Play SparKade
SparKade's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| SOUNDS / MUSIC | #327 | 1.354 | 1.833 |
| ART / VISUALS | #352 | 1.600 | 2.167 |
| FUN | #358 | 1.231 | 1.667 |
| CONTROLS | #364 | 1.354 | 1.833 |
| Overall | #375 | 1.169 | 1.583 |
| USE OF THEME | #383 | 0.739 | 1.000 |
| BOSS DESIGN | #387 | 0.739 | 1.000 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game's take on the theme
Exchange score for upgrades to better defeat enemies. Just about everything you do is in exchange for heating up.
Did your team create the vast majority of art and music during the game jam?
Everything except a texture or two, music, and sound effects. Art: yes, Music: no
Did your game use PlusMusic?
No
Did your game use Playroom?
No
Did your game use generative AI art?
No, although I did use ChatGPT to help debug code when I got stuck.
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Comments
I Found Problem In Controls, It's Difficult, The Rotation of Camera So Fast, But The Atmosphere It's Cool Remeber Me In Arcade Game, I Don't Know Where Is The Theme of The Jam, Anyway Good Job Continue.
I have patched the control issue and am waiting for the jam to end to drop the update, which will also fix some other issues so stay tuned :)
The game uses the theme in 2 ways: Exchanging score for points in the Shop (open via pause menu) and exchanging firing weapons, boosting, and shielding for heat production. If you count the weapon types with different stats then that's 3 ways. But yeah, it's not really much of a "boss rush" specifically...
Camera could definitely use a bit of smoothing, its a bit jerky and sensitive atm. Otherwise I feel like the mechanics work well together and the general presentation could definitely fit for a full release. Reminds me of classic arcade schmups, but 3D which is neat.
I had the same crashing problem as one user below - Windows 10. Pity, was really looking forward to playing a good shooter.
Sorry to hear that, but I think I know what may be causing the issue and have fixed it. Turns out there was a script in the menu that sometimes decides not to compile. If that's it, the fix will be live after the jam is over... if not, the best help I can offer is "turn it off and back on again", or check how you are extracting the files.
The game play is pretty fun and I like the aesthetic a lot. My only issue is it doesn't feel that much like a boss rush? More like a wave based game. Great job tho
Yeah, I didn't have time to add all the bosses I wanted in before the jam closed, I was more focused on building a solid game.
I can see the potential here, the game reminds me of some classic Arcade's from the 80s. I think the main thing that doesn't work for me is the mouse controls (a bit too strong on the camera), and the lack of objective or mechanics besides shooting. I see that there is a heat meter but it never fills, so I don't get the point. With a little bit more time on the oven this could be really great. Keep at it!
By any chance did you upgrade your heat cooldown? You can upgrade it infinitely and if it's high enough you basically don't have to worry about heat anymore.
No, I didn't know how so that can't be the problem.
I'll patch that and add some "How to Play" text then, and maybe a slider for mouse sensitivity in the pause menu. Expect an update within the hour!
I think you can't update it once the jam period is done, but I could be wrong.
I did at least figure out the problem with heat... as it was, the single laser didn't produce enough heat to overcome the cooldown force. I beefed that up a bit as well as added a mouse sensitivity slider and a how to play menu. Now hopefully it'll let me update...
hmm not sure if its just for me but it keeps crashings on me after the unity splashscreen
That's unfortunate... what platform are you on? How did you download the game?
It might be a problem on my end but it could be you did something wrong; I downloaded and played the game after uploading it to check for just that issue and it worked fine.
Right off the top of my head, how did you open the game? If you just open SparKade.exe outside of the folder then it won't work, you need to unzip the UnityPlayer and create a shortcut for Sparkade.exe.
Hopefully some of that helps :)
im on windows, i just tried downloading it again still only plays two notes of the song then exits on me
and i unzipped the whole thing
I think I may have given faulty instructions... I'll check and should have a fix fairly soon, by the end of the day at the very latest.
no worries just let me know ☺️
When you unzip the folder and run the game, you should select "Extract all Files" if the option shows up. That's about the best I can figure.
yeah I usually have no problem with unity I opened another one not to long after , I'll definitely try to give my comp some updates and try again this one looks up my alley lol
I could play the game no problem, I'm on a PC.
so weird must just be a me problem then !