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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| FUN | #12 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
| Overall | #20 | 3.346 | 3.346 |
| SOUND/MUSIC | #21 | 3.475 | 3.475 |
| BOSS DESIGN | #22 | 3.450 | 3.450 |
| USE OF THEME | #34 | 2.950 | 2.950 |
| CONTROLS | #35 | 3.025 | 3.025 |
| ART/VISUALS | #40 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game's take on the theme
You start with no weapons! Use makeshift weapons, the environment, your smarts to overcome adversity.
Does your game utilize the PlusMusic plugin?
No
Did you use any third-party plugins other than PlusMusic?
No
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Great pixel art, and the 2.5D perspective is so cool, though the shield recharge speed could be faster as the windows for using it are quite small, maybe to compensate the bullets themselves could be faster as well.
It was sort of very difficult, I didn't get that you could throw the items backwards or in any direction for a long time.
a lot of fun and nice mechanic. Great made game. Every new scenario is more difficult and there are no real issues i could found
Pretty nice game! Art is well polished and consistent. Good use of the theme too!
By far the best looking game i have seen. I came across a bug before i was about to fight the second boss and it i was unable to play it until i restarted.
Love the 2.5D aspect. I agree with others that charging your shield, while a cool mechanic, takes too long. I was unable to beat the 2nd boss with a few attempts. Looks great though! You should be proud.
The Game looks super fun and really good, the music and sound effect works great with the art style, the controls feel good and it was nice to see a game that it was playable with controls.
The second boss doesn't give you enough time to charge your card medal, I couldn't beat him, a shame because I really wanted to finish the game without using the chapter selection menu
The controls are not that great, at least with a gamepad, I died in the 3rd boss a lot of times because the jump button refused to work when needed.
The Chad boss lines were a nice detail, but that extra thing didnt returned for the other 2 bosses
It was cool to see that to defeat the Eye boss you need to use the environment, the aesthetic /graphics were great!
I only wish the game had better controls
Ok! This is definitely one of the best ones I've played so far. I remembered this one from the discord channel, because of 2.5 graphics. So, lets get to my random thoughts!
Loved the art style, loved the music! No notes here :)
Bosses were great! Every single one was distinct, every one had readable attacks. It took me several tries to beat them, so difficulty felt perfect for me.
Hey! We both had bodubuilder bosses with spinny attacks! Cool!
If I had to nitpick- just three things:
I guess you could've went harder on the theme- makeshiftness (real word, you don't need to check) is more thematic than gameplay based.
The game ended too suddenly- some "You won" screen would be nice!
The first bosses' lines were funny enough for me to chuckle loud enough to wake my daughter up, so I had to stop playing and go to her.
Over all, again, one of my favorites so far.
Keep up the good work!
Appreciate the detailed feedback! Thank you for the kudos! You know I'm a programmer by trade, and I've received a lot of appreciation for the art, so I'm really happy about that :D
I agree, with you on your points! Fun fact, one of the things I wanted to add is the player being more obvious in terms of 'makeshift' and it'll be a funny moment where you think the player is losing, but he'll end up just going 'full makeshift' and just using the environment around him:
Carry PILLARS, carry TREES, carry the environment :D But had to trim down the scope!
I agree with the You Won screen :) Wish I could have added some sort of story as well. Glad you liked the lines from the first boss - that was a last minute addition :D
Full makeshift sounds awesome. In fact- one of the first things I did during the first fight was trying to pick up the furniture!
nice art ! like 3d !