Played the game. It's fun. But there are a few problems I think-
1. The "Strike" system loses its relevance when you can just catch the ball, and again throw it aiming at the enemy. You don't even need to rebound the ball with your bat to invite the danger of getting a "Strike"
2. In some levels you can just throw the ball, and don't need to do anything. The ball will kill all enemies by itself. The enemy projectiles are a check for that, but that mechanics may need some more work
3. The colour of enemy projectiles should have been changed from maroon to a bright colour for more contrast w.r.t. the floor colour which is dark. It's a bit difficult to notice the projectiles. Also the enemy projectiles should have been destroyed when it goes out of the level.
Seems like fun. But as it's two player, I haven't played it with another person. But I think the W/UP arrow key could have been used for the jump button, as it's just a simple side view game and it could have made for a faster gameplay for beginners
I had problems when the microbes were out of range of the bullets, at the bottom and top margin, and sudden large burst of multiplication at the end seconds may have been avoided.
1. I agree that the game description doesn't say much of how it works, I didn't feel like overwhelming the description with written text
2. For a proper game, a detailed tutorial may be required, but it's a game jam title, so I didn't have much time to do it. I wrote what I could inside the game.
3. I had a choice whether to give detailed numbers for the tile stats. But I chose not to. Because-
i) People won't do calculations on their calculators even if I fed them with numbers on everything.
ii ) I thought people should figure out with their instinct. It's a part of the game. Everything don't need to have numbers to spoon-fed the audience,...well, it's my opinion.
4. Why does the game dev have to tell how many military tiles u have to put? It's the player's choice. I do know that initially you don't know what 'eaters' are, but I think the player should take the risk.
5. I knowingly introduced Eaters at turn 12. It's a game jam title, u have to introduce as much feature as soon as possible, without the game feeling rushed. People generally don't play game jam games for too long.
6. Negative happiness brings revolt. That's what it is coded. It's a simple code really, and I don't think it can go wrong. You might have lost the game when u lost the mission normally while happiness is still above zero. There are two ways to lose the game. I have tried the game myself around 50 times. I never saw this part of the game glitchy.
7. I'm aware that the game goes haywire when u lose. I was faced with two choices here-whether to leave it as it is, or make it more 'proper'.
I saw that eliminating the glitch will make it too much normal, and a bit less 'shocking'.
Keeping it buggy intentionally gave the end game a creepy feel to it (as I felt it) , which matched with the fate the administrator meets when he fails to accomplish his mission. I just trusted the players to understand it on their own, and of course I'm aware that this idea of mine may backfire sometimes.
8. Anyway, it's a game jam game. Of course it's not that polished. I'm also not an expert. Plz don't be too harsh on it. XD
