Core Mechanic -> The infinite upgrades is a really cool feature, it allows me to have ridiculously powerful towers, which is what makes a tower defense fun!
Game Feel -> Very satisfying. Ignoring the upgrade bug I really enjoyed playing.
Visuals -> Very nice! The grass and road textures work pretty well. My only issue was I didn't really have a clear understanding of what all the towers and such did.
Audio -> Love the music and the changes, and the SFX chaos at higher levels!
Theme -> I'm not entirely sure, though I suppose you start small and then it gets big.
Core Mechanics -> Pretty fun, I like the idea that you can shoot at a variety of things to control the game. The ability to shoot the enemy was fun and made things easier, but it did trivialize that aspect of the game.
Game Feels -> Everything did feel a bit slow and floaty, I'm not entirely sure how you'd fix that given the premise, also I got soft locked on the big level where you have to drop a long way, stuck between a couple bounding boxes.
Visuals -> Love them! You managed to have trees, stars, characters, and everything look good with simple textures.
Sounds -> Great music, nice sound effects.
Theme -> Not entirely sure I saw the connection here...
Core Mechanic -> I encountered endings 1-3 and 6. For a branching story, the narrative felt a little deterministic. It would be nice to have more variety in the outcomes of decisions and the endings. When I got killed for insulting the secretary, that kinda felt like I was being punished for trying to have fun.
Game Feel -> Pretty smooth and it flows well once you get past the exception.
Visuals -> Love the fire. For the limitations of the challenge the graphics were pretty cool.
Sound -> Piano music was nice, could use some dialogue SFX.
Theme -> The secretary definitely gave us some big outputs.
Core Mechanic -> A little simplistic, but satisfying. Once a lot of antimatter balls started appearing it honestly felt a bit like a bullet heaven game (which I enjoy). Would be nice to have checkpoints, though.
Game Feel -> The controls were pretty fluid. Would be nice if the mouse had just a bit more sensitivity, but overall this felt really good to play.
Visuals -> I love glows and bloom, and the particles on the balls were a nice touch! Would be nice if the walls had a little more going on (perhaps a dark or reflective texture) to create more visual contrast, or if the balls were a more dangerous-looking color, but overall it's pretty good!
Sound -> Minimalistic, but the ball sounds are SO satisfying and the ambience sound adds a nice mood. Not sure the AI voice was working for me.
Theme -> The chain reactions are really cool! I think this is definitely a good premise, it just needs to fulfill its potential a little more.
Super excited for this as my first ever game jam! I was wondering, can the game include platforming elements (side scrolling, gravity, jumping, etc) or not?
Pretty fun, and I like the graphics! I was a little confused about the ranges as I thought Icemerelda was ranged but then she was moving in close to the combatants. I also didn't notice positioning having a huge effect beyond "tank in front, mage in back" but maybe it matters more further into the game. The mix of battles and rewards was really satisfying, and I loved adding new party members and getting the cat treasure!
Absolutely love this! Definitely gonna wishlist. It delivers on the premise in a very satisfying way and I love the attack animation. Agree with Joerassic Park's comments. It'd also be nice to have a map and perhaps more branching paths. There are some variations of chess with special pieces (fairy chess and I can't remember the other one) so if you find you need more pieces to keep things fresh later on that'd be worth looking onto. But overall I really enjoyed this and I'm looking forward to release!!
Love this concept! I couldn't hear the music or sounds for some reason, but the game was quite fun. I guess you could say the gameplay really did it for me.
