Alright! I should probably add I understand the decision since it's the modern standard for camera controls. (Old gamer here who grew up with inverted as default.)
Being able to see ghost opponents is fine, but it's hard to study their lines in real-time; especially when you're whipping around corners and can't see how someone managed a faster line and slingshot ahead of you.
It would be nice to have a replay mode that allowed you to view your own and other players' races to study where you could possibly improve.
The game runs way too fast to use any strategy, (even if it's rather simple.) I think game ticks should be slower, and add the ability to pause. Plus, it should be possible to send multiple groups of ants out instead of waiting.
Is it a bug that sometimes food items have no HP/SP/BP appear and give you nothing?
PS: This game has gotten 10 times harder lately! I can barely make it through 4 floors now let alone 15! x.x
PPS: It's not just items, but enemies that sometimes do nothing. That may be good for the player, but I'm still questioning if this is a bug or a feature.
PPPS: I made it past floor 15! (I'm starting to get tired of these minor edits. XD)
Now, with a title like MIDI Ski Lobster, and the ability to use your own MIDI files in the game, the obvious choice here is to download a MIDI of Rock Lobster by the B52's! (I wouldn't be surprised if you did this yourself!)
I was assuming the latter since that's how it's handled in Mappy. (It's also this way in the Famicom version which shows lives as a number.)
Also, slightly related: I don't believe I've seen a game that uses icons to indicate lives include your current life in the counter. I could be wrong, but all that I've seen use icons to show your remaining lives.
Very good recreation, but there's a bug that gives you one fewer lives than you should have; you're given a Game Over if you miss with one life remaining.
It's not mentioned in the rules, but new dice generated will never have more sides than what's shown on the die you used to roll with. Moreover, if a die lands on a 2, that die will always land on 2 and effectively never be destroyed.
I suggest a new rule that prevents dice from ever having fewer than 3 sides, even if it lands on a 2 or a 1 so there's always a risk a die might get destroyed.
The controls are a little obtuse. (Not being explained didn't help.)
WSAD for steering and LMB to fire? Why are we using the mouse if there's no mouse aim?
I'd recommend changing fire to SPACE and adding the arrow keys as an alternate for movement. (I believe this would be preferred for 2D games that don't use the mouse.)
The middle mouse button doesn't seem to work. I even disabled an addon I have that changes how the button scrolls the page, but no effect. No alternative controls, (e.g., arrow keys), for scrolling either.
I like the idea, but I'd like to be able to move around properly.
Good concept, but the time limit is way too short, and you don't even receive an extension for deliveries. I can barely manage 2 even when boosting most the time!
Also, unrelated, but did anyone else see "Sweet Tooth" and was half expecting to see Needles Kane somewhere in this?
Hm. I haven't touched Unity in a long time, let alone for mobile. Guess I didn't think of that.
And yes, a simple switch would be fine, or even an automatic one that hides the touch UI when keyboard/gamepad input is detected and unhides when touch is detected for seamless switching. (The latter situation likely more niche, but I could imagine a mobile user switching between having their device rested on a table al la a Nintendo Switch and then putting their gamepad down to take their phone with them.)
Welp, that's one way to end a run. The game is a nice time waster, but it has a reverse difficulty curve with the number of balls you have per stage quickly becomes more than you need.
Then why is it HTML5? You can access this either on mobile or PC. If this is meant for mobile, then include an APK to download since there's less overhead running an app that way instead of inside a mobile browser. And at least accommodate PC players as well and those few people out there who have a gamepad paired to their phone.
A classic returns! Though, I don't remember the AI being so favored in situations where both wrestlers' heads touch the ground at the same time.
Other than that, it's as zany as I remember!
Also, add in a quick rematch key to skip the RED/BLUE WINS screen and jump into another series instantly. Oh, and an option to adjust series length, eg 2 out of 3 or 10 out of 19 instead of only having 5 out of 9.
It's still tricky, but I was able to shoot down a few ships before I got destroyed and the one that got me I felt was on my mistake. I can definitely get into a rhythm to last longer through practice.
That definitely helps. However enemy ships are still too fast and near impossible to outmaneuver. I would suggest a larger screen, but seeing as this was a GBJam entry, that'd break the given limitation. There should be some way the player can realistically see an incoming threat while there's still time to react and for the player to swing around and shoot the enemy when they come from behind.
There also appears to be a new bug with parts being placed 90° clockwise from how they show in the menu after restarting the game.
If I can make a gameplay suggestion, I think the stamina check should be placed after certain events like finding a merchant or reaching the exit to allow "by the skin of their teeth" type moments where you hit such a space at 0 stamina, but are able to receive an item to bring you back if one appears.
The player could still lose if, example, it's a merchant and they can't afford a stamina recovery potion or it's the exit and the only stamina recovery item offered also puts them at max belly. Or of course no stamina recovery item is available at all or the player neglects to choose one.
...What?