Okay, maybe the theme could be better improved but the graphics and the audio wasn't so bad.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #196 | 3.174 | 3.174 |
| Fun | #245 | 3.043 | 3.043 |
| Graphics | #271 | 3.174 | 3.174 |
| Overall | #275 | 2.949 | 2.949 |
| Theme | #304 | 2.739 | 2.739 |
| Game Design | #313 | 2.913 | 2.913 |
| Innovation | #329 | 2.652 | 2.652 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
When you die. you respawn as a random person, where you can change your life for better or for worse. so the end (dying) is a new beginning
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
all the art was done by me and i got a little assistance on the code
Comments
Nice game, maybe it miss some goal but the gameplay is cool and work well, good job ! ;)
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Le pissenlit 🌬️🌼For a weeks' worth of work, you got a great foundation for a game. Menus, gameplay, art all there.
I didn't have any issues playing, only what I believe was a small bug where befriended characters would go to where I spawned in when I died as though they all wanted to pay respects to their dead idol, which I thought was kind of funny.
I think maybe the game needed a couple more consequences for the player's actions. As an example, maybe killing NPCs spawns in police to stop you, then when you die, they could stay around and make it harder for you to go on another killing spree but if you start befriending people, that makes them less on edge until they disappear completely.
It was just a thought but hopefully it helps.
Love what you've got so far either way.
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I Forgot the Bus AgainHey! Thank you for the feedback! the one where the befriended NPCs go to the spawn position of the player was something that I couldn't fix in time. but. when you said they wanted to pay respects to their dead idol. that gave me an idea. instead of spawning the player back to the spawn point, it would spawn a gravestone on where he once stood and the followers can stand there paying respects. thank you for giving me that idea! if you saw my reply under N3cro0oDev's comment, I said that I was planning on adding a police mechanic etc. although what you said about the police staying around is a good idea I might make some changes to it such as having idle police in the map normally (for the player to know there is the police). but at the start, you would need to kill let's say 2 to get the police, and every time you die doing something bad, you would only need to kill one to get the police. I imagine it is a little hard so it may or may not work. but ill try!
thank you for playing my game and thanks for the feedback!
Fun to mess around and decide about your very short life. I have some ideas how to improve your game. I think this will help you with your next project:
- You wanted to make an endless game but it feels like your game doesn't have a goal. Maybe you could add secret endings or Player could see how the world changes.
- Your friends (NPC with hearts) can collide with the MC (Main Character) and it can block Player. Maybe disable collisions for friends?
- Respawing feel odd, just random NPC becomes MC in the same position like it was created 5 minutes ago. Taking control of already existing NPC would look better and doesn't brake immersion. You know, random pedestrian sees chaos and tries to do something to save their life.
I like how you managed music and sounds but Grenade Launcher's explosions are pretty loud.
Good work, next time try to maybe playtest your game more and ask somebody else what could be added or changed.
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PoziomThanks for the feedback! I do plan on fixing the game later (no promises, however).
The whole AI needs to be fixed up really. as when they are wandering, they often walk through each other and don't avoid one another. I did plan on having a lot more things such as a police mechanic and panicked NPCs. another thing that was annoying but didn't know to fix was the NPC movement. I'm not sure if you've heard of A* Pathfinding but it saved my project as the NPC roam about. the only problem that isn't too problematic is that the NPCs don't go up and down? sure they go passed objects by going under or over them but they don't go walking up and down the map normally (if that makes sense).
another important feature I was going to add was a money system. you weren't meant to have the SMG and Grenade launcher at the start, when you gave someone flowers or kill someone, they would give or drop money for you to pick up and go to one of the vending machines and buy guns there (sounds silly I know but I think it fits). but I didn't have time for the money mechanic and I wanted to have those guns to use.
I like the idea of the different endings... maybe if you are a pacifist you get better flowers or upgrades and if you are postal, you get this and that, and so on.
the respawning was yet another thing that I wanted to fix but didn't have time for. I was going to make it so it looked like your soul was being sucked into another NPC at a random location on the map but the deadline was creeping up on me so I had to do something.
I plan on making a post to address these issues and hopefully, make an update for the game and maybe even a WebGL build for it so you don't need to download it. so if you liked the game, you can stick around and see what I do with the project in the future.
Thanks.
Nice simplistic graphic and soundtrack,don forget check out mine as well tq
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New Start OlD WayCool endless game. I appreciated the tutorial. Something weird happened where the gun got stuck firing (might have been my keyboard though). A little disappointed I couldn't give flowers to the companion cube. I could also see the camera moving back to the start when the game teleported the player back after death (as well as the bullets). The graphics were simple and the music matched the gameplay, though.
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SupernovaVery simplistic and smooth movement. Cute little soundtrack, has a few little nods to other games here and there.
Pros:
- -Gameplay is simple and easy to grasp
- -Has nice simple music
- Cute little 8 bit artstyle
- Runs nicely
Cons:
- I'm unsure what the end goal is
- The ai can sometimes get you stuck as you cant walk through them
- Some of the sound effects are super loud (may have got jump scared by the death noise) XD
Hey! Thanks for the feedback! I guess you could say the end goal is what you make it? Do whatever you want! The AI was something i was aware of but couldn't fix it in time. However, this is my first time hearing about the loud death sound effect. maybe your system was too loud? But thank you for the feedback!
Actualy realy fun game. I started a cult of people that followed me all around the city, Then I exploded and proceded to shoot everyone. This all happned in the span of 2 minutes. But like it was a fun game and the music and art was very nice.
Amazing game. Keep it up♥
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Temporal ParadoxCute game!! Giving flower to others makes my heart warm. I wish it would be more better if there's more contents
+)I've got some bug : trees are upper than character sprites, and lovers didn't move around when I dead.
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Tie The RopeI liked your take on the theme, the fact that you're free to kill or love opens up some interesting ethics. Great attention to details musics and gun feel, well done !
Giving random weapons when switching lifes could be a great addition !
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For The ChurchCool. This is game that needs some kind of achievement system. "Befriend and than sacrifice 10 dudes with yellow shirt" for example. For me it isnt that fun on its own.
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Rise from Ashes: A Phoenix's QuestI felt satisfied while shooting these people. Definetly fun to play
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MethamorphosisNice game! It was great to play
I think it would be good to add more challenge, like an enemy or something like that
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Pong's JourneyVery satisfying process of killing those people. Ill recommend to add more levels and purpose for game.
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Little Red Doom Hook
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