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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #1759 | 3.155 | 3.155 |
| Overall | #2029 | 3.249 | 3.249 |
| Presentation | #2201 | 3.254 | 3.254 |
| Creativity | #2215 | 3.338 | 3.338 |
Ranked from 71 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
During gameplay, the "role" of the player and enemy get swapped on a timer.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Love the idea here. Tight scope and great execution. The flip really caught me off guard the first run lol. Visually the game has a great aesthetic and the audio is solid. I wish the controls were a little less icey, maybe give the player more control and make the projectiles faster.
Well done, fantastic entry.
Thank you for the kind words and for playing! I'm very glad you liked it, and I can see you found the same problems that I personally agree the game has, about player movement and perhaps bullet speed. Thanks!
Solid idea, my favorite part was flying around super fast avoiding enemies.
Glad you liked it, thank you!
The art is great, the controls are great, and its fun! I would love more health, i was not good enough to ram a ship, and would have liked to actually experience that.
Thank you for the kind words! It's definitely difficult to ram into the ships during the reverse, but thanks for playing!
I like the idea of each side get a turn to attack in a shooter game like this, and it's challenging as well since even on your turn you still need to avoid crashing with the ship drifting, great fun!
Thank you, glad you liked the idea!
The art style is great. The controls are kind of difficult. Still, it's a fun game.
Thank you! I'm proud to say the artwork was done by myself and was my first ever real success in pixel artwork. Thanks for playing and enjoying!
Loved the game, controls can be tuned more but all in all lovely game! Make sure to update it after the jam!
Thank you for playing, glad you liked it! I am definitely thinking to continue updates
Nice little game, fits the theme very well!
Thank you for playing and the kind words!
This game is very fun, but hard. Itwas veryexciting every time I got a high score.
Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed!
It's very fun. Game has giant potential. Please, make new version after jam!
Thanks for such positive words! I am definitely thinking to continue development after the jam, to include better controls as well as things such as upgrades or power-ups.
Hey, the idea for your game is great, and trying to get a new high score is very rewarding. Swapping the ability to attack really makes the game fun to go through. But I feel as though it was quite difficult to control the ship.
Thanks for playing, glad you liked the idea! Ship controls is definitely difficult, wished I had more time
Never tell me the odds!
Haha, nice!
It great idea of a game and great execution, you could easily addicted to achieve a better score. great submission.
Thank you for the positive words and great score! Thanks for playing.
i love the creative take on the theme. I felt like the ship was a bit too slow to turn and would end up dying because of it. One detail i do love is the jets light up depending on what way you turn
Thank you! I was very happy with how the thrusters ended up looking for the different movement directions. Indeed the ship controls are not as perfect as I would like them. Glad you like the idea of the theme!
I like the concept! Has lots of potential! Controlling the ship is actually a lot harder than I thought, which meant I fly into enemy ships a lot haha. I think adjusting some of the values in terms of the ship's acceleration would definitely help with moving around more comfortably. Also, bullet speed could be higher since at times I would be going faster than the bullet! Anyway, it's a cool design and I hope you continue working on it afterwards!
Hi, thank you for playing! Controlling the ship is definitely difficult, and it's somewhat on purpose and somewhat not. I definitely would like to have tinkered with the player controls more, but didn't find the time for the jam. For bullet speed also, I think the issue would be fixed in a cool way if they followed the player's velocity (travelling fast + firing = fast moving bullet). Thanks for the positive words!
Cool Idea and nice visuals. It's very satisfying to destroy enemy ships, whether that be shooting or ramming into them. I just think it needs some tweaks for the movement of the ship (Quicker change in direction, faster acceleration, and a maximum speed are some examples of things you can tweak).
Thanks for the positive words and constructive feedback! The movement system are absolutely something I wish I had more time to tweak with. I found tinkering with the settings of it more difficult than I had anticipated and I ended up going with what i had with the time limit. Thank you for playing!
(sorry commented on the wrong page lol)
this is a very fun idea! An asteroids type game where you actually do have to ram into the enemies sometimes, it challenges the conventions you would expect for sure.
The sprite work is positively lovely, I adore how all the ships and the space background look! I found the gameplay very engaging, but it takes some getting used to due to how different the concept is from the norm. Though I guess that's part of the point of the jam either way!
(Here is my comment from the other page, lol)
Thank you for the positive comments! The gameplay is indeed somewhat difficult, but I believe holds a good skill-ceiling also. Needing time to get used to it is understandable! Glad you had fun with it.
One of the more original games on this Jam! The movements are a bit hard to control which makes it more chaotic which I absolutely love. Also the switching of the roles captures the essence of this Jam prefectly and adds a some variation in the gameplay. Would've liked more additions like maybe power-ups or different enemies (like more unique ones with different attacks) but considering the time limit of this Jam this is very good. Hats off !
Thanks so much for taking the time to play it! I'm very glad you enjoyed the game and appreciated the creativity and link to the theme. With the idea of power-ups and enemy variation, it's absolutely something I would have added if I had more time available. Instead I kept focused on making what I had as fun and playable as possible. Thanks again! <3
The aircraft controls are way more realistic than other space shooters I've seen (like mine 😅) - you have no drag, like you would in outer space. The pixel art also has that really nice 3D shading effect that I never seem to get right, and it just makes this overall a really solid game. (to everyone saying that it doesn't fit the theme, just play for 30 sec. You'll see what I mean.)
Thank you very much for the kind words and taking the time to play and review! I'm glad you enjoyed the realistic approach I took to the controls, even though they are hard to get used to. Thank you for reassuring me on the theme fitting! <3
Unsure about it fitting the theme but keep up the dev, turned out good!
Not sure if it plays along with the theme. I think it is a great start and looking forward to what you make for the next one!
Thank you for the positive response! I would however argue my case for fitting the theme, with the "role" of the players and enemies reversing back and forth, between a "ranged role" and a "melee role", if you will.