Geta Game Jam 10

Never Riders jam comments

2020-01-07T00:03:51Z

Pros Presentation was phenomenal, one of the best I've seen in the jam so far. All of the transitions, animations and particles were very smooth and polished. Nothing felt out of place. Great visuals with an awesome and vibrant colour pallete. It continuously varied throughout the game, while simultaneously being able to maintain the retro art style. Excellent music that established the fast-paced tone of the game really well, also suiting the visuals perfectly. Cons Unfortunately there's not all that much depth to the gameplay, verbs are all simple and don't provide any real purpose. You don't need to press a button at all, aside from the upgrade menu, to complete a run. Coins were a good way of resolving this, but are so infrequently spaced out. There are no conflicts or challenges that the player encounters, resulting in an uninteresting gameplay loop. Consider making it so that collisions with asteroids and other objects will have some kind of impact, so that you have an incentive to move while also staying tense throughout the run. Also ensure that this challenge is escalating over time, so that it rises with the player's skill level and maintains their engagement for longer. Some elements of the game were a little misleading, at first the foreground elements (asteroids, other racers, etc.) were read as road blocks that needed to be destroyed. It wasn't until some time before a realised that they could be passed through like they were in the background. Upgrades were really vague, and collecting them didn't feel very rewarding. Little to no obvious sense of player growth or progression was communicated through obtaining them, perhaps they should appear more as addons rather than as adjustments? Overall really good work! Super polished and an awesome interpretation of the theme, it was just the gameplay that let me down a quite bit. Regardless, there's heaps of potential here and I'm looking forward to seeing what you create next!

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A race towards the infinity!

Submitted by Zapdexio (@Zappedeccio)

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Jupiter_Hadley4 years ago(+1)

Interesting game. I included it in my Geta Game Jam 10 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)

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plasmastarfishSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice entry! It was cool to see the different planets and biomes, although there wasn't that much to do each lap other than fire at the occasional other racer or space cracker. Music and graphics were nice, and it was visually polished.

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Ouroboros!

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ZapdexioDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the review!

I'll consider making some changes to the game, you're absolutely right and when I think about it I made obvious mistakes.

Looking forward to the next Jam!

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