Definitely an innovative and fun game! Most of all I like the fact that your main attack is so important, yet it requires precision and takes away your health. Music fits perfectly. I really liked visuals. Still, there are some things I would love to see improved: the tutorial is going too fast, and I don't feel the effect of vomit, although the reason for that may be my casualness.
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Exitus Swarm's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #139 | 3.793 | 3.793 |
| Overall | #140 | 3.609 | 3.609 |
| Innovation | #143 | 3.621 | 3.621 |
| Game Design | #191 | 3.621 | 3.621 |
| Graphics | #193 | 3.862 | 3.862 |
| Audio | #224 | 3.414 | 3.414 |
| Fun | #364 | 3.345 | 3.345 |
Ranked from 29 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?
Random Spawn waves, its not the player that do the action, the captured minions do the play, its on them
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, code and graphics, the musics are open license for non commercial
Comments
A fun and innovative take on top-down shooters!
I appreciated the need to balance health with creating new minions, and between waiting for your existing minions to come rescue you, or creating a new one to do the job.
Given the quantity of enemies, I think the player would benefit from having a spread shot for the minion conversion.
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Bullet Heck?Unique and innovative idea. I liked how you lose health when attacking, kinda realistic for a virus lol. I'd prefer minion cells multiply faster cuz the enemies get too overpowered after a while. UI was slightly off screen but i understood what i had to do. Great work!
Do check out my game as well :)
Nice idea! I liked the balance of your own survival vs. getting your virus minions to do stuff. I was confused about if I was supposed to do anything other than killing the blue cells. I would watch the kurzgesagt videos on youtube about how the infection-fighting system works for more inspiration.
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Social Rebellionhmm.. this is weird the menu doesn't seem to be working for me. I can't start the game. only quit works. any idea what could be the problem. I really want to try this game.
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Space Traffic ControlOk that worked. I really like the idea of having minions do the killing, while I just have to make more minions. I just would like to have more control over them than just follow and attack. Another thing I had trouble with was the pickups vanish very quickly so I often couldn't get to them in time. this problem is kinda compounded by the fact your minions scatter and kill randomly so you don't know where the pickups Appear. The graphics and the music are very good. As others have mentioned there are few bugs but that is fine in jam game. Overall I like this concept and I am looking forward to see where you take it
Haha, the difference between the tutorial and the first attack is fun.
Nice game, the movements of the following cells are a bit slow in my opinion so I was more dragging them toward other cells than commanding an attack but it was not so bad.
The little bug on death and the one on the UI were already mentioned before. Before the first infection there is a component that I cannot pick, right before the three stacking cells.
I have not found anything game breaking so good job !! :D
It would have been really fun to have more varieties of cells and maybe a score ;)
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The Potion SellerInteresting concept that builds upon core shoot 'em up mechanics with additional mechanics -- helper units. Had some issue clicking on the buttons in the main menu. Still fun regardless.
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CryptonautGreat Game!!!
Love the Music and the Concept. This Game Really Fits the Jams Theme
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Crushy Car ArenaReally cool game! The audio is awesome and the theme + gameplay is great. Only issue I have is once I die I have to restart game to try again since when I try to hit play again my character wont shoot but still lose health. Other than that a really solid game. Good job!
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Chaos SluggerThis was pretty fun to play. The aesthetic is really nice and the camera movement based mouse movement felt good as well. My only main issue is that it's a bit buggy. When I died it glitched out the game and forced me to restart if I wanted to try again. But otherwise, nice job!
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Temple of LasersYou really made it feel like I am in someone's body causing havoc! This was a grossly fun experience hehe
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Bunny's TroubleThis is a cool take on the theme, even if it does make me a little uneasy. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to play this much after the first organ. The camera following the mouse made it super nauseating and I had to stop.
I liked the idea though! Turning the tcells into more virus is thematic and chaotic. Well done!
edit - the text isn't on screen quite long enough for a slower reader. I had to restart once to be able to see it all
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Can Hippos Achieve Outer Space?Nice top-down idea. Gameplay is fun too!!! Levels take too much time but you already wrote.
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Totally Ethical Testing AreaHey brother you've got yourself a really nice game here.
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Covid : Lockdown EditionCool game!
Really nice audio and environment
It all felt really immersive
Except the camera
The camera felt kind of shook a lot as I was trying to maneuver and it made it really easy to lose track of myself
A bullet hell game where you're not allowed to shoot is a bit :c but I appreciate the strategic element at the same time
It would be cool to make it more obvious what pressing E does in terms of commanding your minions
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