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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #57 | 3.565 | 3.565 |
| Theme interpretation | #89 | 3.609 | 3.609 |
| Overall | #103 | 3.522 | 3.522 |
| Audio | #206 | 2.870 | 2.870 |
| Graphics | #210 | 3.087 | 3.087 |
| Innovation | #238 | 2.609 | 2.609 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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https://github.com/PixTrick/GameOff2022
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This game looks and plays excellent! Love all of the variation of upgrades and weapons. Animations look awesome. I had fun playing this. Some sound effects would take it to the next level.
Thanks a lot for playing ! Indeed sounds would have been great but the guy who was supposed to make them quitted the team just before the end of the jam ...
Interesting survival game, I've not played many of these before, but I sure liked the experience! 😁
The game's quite simple and straightforward, the mechanics are well implemented and the different guns are fun to use and see their effects!
I have no major criticisms to make, the game's quite solid. Maybe it could have a little more of diversity with enemies, more kinds of cats to shoot at hehe.
Solid game, good entry! 😊
Yeah we really wanted to make a game where you don't have to think too much x)
It is planned for the game to handle more types of enemies, a more balanced spawning system and more weapon/bonus type too, so stay tuned ;)
Very fun game! Loved the different powerups and how chill it was with the finger gun automatically shooting. Great work!
Thanks a lot for playing :D
Nice work! I really like the art. I think it's cool to see this new genre exploding so rapidly. I wonder what the next landmark game in it will be! Maybe yours! :)
Oh wow i'd be honoured !
We will implement an update after the jam, just in case you wanted to see some more features ;)
This was amazing! I hope this one gets top leaderboard!
Ohhh thanks a lot for these kind words ! :D
my maximum, it was fun. =)
Wow well played ! Thanks a lot for playing and congrats for your score ;)
Reached 9000 points! I love these types of games, very fun, lots of different weapons and power-ups. But it would be nice to have a stronger type of enemy in lesser quantity to replace the normal ones, because near the end my pc was dying from so many cats on the screen...
Wow well done ! Thanks a lot for playing !
I wanted to add more types of enemies and even a boss fight, as well as a bit more balanced spawning system but i didn't have the time for that ... Maybe in a next update ? Stay tuned ! ;)
Love it! Well made.
Thanks a lot for playing :D
Very good balance and ability set. Lost with pleasure!
No one2208 cats harmed!I'm so glad you liked it ! And this is a pretty good score too !
Thank you for playing :D
what a fun, lighthearted and coherent game! the tone, visuals and audio - everything fits together perfectly
Thanks a lot for these kind words, it means a lot to me :D
I loved all the cliche references! Nice work
Thanks a lot :D
Game itselt is good but it always freeses after I loose. My guess it fails to register my high score.
No, your score is submitted no worries, this is just an interface bug that i already solved but i cannot fix before the end of the jam sorry :/
I just checked and yes indeed you're in the leaderboard, at the 13th exactly with a score of 472, so it is normal is you don't see your name in the leaderboard since it displays only the ten first ones.
Anyways, thank you for playing and sorry again for this bug, i'm aware of the issue !
Edit : if you want to play the game again, you have to quit it and relaunch it, i know this is not very convenient :/
I think you can fix it since it is a prety huge problem. As it was mention in one of the threads "quick fixes" for game breaking bugs are ok as long as you mention that in the descrption.
Okay so i followed your advice and i uploaded a fixed version of the game, hope you enjoy ! :D
Giving it few more tries made it to "End game" which is more about how much cats on screen my PC can take before all starts lagging into slide show :D
Obviosly this would need more complex spawning system that would spawn more powerful versions of cats (and dogs) but in lesser numbers. I'm sure you already might have ideas for that.
When leveling up I've run out of perks that I wanted. Would be great if there was a skip button in case I don't want to take anything.
Not sure how intended it was but when I got camel perk my damage at full life didn't just decrease. It was gone. I couldn't break even coins crate until I lost some HP
Yeah you managed to spot every issue the game currently has xD
I ran into that problem too, when maxed out you cannot play anymore and this was absolutely not intended ... Another bug to fix i guess x)
And yes, i will balance the game a lot for next updates, while fixing all issues, no worries. I will also implement some additionnal enemies/weapons/bonus, so stay tuned to try them ;)
Thanks again for your playtesting it means a lot to me ! And congrats for the first place on the leaderboard !!
This is incredible! I love the art style and the music. It really adds to that old saying "When life gives you lemons..." when you then include "... Murder a bunch of cats".
I do feel like the game is slightly overtuned though, already in wave 2 I found myself 2-shotting cats whilst firing every second, but I was facing 100 enemies with 2 spawning every second, so the odds were very much against me. Maybe my build was just bad?
I'm such a big fan, I can't even explain it. It's like a rogue-like filled with puns (and clichés!) that looks and feels awesome! If you kept iterating a bit (and maybe dialed down the spawn-rate of those darn cats), I could see myself buying a fully-fledged version of this game. But for a jam-game, this is above and beyond. Really good job!
Wow i'm so proud to read your comment, thank you so much !
I'm aware that the game is indeed still VERY unbalanced but i'm currently working on it, no worries ! By the way one of the bonus is extremly unbalanced too, i mean OP, just saying ... ;)
Actually the game was also supposed to have a boss fight, 2 other types of enemies and 2 or 3 more weapons and bonus, but i didn't have the time to make a proper version of the game with them so they will probably be implemented in the next update, after the jam !
I will fix some bugs and balance the game a bit more not to be overwhelmed by swarms of enemies too quickly
I have to say, you made my day with this comment ... Thanks a lot for your kindness !
No problem, I'm glad to hear that I'm not just incredibly bad at the game, but it is actually a bit unbalanced :D
I think I know what upgrade you're talking about, I went from doing about 50 damage a shot to doing 800 damage a shot out of the blue... That took me by surprise. Also, by wave 7, something strange happened. I don't know exactly why, but suddenly, everything disappeared. All the monsters, my upgrades, everything. Then they started raining down again, only now I wasn't doing damage at all... My elephant was also gone, and the only thing doing damage now was my flames and my missiles (and they were only doing like 1-3 damage?) Maybe too many monsters had spawned and it basically soft-crashed?
I could see some boss fights being a really cool addition! I hope you keep iterating on this, you're off to such a great start. One of the best games I've played this jam for sure! :D
Yes this is exactly THIS upgrade ;) but actually it was not necessary since the first of the leaderboard made his score without it
By the way yes, you're absolutely right, the spawning rate is too high at some point and this is why the game looks so weird after some time. I will definitely check out how to fix that ! I will also see how to make the difficulty a bit less brutal because basically after the third wave this is almost impossible if you do not have a decent build
Thanks again for your comments ! This is the first time I make a 2D game and this is such motivating to have honest and detailed reviews like that. I will never thank you enough for that :D
Great game, felt really fun and lighthearted, instantly thought about the isaac inspiration with the shop demon haha, graphics were charming even with the simplistic look, I felt it was a little hard but from a quick look at the other comments people have the opposite opinion so maybe I just suck xD.
I had a few issues with the menus, specifically the dying menu, buttons didnt work and then I had to click ESC and select "main menu" from the pause buttons and the game would freeze.
You are perfectly right actually : the game is hard, even for me xD I didn't have much time to do the balancing unfortunately
Isaac was indeed a source of inspiration by the way, i had a great time putting these references in the game !
And yeah, i'm aware of the menu bugs and i already fixed those, but i cannot change the game for the moment so this will be for the next update ;)
Thanks again for playing !
Nice game loop. I liked the items! It took me a while to recognize that the red demon plays like... MtG Necropotence, trading blood for coins. I liked the rabbit, fun friend to have shooting around things, helped me to hit crates so I could get more coins. I really liked that the character shoots automatically in a predetermined time, this helped me focus more on running and aiming. The game is fun, kudos for that!
Thank you so much for that detailed review ! And yes, i'm aware some things in the game are misleading, sorry for that :/
Thanks again for playing !
Awesome game! I really loved the art! How many people did work on the game?
Thank you so much ! I did it with my sister, she handled all the art :)
A fun game with challenges. Great work.
Thank you for playing :D
A surprisingly fleshed out game despite the silly graphics! I love when games give a choice of powerups and let you become OP over time. The ramp up to totally overpowered did feel a little fast however, I was quickly mowing down cats after the first shop. And very cool to see an online leaderboard implemented as well!
Yeah, i'm aware that the balancing was made a bit in a rush we didn't have much time for that unfortunately ...
Anyways, thanks a lot for playing !
Really dumb but really fun ^^' I can totally see the Isaac vibe. Congrats! It's a fun little game :D Managed to go to 3K score, i would have liked to have more explanation on what upgrades do exactly but it's totally ok
That's a great score actually congrats !
Yeah it was planned to give players more informations on the upgrades, the level of the upgrade ... But we didn't have time for that :/
Thanks a lot for the review !