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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Adherence to the Theme | #588 | 4.035 | 4.035 |
Overall | #885 | 3.468 | 3.468 |
Design | #889 | 3.193 | 3.193 |
Originality | #1200 | 3.175 | 3.175 |
Ranked from 57 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Love games with the idea of a light following you, and the story and being able to take only one item is cool, good job :D
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Nice work! I found it pretty difficult, but that's just keeping true to the roguelike genre. Considering you're streamlining the roguelike inventory, I agree with others that you could probably go ahead and streamline the control system too. Cool game though, I liked this!
Thanks! I'll give a thought to the controls.
Wow a rogue-like for a game jam takes guts! You did a great job with it though! I would have liked if visibility was a bit better, but other than that you created a challenging, but rewarding game! Fun concept and the twist was implemented well! Good job!
Thanks a lot!
It's a neat game wich reminds classic games, however, the resolusion is too small and it's hard to see what happens in the game. Also, there it's bad that you didn't show controls in game. Anyway, I like the oldscool style of the game.
Thanks! I already have the idea how to fix visibility problems.
Care to elaborate about the controls? When you start the game, it says "Press ? for help" in the bottom of the window, and on pressing "?" button you can actually see full controls list. You mean I should've made help screen more intrusive?
I think, you should write controls somethere in the game.
You must be very brave to make a roguelike for a two-day game jam! Using LÖVE to develop a roguelike makes a lot of sense. I'll give it a try. Check our game: https://cerosware.itch.io/one-stick-shooter
Thanks :)
I reviewed your game, and, well, it has a plethora of different enemy kinds too (to be honest, the very same quantity as in my game :D)
Just finished testing the game, I must say it's quite impressive to come up with so much content in such a short period of time. The theme is really well respected, and even a bit too much : It's really hard to keep up with all the enemies while memorizing the emplacements of all the items you've encountered as well as all the paths you've explord and yet to explore. You can sometimes pick up two items, but that's pretty much it when it comes to practicality.
The controls don't do your game a favour either. They seem like scattared across the keyboard, and some actions are unecessarily convoluted. For example, if I want to switch between items, I shouldn't have to do Unequip > Throw > Pick up > Equip and only then be able to use the object, because each action consumes a turn, and when you're fighting enemies it quicklu becomes tiresome. Only one button should be enough.
Also, a minor thing I have noticed : When you run away frome an enemy, the enemy chases you AND deals you damage if they happen to be on the adjacent tile. And when your weapon just broke and you're trying to survive until you get a new one, it can feel really unfair.
Needless to say, I couldn't finish a level, but I salute the efforts you put into implementing your mechanics. Just make sure next time to put ergonomy before complexity. Nice job nonetheless :)
Thanks a lot for your extensive feedback! I'll certainly address the controls issues you've mentioned.
Hey there, before I rate your game : How do you open the doors ? The only items I found were pices of armor and there was no key in any of my playthroughs...
You just have to press O button when facing a door. You even can then close a door with the C button, so that mobs don't get you :)
Thanks, gonna test it right away. Also, the '?' key doesn't seem to work on my keyboard (AZERTY just so you know), so that's why I couldn't get the controls.
Oh, I'm sorry about that. You can also try the / button for the help screen, that one might work.
The full controls list is also on the game page: https://awkravchuk.itch.io/backpackless
Pretty neat game! It really remember me to the classics rpg text adeventures hahaha. Great style and it's fun!.
The only thing that bugs me a little are the controls... one you understand them you can play without problems, but they are a bit disperse trough the keyboard, maybe a better layout they could be great.
Nice work!
Thanks a lot! :)
I'll give a thought to the control scheme.
It's a nice dungeon crawler with nice dungeon design and it was definitely fun to play. But would be nice, if i don't have to change the screen resolution in order to play the game ;)
Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Got it, I already have some ideas how to fix the visibility problem :)
Nice game, playing area could be slightly large.
Please check our too: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/461656
Thanks!
I'm on it.
Had a lot of fun playing your game!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it :)
Fun dungeon crawler, like other comments though it was diffult to see the character on the screen, so a higher resolution would be nice.
But I really enjoyed that, I'll keep a copy on my desktop and play it some more over the week!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it :)
I agree w/one of the comments regarding the Camera being too far. Besides that, this was a neat little dungeon crawler. Had a blast playing through the mazes- great job!
Thanks! I'll put some thought on camera all right.
Oldschool dungeon crawler! Window was a little small for me.
Oh, I'll probably add the fullscreen mode later.
The camera could be closer the the character, I like the feeling of those old text adventure, telling you your facing directions and all
Thanks!
I'll definitely invent something about the camera after the jam ends.
I love the look of the game. I just wish the camera would be more closer.
Got it. I'll think about appearance.
This is a great start to a game that could be fleshed out and the kinks ironed out. Love the classic dungeon crawler vibes you've got going!
Thanks!
I'll most definitely will carry it on after the jam.
Really liked the game, but I feel the controls were to far apart because you were following the classic roguelike style. I also think the camera should be more focused on the main character. But, what I really liked was the DnD Style random weapons, that's was something really unique and fun.
I also went with the one item slot idea for my submission but you went more adventure-oriented so we could be told apart, and thankfully so, I was nervous in case we made the same exact thing.
Thanks!
I'll think about more comfortable controls when I'll work on this later.
I've checked out your submission, and it's better than mine in the sense that it has actual gameplay balance :)
Thank you! but still, there some really good ideas in yours that you should keep for another time so you can progress because I feel there's a lot of potential in them.
cool game
Thanks!
Where Is the game?
Have some patience, I'll hopefully make it till the jam ends :)