I really like the concept, it is very exciting to play. Visuals and music are amazing. I see a lot of potential in this, and I'd like to play completed game in the future. Great job!
The game has so much content for a game jam entry! It was really fun to play. The game is quite difficult and I wish that melee combat would be a bit easier. Overall, the game is very good and I enjoyed a lot!
Visuals are impressive, sounds are also great! Gameplay is solid, however, the way how health system is working is a bit confusing (sometimes saws kill me instantly, while the other times they just hit me for 1 hp). The idea of playing the same level twice but rotated is cool, I like it! Nice job!
Nice game! I think that bullets are too fast and sometimes it is quite hard to overrun the flying enemy. Also some sounds and visual effects for hitting an enemy or getting hit could make combat system more alive.
The game is great and fun to play. Visuals are amazing! However, there is a small issue: some of the environment sprites (red carpet, walls, chest, etc.) have higher z-order than the player sprite. Overall, nice job!
Nice game! Visuals are great, I love the sword model and animations. Theme is a bit vague. There are some issues with the combat: quite often I jumped on the enemy models during the fights. I wish there would be some kind of progression because right now every level looks the same. Overall, I enjoyed playing it for some time.
Game is cool and relaxing! I love the idea, visuals and sounds. However, I couldn't move the camera horizontally for some reasons (I guess it because of the 16:10 display)
Cool concept! When I was thinking about the theme I thought about something similar for some time! I wish there were some hints about what different robots could do because I figured about purple robot only by accident. Music and art style are great!
Good concept! It has a lot of potential but some things should be adjusted:
It would be nice if the camera moved slightly in the direction of the mouse cursor (to make aiming easier)
Enemies shake too much. I am not sure if this is intended, but it doesn't feel right to me
All the features that you listed on your page (especially the sounds and music) are must have, but I understand that usually it is hard to do everything during the jam
Such a cool concept! Reminds me a bit of Islanders game but more minimalistic. Music and visuals are awesome, the game itself is very relaxing and addictive! Great job!
Hey, great game! The gameplay is engaging and has a bit of the strategy in it. I love how the last character becomes mini boss for the next run. Also, music and art are also nice!
Nice game, but theme is a bit vague. I like the levels, they are creative and fun. I feel that jumps are a bit off and at first time I didn't quite understand where am I located in the world due to small FOV. But I enjoyed playing your game!
Fun game. The concept is interesting but I wish I could leave more bodies than just one. Also, I died multiple times in the air and the body just left airborne. Art style and sfx are great!
The game is nice and engaging! Quite hard, though. I felt like difficulty scales much faster than I'm progressing (I was only on the 2nd main building level when Maelstrom happened). The visuals and music are amazing!
I also caught bug with negative values on my first run
Hey! I'm amazed at your willingness to give thoughtful feedback, it's quite noble. I'm trying to do it myself but usually I end up with 1 generic paragraph about my impressions :( Feel free to check our game: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-9/rate/1932578
The story is so amazing and developed! It is quite rare on the game jams. Visuals and music are also nice. Soul card bug is quite annoying and distracts from the reading but otherwise than that it is a great entry!
I'm glad that you liked the atmosphere. I am sorry that you are confused with the gameplay, I'll try to explain how to play in depth.
You have the main building. It needs oil, and if it doesn't have oil - you lose (there is "Pressure" indicator that shows you how much oil is flowing into the main building).
You can place buildings. When you try to place it on a smokey-thing, it will become an oil pump. If you try to place it on the plain ground - it will be an oil tank. Oil pump, as you can guess, pumps oil. Oil tank serves as conjunction and it may store a small amount of oil in case of anything.
You can connect two buildings with pipes. It allows oil to flow from node with more oil to the node with less. You need it to feed your main building with oil.
You can build simultaneously only small amount of buildings (at start only 1). When you try to place multiple buildings at the same moment, the ones closer to the main building will be constructed first. Buildings are not functional when they are in the process of construction.
Buildings can be damaged by various disasters (UFO, asteroids, tornadoes). Damaged buildings are not functional, but they will be repaired automatically in the same order as described in the previous part. It means that you might want to have multiple ways for oil to flow from every pump to the main building. Also you want to have more pumps, than your main building currently needs because they will eventually get damaged and stop working for some time.
Long pipes are easier to get damaged, so it is usually better not to connect far pumps directly to the main building, but to make intermediate oil tanks and connect through them.
Pipes can not intersect each other or other nodes (including smoking oil deposits)
You can upgrade buildings. Every upgrade gives your buildings more HP and also pumps will pump more oil. Main building also can be upgraded. Every upgrade of the main building gives you opportunity to construct more buildings simultaneously, but it will also consume more oil per second.
The goal is to upgrade the main building to level 9
I hope it will help you to figure out the gameplay (if you will give it a try again).
Nice game! I feel like after death camera should return a bit faster, especially if death happened far from the ship. But other than this it is great and well polished, and I enjoyed playing your game!
Great job with your first game jam! Idea is quite unique and I like it! However, music hurts my ears in the glitching parts. Also, it is not quite obvious that player can control with the mouse, it would be nice to leave some kind of hint for that in game itself (I figure this out only after reading the description of the game).
I've been in many game jams already both solo and with the team. People are almost always positive in game jams, this is what I love about them. The main advice about the game jams is to try something new and have fun! Simple as that. Also, it is important to keep your scope short, because there is not so much time to make a large game with plenty of mechanics. Better focus on polishing your game, so it would be nice to play for other people.
Theme is a bit vague, but all the other stuff is amazing! Game is so relaxing and I like the music. The concept is also quite unique. I love it! Great job
The concept is cool but it doesn't work really well, because you can just stand still for a few seconds to make it easier for the future self to beat. Also I don't quite like the table with the juice, because a lot of times I ended up with juice falling down from the level. Otherwise than that, it is fun to play
Fighting feels strange, since you can just spam with clicks. Also it is a bit weird to find dead end in the right side of the map, while the objective is in the left end. But overall, great entry!
Game is fun but it is not always obvious what every button does. I figure this out eventually, but it might be improved. Also the music is playing only in the left ear
