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A jam submission

Planet Alpha-BetaView game page

Conquer Planet Alpha-Beta with deadly POWER combinations!
Submitted by akoreyu, ElanMakesGames (@elan_rubin), Tacocat122 — 15 minutes, 31 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#963.9733.973
Presentation#1503.9193.919
Fun#2033.3513.351
Originality#2613.5143.514

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
The different combinations of letters P, O, W, E, and R completely determine your power in the game.

Any number of Ps, Os, and Ws loaded into a bullet shell will combine to create bullets with different effects.

P-iercing power determines how many enemies your bullets can hit
O-ffense power determines the damage of your bullets
W-arping power determines how many fragments your bullets shoot out
E-nergy is your health
R-oll power is how many times you can dodge roll

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Submitted(+1)

nice game and have a good idea 🔥 i hope you will rate my game 😊🧡

Submitted(+1)

I Got PPPPPPOOOWWWWWEEEEEEEE R, Only One "R" Haha!!

Submitted(+1)

probably the best use of the theme I have seen very smart to make each letter have a different property. this may just be a skill issue on my part but it took me like 5 minutes to figure out how to start the game with the drag and drop lol

Developer

Hey thanks for playing the game, I am glad you enjoyed it. Also, definitely not a skill issue on your part, more of a "we didn't playtest the UI before submitting" on my part haha. The start screen seems to be the hardest part of the game 

Submitted(+2)

That music slaps! It definitely made the destruction feel that much better. Having a ton of bullets going out at once was very satisfying. I look forward to seeing more levels or more terrains to conquer. Nice work!

Submitted(+2)

interesting twist with drag and drop mechanics, well balanced and polished game. and the graphics are just great!

Submitted(+2)

yessss, the moment when you get so powerful that everytime the enemies spawn, my fps slows down (in a good way) and makes me feel more powerful.

Submitted(+2)

unique upgrade system and fun gameplay, nice submission!

Submitted(+2)

I dig it! The music was nice and the upgrading system was unique! Well done!

Submitted(+2)

Really fun gameplay loop and creative use of the theme. Once I understood the upgrades system the game really opened up

Submitted(+2)

I Like the music in this game.
The graphics were also pretty tight.

The Controlls felt a bit akward at first
Overall very nice game

Submitted(+2)

While I couldn't really make the bullet mechanic work (although I love the idea of combining and creating your own bullets) I do find the presentation to be very nice and the overall playability to be good!

Submitted(+2)

Good art and music, I'm dumb so it took me too long to understand the letters mechanic lol

Submitted(+2)

Gorgeous pixel art! Unfortunately my game kept glitching so I didn't make it super far.

Submitted(+2)

very cool and easy to pick up

Submitted(+2)

Nailed the classic arcade feel from the graphics to the tight gameplay and awesome mechanics!

Submitted(+2)

Brilliant game. Love the look and felt fun and smooth to play. 10/10

Developer

Thank you for playing. Love that you liked the game!

Submitted(+2)

this was great! looks and sounds really good, one of my faves so far, good job! :D

Developer

Thank you so much! I am glad you had fun :)

Submitted(+2)

Good game! Once you get a bullet that has a ton of characters, it becomes a lot of fun to shred enemies. I like how the enemies also look like the POWER characters, and the theming is overall great. There isn't really an incentive to make multiple bullets as having one with 5 Ps, Os, and Ws kills everything in a few seconds. Actually, having 5 POW bullets lost me the round as I went from shredding all enemies to killing one per shot. But overall great work!

Developer

Hey, I am glad you enjoyed the game! Thank you for your feedback and I am sorry you lost the round with that combo. We will definitely try to balance the combinations better when we get the chance.

Submitted(+2)

Thanks to your first comment I managed to start the game. I took me some time to understand it, but the gameplay is awesome. Great idea with appealing visuals, but it is hard to understand in the beginning.

Developer

Hey! Thanks for playing the game and I am glad you enjoyed the gameplay. I apologize for the UI problems, we will try to update a build that fixes all those issues as soon as the game jam ends!

Submitted(+2)

visually appealing at first, I really like the art, I really like the idea of loading bullets, but as soon as I got in I clicked a menu and couldnt close it :(

Developer (1 edit)

Yeah, the start menu seems to be not as intuitive as we first thought, I apologize. You should drag and drop the letters "P, O, W, E, R" into the empty bullet shell (not the ones with POW already in it) to start the game. 
If you meant the Loadout menu. You can just press E again to close the Loadout menu

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