Thanks for the update! I've been playing again and having a bit more luck. It's a fun game! However, I still think there are a few bugs; occasionally the blue line starts doing some diagonals which is a bit weird, and on one level (I think it's level 4 or 5) where there's a 7-right tucked in a corner, the square above that 7 seems to be a bit weird and doesn't let me move into it even when I have enough movement...
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I think this game needs some work; the style is great, but I don't think it's explained well at all. You have to really dig around to work out what's happening and why, and even now it's not immediately clear to me. And as others have said, the time spent needs to be reset to 0 on resetting the game because at the moment that doesn't happen!
Thanks for the game. There's definitely an interesting concept there, but having played a few games, I can't see that there's anything more to it at the moment than 'play all your cards'? Like in the first round or 2 you have to pick one, but it very quickly gets to "You have enough mana, just can you click and drag all the cards in 6 seconds?" And like Olanti I think the timer might be a little TOO short.
Thanks for the game! It looks gorgeous!
A few pieces of feedback:
- I'd encourage you to think about prioritising the key elements during a game jam since you're on limited time; for example, since 'on a timer' is a limitation for this game jam, you really really needed to focus on getting a timer into the game, since it fails to meet the brief as things stand.
- A relatively small thing, but the lightning bolts are a little difficult to see. Also, they can spawn ANYWHERE, meaning sometimes they spawn in trees or behind the barrels and it's impossible to collect them, which is a little feel-bad as the player.
But I had fun walking around and picking stuff up (and looking good doing it) so good job!
I agree with others; the score in the middle is wrong. I actually think the issue with the hitboxes is that the tutorial is the wrong way around; the tutorial says hitting water will refill health and electric will shock you, but in fact the water damages you while electricity increases your score. And yeh, the speed is odd, sometimes batteries fly in and can't be collected at all, and the player movement is very slow and laggy.
Thanks for the game! I almost got 24 in, but didn't quite manage it.
A couple of points of feedback:
- The tutorial needs ALOT of work. It's not at all clear how to play the game from the tutorial, and it doesn't at all mention the buttons to use.
- I found it got very laggy in browser after putting in one or two sets of energy.
- I'm not sure you need the shooting element; I found it's easier just to avoid them and conserve the battery.
- I don't think you need the cog element at all; it's just annoying as a player to have to find the cog first, which could spawn anywhere; the point of the game is to pump the machine with energy, and having to use up time (and more importantly battery!) just getting the machine to even work is just feel-bad.
- If you put energy into the machine and have the energy pick-up fired up, but then you pass through the machine again, it converts the energy you've picked up, but it doesn't create an extra energy refill pick-up, which is REALLY annoying as a player; you should add some code to the machine that checks if there's already an energy refill pick-up sitting there and, if it is, not allowing the conversion of energy bolts through the machine.
Thanks for making the game, and I hope you enjoyed the process!
Just completed the game.
This is a really fun submission; the movement feels smooth which is important for this kind of game since you need precision. And I really enjoyed the way timers were implemented. A few thoughts for feedback:
- I think you should use a different colour for the 'up' of the magnetic platforms. The first time they appear is in the second level with the deadzone. The level with the deadzone teaches the player loud and clearly that red background equals bad. So then when you come to the magnetic platforms, it feels weird that you are SUPPOSED to now enter a red area, because this red area is a different kind of red area but only the symbols express that.
- You have platforms that use the circle with 4 segments, and some with 2, to show the timers, I think as a '2 = fast, 4 = slow' approach, but I think I'm right in saying that there's no fixed time for a 2 and a 4? The level where the lower platform takes you across the spikes but the upper platform blocks your jump, I waited a little while and the platforms seem to be on slightly different timers as the gap rotates. That may be deliberate in terms of that particular obstacle approach, but I think if they are both 4, they should both be on the same timer. It's part of the contract between the game and the player that there's consistency in how the game communicates the timer. so I'd either think about using a different number of segments, or removing the segments entirely and having a timer on the platforms so you can see where there's a difference?
But overall a really fun game, thanks for making it!
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Managed to get 309 which I'm pretty pleased with!
This isn't a bad entry; the basic idea is good, and creates an enjoyable game A few thoughts for feedback/development:
- The camera seems to move slightly to follow the movement, for example if you have both the top left and top right points selected, the camera will pan up. But it's a very slow pan, which means if you then want to select a lower point, it's hard to see it and you have to click the middle one then slowly wait for the camera to pan. I'm not sure you need any panning at all.
- It's not very clear when enemies have or haven't been hit; I think they probably need to leave the game area when hit? Eventually I convinced myself that maybe enemies need to be hit 2 or 3 times, but it's still not easy to work out exactly what's going on.
- I'd suggest adding an extra point along the middle of the top and the middle of the bottom, so it becomes a rectangle with 9 points (1 in the middle, 1 at each corner, 1 at the midpoint of each line). I think this will really broaden out the list of options for the player in making shapes and make for a more interesting game.
This game makes me sad.
Because it's SOOO good! Feels really fun to play, simple idea that just grabs you as a player and makes you want to play. But I don't think it meets the limitation of the player being on a timer; of course timer's must be in the infrastructure of the game for things like spawning enemies and collectibles, but I don't think that meets the limitation in itself.
And also, I've had 3 or 4 game crashes in wave 4 now; if you make a big push with a full boost through lots of enemies, Unity seems to struggle to keep up and I just get a freeze and then a 'this page isn't responding' before an X face. :(
I'd love to see this game be developed to fix the freeze, because even if it doesn't fit the limitation of the timer it's so fun!
Thanks for playing, Nick (and congratulations again on a great game with Bulby!). And yeh, as I've said before, more levels would be great but jams are about limited time and that's the constraint. And yes, the other thing you've mentioned is something I'd considered (my 6yo daughter played it as a test and was having difficulty placing powerlines for this reason). It should be a fairly easy fix so I'll try and get to it soon but I probably won't load a new version within the voting period.
Thanks for this Pusio! I'd like to create more levels with an increase in difficulty to keep you a little busier! And yes, that's a known bug, I need to update the page to include it (I'll do that in a moment). I think I know how to fix it in Godot but I'm not going to have time to fix it before voting on the jam ends.
Thanks for taking the time to play (and hopefully rate!). This is something that I thought about as I was developing the later levels, but I didn't implement it because I didn't have time and also because the current codebase means it wouldn't be a simple change (I've learnt a lot about how to set up a robust workflow in Godot from this project). Also I don't hate that it makes it a little harder; there's a penalty for hitting the Submit button when wrong, and on later (non-existent) more difficult levels, I think not having the lights tell you exactly if you've got it wrong or right might be a good thing, rather than a bad thing.
Just refreshed and tried with fullscreen and it worked! Sorry about that.
The game isn't bad; it's a fun experience, but I feel like the timer is almost TOO precision tight. Also the swear was a big eugh for me I'm afraid, I like playing games with my kids, and I don't want the f-bomb just popping up with no NFSW warning or anything.
Do I know why the light bulb has a baseball cap that he can turn into a parachute? Absolutely not.
Do I care? Absolutely not!
This game is really fun; I feel like I almost completed/maybe did? I get to the difficult small platform jumping bit where you have to wall jump the small lit platforms surrounded by x's, and can see the next checkpoint, but when I get near it it resets me back?
Either way, great fun, well done!
I'm playing in browser (Microsoft Edge) on a laptop and the game is very difficult to see; it's zoomed in way too far. Makes it very difficult to play!
Outside of that, the artstyle is pretty limited but the gameplay seems interesting; I like the top-down 2d element with the clicking to jump obstacles, seems like there's a good game in there somewhere! :)
I played your game, and I think it needs some work; for example, currently running into enemies doesn't seem to kill you or drain any kind of health, so you can just run into them until they disappear?
The collision for the end level portals is also a bit off, so you can sometimes collide from another platform, but that's a small thing.
The MAIN thing, however, is that annoying halting; I think from your description you're saying that this is a key mechanic, as in the player is on a timer that, every now and then when you get electrocuted, prevents you from moving? If that's right then that's going to get very annoying, very quickly! I think having this timer prevent you from being able to attack could work, but stopping the player from actually moving really takes the player out of the action, slows you down, and is just generally irritating, so I'd strongly recommend taking a different approach on that.
However, the artwork on the levels is GORGEOUS, and there's an interesting story in there somewhere!
Just tried again and it seemed to work, not sure what happened there!
In terms of feedback, the game's not bad; the art style is obviously very 'home-made' ( ;) ) but it has it's own unique charm, it's a bit Adventure Timey (especially Doctor Dooke).
The general idea with the timer is pretty sound, and a common theme this game jam (I guess Electric + Timer was always going to lead to a lot of battery drain games!). But I struggled a bit with knowing what I'm actually trying to do; like, some doors open, some don't, but it's not clear from looking at them before you get to them which will, and which won't. And the traffic jam puzzle, while a funny nod that I enjoyed, it wasn't clear what it was actually doing? I THINK it opens a door off to the bottom right, but the problem is that it doesn't mesh very well with the battery drain mechanic. This kind of 'walk around the 2d factory and explore' style game, like the old Pokemon style Team Rocket bases, work really well, but they rely on the ability for the player to explore the area thoroughly, understand how the base fits together, and then work through it; but I can't do that because it's 'find a battery soon or die'. I think the battery drain idea works much better in a game where it's immediately clear to the player what they should be doing, and then they have to do it quickly enough. Just my thoughts, others may disagree!
Without meaning to be unkind, you need to do alot more work on the game before you start thinking about making others aware of it.
First of all, the terms & conditions/disclaimer at the beginning is a biiiiiig red flag; as a player, it makes me think there's something about the game I should be worried about.
Then in terms of gameplay, the rules need a lot more definition; it's not at all clear what I get points for, what the different things do etc; it feels like landing on the black spike thing is meant to end the game, but it doesn't? But then sometimes you move and the game ends for no apparent reason at all...! The simple gameplay idea is good, but more work required I think. :)
Yeh, these things happen! And to be fair, the way you've applied the timer limitation is pretty similar to alot of other games in the jam. There are a few like yours that the 'timer' only applies on actions, and I've taken the same approach of reducing my rating since I think it's 'limited resource' really; there are other games where the drain is constantly there, and I think that's a fairer application of the timer idea.
Not a bad game! It's nice to see something that's not just 'platformer with player as electrical object with level timer'! :)
I struggled for the first few goes understanding that the aim is to OVERLOAD the enemy, since the loss condition for the player is running out of battery; feels like the loss condition should be to remove from the player too. I guess it's a thematic choice for the idea of 'transferring' the power, but it still sort of feels a bit weird.
But the idea of using the enemy dice which aren't used is really cool!
I love that you've done a 3D game for a limited game jam; really ambitious, and the game definitely seems like it has potential, but so far I've found it to be very frustrating; it just isn't clear to me what I should or shouldn't be doing, and the game will just suddenly end because the city has run out of power, with no sense for me of when that is going to happen or why...
For one person's work, this is pretty impressive; I certainly wouldn't be able to program/code the game, create artwork AND music in one weekend!
As constructive feedback/thoughts for future development, there's not much here in terms of originality of gameplay; it's a pretty standard 'collect the thing' platformer with a level timer added to fit the limitation. I like that the platform appears once you've collected the battery; if you were going to create more levels, I'd lean into that element of a 'there and back again' game, where the level has changed in interesting ways on the way back.