Hey thanks for playing!! Glad you had fun with it!! Means a lot!

Thanks for playing and glad you had fun!! It was definitely somewhat inspired by Vampire Survivors. And ya I do feel a little bad seeing that so many other people made their own graphics and stuff... but I'm actually really terrible at that, and definitely can't do much within 48 hours so I opted to try and get as much as I could from free online sources. My main focus this jam was mainly on the feeling of the game. Maybe next jam I'll try to have more things that are mine. Thanks again though!!

I'm sorry about the foxes!!! I know they are so cute! They were going to be sly spell dice caster enemies but that was taking too long to make... so I just made them faster than normal... and then I added bones and red pixels to every death........... if it makes you feel better though I was planning to have it mentioned somewhere that the enemies aren't "dying" and they just respawn at home so canon can just be they went back home. Also the fox is pretty angry you're crashing his buffet meal...

Anyways thanks for playing and your feedback! My primary goal was to make a game that was fund and felt good to play. Definitely happy that the deaths felt impactful. Also glad that the auto aiming actually helps out! I was thinking that if the player is just going to be shooting 99% of the time might as well make it automatic. Oh also really appreciate you like the voice acting! That was pretty much a last minute thing I did and I had no idea if people would like it or if they would be considered really dumb.

Your feedback is fair. I know towards the end when you have 3 or 4 spells at once it really doesn't matter which ones you get cuz they end up just obliterating just about everything. Randomness then really isn't much of a factor! And ya sorry about having to download it. I used game maker studio but I didn't notice till the end that my copy didn't have export to web. I actually tried to look into buying that version real quick right before submitting but the gamemaker website was being dumb. Was worried it would impact how many people would try the game though.

Thanks again though and good luck!!

Thanks for playing!! Glad you enjoyed the buffet!

Hey thanks for playing! I agree we both had great ideas for this jam!! And glad you found it vey satisfyingly to play! My primary goal this jam was to make a game that was fun and felt really good to play. Lot of positive reception with the feeling so I think I hit that mark.

And I agree with your feedback. I didn't really catch it till towards the very end when I was doing a couple playthroughs, but 4 of the spells are just aim in the general direction and especially when you have up to 4 different ones at a time they can all blur together. If I revisit this I'll look into a way to make them all more distinct with specific niches. Also ya I should have probably made it more obvious what spells are actually being used because again they do all blur together in mid to late game.

Thanks again for playing and your feedback!! Good luck!

Thanks for playing and glad you liked it!! And ya Vampire Survivors may have been a bit of an influence lol

Hey thanks for playing and your kind feedback! Glad you enjoyed it through and liked the endgame as well. And they were good explosions!!

Wow thanks Emilly for the generous compliments and the feedback!! I appreciate you giving my game so much thought! I'll go down some of the main points:

I use Game Maker Studio and I believe my edition does have an export to at least Mac/Linux... not sure if it's extra work but I'll check that out and try to include it next time or update this version later on after the jam. And glad you like the voice lines!! I had no idea how they would go over but it seems they had a positive impact on the game. Though one thing you mention about the shield guy was a fear of mine! The knight guy (and the boss) does actually have invincibility for a few seconds at a time but the only thing that I did to show that was to have him show up light blue and he doesn't show any impact damage. I knew that was a stretch though for people to understand and probably should of included some sort of tip or icon or something to better represent that.  The voices were the very last thing I did and the knight guy was a last ditch effort to give one more plausible tip about invincibility and to provide a little bit of character to him. 

I am super happy you found the game juicy though. My primary goal was to have a fun game that felt really solid and great while playing. I especially tried to make that happen with the deaths since I wanted it to be very impactful. So far reactions seem very positive about that so I'm pretty satisfied. Though there definitely ways I can make it even juicier for the future.

1. I may consider that at least for big enemies.

2. Ya I probably should have added a few more sounds but due to time I just did the ones I thought most important. Also one thing I wanted to avoid was having too many sounds, especially with things like the water shots going off at like 20 rounds a second or something. But I agree a few more sounds like a knife swoosh could have been good.

3. Fair point about the text. It was pretty much just quickly written to give some basic context to the game and provide a little bit of character. Maybe it would have been better told during game (or even voicing it in game???) but it's also one of those things where I could get that out in a few minutes versus some other options.

4. I agree, and it's one of those things I didn't really notice till doing final playthroughs of my game once it was all put together. 4 out of the 6 attacks are just aim in general direction of enemy and the other 2 (lightning and frost) are just 360 degree damage. If I ever come back to this or make a sequel I'll try to make each item fill a more specific niche somehow.

5. Completely agree with that! Honestly I wasn't expecting players to stick around till 1000!! That was more of stretch goal for the dedicated to then see the ability that 4 level spells can do (since the chance of getting one normally is so low) but I thought most would lose interest or die before then. But now even playing it back through I know 200 - 400 is a little long, and that 400 - 1000 is very long. I should have balanced it to probably be cut by at least a third. But I am flattered that so many people are sticking around to 1000!

6. I didn't really think of a tutorial but in hindsight ya probably should have thrown something up as a basic gameplay how to as eating food to advance may not be that intuitive. Also I probably should have included a bit of a description on what each spell did... though maybe that doesn't matter much since most did the same thing in the end! Also probably shoulda explained the knight guy...

Anyways thanks again for your nice writeup and feedback! Definitely gives me some things to thank about. I'm almost thinking of making a sequel since this was so fun to make, and I'll be sure to include what you said in my development. Also thank you so much that at the time this was your favorite game!!! Quite possible that's changed by now since there are many great games in this jam, but even just being an early contender for that honor is awesome!

Thanks again and good luck!
-SwornCoyote

Thanks for playing and glad you liked it! Ya I agree that eventually the randomness dies down since you just start having almost everything at once. If I come back to it in the future I definitely think of a way to make the powers more unique and better in specific cases.

Thanks for playing and glad you liked it so much! An honor that it even somewhat reminded you of the glory of some COD Zombies from back in the day! Ya one of the primary goals I wanted for this jam was to make a game that was fun and that felt good to play. I think I did pretty well this time.

I agree about the milestones. I actually didn't expect people to play too much and I did want players to spend at least a little time with lower level spells, but I know actually play through it trying to get all the way to a 1000 is a stretch. Especially as several people have noticed it essentially just turns into running in a huge circle for the best spots.

And also good point about the rng. I didn't really notice till the end of developing, but 4 of the weapons are literally just point in general direction. If I ever revisit this I'll probably think of a way to make the weapons more specific or impactful in certain niches.

Super glad you loved it though! Means a lot!

Thanks for playing! And really glad you liked the voices!! I did those at the very end and had no idea how they'd go over, whether they'd add to the experience or people would think they're dumb.

And ya I originally did have a few walls in place, but then some of the enemies were being dumb on them and I think it did break the flow a little bit so I ended up just having it be a big arena essentially. If I come back to this a may add some wall and other noticeable obstacles or something.

And I'll let you know if the sequel ever comes! I did have so much fun with this I'm low-key considering it... 

Thanks for playing! Greatly appreciate it! And ya I agree, I shoulda maybe put a little less reliance on just food and maybe have some sort of random events pop up. Ideas for next time!

Thanks!!! Glad you liked it!

Thanks for playing and glad you enjoyed it! I was definitely playing some Vampire Survivors recently so that rubbed off a bit, though I think the game turned even more closer to that than I originally planned! And ya I actually didn't even consider that till like halfway through making it that really the enemies are nothing more than obstacles which also works thematically with you just trying to eat as much as possible. So ended up working out!! Glad you liked the random attacks/scaling as well!

Thanks for the compliments and for playing the game! Ya one of my goals this jam was for things to feel a little more impactful so hopefully I did that this time!

Thanks for playing! And go ahead and eat it allll!!!

Thanks for the compliments and for playing!

Awesome! Thanks for saying that and playing the game!!

Thanks for playing! Vampire Survivors was definitely an inspiration here!