I’m happy you like the music, i spent a long time on it! I really like your suggestions saying that maybe a good “debuff” would be to buff your opponent. We’ve received a lot of feedback on the balance, so we have a lot to consider! Thanks for playing and the thoughtful write up!
As a metalhead, this is tight. Really well done on the music, definite Slayer and Testament vibes I feel! I'm trying to get a lot better at guitar so I can start incorporating riffs like this into the music I make for games as well!
Love the boss design too. I wish he had more attack patterns! Would've made for a super cool finale. Good work!
I really really enjoyed this one! The tutorial is slick, and the graphics are simple but very appealing! Normal was the perfect difficulty for me, finally outsmarting that goddamn cat was so rewarding lmaooo. And the vents, traps, and cockroaches are a nice touch. Keeps the gameplay feeling fresh, and allows for some smart outmaneuvers.
I guess my only suggestion would be to run your sound effects through an EQ. My ears are pretty sensitive, so I had had to turn it down.
Really great work though! And our game has a funny cockroach too!
the idea is very cool, good idea! Though, I wish there was audio!
Maybe there should be an indicator when the dough is in the bowl, cause I didn't realize it was in there a few times! And maybe you should be able to queue up more tasks in the process while other things are happening? Its a bit disappointing that all you can do while the microwave is running, is respond to orders.
Cool game! Though, it took my longer than I'd like to admit that W, S, A, D are all tied to unique resources, haha. Was just pushing W and was wondering why I could only see Sugar lol
Cool game! Though, it took my longer than I'd like to admit that W, S, A, D are all tied to unique resources, haha. Was just pushing W and was wondering why I could only see Sugar lol
The sound effects are super slick! Though, it really feels like it takes a long time to get a cool item in the shop! Maybe the risks should grant more points? They're pretty hard to get as is!
Really liked the thumbnail art for this game, so I'm happy I finally got around to playing it! I really liked this game! The concept is fun, and the audio and visual effects when charging and boost are super unique!
I have a few suggestions though! -Though sometimes I felt the controls were unresponsive, sometimes pressed "W", but I didn't go. Maybe I didn't wait long enough? Maybe in that case, if you press "W" early, you should have a shorter boost? -I reaallly didn't like how you completely stopped when you hit a wall. maybe colliding should just slow you down and/or throw off with direction you're headed? -Sorta similarly, when you run out of boost, I feel like some deceleration, instead of completely stopping, could go a long way. As of right down it feels a bit abrupt, so some tweaking might go a long way!
wow really really unique concept, i loved the audio and visual effects! honestly i didn't realize i had to retreat back to where I started at first, but once I figured that out, it was a lot of fun! We also have a spider in our game haha, spider games are guaranteed hits!
Hey our games are pretty similar! Great minds think alike! Game is a lot of fun. No idea how you were able to get other game jam games to work on the phone lol, that's insane. My only nitpick is that I wish there was music!
The vibes are definitely immaculate, love the visual style and music. Slot machine rougelike is a fun concept, and some of the ideas for new abilities are pretty interesting, like the +1 reel I got!
Had some thoughts tho. For one, it really felt like I was losing a lot more money than I should've been. And honestly, I really didn't feel like I was winning, like at all. Guess thats like real life tho haha Maybe the player shouldn't be able to bet super low?
The UI feels a bit of an afterthought, which is a shame, cause otherwise the game looks super good. The text often bleeds out of the text box, and the font doesn't feel like it fits? And sometimes it's not super clear to the player what the rewards of the pull actually mean, you feel me?
Hey I like the music! I think the premise is really neat, dodging asteroids.
-Took me a second to figure out the controls honestly, you reaaaally gotta move your mouse to turn. Game seems really really hard to master, but that might be a good thing! -The enemies are kind of hard to spot, I only knew they were there cause they were shooting at me. Maybe make them bigger, and/or give them a more stand out color? -Sometimes when I thought I was near-missing the asteroids, it felt like it wasn't registering. Maybe expand its radius a bit? Tho not sure on that one, cause the near-misses I did register were incredibly satisfying. -Oh and maybe there should be an arrow directing you back to the play area if you leave it? Sometimes when I got dis-orientated it was hard to navigate back. -Also, maybe there could be cooler rewards for risking? I feel like new weapons would be fun
Really nice Hotline Miami inspired game! Can't go wrong with that, it was a lot of fun. The theming was cool, love how the execute looks and sounds. Really liked the music track too. Game was hard, but I beat it!
A few things: Maybe there should be a bit of a difficulty curve? it does kinda feel like it just throws you in. Not that its a complete bad thing, its fun. Sometimes my executes weren't registering when I pushed space, had to shimmy around a bit. More enemy variety and different weapons would've been cool as well.
Always bet on right. I liked the visual style! I think a tutorial would be super super beneficial. I read the description a few times, but I was a bit lost on the mechanics.
I really love the artstyle! It's super charming! And the combat is really really unique, I've never seen combat rely around an inventory management system, so good job coming up with that.
I will say, I think a tutorial would be nice. I was a bit lost on my first few runs. And during the second round of one run, the game all of a sudden just stopped working. It didn't crash or anything, just no one could attack anymore.
The audio is great! Love you added an undo button, I feel like a lot of these types of puzzle games don't have something like that, it felt very intuitive to use
$552! Game is simple, fits the theme well, and is pretty fun! Maybe adding obstacles like incoming traffic would be fun to add a bit more of a challenge?
I think the concept is pretty cool, and it definitely fits the theme pretty well. But yeah- game is extremely difficult. By the time I've actually managed to get a heal off- the enemy's already attacked again, and he hurts lmao. Audio would definitely be nice, even if its as simple as when the enemy attacks, when you fail a combo, and when you succeed at a combo. I'd also play around with the inputs- there were a lot of times I tried to push the attack button early and nothing happened, or the arrows overlapped with the existing arrows. But I really like the rhythm game concept, can definitely go far with it!
We made a gambling game too! This one is pretty cool, reminds me of marble races I used to watch, or the brainrot videos with random characters as balls lol. I exploited the shit out of Steel Ball and Kamikaze, and my boy Fitzgerald got over a billion dollars! Audio is nice too.
Honestly game is super cool as is, my only gripe is that it is waaay too easy. Like the cards are soo powerful that you can just bet all your money and get Top 3 99% of the time. Not say you should nerf the cards or anything, but maybe the other balls can use abilities too? And maybe you shouldn't be able to click when to start, as you can get a super big lead if you time it right.
A minor bug I noticed, is that the color I picked swapped to a different color after the first round? Oh and, it would be nice if I could change the card order at the bottom. I wanted my active abilities to be next to each other!
Honestly, pretty cool game. Fit the theme well. Really really sick gameplay loop. Though, maybe "E" isn't the best interact button, since pulling an object and moving to the right felt really awkward. And also, I found that just pushing the object instead of pulling it worked and felt a lot better lmaooo. In fact, I was able to push the heavy rare biscuits without the strength upgrade lol
A few suggestions: Maybe make the tutorial more interactive? As of right now it feels like its throwing an insane amount of information at you at once, and I had to read through the tutorial a few times to understand what was going on. Honestly, I was kid of confused when I won or lost, I just don't think I understood the rules of the game enough lol. And a small nitpick, when my cookies were in the thousands, I once had a amount that appeared to be the same amount as the upgrade, but I couldn't upgrade. Maybe you should round to the hundreds once you get that high? Overall, the game was pretty fun though, and the leaderboard is a good idea!
Pretty cool concept, I liked it, reminds me of Flappy Golf! Simple and cool level design, really makes you think outside the box. Though I straight up think this level is impossible lol, unless I'm being dumb. Which is a shame cause I would've liked to try the other levels shown in the screenshots!
Thank you so much! We were really crunching on the project haha. And good point about the web version; you can click settings and then fullscreen to make it display larger, but I'll mess around with it. Thanks for playing!
Hey you made a game with a spider too! The backgrounds and animations are super super slick, and overall the game just looks super dope. The furthest I got was the One-hit Challenging, before i decided to move on. I love bullet hell games, so I was super excited to try this one, but i just felt like it wasn't difficult enough, or there weren't enough variety in the attacks for only one boss fight. But the current attacks in the game are pretty cool! Tho it took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize there was a shop lol, it wasn't until i got to the one-hit difficulties tho. Was hard for me to understand how it all applies to the theme thought unfortunately, despite the cool boss fight. But overall, I enjoyed it!
Yeah good point; we discussed adding that, but it didnt make the final cut! Will definitely be added in a future update. Thanks for playing tho, and I'm glad u enjoyed it!
Hey another person who made a bug game! I liked it, enough to beat Distract and Conquer! Very Pikmin esque, based around paths. Cool concept. Honestly, you should've just used the song from Stage 3 for the whole game, cause I fuckin loved that song lol. I really liked the level design on the last 2 stages! Though, maybe you should've made the last enemy's speed faster on the last level, because I didn't even use the soldier ants, my carrier ants were able to outrun the boss when it was chasing them lmaoo
A couple nitpicks: A couple times I had the cookie glitch out, it would've been nice for the enemies to have unique animations, and maybe a little more complex AI, kind of like how it is in Pikmin. Maybe the ants shouldn't drop what they're carrying when you remake a path? sometimes I got slightly impatient and it was a little annoying
Do you know the definition of insanity? Well it's repeatedly placing your boxes on top on the car and wondering why they keep falling off. Is the driver stupid?
In all seriousness, this game is super slick. I fuckin love Crazy Taxi, and this is just like that, except this driver needs to get a new car. This game is super tough, but honestly really well fleshed out.
I love the debuffs, they're so funny. One run I had both Dsylexia and Disorientation... that's fucked up. And "Can't turn Right" is diabolical.
Some nitpicks: I kind of hate how zoomed in the camera is, can you make it so you can zoom out a bit? In my opinion, you should add a separate arrow for the gas station when you're low on gas, cause I got lost and ran out of gas. And maybe you should spruce up the tutorial a bit lol. It's kinda barren
One of my favorites of the jam so far. I think I'm gonna keep playing
Hey it's my first game jam too! Gotta say the vibes are super cool, yeah its like Inscryption of course, but also all the runes are super intriguing too. Honestly the "risk" didn't feel super clear to the player at first, like why not just keep playing?
Woah the music is actually insane. Love the visual style too. The gameplay is A LOT of fun, and really challenging. I love the combos you can do, really spruces it up and adds an extra layer of depth. Was able to beat the boss, I really liked the gameplay it was super unique, would love to play more of it tbh
Really like the monochrome art style, and the music is a vibe. And overall, really neat idea. But during the platforming section, it felt like I was sliding off of biscuits when I shouldn't. Made the game a lot more difficult, so might be worth tweaking
Ok this game fuckin rules. My favorite of the jam so far. Definite High Dragun from Enter the Gungeon vibes. The song is a fuckin bop- as a songwriter its really cool to see you incorporate all these 8-bit sounds in such a cool way that makes sense musically. Taking notes.
As for the gameplay- I beat it on Easy, got 194260. Perfect difficulty for me, I love bullet hell games. The storing power mechanic is cool- but in practice it kind of feels like it comes down to luck, whether you can afford to stay still for so long you can just one-shot the Cooking King? Not saying you should change it, just giving my thoughts. I think you should add (more?) invincibility when hit, since I took damage immediately again after taking damage.
Hard is insane, I lowkey do want to give it my best shot but the one life is so so punishing. I do really like the attack patterns of hard, but I kind of wish they were also in easy? Idk. For me, I feel like the difficulties could be combined, cause I like the variety of hard, but the health of easy. Or maybe you could just bump the health to 2. Not sure what is best for the game.
In short, really enjoyed your game, would love to see more bosses
Ok this game is sick, love the art and mechanics! One small nitpick is that once you place your minions, maybe there should be an indicator if it's a player minion? I felt like the battles could be a bit hard to follow since I was placing my minions all over the place.
