Nice little fun game. I feel that platforming can be adjusted a little.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #160 | 3.624 | 3.624 |
| Overall | #209 | 3.612 | 3.612 |
| Game Design | #220 | 3.671 | 3.671 |
| Innovation | #242 | 3.541 | 3.541 |
| Fun | #259 | 3.576 | 3.576 |
| Graphics | #357 | 3.624 | 3.624 |
| Theme | #378 | 3.635 | 3.635 |
Ranked from 85 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 game is based around two completely independent systems: player movement and the behaviour of an AI companion. While the player has to navigate through different levels in typical 2D platformer fashion, he has to fully depend on his companion to clear never-ending waves of enemies - these two strangers are strangely only stronger together! A unique procedural upgrade and ability system will make sure, that no playthrough is the same as the one before.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
The only external assets I used are icons of an UI package by Code Crash, and because I ran into last-minute issues with my sound design, I took some clips from the "The Essential Retro Video Game Sound Effects Collection". Everything else is done by a single person, me. This includes game design, programming, story, the music and everything else HEX & AGON is showcasing.
This has been my first entry to any game jam and the first somewhat complete game I ever created. Please enjoy.
Oh, and I will also work towards a full release on steam. That's how much I liked working on it. :)
Danny from Unicae Games
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LOOK AT ALL THESE KIND WORDS YOU ALL ARE GIVING HEX AND AGON (and their friendly seekers)
https://unicae.itch.io/hexandagon/devlog/224636/what-others-say-about-hex-agon
And that might be the best reaction ever:
https://clips.twitch.tv/WildPhilanthropicTardigradePicoMause-co1ZtZ89JgtP4vEL
I chuckled at that comment:
https://clips.twitch.tv/HyperNurturingBaguetteAMPEnergy-osjSpOVf3eoN-XpM
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Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And intro skip is a thing now.
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
https://unicae.itch.io/hexandagon
Sorry I have not responded yet to your very kind comment! I've just been caught up getting the update for my game ready.
But it is live! And intro skip is a thing now.
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
https://unicae.itch.io/hexandagon
Your game is awesome! Sorry I haven't responded yet, was caught-up with getting the update for my game ready.
But it is live now! Which makes the game much more enjoyable. Hope you give it another chance. :)
Have you been working on yours in the meantime, too?
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
https://unicae.itch.io/hexandagon
Thanks for your feedback! Here's some things I've already done and are in my changelog. :)
- Made some improvements to Hex's movement, it should feel less floaty and jumping up slopes should be more lenient, although you still have to work with the geometry of the level to not lose momentum and if a slope is too steep, you will still fall off
- Changed the exaggerated post-processing effect around the portal to only be active when the portal actually spawns
- Changed the appearance of shards and artifacts to stand out more (the latter are hidden collectibles)
And that's a very small chunk of the changes and fixes haha. The thing with the colours being somewhat monochrome in the game right now is intentional, because later on there will be many more enemy types and Agon (the little companion) will be way more powerful. And all of these things will have unique colours to them - and because the screen can get pretty cluttered at times, I wanted to design the environment as cleanly as possible so the players always have audio-visual feedback on what's going on. It may feel a bit stale for now. But it will all make sense later. :)
3 years ago(+1)
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And intro skip is a thing now, hexagons aren't blurry anymore and movement doesn't feel like playing an ice level on super mario. D:
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
https://unicae.itch.io/hexandagon
Thank you very much! I appreciate you taking your time and playing my little game. I'm working actively on the update already and it already fixes and polishes up so many things. I'm really excited to release that one in a few days time. :)
The thing with the enemy spawns is just a hotfix for now, because before that they'd completely get stuck in the environment and not move at all. I'll look into it if I can just draw them on top of the level objects, that'd help for now. I have to rework the spawning system for the release, so it takes into account the player's and the environment's positions more carefully. Great find though!
I hope to see you back when the game's first official update drops! :)
Quick update: The post-jam update is live!
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
3 years ago (+1)
8 days... just 8 more days before we can finally update our games. :D
I hope to see you back then! Will be much more polished and enjoyable I hope. :)
Edit: intro skip will be a thing
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And intro skip is a thing now.
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
Oh yeah, I totally agree with you. I'm already working on the post-jam update and the movement / jumping is much more cleaner and the game much more balanced / forgiving, plus all the little annoying bugs are gone. So if you liked the game and its ideas, be sure to give this one another try after the whole jam is over. Will be much more enjoyable then, that much I can promise. :)
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And you won't just die on the first stage anymore, I promise. D:
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
https://unicae.itch.io/hexandagon
3 years ago (+1)
I'll answer from top to bottom.
- Oh god, how did this never cross my mind? I have full controller support but not that simple feature haha, added to the list!
- It's made in such a way on purpose! There will be many more different enemy types, each with its own colour. The screen in the "late game" can be quite cluttered, so I try to keep the whole environment as clean as possible and focus on the things visually relevant for the player
- The option is already in the game - it's just right click (facepalm). As this will be a story and exploration driven game, I'll just introduce a dedicated speedrun mode for those who just want to go fast (and boy, fast it can be). So there won't be any clashing of game designs anymore! I just didn't have time for that in the timespan of the jam and wanted to make sure, the whole idea of the game gets across
- The tutorial and even whole level progression will be developed and balanced further (like the first few levels already do pretty well)
- tutorials for movement mechanics (there will be more than just jump and dash), tutorial for the combat, etc
- As I've said in another post, the only thing I won't explain much on purpose is the upgrade system, which players will have to explore on their own (the full game will have tons of them and even some you first have to find hidden in the game world, I've soft-implemented 35 already, they're just not fully implemented in the demo)
- The story mode will have a "save/reload at any time" playstyle, while the speedrun mode just starts and won't be savable until you finish the game
- I know of the bug and it bugs me too :D My current dialogue system works weirdly though (it takes the whole text and directly after that splits it up into its different characters) and sometimes the splitting part seems to be too slow, so it just flickers for a fraction of a sec. Will have to get into that
Not to be confused, I was mostly talking about features that will be in the full game. The post-jam version will get overall polish, balance and a few minor things / features to make it something complete on its own (like a simple intro skip).
Sorry, I always try to answer as thoughtfully as I can. And even if you don't want to read all this, writing this all down helps me organise my thoughts on the game, too in a way. Cheers!
- You could still try and check if giving the environment a different color works or not, if not a different color, you can just darken it a bit or instead give the player a different color.
- I didn't realize that right-click could skip the dialogue! I think it would be a good idea to switch it to the space key for consistency.
Looking forward to the final game :D
3 years ago(+1)
Thank you for playing, Bastian! I was sweating the whole way through, after you said "better be something good" haha. If you liked the concept and idea of the game, make sure to check out the updated post-jam version. It will be much more balanced and it will also fix some of the bugs and annoyances currently in the game. Just a note: The upgrade system is something that players will have to explore over multiple playthroughs, so they only get the short narrator prompt and that's it. Freedom and exploration are huge factors in the game. A dedicated speedrun mode will split up the game for those who'd rather just go fast. So it'll be a game for almost anyone. Just impossible to do all those things alone in a week. Thanks again!
3 years ago(+1)
Just a heads-up: I just did 2 hours of polishing work and pretty much every issue there is in the current build isn't an issue anymore. Movement is also cleaned up and I even got a webgl build working. I don't even know what to do for the next week haha. It'll be a treat!
3 years ago(+1)
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And intro skip is a thing now.
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
Quick update: The post-jam update is live!
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
3 years ago(+1)
Oh, and they will be ironed out! They really bug me out, too. (cute joke)
Thank you so much! I really hope you give HEX&AGON another try after it got some more polish. :)
3 years ago(+1)
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! I hope you give it another try, as you seemed to enjoy it. :)
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
3 years ago (+1)
Oh yeah, I kinda focused more on getting the general idea of the game across, because it quickly became clear that I want to make something bigger out of this. The game jam version will be updated right after the jam ends and we are allowed to patch. Will all feel much more polished then I hope! :)
3 years ago(+1)
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And intro skip is a thing now.
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
Quick update: The post-jam update is live! And intro skip is a thing now.
You can read what has changed here (or just see for yourself).
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