Interesting idea, gameplay is fast paced and straight into action I like it, Graphics are cute and sounds are funny :D, good job.
Suggestion: Some vfx can be added at enemy hit.
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Rats's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Art Style/Visuals | #13 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Theme | #16 | 3.278 | 3.278 |
| Overall | #21 | 3.089 | 3.089 |
| Audio/Sound Design | #22 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Gameplay/Fun | #26 | 2.722 | 2.722 |
| Innovation | #29 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game Engine / Tools
Unity 2022
How does your game fit the theme?
We upgrade not ourselves, but our enemies. The enemies are funny.
Self-made stuff
Graphics / Art (e.g. models or textures)
Assets (e.g. free or owned)
Comments
Nice unique art style for this top-down shooter game😊!
The graphics stood out immediately. Fun and cute. Also, the twist of upgrading your enemy instead of yourself is well conceived. It could have been even stranger perhaps. The controls worked well, although it took some getting used to before I could dodge the enemies smoothly and hit them effectively. There's definitely a level of difficulty present, at least for me, and I died quite often.
More enemies and power-ups might be fun for an update. Audio/SFX was present and okay.
Good jam entry. Well done.💪
Loved the art-style and theming! The sketches were cute and I liked how upgrading the enemies changed their graphics. Very clean top-down shooter with some "strange" powerup mechanics. I'm excited to see what you do in the future!
Submitted
Alien Breaks BricksHey! I really enjoyed playing your rat-themed game. The combat mechanics are simple yet engaging, and I love the option to choose between different enemy types after each wave. It adds a nice strategic element to the game and keeps the experience fresh as you face new challenges.
The variety of enemies as the game progresses is a great touch, and it keeps the gameplay exciting. One suggestion could be to explore even more unique power-ups or abilities for the player to make the experience even more dynamic.
Overall, great job! I’m excited to see how the game develops further!
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Strange Surge (Prototype)I am not grat a this game :)
Upgrading enemies is a nice touch, graphics have a distinct style too! The problem? I don't know why, but the scoreboard always shows the same numbers for me! It's either a bug, or I'm really consistent :)
Submitted
A gunshot of espressoThe art you are going with is very good and smooth animation, tho I can see you didn't had a lot of time for it. It's a nice shooter tho I think the endscreen is broken? I always got the same outcome, at first i thought it was highscore but I am sure I did more than 2 waves.
Also what do the buttons do at the start? I don't know if they did somthing.
Overall nice game looked promesing.
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ColoryThanks for playing the game!
Well, it's a very strange problem with the endscreen. When we tested the game on another device, our friend encountered the same problem. To fix it, you have to clear the cache on your device or try it in another browser. The problem must be solved. We're not sure what causes it, but it depends on your browser.
Regarding the buttons at the beginning, the paw in the middle does nothing but make some kind of sound and is inserted just for fun. The neighboring ones should turn on/off the SFX and music. Now, I think they don't work, we'll fix them after the jam. Thank you for reporting this
I liked the design of the rats and the idea of improving the enemies instead of the main character. But maybe it lacks a visual clue when we take damages, I heard the sound, but I was often a bit surprised when I'm game over, because I couldn't see when I lost my lifes
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Hero to zeroI loved the art style, and like CMSaiko, nice sounds fx ! The art style is reaally cool, but it lacks on visibility : i mean the hp's visuals are not clear
But the game is really cool and fun to play, congrats !
Submitted
Hero to zeroVery nice art style and cute little sound effects! What was missing were some kind of feedback, like when you hit a enemy it flashes white or particles appear. That's what I learned when I did my first top-down shooter :) Very solid game overall and the power-ups were indeed strange with making your enemies stronger!
Submitted
StrangezardFun and silly game, but it broke after a few upgrades (i was stuck on the upgrade menu and nothing I clicked worked.
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Buff BarrageThank you for playing the game and reporting the bug! We want to finish the game and fix the problems after the jam, so this is really very useful information. As a temporary solution, I recommend restarting the game in similar situations. This, of course, will reset the progress, but it will definitely fix the problem. Some power ups (usually blue ones) periodically behave unpredictably, and they can cause this problem.
OMggGG another Rat game maker!! Rat buddies!
I found out that the left bottom corner is a area where the sad rats cant enter and shielded me from most attacks. (I lost to a laser attack in the end)
It was super fun to get to see all the upgrades and they looked very fun!! Good job
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RatUpIndeed now we're rat buddies xD
Thanks for playing our game and for letting us know about the issue!! Yeah, it could be a bit buggy. We messed up a bit with the timing and didn't have enough time to finish everything by the deadline. :D
We're planning to finish the game eventually after the jam, so we'll try to sort everything out and make it even better!
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