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A jam submission

The Heart of SteelView game page

A fast-paced platformer bullet hell
Submitted by bussin ohio — 6 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#343.9803.980
Graphics#354.3204.320
Overall#393.8573.857
Game Design#493.9003.900
Theme#1083.8603.860
Audio#1183.6203.620
Innovation#2343.4603.460

Ranked from 50 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?
Two enemies spawn for each enemy you kill, making things spiral out of control quickly.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Everything but the music is mine.

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Submitted

Nice graphic and well polished game. Entertaining music helps improving playing experience also dash mid air and can do another dash when dash to enemies super cool! Definitely want to play when it's finished and released!


Also have you ever heard of this cool game, Chaos Variants? you should totally try it out and rate it!
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Submitted

Had fun with it. Well-polished and packaged experience!

Submitted

Cool game!

Submitted

Impressive as hell to make this in one week. 5/5 in all categories!

Submitted

For the fact that this game has made within 7 days is really insane. The graphics and the game design is one of the best I have played so far. For me, we have the first winner right here!!!

Submitted

Awesome game, I'm speechless

Submitted

The Theme, Gameplay, and Visuals are great in this game! The fighting mechanics were unique and interesting. However, the game felt a little bit grindy. I recommend decreasing the amount of hits it takes to kill each enemy.

Nonetheless, this game was an amazing experience especially given the short development timespan.

Submitted(+1)

Hard and fun! Laser killing enemies was a really neat detail

I love the art and I can definetely say that you are talented :D I liked that you added a story, since not many people would have taken the time to do so in such short time.  I very much like the dash mechanic, but I would maybe try to make another form of attack as the dash kind of takes control away from the player. (Maybe a melee attack?) The dash might be a bit to powerful since it can basically be spammed in air at all times. So maybe increase the cooldown. I would also add some more game juice, since I didn't feel very satisfyed when killing enemies. Maybe try making the particles a little more visible. Overall for a game jam this is insane, I really like your game, good job! 

PS: I hope you continue working on this game since I think it has massive potential :)

Submitted

Here's my little essay on this masterpiece.

1. Game Design. The levels look really cool, the controls are perfect, and the game feels better and better the more you play it! 5/5

2.Fun. It was very exciting to avoid all the enemies and crush them to dust with those beautiful dashes! 5/5

3. Innovation. The dashes attack and moving was something very unusual and new to me. 4/5

4. Theme. The battles in the final level get absolutely insane and chaotic, to a point where it felt like I was just bathing in bullets and crunchy enemies. 5/5

5. Graphics. One of the best pixelart I've seen. The backgrounds are beautiful. The enemies are badass. And a magnificent main meny. 6/5

6. Audio. Good sound effects, the music fits well. 4/5

This is the ULTIMATELY BEST GAME I've played so far. Definitely will be playing all the future versions.

Best game in the game jam so far!

Submitted

the art is great, really fun game, but I think it is a little bit hard, and I liked the dash mechanic

Submitted

I really like the art  , the gameplay is awesome but I think its a hard  game 😂

Submitted

Wow! your artstyle are very extreme and cool! check my game too

Submitted

I love the artstyle and the controls are very fun, but it is too chaotic to understand sometimes. I like the cutscene in the beginning and the tutorial is also great. Also, i would make the game way easier, this is brutally difficult XD. 

I hope the feedback helped you a bit, it would be nice if you could check out my submission too. Thanks! :)

Submitted

Love the graphics and style, I can see the inspiration from some other games in there ;)

Submitted

Very clean-looking game with wonderful 2d Sprites. The gameplay got old a little fast, but honestly, I had a good time :) (PS. New players, spam that dash mechanic!)

Submitted

Very fun and cool :)

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