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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #127 | 4.081 | 4.081 |
| Overall | #148 | 3.698 | 3.698 |
| Theme | #168 | 3.946 | 3.946 |
| Fun | #180 | 3.662 | 3.662 |
| Game Design | #235 | 3.676 | 3.676 |
| Innovation | #307 | 3.473 | 3.473 |
| Audio | #341 | 3.351 | 3.351 |
Ranked from 74 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
The Player is able to shoot and REWIND his/her Bullets.
Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, we made everything (aside from 2 sounds) ourselves.
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Fast action and great scary mood!
Thanks!!
Amazing game idea. I didn’t played it completely but it lacks a good tutorial. I had to figure out that I’m suppose to rewind bullet to kill them and not kill them by just shooting. Interesting game though.
Thank you :)
Really great visuals and awesome atmosphere. I really enjoyed the game. The mechanics were very unique and the controls also felt very good to play around with. I have really no negative comment to give.
Could you please take the time to rate my game too? Its not as good as yours but I would be highly grateful if you rated it.
Thank you so much for your feedback! Of course I will give you feedback too :3
Thank you so much.
Very cool concept! I felt like a master of deception rigging the dugeons with bullet traps, then luring the monsters into a corner to activate them (although half of the time I would set a trap on myself cause I'm trash). It was fun, great job on the graphics too! I hope you plan on expanding this :D
Haha sounds really cool!! I widh I saw more people playing it in a video or so^^ Im glad you had fun, im kinda busy nowadays sadly, so i dont know a 100% about expanding yet, but i fixed lot of bugs already
I really like the mechanic but I don't really know why to use it over just regular shooting. the art is fantastic as well as the atmosphere the game gives off. good job!
Rewindshots kill the enemys in one hit and using less bullets gives u a better score. Im glad you liked it :3
Great visuals. Liked the way you implemented the theme. Solid entry, well done!
Thanks a lot, glad you liked it :)
I played through most of it without having to rewind. Was really fun. Liked the art work as well. Great submission!
Could you please play and rate my game as well?
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/rate/723414
Thank you! To make players use the rewind system, we made it so they get a worse score, the more bullets they use :) I am glad you liked it so much!
I am having fun with the rewind bullet mechanic. Really useful for trapping the enemies. Just little feedback, It would be good and more challanging if add the melee attack enemies. Overall Really fun and creepy game :D
Thanks for the feedback! Glad you liked it :)
Fun concept! I found myself caught on the walls a couple of times unable to move, and the corpses tend to catch bullets but a really unique and well executed concept!
Thank you! I already fixed the bug on my Computer locally, but can only upload the fix after the rating period is over. I hope you still had a nice experience!
The game is really spooky but lovable at the same time !! I played 2-3 levels without even worrying about the rewind mechanism, I mean the game at some point feels so intense that i felt that shooting enemies while doing a peekaboo is the best ideas. Well the heart skips a beat where there are enemies more than the bullets and come to you in horde !! I would really like to know what path finding algorithm was used to make the movement so great !! The game is polished and feels so great !! Loved it and spooked very much !! Very good game !!
Thank you so much for your dear feedback! I used gamemakers mp_grid system, and tweaked it so they would follow checkpoints and behave differently when attacking the player :)
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Well packaged theme and execution! The bullet rewind gave me some laughs when I killed myself with them. Nice touch. Great work.
So glad you like it!
Nice work on the bullet rewind mechanic! I've seen that done many times this game jam and you pulled it off the best!
Really? Wow this is really cool to hear! Thanks a lot :)
Very nice graphics to fit the tone and mood
Great Job!
Thank you. The art is something were especially proud of :3
It was great and unique. Impressive. Made me play till the end.
Damn, thats very cool. Whats your score on some levels?
Unfortunately I do not remember the score and don't know if I even look at.
But to be honest it got pretty hard sometimes.
Really nice game. I love the graphics, sound. and the idea of moving away from the bullet when rewinding. The only suggestion I have is making it more apparent that you lost health. Other than that, awesome game!
Thank you for the feedback. I should make an indicator you got hit aside from the healthbar
This game was quite good. The rewinding bullet mechanic was very unique, the atmosphere was solid and the gameplay, while occasionally frustrating, was very rewarding (I especially appreciated the availability for depth with rewinding many bullets at once). I honestly can't think of many critiques for this game, for it was very solid, though I did feel that this game might benefit from leaning more into its horror/creepy elements, for while the atmosphere was unmatched, the gameplay didn't fully reflect the atmosphere. Though I don't know if I would call this a critique, probably just a suggestion for the future. Good job!
Thank you, im glad you liked it!! Do you have any idea on how to make the horror theme more apparent?
It's tough to say how exactly the horror theme could be emphasized here (outside of the general atmosphere from the art and audio, which already support this quite well), especially since the gameplay revolves around strategically killing the game's creatures somewhat frequently, which somewhat decreases the creatures' intimidation factor (which is something that I wouldn't want to suggest tampering with too much, because this gameplay also provides a decent amount of potential for mechanical depth, especially when multiple creatures could potentially be dealt with at once through strategically firing bullets and timing the rewind correctly). A few ideas come to mind for how to balance mechanical depth and atmospheric tension (though keep in mind I'm speaking purely from speculation, not experience, and so I could very well be wrong). Perhaps the player could be further incentivized to avoid getting noticed by the creatures (and potentially even hiding from the creatures if the need arose?), which could perhaps strengthen both strategy and creature intimidation. Uncertainty/tension could also be increased through potentially creating different types of creatures or through finding ways to further emphasize the dark. Though, again, this is just speculation. The current gameplay is very solid, and so I mainly only recommend these ideas if you wish to emphasize horror in this game.
awesome, ill think about it!
Good game! I didn't understand how rewinding the bullets worked until a while. On that note, it makes me want to avoid utilizing the rewind feature since the bullets can also kill me. It felt like (intentional?) punishment for missing in the first place of my horrible aiming skills, but neat mechanic nonetheless! That's amazing that you made all the art graphic! Please check out our game too if you can, leave a comment and rate!
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! A lot of people said they like it so im not sure if i leave it in or not, but ill consider it when updating later!
Really cool game, rewind mechanic was a bit confusing at first, but after few tries i understood how it works
Thanks for playing!! Awesome :)
Hey, nice atmosphere in this game and good shading, it's stunning, but just one thing that ruined my personal experience: commands you can only play with D, A, W, S, as if everyone have a qwerty keyboard and i'm using azerty one... Each time you make a game try to make it comfortable to any player. But it's good!
I am sorry, I'll keep that in mind for later games! thank you for the compliments :)
You know, this thing of qwerty commands even triple A games do it sometimes haha
I sadly never got to programm a button keymap, and to make it consistent with the style we were aiming for with the game, it would have not been possible scopewise.. but ill keep it in mind!