass through walls for some reason and they can fire at you from other rooms sometimes… We have a long list of known bugs to fix and after we published this people have found a few more =D
Very neat idea and main mechanic, and a wonderful aesthetic. Pretty buggy though, which makes it hard to keep playing unfortunately. With some more time and polish this would be really cool.