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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #51 | 3.855 | 3.855 |
| Game Design | #110 | 3.855 | 3.855 |
| Fun | #118 | 3.795 | 3.795 |
| Overall | #210 | 3.606 | 3.606 |
| Innovation | #229 | 3.566 | 3.566 |
| Graphics | #272 | 3.771 | 3.771 |
| Theme | #1000 | 2.795 | 2.795 |
Ranked from 83 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 consists of defeating enemies to gain their power. In order to defeat the boss with the combined power.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
We coded the game and made the graphics ourselves. The musics were created by artists who gave us their permission to use them.
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Nice idea, typing the attacks' name so that it felt like a hacking showdown. This is a sleeper hit for sure, the graphics, the sounds, & the themes matched perfectly well, I had so much fun.
The only thing I could think of a way to improve the game is, if you add RPG aspects to it, maybe improve your computer's stats or somethin. Otherwise, great job!
Very nice game. Good music and gameplay. AI can be made difficult.
nice text base game.I love the style and music . Very good job
Loved this game. A true hidden gem. It was juicy, and had fun gameplay. There were some elements that were a little confusing/inconsistent. But the pokemon battle style merged with hacker man abilities was fun/silly/and enjoyable. Thanks for this experience!
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Amazing Game. The audio and gamplay are Great. Sometimes the enemy uses ransomware for 4 turns. Very Good Job!
Wooooah!! This is an amazing game! So interesting and unique not like any other game I rated so far.
The idea of hacking and actually "typing" is really cool and fun. At first I was totally enjoying the game... but then I didnt know what I was doing so it got a bit boring somehow... the first computer was a bit too strong, so it took me a while to defeat it and by that time I was too bored to continue.
But man that game has potential!!!
I'm sorry for that ! The first IA should be easy to beat since she just throw random attack (actually some player say it was too easy...).
The objective of the game is to discover the effects of abilities and to play accordingly (so we can't say exactly what each attack do but with the help of the "battle box" that describe move when they are throw you should find).
This is an intersting game! Pokemon but make it hacker-like
The animations are so cool! and the assets are so well done! I would recommend to change the GUI so it matches a bit more with the art of the style of the computers.
And I agree with the comments here! The game does not fit the theme
But its a nice work anyways, so well done!
You guys nailed it with the visuals and audio!
The concept is super cool, and I enjoyed most of the battles I had, especially when I picked up a new ability from the last fight (ransomware is my favorite).
My only complaint is during my play through the last two fights (including NASA) were a little too easy. Kind of wish the A.I. was a little more aware that their systems were infected with a virus, rather than use Optimization or Overclocking ability for their turn.
Overall, amazing job!
Thanks for your honest comment! It's good to know that there are certain people who really love our work :D.
Regarding the AI I know that the razer pc is completely trash (he always overclock) :/ ... (we are going to rework it).However, it seems that NASA's AI is strong enough for most people.
Amazing computer theme, the graphics and sound fit together well. I enjoyed playing so much, and managed to beat it.
I liked the arcady music and also the turn based gameplay. Cool game and interesting concept. But it has less unique stuff.
The arcady music is the best feature of this game, but maybe a bit loud. Also, the final boss fight was a challenge.
Cool game
This was a very fun game to play! I enjoyed the fact that you had to type out the attacks, it makes you feel more immersed in the game. It's cool how the attacks fit the theme with virus names. However, I know other comments have mentioned this but the game does not fit the theme. Otherwise I love it! One thing I would do is make the first few computers a bit harder. They were pretty easy, I just spammed trojan and worms and I was good. I like how the final NASA computer boss fight was challenging. Personally, I would have liked an info section for what each attack does but I know that you mentioned it was intentional to have the player explore the different attacks. Either way, it was a very cool and innovative game. I like the Pokemon fighting style and it's cool that you unlock the computer's special attack when you defeat it. Thanks for showing up to the stream today! Feel free to join my discord if you wanna see more: discord.gg/qbUBg2tjED
Thanks for your detailed feedback! We will probably nerf trojan in the future
Not a bad game! Not sure how it meshes with the theme but overall pretty good stuff! Though, all moves were pretty much useless in comparison to trojan, which was pretty overpowered lol.
-Daniel and Jacob
Did you manage to finish the game ? Normally for the 3 last PC it's super hard to do a trojan only
Cool game! I did not really find a link to the theme though, maybe if you could explain it a bit more? Other than that nicely done for a first jam! I like the music a lot.
nice game, hated the music though, but i did like everything else a lot, also i don't think it fits the theme.
Wow, this game is addicting! It seems very well polished, and I like the turn-based combat system. I feel like the connection to the theme is a bit weak, but anyway, it was fun!
Very fun game! I enjoyed a lot playing this. I really liked the concept and the idea. There could be a lot more you could improve and add to this game. This is a really good submission to the jam!
The graphics were exactly how I like and I absolutely loved them! They fit very well with the game and also the music fitted very well.
The theme wasn't the best but it was still good. I didn't manage to actually finish the game and see the ending because I couldn't get pass the 5th computer lol :)
This game has lots of potential and you did an amazing job! Good job mate!
Thanks a lot :D !
"There could be a lot more you could improve and add to this game" -> do you have some suggestion ?
Maybe adding an endless mode where you beat enemies one after another and after you beat one your health regenerates maybe only a half and you also get a point. Or maybe adding more hacks abilities to make the game better or things like that. I don't have to many suggestions but I hope I helped you :)
We probably gonna add some secret move so it confirm the need for it :D. For the endless mode I think it would be a really boring mode but I never think about it. Anyway thank for answering my question!
This game is really fun to play, its innovative but i don't think that it fits the theme.
that was fun! music is very engaiging!
Awesome idea, I really had fun playing the game. It did feel a little too short and felt like Trojan was just too overpowered. There was no need for any of the other commands.
Did you manage to beat the final boss only with trojan ?!
I actually beat the boss with trojan only! But I guess I was lucky, the boss did many silly things instead of trying to beat me.
Yes you must have been lucky but it proves that we will have to rework the AI