it is worth noting that, as mentioned in the credits at the page's description, the art was done in collaboration with 3 artists. Thank you for playing and we are happy that you enjoyed it!
The only issue I have with this is that the zombie swarm gets more in the way of your playthrough than actually aiding you, but it's fun short take on the grimace shake meme.
It's very fun to watch the little adventurers just jump around until they stumble upon you or each other. Since the player's control is somewhat balanced (you only cannot spam moves so you have to think very carefully what will be your next move), and the number of adventurers constantly increasing over time, it's a smart design of "a matter of time until the player loses". Which tests the player to make the best of every move.
My personal highlight is seeing the adventurers fight each other, it really is a treat.
Thank you, it is indeed rough on the edges, but we were more than happy to be able to complete this build on time. Working with my QA colleagues to prepare a patch after the voting ends.
Thank you for playing and for your comments! I was indeed trying to go for a Thief vibe, but without playing the original game, just the vibe I got from what I know about it.
Thank you for taking your time to play it and comment. I actually took like 3 days of the jam picking the visual aspects and experimenting with how tilesets work so I could make the game and levels accordingly. in hindsight, if I didn't have that much trouble with tilesets, I could've just spent more time polishing the gameplay and making it more reliable.
I just gotta say that it has a very solid foundation in almost all aspects.
It tickled my artistic side and made me think of ways the mechanics could be implemented, like for example having a sort of vampire/blood bender being that could explain away the way the mechanics are implemented and make the game more engaging story wise (although boomer don't need a story all the time, this could elevate the experience).
The parkour is the right amount for a fps and it was well done. I loved the floating monks as well.
It was interesting the concept of "you can attack more enemies with less movements" tying it to the jam but felt kind of loose.
I liked the music used, and the art was solid even if simple. The arrow test really was challenging for me, so I managed to cheese it. It would've benefited from having more hazards, besides the arrows and the fire throws, to the player to make the game play more varied.
I'm not sure if the final boss was meant to be defeated right away or not though (I did a b line slash to the boss instead of waiting for the fire throws to end like the arrows just to test. and it ended the game).
I liked a lot the slash mechanic and with more in-depth level design, some extra movements and more varied enemies (that is a full release not a jam game) it could be a similar game in the vein of HLD.
Thank you for playing and for your comment! Yes, I'm aware of the need for more polish time, I should've accounted for that while developing for this jam.
I always have a soft spot for topdown or rather 3/4s pixel art shooter but not in the roguelite vein, but like this game, a very straight forward yet enjoyable design.
The theme used in the game's plot is interesting, but the strength lies in the simple but fun primary game play loop of shooting the goo away, and also on the very cute pixel art style.
Interesting approach to puzzle and platforming. It would benefit a lot from music and some extra design tweaks (like death animations, to put emphasis on missteps) that would make the game very beefy but it's very fun.
Thanks for the comment and for playing, I do personally think I should've added much more gold to the levels, since the most difference (at least during my own play testing) was on the second level if I did go out of my way to collect more gold.
