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A jam submission

Redshift HyperstarView game page

Arcade inspired space top down scroller shooter
Submitted by Erik von Wangenheim, HairoDev, Wani, Cafiero (@_PedroAC_), mega_play, Guil — 16 minutes, 37 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#403.2664.000
Audio#443.2664.000
Graphics#563.2664.000
Overall#742.9163.571
Controls#802.7563.375
Originality#832.8583.500
Accessibilty#1012.2452.750
Theme#1032.7563.375

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.3

Wildcards Used
UI is Real

Game Description
Redshift Hyperstar is a top down scroller shooter inspired by arcade games from the 80s

How does your game tie into the theme?
The playable character is able to freeze enemies in space and time ultilizing the freeze ability which causes the red shift

Source(s)
N/A

Discord Username(s)
mr.uparrow, hairohukosu, antiumbra, erikvonw, lucasss_25, primalgm

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
First Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

This was super cool. Really liked the retro arcade look to it. The shield color mechanic was pretty neat but might be an issue for folks with Chromatopsia. Might want to consider changing the shield pattern or shape as a secondary indicator for what shield you have up. Same with the color of the lasers from the enemies. I had trouble telling apart the blue and the green ones.  I liked your freeze mechanic and I love when people spin it into a long acronym!

Great first submission to the GWJ I look forward to seeing what your team does next!

Submitted(+1)

This was so cool! I thoroughly enjoyed this and loved the style of it. I really like how well the UI was done. I think the main menu was my favorite part to be honest!

I think, honestly, the shader is fine, the visual effects were enough for me too. All I'd really say is to increase text size for the translations! Additionally maybe make the bullets a little bigger? 

Submitted(+1)

I'm going to be honest, I think the visual presentation is getting in the way here. I think there's a fine enough shmup underneath, I just can't really see it because of the heavy CRT filter over everything and all the flashing lights covering the whole screen every time I fly through a healing field or take damage. The audio's on point though.

Submitted(+1)

Looked really polished game.

Somehting to think about. First i didn't understand that there were more enemies because they were so dark compared the others. Second the FREEZE ability felt overpowered because you could use it all the time or thats how it felt. I feel like that kind of power should need to recharge or then there should be somehting to collect to get that power.

However I had fun playing the game. 

Submitted(+1)

Cool game. The cockpit is really well drawn and animated. I do find the enemies a bit difficult to see which is a shame because they look really cool. Overall a nice job!

Submitted

First off, the game looks great. Really enjoyed the health indicator in particular, I loved that it was unique but simultaneously intuitive.

I think I struggled a little bit with being able to visually assess all the projectiles on screen, as they're pretty thin and concealed by the screen overlay/HUD graphics.

The Freeze mechanic felt great, as soon as I started feeling super overwhelmed it felt very nice to be able to pause time and mow-down enemies.

In short, great work! Especially for you first entry. The pixel art rocks and so does the menu, so kudos to you.

Developer

Thank you for playing our game!!! Also thanks for the feedback! We’ll be taking notes ✍️

Submitted

Hi, my pc won't let me download your game. It says virus detected. Running windows 10. Has anyone else had this issue?

Developer

Hello, this seems to be a drawback of the "Embed PCK" feature. The data bytes added to the .exe sometimes seem to match footprints of some virus /:

Submitted

I managed to play it. It's fantastic, love the style and the sound is great too. Thought it was very well polished for a week jam. It does get hard haha