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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Design | #1179 | 2.869 | 3.429 |
| Originality | #1441 | 2.869 | 3.429 |
| Overall | #1469 | 2.829 | 3.381 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #1599 | 2.749 | 3.286 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Nice concept, I can see the potiential it may have if you give it some more polish and features. I like the idea of bouncing around the scene to destroy the enemies (My own game even have a its gameplay revolving around that ^^) but that feeling is easily countered by the fact that the enemies moving in the opposite direction can stop you dead in your track instantly. Also, I don't really see the connection with the theme, it seems you're not using it either as a mechanic or even a constraint, it's a missed opportunity imo.
Apart from that, as I said it has a lot of potential. maybe with some more enemies dans mechanics, I could turn into a really good game. Nice job nonetheless :)
Thanks for the feedback! We were short on time due to work and had to change our idea with about 4 hours to go in order to turn our project into an actual game people could have at least some fun with. There are a lot of polish ideas that we simply didn't have time to implement, some of what you and Mark Brown said and also some that we had planned.
The connection to the theme was different from most projects. Instead of restricting existing mechanics into "only one" being available to the player, our "only one" refers to the ship only having one function remaining (the shields). Compare this to a game like geometry wars where you can move and shoot, or FTL where you have multiple systems to take care of. This theme was a bit abstract and everyone has different perspectives on what it should mean, so we completely understand where you are coming from and agree.
This game definitely needs some game feel, but the concept is there, your only source of movement is as a side effect of your one way to defend and attack. Great work!
Thanks! We definitely wish we could have implemented polish features that we had planned, but unfortunately we ran out of time.
This game is really fun, i think adding a score counter would instantly double the addictivenes of this game.
Thank you so much for the review! In hindsight a score counter is certainly something we regret not prioritizing, we'll surely add that when we develop the game further.