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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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I tried playing your game, but for me it has game breaking bug.
Yeahh thats gamemaker being weird. Normally starting it again helps... its caused by tabbing out of the game at startup.
Really nicely done. Great atmosphere and graphics and the mechanic was easy and effective to use.
Thanks! :)
I really like the graphics in this game, it definitely made it feel mysterious. I found the game fairly difficult, and setting up traps for the monsters to walk into was a little challenging for me. However, I do like that the bullets kill in 1 hit if they're being rewound. Nice work!
Thanks a lot, i hope it wasnt too challenging, at least with a learning curve^^
Cool Game, nice artsyle, killed myself many times.
Thank you for playing!
Love the art style, and the way enemies fade away on distance. Nice idea for mechanic, kinda bumerang, really fun to set up traps for monsters with that. Not sure bullet should damage them when static though. Well done!
Thanks for the review! You mean by static the normal shooting? If so, yeah that could be a way to make the mechanic more valuable. I made it so that more shots give you a worse ranking tho, so you are inclined to use less shots for a better rating anyways :3 Thank you!
I mean i shot the bullet, then did nothing, but the monster "stepped" on it and died.
Oh, thats a bug then, ill need to fix it after the jam!
Really solid and well polished game! such a great idea and good execution.
Awesome!! Thank you so much, it was a lot of work, and comments like this make the work worht it!
I had a lot of fun playing this. The graphics and the sounds are really good and add a lot to the game atmosphere. It took me a while to understand the rewind mechanics, and knowing that bullets were so much strong when in rewind made me try to use it even more. The level design is pretty good and it gave me the feeling of progress and getting better at the game
Love to hear that!! Thanks a lot for playing!!
Nice game. I love hard games like this. Your idea for the rewind theme is really good. Well done!
Thank you :3
Very fun! Very hard too. I really like the idea of setting traps using the bullets. Got a really satisfying double kill early in the game.
Hey, that sounds awesome, we're glad you liked it!!
I loved the style of this game. Visually it was awesome and matched the stealth game like feel.
I thought the rewind mechanic was a pretty original take on the theme as well, and was pretty elegant. At first, I definitely struggled and shot myself a few times. Then I started thinking about the path the bullet would take back, and it felt pretty good to plan out an attack especially if I got multiple monsters at once. I like how time slows down as you rewind to make it pretty easy to connect the hit. I think I prefer not having an angle indicator so you have to think about the path.
I did get stuck in a wall a couple times which was my only major complaint.
Thats awesome! Thanks a lot for your feedback, and I already know what causes this bug, so ill try to fix it right after the rating has ended, to not make any ratings "invalid", of course!
All the visual aspects of the game were perfect.
The sound effects can get a little annoying over time.
I found the game very difficult, and that there wasn't much time to learn the game before it got difficult
Overall good game
Thanks a lot for the feedback!! Definitely something to consider for the future, or an update!!
Cool sprites and sounds
Thank you!!! It was really fun for us to make this :3
Great game ! Loved it !
Thanks, love to hear you like it!!
Very good game and the pixel art is very beautiful. I love how you used the rewind in your game.
Thank you so much!! The pixelart was definitely a lot of work!!
Really really good, It took me a little while to figure out that a rewind bullet is a one hit kill lol. the style and game play were amazing. The only thing that was any issue was my character would get stuck for a second or two on some corners and I couldn't figure out why.
When the mouse is on the left side the player looks left and to the right only when the mouse is right of him. This flips his sprite and influences his collision box too.. Maybe i messed up some collision code there, but as long as you move the mouse to the other side again, you should clip out again. Thank you for the feedback!!
Great game. This was really well made i love the way u used the theme. Great JOB
Thanks a lot! Im glad you like it :3
Similar idea, totally different results. Still, very cool!
If you want to check mine, is a puzzle game. Maybe you can prove that pirates can rewind bombs in time to solve riddles haha.
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/rate/721302
Thank you! It's always so cool to see games that are similar to yours but at the same time so different!
Really good game! I like the idea of rewinding bullets! Graphics are great too - good job!
Thanks a lot David!
Really enjoyed the game, the graphics are fantastic and really give a sense of dread. The rewind mechanic was loads of fun to play around with and I'd love to see this taken further.
Thank you so much!!
Very nice game! I like the innovative idea of rewinding the bullet, but more visual cues could help a great deal! (for example, showing the trails of bullets, but in different colors for shooting out and rewinding?) It took me some time to understand the rewind mechanic, but once I did, I felt like this is a really cool idea that could make a great game! Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot! We initially thought about some kind of indicator that shows the player in what angle the bullet hit the wall, but scratched it ultimately so the player has to remind himself a bit. But who knows, maybe I'll add it in after the jam finished :3