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A jam submission

NebulastView game page

Hold off the enemy ships as long as you can.

Submitted by Squidman4 — 4 hours, 10 minutes before the deadline

Rated by 7 people so far

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How does the game fit the theme?
This game uses the jam's theme during a wave's completion. Upon competing a wave, the player can choose to say "nothing can go wrong..." before picking a buff that will almost certainly make everything go wrong. I will admit, not the best implementation of the theme, but I couldn't think of a better one.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
The only assets not created during the jam are the ships. Code not created during the jam is saving the game, but I did reformat it entirely for this.

How many people worked on the game?
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dimartSubmitted1 day ago

For some reason the layout was a bit off but I finished the level anyway! The retro style reminded me a bit of the game my team and I made for the competition, check it out! :)

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Death can't go wrong

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Squidman4Developer13 hours ago

Thanks for playing! That looks like a screen resolution error, the game was made for 1080p and it looks like you're using 4K. That's just what I think happened. I'll totally take a look at your game! Thanks again!

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QbitsSubmitted7 days ago

That was fun! I like the idea of running out of ammo in a shmup. That's original. The meteres were hard to figure out but still an enjoyable experiance. Well done.

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To Sail Upon a Sea of Stars 2: On a Shore, in a Storm

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Squidman4Developer7 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! I took a lot of inspiration from the arcade space shooters like Galaga, and thought being able to shoot without any worry is a little too powerful, so rather than a cooldown, I added an ammo bar (the red one). I definitely could have explained the bars a lot better, and I will go do that on the main page.

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QbitsSubmitted7 days ago

Would really appreciate it if you try out my game and give me some feedback too. Thanks

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caudiciformSubmitted8 days ago

A fun little shooter. It's interesting to have ammo run out on the weapon which isn't normally a thing in these kinds of games, or at least the ones I've played. It took me a long time to figure out what the different meters meant, there were so many of them. I started going out of my way to get hit just so I could know which one was health. It wasn't clear to me what the "nothing can go wrong" choice did. Maybe there were more ships in the next wave?

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Ship Happens

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Squidman4Developer7 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! I think I explained how the meters work on the actual page (and if not I'll go update that now), but I definitely could have explained it better within the game itself. The "nothing can go wrong" option brings the style (yellow) bar up by about 50%.

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Turtle2sdaySubmitted10 days ago

Cool art and the gameplay is pretty solid!

I only wish the rain particles had been smaller - it makes it hard to tell where the enemy bullets are!

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Space Monkey

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Squidman4Developer9 days ago

Thanks for playing! Looking back now, I do agree the particles are a little big, thanks for the feedback!

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