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How does your game represent "Power"?
As the sole energy company in the galaxy, the demands for our product are incredibly high, which is why it is important to make sure we can supply enough power to meet demand. No normal energy sources are strong enough for this task save for one - Vexalite. Vexalite is the most powerful source of energy we've ever found, the only problem is that it only exists on one planet.
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Really fun game, the environments were beautiful and the concept is really fun! The upgrades were also fun to unlock and try out in future missions, overall amazing game!
kinda fun, needs some better ux on tutorial
Clearly there was a high level of effort put into this. I wanted to like it very much, but I ended up kind of frustrated...
- First off, there aren't instructions on buttons other than the prompt to press E. Which increased the issues below...
- The beginning pistol feels kind of weak relative to how many enemies you have to fight off. So the first level feels pretty bad. It doesn't help that you have to keep clicking very fast to shoot things. Maybe it's just my taste, but I feel like if you have to shoot constantly it would be better to let us hold it down, or maybe spawn fewer enemies on the first level so we can get to the first gun upgrade earlier. But shooting the enemies with the pistol felt more like work than fun, and you have to clear at least the first level that way unless I'm missing something. Sure it's the first gun, but killing enemies should still be fun with the first weapon - after all it's the first impression people will have of your game.
- I was trying to find a way to spawn turrets with the nanites due to the above and the instruction manual and could not figure out how to do it. I thought it was a key issue. Then I found you have to unlock it and it costs $70. I would make this a default ability and then give you a crappy turret and you could spend money to power it up. Otherwise the nanite pods are spawning and you collect them, but you can't do anything with them and don't understand why. Plus it would alleviate my pistol pain.
- I bought two pistols thinking I would dual wield but it still only shot one. So I'm not sure what the point of letting you have two at once is.
Maybe it's just me but I really tried for like 20 minutes to get into this and it never clicked. But it looks great and I think you have some good systems there if you can tweak the balance or whatever. Good luck on the game jam!
Thanks for the feedback! We were pretty rushed near the end so we didn't have time to put very many pointers or information or to adjust the balancing much. As far as the nanites go though, you are able to place some basic defenses at the start without buying anything, you just have to equip the tablet and click somewhere near you, hope that helps?
Maybe you can edit the game page to add some instructions on how to do that? I pressed every button but I saw no tablet or equipment screen. I am probably just dumb though. But I want your game to be successful so the more info you can give new players the better.
If you can add a bit more info on controls/how to play to the game page where I feel I got the pieces I was missing earlier, I will replay the game and update the score if it ends up being more enjoyable. I want to give you a fair shake. But only because it seems such a high level of effort was put in, I'm giving it a second chance, since communicating how to play the game to players is pretty important. But I feel you on the rush. Me too.
That's a good idea, I slapped a few controls/ tips on the itch page, I'm working on more at the moment, thanks for the feedback, hopefully that helps
Sick game, but mission 2 is impossible. I cannot turn down the economy upgrade.
I like the idea, remind me of Helldivers! I might have did something wrong but buying new items did not work for me
I figured out you have to click and hold the item you want to purchase.
Oh that makes sense, okay so I will make a comeback to this title in a while :) thanks
hehe no problem!
Fantastic work! Very addictive game loop. I think I misspent by buying the shop discount. I went into day 2 with just the pistol and got steam rolled. Definitely one I'll have to revist and see if I can't get further into.