| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Authenticity (use of resolution) | #1 | 4.864 | 4.864 |
| Gameplay | #56 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Audio | #58 | 3.682 | 3.682 |
| Overall | #65 | 3.852 | 3.852 |
| Graphics | #148 | 3.227 | 3.227 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Well done! The game is simple and simplicity is nice. I must say that the game is addicting. The music is nice as well. The only thing that I don't really like is... the graphics. They aren't very good. But I understand that this is a submission to 1-BIT JAM as well, so I understand it. Good job, overall!
By the way, my best score was 48. (Written after 15 minutes of gameplay.)
This is really cool! I like how you only need one button to play the game.
I thought at first that simply spamming SPACE and UP ARROW might be too strong but actually this didn’t work out for me.
To my surprise, the enemy planes and spotlights are enough variety for this game. The music fits also very well. Great job!
Big kudos for making a game for both 1-bit and lowrez jams! I thought about it too, but rejected the idea as it's too much limitations. And yours is also a 1-button game, this is so cool! I really like how the spotlight inverts the graphics and the gameplay is pretty fun and addictive!
Really well executed and admire the simplicity of it all, particularly the one button control system. Less is more and all that. It would be interesting to see a version with smaller sprites and a larger playfield area - it's very tight at the minute., but probably for good reason? Great stuff.
Music is on point. Nice use of movement/shooting mechanics. Addictive. Great job!
Loved the simplicity of the game a ton. The audio was so damn great (loved the vibe).
You could have gone with smaller sprites to give a bit more real-estate for moving around/having more things on the screen. Good use of 1-bit graphics though :-)
Loved the simplicity of the game a ton. The audio was so damn great (loved the vibe).
You could have gone with smaller sprites to give a bit more real-estate for moving around/having more things on the screen. Good use of 1-bit graphics though :-)
Nice one! really creative gameplay and the graphics are so cool!, i like the spotlight mechanic, it would be nice if there were an indicator that you touched it! other than that it was a really fun game! Congrats!!
Lowrez, 1-bit and only one button - really fun game made under some really tight constraints. Good work!
Choosing to make a single project for both low-res jam and 1-bit jam is one way to challenge yourself! It's paid off really well here though - you've done a great job keeping the visuals extremely clean, and the limited view works really well with the speed you've set to keep gameplay very fast paced but always fair.
The spotlight is a really fun addition, as I got more comfortable I found myself deliberately triggering it to boost my score faster. Would love to see it in something along the lines of a timed mode!
I did find a bit of an exploit in that spamming the input could create an impenetrable wall of bullets in front of me, but it wasn't an issue as I could just not do that :) my highscore playing normally was 22 :)
Thank you so much for your feedback. And great catch on using the spotlight to your advantage and ramp up your score.
About the exploit, I'm curious if it can be sustained further into the game when enemy planes are many and much faster. What I noticed is if I just spam the button I'll eventually hit an enemy plane from the side when there's many. Spamming definitely helps but still requires some coordination :)
This game was made in the span of 2 days covering two different game jams: LOWREZJAM 2023 and 1-BIT JAM.
For LOWREZJAME 2023 the game runs at an internal resolution of 64x64 pixels and the chosen theme is "Invasion" (hence the infinite wave of enemy planes to destroy).
For 1-BIT JAM the game uses only 2 colors: black and white. The theme is "Light & Dark", and is implemented by the use of the spotlight, which you're meant to avoid... or not :)
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