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Beacon BoundView game page

Godot Wild Jam #72
Submitted by katjkornegay — 38 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Accessibilty#173.4323.600
Originality#224.0054.200
Overall#523.3373.500
Controls#543.3373.500
Graphics#563.5283.700
Fun#603.1463.300
Theme#783.5283.700
Audio#1052.3842.500

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.2.2

Wildcards Used
N/A

Game Description
Play as a lighthouse keeper fending off sea monsters!

How does your game tie into the theme?
The lighthouse's light both guides ships and fends off monsters that spawn in the dark.

Source(s)
N/A

Discord Username(s)
N/A

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0

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Comments

Submitted

Definitely would love to see more of this, it has a ton of potential.

Pros:

  • Once I understood more of the aspects of the game, it was pretty easy to keep up with.
  • Controls were super simple
  • Music was very entertaining for this game and not too loud.
  • Loved the sails billowing in the wind. Very cute
  • Fun Artwork


Critiques:

  • Starting a new game from the menu continued where I left off at a higher level, I had to refresh the entire page to get back to level 1
  • Would be nice to have audio adjustment
  • Some more ambient sounds or monster sound would go a long way to add impressiveness
  • In the shop or somewhere on the screen it would be nice to know what level your upgrades are currently at 
Submitted(+1)

I would LOVE to see this updated, the idea is great and the loop really got me hooked!  I can imagine sinking a lot of time into it.  I didn't do well because I'm a little wet behind the ears.  The requirement ramp is way too much/the upgrade path too strict.  I played 10 times before it was smooth sailing.

  • Some other issues:
    You can try to click to collect right as time goes out and accidentally buy an upgrade
  • Click to collect was finicky sometimes, I had to click a couple times
  • Upgrade count could show "-1 left"

Despite the issues, I had way too much fun on this one, nice work!

Submitted(+1)

Good mechanic once you realize the light will make the boats go faster. I was just swinging the light around at start :D 

It gets harder to get past the level. maybe add the bank in a way if you can't get past a level and need to repeat it, you would cumulate some amount of money from previous tries, so it doesn't become impossible because chosen upgrades are not enough from previous levels.

Submitted(+1)

I feel like to win you have to get the upgrades in a particular order to deal with the requirements going up so quickly. Do the boats go faster in the light.. It looked like it to me but I was not sure?

(+2)

Good game, congrats! I just think the requirement increases too much, while the number of ships remains basically the same. Just a little balancing and the game should be even better. :)

Submitted(+1)

This is a really cool concept, I think it gets a little repetitive but I definitely enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, I found you could cheese it by just swinging the mouse around constantly as it insta-kills the krakens

Nice work :)