Nice game. I included it in my LOWREZJAM compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)
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How Many Repairbots's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #3 | 4.652 | 4.652 |
| Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction) | #13 | 4.826 | 4.826 |
| Gameplay | #23 | 3.826 | 3.826 |
| Overall | #37 | 3.804 | 3.804 |
| Audio | #127 | 1.913 | 1.913 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Aw thanks Ross! (≧▽≦)/
I was hoping if one keypress turned you 45 degrees and you always moved in one of 8 precise directions, you could do stuff like double-tap to quickly apply a new velocity at 90 degrees, or triple-tap a direction to make a very hard turn. Possibly this would let you move around more responsively because you can always be certain of what velocities your inputs will result in. The main motivation for this was I had a lot of difficulty with navigating around the two electric gates where the first enemy appears the last time I played.
I put more time in and tried shooting with the repairbot this time, I see why you would want to preserve finer rotation. It might be sufficient to add a modifier key which allows you to rotate 2x as fast while it's held?
About the animation, I'd personally avoid adding more rotation sprites since pixel art suffers outside the 8 major rotations, even if it results in some ambiguity about the stored rotation ^^;
absolutely loved the control and game style... reminded me a lot of a game called solar jetman on NES that i LOVED as a kid. I did leave it alone for a bit as i went and did something else and the java crashed so i lost my game :( but I don't think its anything you could do about it.. amazing job.
I assisted on a game for this jam. would love to hear your ideas on our game :)
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By 'working space' I'm vaguely defining the window size vs the actual used portion of it. On the itch.io page if you play in browser, this isn't an issue. However, if you download it with the ich.io app and run it, you get what looks like a 1024x768 window with the game itself being in the top left.
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