My only critique is that the hotbox on the sword should match the visuals. But really fun overall and a great game!
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The Saga of Scaling Scotty's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #49 | 3.774 | 3.774 |
| Gameplay | #54 | 3.631 | 3.631 |
| Theme interpretation | #83 | 3.774 | 3.774 |
| Graphics | #85 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Innovation | #169 | 3.024 | 3.024 |
| Audio | #174 | 3.071 | 3.071 |
Ranked from 84 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/TheMerphin/GameOff2023
Comments
153 days ago(+1)
Glad you enjoyed it! Actually, that was one thing we would have loved to add, but there was simply no time left to do that :/ but definitely in a future update! :D
My first impression was that the banner for this is NUTS. then I got into the game and found that the whole art direction in general was absolutely incredible. Big thumbs up to your artist; they have absolutely NAILED the retro side as well as the itch.io assets!
Unfortunately, when I first got to the scaling part of the tutorial & scaled myself down, I was able to clip through the walls & couldn't get back in (see gif). Annoyingly, it doesn't happen all of the time, so I'm not exactly sure how reproducible that is.
I'll be coming back to this one later in the game to give it more of a playthrough; but I'm really impressed with what I've seen so far!
We had a very similar issue in our game (spoiler: you have to scale yourself up/down in a later level). Changing an object's scale messes with the physics engine - ours in Godot, but I remember having a very similar issue with Unity. Animating/tweening the shape of the actual collider rather than the scale of the game object usually makes it behave a little more reasonably!
Will reply once I've had a chance to have a 2nd playthrough :)
153 days ago (+1)
Thats actually a good advice, scaling the sprite separately from the collider, in a different manner. Thanks! Also, I wonder, since it seems you've worked with both engines, what's the reason you switched? to godot? Or which engine do you like better, unity or godot?
Worked with Unity for a year, switched to Godot recently because of all the Unity drama.
Godot is much less mature than Unity. That comes with it's own limitations - but also means it is much more streamlined than Unity. I was shocked at how straightforward Godot was compared to Unity in so many aspects - animating, input handling, UI design, particles, etc etc etc. just feel SO much more intuitive than Unity.
I could go on a very extensive list of all the pros and cons switching from Unity to Godot - for me personally, that list has more pros than cons. I wouldn't recommend it for any studio that wants to created polished, triple-A, 3D games (though it is certainly capable of 3D, Unreal just handles this so much better). But outside of that, I would highly recommend at least giving it a go and seeing how you feel about it! :)
Thanks for the extensive feedback! I definitely agree with you, overall a lack of time led to several things being unpolished and/or not quite thought-through. We'd have loved to enhance the overall experience by making it more dynamic, e.g. as you say, adding more unique enemies. But we're glad that you enjoyed it nonetheless :)
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