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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #37 | 3.893 | 3.893 |
| Theme | #68 | 4.058 | 4.058 |
| Overall | #156 | 3.645 | 3.645 |
| Sound | #163 | 3.347 | 3.347 |
| Mechanics | #184 | 3.405 | 3.405 |
| Music | #193 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Aesthetics | #199 | 3.810 | 3.810 |
| Fun | #261 | 3.405 | 3.405 |
Ranked from 121 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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ALL THE ART IS CREATED BY ME - sound effects from pixabay.com - music and sound effects from woowie game jam starter pack - font from www.dafont.com (bloody, 100% free)
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Neat combo of archery + ammo management. Great game
Thank you so much, I appreciate that you noticed such details :)
I liked your RPG though, it is cool, and just like my game, it is story based :)
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
I like the art of the game, and the story is engaging. I appreciate the progressive increase in difficulty. However, I noticed that the settings for the volume didn't get saved. But overall, everything is good.
Thanks you so much for your feedback, I am glad you liked the art and story, they were the hardest part :)
And yeah, I noticed that late, but they are working fine just they don't adjust to show as the sound is. great notice though!
Thanks again for playing!
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
Nice game! I love me a good "archery" style shooter.
Your pixel art was great! The animations were very well done. Only critique I'd have is to shorten the rounds a bit, as they became a bit long. Especially the first round. Once I found the right angle to headshot the wolves at full power the moment they appeared, I just kinda left my mouse there and waited for them to appear. The birds showing up in wave 2 helped stop that though, as now I had to move around.
Overall great job though! Great submission!
Thanks you!
I love how specific your critiques are!
- You are absolutly right, the waves are so long and players may feel boring before reaching the best parts!
- For the first wave, I made it like that on purpose just so the player get used to the controls, but it has to be shorter for sure!
Thanks again for you precious feedback, it really makes me feel happy :)
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
A nice, simple style to this one! The animations were actually better overall than I would have expected from the screenshots, so well done with that. I noticed in your reply to montheponies that you had shot-cancelling initially, and then took it out to make the game harder. That's a perfectly legitimate reason, but if you can't decide whether to keep it or leave it, why not make it an option in the form of a higher difficulty? There are several other things you could lump in with this idea to forge an easier or harder game experience, and then leave the player to decide for themselves how they want to experience the game.
Oh, I am glad you liked the animations since they were a total pain haha..
For the second point, that is a wonderfull idea, giving the player to make the choice is indeed a great choice and has more flexibility!
I will take that in count for sure in the next update of the game :)
Thanks BH67 for this precious feedback and great suggestions, this is really helpful and important for me!
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
Nice game with simple mechanics and great art. My only suggestion would be to may be increase the difficulty earlier so that it is more fun to play after the first time.
Thank you so much, I am glad you like the art :)
This is a very reasonnable suggestion, I am sure it will make the game a lots better! In the next update I will decrease the time gap between every two waves to less than half :
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
very nice story
I am glad you liked the story since it is the most important element in my game :)
Thank you so much!
your game looks fun, I will check it now :)
Gameplay is engaging, and the the story is a good motivator to keep on :) Art style and enemy variety is really good. Not a huge deal but a indicator for the trajectory of the rocks can be beneficial yet maybe it is design choice for a more challenging gameplay. Nice job!
I am glad you appreciate all the game elements especially the story, you might have keen sight!
Actually when I was making the game at first, I had an indicator for the trajectory of the rocks, but that just make the game so eazy, that is when I changed it with an arrow. But who knows, it may be better if I let the trajectory :)
Thanks for you precious feedback, you are really helping me improve my skills :)
Nice work, as someone else suggested a shortened 30 second wave timer would help speed up the player to reach the varied enemy types. Well done!
Thank you, this is actually a great suggestion! I will take it in count in the next update :)
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
Aww, what a sweet but heartbreaking intro! I'm impressed at how immediately invested you got me. I do agree with the critiques on decreasing wave length, I think 30 seconds would be perfect, but the mechanics work nicely and I love the art! Very nicely done! :)
I am so glad that you enjoyed my game and liked my art, it really means a lot to me! And yeah, I totally agree that the wave length should decrease! I will change it in the next update soon, so I hope you check it out after the update :)
Thanks a lot again for your kind words and helpful feedback :)
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
The visuals is great! And the whole game feels very well done. Great job!
I am glad you feel this way toward my game, Thank you so much!
love the story. but once you set your aim, there is not much to it. loved the wave system, it added variety. couldnt get past the goats. very much attention to detail especially the cutscene in the ending.
Finally someont payed attention to the story :) I really appreciate this!
I think you are right, I have to edit the difficulty curve and change some game mechanics, and add upgrade screen :)
I am glad that you noticed the cutscenes and some details, since lots of people who played it didn't reach that far :)
It's always the birds, I tell you!
Do you mean the game is only spawning birds? this is weird because it is supposed to spawn monsters randomly :(
Could you give me some details about the bug so I can make some debugging, please?
Oh no! That was meant to be a joke cuz I died due to birds :D
Ha ha I am sorry, I thought it is a bug. I am sorry I ruined the joke :(
Well, birds aren't this hard when you meet mr. capricorn haha :)
Fun game! Might be good to add a cancel fire button so you can re-aim without losing a rock (perhaps using right mouse click). I'd probably go with reducing the time between waves as well to more like 20-30s rather than 2min, just so the pacing is more frantic. Well Done!
Thanks! those are actually very very good ideas!
- For the reducing of time between waves, it is really important since I noticed that most people who played my game don't know that it is a story based game rather than a typical shooter game, because they don't reach higher waves. So this is absolutly a great idea :)
- For the cancel fire, well, I don't know how to put that, but, at first, I made the game so you can cancel fire whenever you want, but then I changed all of that to what it is now to make the game harder. But I guess you have reason, maybe I should put that back :)
Your feedback is so rich and helpful for me, your game was great as well, keep up the good work!
No problem, meant to say I also loved the art style - really cool. :)
Thanks you so much! I am glad you liked my art style!
Thanks again for the precious feedback, I sure am going to update the game soon :)
It's a great game i loved the visuals, congrats on the game
Thank you so much! I really am glad that you loved the visuals because they took the most time from me
Great game! I love the art
It is very refreshing for me to heat that you love art since it was the most think that took my time :)
I love you game as well, Good job!
Nice game for a game jam!
Thanks budy! your game is cool as well!
cool game, did you make with your daughter?
unfortunately, no, I don't have a daughter :( maybe soon :)
But still I am glad you liked my game, I really appreciate that!
Very nice, it's one of those games i could see myself playing for too long. The art was very good for the type of game you wanted to make, and the animation was spot on.
I am glad you enjoyed it! And I really appreciate your compliment for the art because it was really tiring making everything from scratch :)
I can imagine it was, there's a reason i'm happy my teammate is the artist and i can stick to coding xD
You should be very thankful to your teammate haha :)
Oh i am, it's cool seeing the art they come up with. I have a lot of respect for people that can make unique/very well done art.
THE GAME UPDATE IS RELEASED!
The game UPDATE is released! check it out now here Bright Darkness!
What is new in the Bright Darkness v1.1 ?
CORE UPADATES:
- Decreased the wave length to 30 seconds
- You can now change aim angle while charging!
- Added a x3 power up!
- You can access the different paths and endings earlier now!
- Faster reloading
OTHER UPDATES:
- Improved animations
- Added visual effects and paticules and lighting
- more rich sounds
- Fixed the non saved volume settings
- You can skip the death scene for a faster replay
- The enemies are more dynamic
- The game pace increases faster
- Fixed bugs
Wow nice and fast update, i will be playing this in my downtime.
Great job! The only thing I would have liked to see is some sort of upgrade system, but otherwise, it played really well, and looked great! Keep making games :)
Thank you so much!
This is a great feedback! I liked the idea, even though I was focusing on the story in the game, but the upgrade system will make the game more dynamic and fun, maybe I will add it to the game later :)
Hi there I played your game, the only feedback I have is maybe take some art lessons to help you improve your art!
Thanks for your feedback!
Can you be more specified :)
I dont know there are so many resources that can help you with art. DrawABox, Loomis books, online courses, take your pick!
Thanks for the resources, but this isn't what I mean. I mean what do you mean by the game art: in my game specifically character design? Tiles? Animations? Visual effects?...