Visually brilliant! The little robots especially were fab and had a lot of character for me (graphics and audio-wise). The opening narrative was really excellent, amazing how a great intro really helps you settle into the game! Music felt just right and gave a nice amount of energy to the experience, and main menu music was ace too. I had a bit of trouble using the grappling hook, felt like I couldn't move towards the point I'd grappled as I was expecting, but managed to make things work by sort of swinging around where I wanted to go! A few other things that other people have mentioned, but I'm sure they're straightforward enough to fix :D Great job, and can't wait for that opening cinematic!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #21 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Visuals | #36 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Overall | #43 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Gameplay | #58 | 2.583 | 2.583 |
| Fun | #61 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Number in team
6
Does your game include art/sound packs or pre-prepared code?
Yes
If yes, please provide the source of the packs used
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/broadleaf-forest-collection
Please provide a link to the project source code.
https://github.com/herobank110/MoonJunk
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for the feedback! I understand what you mean with the black screen, so we are actually going to be putting a cutscene instead of the black screen for the polishing round.
Good game! The intro cutscene's audio work was very clean and nicely done. However for repeat playthroughs, there's no way to check the controls except for the end of that cutscene again, and it would be good to have a way to skip the cutscene for the less patient or those who want to get back to the game quicker.
Minor bugs below
- There's a problem with the settings - Music and SFX don't actually adjust
- Jumping and Retracting sounds can be spammed even when they don't work, like spamming jump after double jumping.
- In the controls, there's never an explaination on swapping to the EMP grenade, it's the 2 button, yeah, but still, it was never mentioned.
- The grenade also works differently than I expected, rather than a large explosion, I have to lob the thing directly onto the drones, and it doesn't throw too well.
- Gathering above 20 or so cores, the UI becomes squished
- Deposit bin was missed the first time around, whilst neon arrows pointed to it and it had a sign, I think it generally blended into the enviroment too much.
You're already polishing gravity and movement, so I won't say it again, the floatiness makes things feel less responsive, even if it matches the moon's atmosphere or so, it'd be nice if it was increased across the board in general. I got used to the grappling, but I can describe it as a bit unituitive, such as it's best to shoot directly up instead of a 45 degree angle, jumping to grapple almost never works at that angle as you'll fall to the ground and grappling gets canceled.
It's concept of gameplay was quite interesting and fun to experience as well. The grappling, once I was used to it, was quite fun to use! (The above are images because there was apparently a server error at the time and I couldn't post, so I can't edit it XD) It was fun, but there are a few small bugs here and there. Great job on the game!
2 years ago(+1)
Hi Aonee! Thanks for playing the game and taking the time to give some feedback! The amount of gravity is something we are actively working on this week as well as making the grapple pull the character, I think it will alleviate the feeling of floatyness when you can just grapple around as well!
As for the initial sequence, i hear you, i agree to some degree but like i was saying with a previous comment, we inted to do a cutscene which will hopefully make the black screen feel not as long! I do like the idea of some of the dialogue happening when your in game! I will bring this to the team and maybe try and incorporate some of the last few seconds of the dialogue into the in game when the player has control!
Thanks again for the feedback!
2 years ago(+1)
Hey thanks for the input! The black screen is eventually gonna be a cutscene we do this week!
Yeah i think there are to be some tweaks in terms of movement and gravity potentially and maybe we could make the deposit bin a little easier to see, maybe it glows? Thanks for the feedback! the team will try and smooth out mechanics and polish up the game as much as possible for this week! hope you come back and give it another try once its been polished!
Sorry you were having trouble Perdons22:( Thats strange! Did you hear any audio during that black screen at any point? The black screen might have actually been our "Cutscene" where through audio, the story is told to the player. After about a min and a half or so the instructions pop up on screen and you are loaded into the level. Did you download your build for windows or Mac? I have tested it out on Windows and it worked for me but if its not working for you i appreciate the feedback and would like to know a bit more of your situation!
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