No restart or checkpoint system kind of killed it for me. Also the sound effects can be very loud and are unbalanced with the music. I like that there was basically a track for every stage as well.
You should probably look into adjusting collisions, as the platforming is definitely wonky. Maybe also find a way to adjust music volume, or set it quitter overall.
As others have said, art is pretty good. And not only the art, but the general work put into the presentation. Not many attempt visual novel style games in jams either, so bonus for that.
My gripes are the inability to speed up or threw text and the fact that everything has so much delay.
my only complaints are that there are several times where you end up at a dead end and can't correct it meaning you have to restart, and the restart sound is a little but too loud.
Funny enough, I actually did make and post another very quick vampire survivor like game.
About the game speed, I usually have a habit of making it on the faster side, as I don't have enough skill or time to make more complex mechanics, graphics, or sound. So I make the gameplay fast and try to make it somewhat engaging to distract from that.
I personally really don't think there is too much happening, the objective is rather simple, if it got too slow it would be void of challenge.
Game is oddly fun to play but overall very simple and very short currently .
The big thing is the art style and general work put into both making it seem messy but still very quite appealing. The current animation work is also pretty nice.
Really like the use of 3D. Sound design is good if not a little unbalanced.
Enemies are also really hard to punch to death, because its hard to tell if you are hitting them, and it seems fists do almost no damage. The turn speed is a little slow. Because you can't aim with the mouse I would have personally tied the action to a key, or at least provided the option.
Also the enemies don't do anything, don't know if that was intentional or not.
Definitely one of the better games of the jam I have run into if only for the novelty of it all. However, there are definitely some issues I take. So many assets you grabbed looked completely out of place, either were scaled improperly or completely different styles. I also don't see any credit being given for some of these assets used. Its always important to give credit to the creators of free asset packs as a common courtesy.
Overall though very interesting and a A for the effort put in.
I couldn't complete the tutorial on PC because X button wouldn't charge shot, unless I was missing something. Also if you say no to living in the tutorial the game essentially soft locks.
I get the feeling that you didn't cap maximum speed, I ended up going so fast on accident that I couldn't regain control. Other than that and the being hard to control, its nice.
I like almost everything about this game, other than the controls. If you were going to tie your shooting mechanic to your ships orientation, you probably shouldn't make the same keys both move and rotate your ship. Other than that I liked it.
I do like the attempt at doing this in this game jam, but I feel the scope may have been to large for this. regardless I did feel there is a cool base for a game to be iterated upon.
I really like the general art direction, including the heavy use of various effects. It really makes everything come together and gives it a very cohesive style. I also generally like the gameplay, but really liked the many game feel elements on top, really makes it feel polished.
I don't know why or how you did it but the game has an unbearable amount of lag, However I do like the opening segment and the general main menu UI, even if it is a little slow.
I don't know why or how you did it but the game has an unbearable amount of lag, However I do like the opening segment and the general main menu UI, even if it is a little slow.
There are in-game instructions that go over what you need to do. All enemies have a red outline. The little grey you need to keep distance from, and also protect from the other enemies, you can get close to give it a blue shield that protects it from damage and heals it faster. The robots have more HP than all other enemy types, but move slower.
Unless you mean that the game is actively glitching? I am not sure, seemed fine playing from my browser and locally.
The game is also pretty difficult. Thanks for leaving a comment though.
For a first ever GameJam game I feel this is pretty impressive, only thing I think needs tweaking is the movement speed, feels a little to slow, but other than that everything is good.
Like so many others have said, the art is quite unique and there isn't really anything else like it in the jam that I have come across, I think the few things that could elevate it into a much better jam game were to introduce at least one music track, and maybe make the movement speed a little better.
