Alright, I got a little overwhelmed, so in the end I just blamed the person I liked the least. As it turns out, I got it right. So that is a major ego boost. Thanks for the fun experience :)
I get absolutely jumpscared by the sharks every time. I like the design of controlling a bunch of fish, which gives you an extra chance when some get eaten.
The gameplay was very nice, the mechanic with the 3rd shot, very satisfying. I loved getting upgrades, making me have a fair shot when things started to feel impossible
It is a bit of a difficult game, but the environment looks nice, and I really like all the different enemies. I also don't see many games in this jam that put this much attention to their menus
The game really nailed the feeling of "diving deeper" in a mystery unraveling kind of way. The part with the piano was really good and in general the art pretty amazing! The player controls are a little tedious, but that gets overshadowed by the awesome atmosphere
That was a fun experience front to back, except for the part with the colors. That minigame made me question my mind, put me through all 5 stages of grief, and then face God.
Making it an excellent fourth wall breaking game, about diving deeper :)
Finding all fishies based on their silhouette is a lot of fun. The attention to detail is great, such as the squid covering the whole screen with ink. It definitely took me a few attempts to find all the critters, of which I think the crab is my favorite, or maybe the seahorse
Aiii, at the resolution in which it is embedded his head and the text should not overlap. Unfortunate it did not work for you, thanks for trying the game out!
Why thank you! It was a good experience getting to the "content-phase" of making a game. Writing dialog is pretty tough with a looming deadline, as it turns out.
The pathfinding is almost a direct copy of the original pac-man as described in this very extensive article. There's some bugs in it and and clearly isn't ideal for a smart pac-guy mc-dude. Thanks for playing the game! ^^
Hey, your image has some trouble embedding for me, but I might have had the same issue. In your assets find a scriptable object called: "Renderer2D". Make sure in the inspector that it has an enabled section called "Bullet Fury Render Feature". If it is not there, you can add it by pressing the "Add Renderer Feature". This fixed it for me.
I can't get over how nice the main screen looks, and perfectly in theme. Walking through the level feels very fluent. Combat could use some work, my expectations are that fighting more than one enemy at the time could get really tricky. Nice going
Despite feeling a bit under the weather, I am still on schedule for Devtober. My goal was to have a working proof of concept ready today and I succeeded.
In my eyes a proof of concept is like a prototype in most ways, other than purpose. In your proof of concept the effectiveness is what it is all about. In my case, the goal of the proof of concept is to determine whether the idea is fun. Now I think I succeeded, but it is actually important to test this extensively, and determine whether it is worth it to continue developing it.
Are you interested in my progress, or want to be involved? I have a playable proof of concept here on Itch. I provide keys to however wants one, simply ask :)
Great game, it feels very complete and finished, the polish is next level. I like the more narrative take on the theme, but it would have been fun if you have implemented some kind of chaos game mechanic. I also was able to fire random projectiles in larger levels, and pretty reliably shoot distant enemies this way. Apart from that, the gameplay feels very impactful, smooth, and very enjoyable. I had a good time
I had a blast playing, your unique mechanic was simple, but very effective. The game is very polished in all regards and looks/sounds pleasant. I really think this game is up there
Thank you for leaving a comment. I think the fun is indeed tied a lot to the abilities. I can imagine this game with tons of fun abilities, it is a shame there was not enough time for more
Very nice and well executed. Maybe having the different slashes further apart, now it usually fine to slice when the targets are somewhat in the center. It plays nicely and stuff like slowing down, and fading when slashing really adds to the experience
It takes a little getting used to, but after that it feels quite straight forward. I'm not really sure how, but adding some complexity would be nice, maybe expand the "map", or add some other form of input.
A really fun co-op concept. Only controlling the movement feels a little bit like being handed a controller by your older brother (it is a bit of a secondary role). Maybe making dodging very important could help with that. I think balancing the fun between two very different players can be very difficult
