First post that was deleted was me posting some tips to help people.
Second post that was deleted was me posting about my game.
Third post that is to be deleted is this one 😁
Edit: You don't have any rules, you just ninja delete without explanation. How is anyone supposed to know what you like or don't like unless you specify it? Where does it say don't post tips for other devs? Where does it say don't post about your game? You run this forum like I would imagine Stalin would if he was hosing a game jam.
As mentioned in the page description, this is just a test build for phase 1, which covers only the early game. Check back later for future phases that will introduce more features and add depth to the experience.
When the paddle actively hits a ball, it boosts it (as shown by the tail effect). Each ball has a few active upgrades that can be purchased to increase the damage it deals after being hit by the paddle.
The game is an incremental/idle game with an active gameplay element where you control the paddle to shoot bricks and boost the balls you hit. If you don’t actively play, the paddle and its boosts will be lost.
The scroll function worked fine in the editor but seems overly sensitive in the browser. I’ve added scroll sensitivity option to my to-do list, as I’m sure it varies across different computers as well.
Interesting about the upgrade points. I haven’t encountered this issue before. I’ll do some additional testing.
Nice idea with the buy-all button, I’ll keep that in mind.
I have it on my list to improve text readability. Did you experience this issue in full-screen mode as well?
There’s actually a feature that resets the ball after 20-30 seconds if it doesn’t hit a brick, respawning it near the paddle. I’m surprised that didn’t work for you.
The blue bricks are a test for special brick spawns with a low chance. They should grant an extra upgrade point when destroyed, but I noticed a bug after publishing where some normal bricks turn blue after being hit 😅
Too bad you don't have a web build but this is what game jams are for, to gain experience and to improve for future projects.
I've gone through the same things and learned pretty quickly that I should make my games accessible to most players. Instead of creating many different builds for Windows, Linux, Mac, etc and also deal with people (like myself) who don't like to download and run unknown software.. just make a web build so everyone can play and in the process save a lot of time and effort not having to deal with different builds and related bugs.
Fun puzzle game that reminded me a little of Pac Man.. the controls felt good and nice that you added in game tutorial, volume controls and level select menu.. The only thing I missed was a button to progress to next level, instead of having to click to level select menu, scroll, click...
Awesome retro style with nice animations and effects. The controls felt good and the game was fun. Only thing I missed was being able to restart the level with the keyboard that I'm using to play, so had to move hand to mouse, click, etc.. Not a big issue but would be a nice QoL change. Also kudos on adding in game tutorial 😊
I used to have something like 20-30 games on Itch.io, but unfortunately all are deleted. Only thing I have left are some short videos and screenshots 😅
Turning this into a full game, with 100 or so levels, saving/loading data, monetization, advertising, etc.. in other words spending hundreds of hours to end up getting 15 downloads is what turns me off. The mobile market is pretty horrible.
If you get a list of games you have not rated, what is stopping you from choosing which one to play next? Pick the one that looks most interesting.. or don't, just saying.. 😅
Thanks for a great game jam, the theme was challenging and fun.. I like that you didn't have too strict rules (like locking the uploads after submission ends) making this game jam chill and fun, even friendly to first time jammers 🥰
One suggestion I have is to change the music category to audio for upcoming game jams so that it includes all game audio, both music and sound effects. For example, in my puzzle game I chose not to include music because I didn't want to clutter the audio space as I felt the sound effects would be enough to give the player experience I was aiming for. It would have been nice to know what everyone thought about the game audio but if people judge only by music then my score in that category should be 0 and I have no easy way of knowing what the players thought about the sound effects.
I made it to this level, but couldn't get further because I couldn't jump high enough to not die at the spikes on the next platform. How are you supposed to finish this level?
Cool platformer game, I like the art and game play is fun even though it gets really difficult early on. Here are some thoughts I had when playing..
The fall seems somewhat slow, which also makes falling to your death take a long time
Using mouse click for dash when everything else is keyboard feels out of place
I finished a few levels then I got to level where it seemed impossible (at least to me) to finish the level as it required me to jump higher than spikes in my way, which I had no clue how to do. I'll post a pic on your forum post.
About the resolution, it's better to set the initial resolution to something like 1280x720 (check my game) instead of 1920x1080 or so and allow the players to maximize the game instead.
