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A jam submission

The ProtectorView game page

Small action game made for FireSide Game Jam
Submitted by timetravelhamster (@TravelHamster) — 8 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Art/Graphics#64.0054.214
Theme#84.2094.429
Overall#83.5303.714
Fun/Engagement#133.0553.214
Audio/Music#252.8513.000

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • The art and animations in this one were really great! I also thought the gameplay loop was really fun, but overall the balancing was kind of strange. Some upgrades and powers were really overpowered like the speed upgrade and shield, and some were basically worthless like the fire. I also thinking letting some crows spawn in the middle of the play field instead of the edges of the screen felt pretty unfair. It was also kind of strange to keep gaining levels even after I bought everything. So maybe it could be good just to cap it when you get all the upgrades, or let the player rebuy the healing one as many times as they like. I do think the overall gameplay loop was pretty fun though, so I think a little more balance would really make a huge difference.
  • Loving the art, the mood and the idea for the theme is great. Controls were talking about abilities 1,2 but I couldnt figure out how those worked.

Did you work alone, or as part of a group? (If in a group, list their names)
Just Me

Disclose if you used any public domain assets or not.
I use free sound and audio assets from zapsplat.com

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Comments

Submitted

Fun game! Cool idea, great execution. Maybe another enemy type in the future could be cool. Great game overall!

Submitted

I really enjoyed this. Loved the crow sprites and sound effects. Pretty addictive. The music was cool, but maybe too serious for the game. The core idea - scarecrow protecting the field - is a strong one.

Submitted

Pretty fun. Not much to say about this one, nice work!

Submitted

Artwork is fab, great job!

Submitted

although the controls being a bit weird, I enjoyed it