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A jam submission

Poly gone into orbitView game page

Minimalistic Caravan Shmup for the Gunner Parade '22 Winter League
Submitted by short_demand — 9 days, 6 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#52.5002.500
Caravan Accuracy#62.2502.250
Design#72.5002.500

Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

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  • This game has an interesting aesthetic to it, but aside from it being quite minimal, the game has multiple flaws. For one, the game does not feature traditional caravan enemy spawns as everything is scripted, leaving no purpose to try and optimize killing enemies to spawn more. In turn, the coin scoring system feels like a crutch as to try and make up for the poor player/enemy interaction. The WASD shot type system is cool but it also feels like a your shots do no damage when enemies swarm the player's core. Also what's stopping players from just using GOD MODE. In the end the game idea is neat but the execution needs more work.
  • Well now this was a surprise! check out the weapons system in this shmup... you're gonna get attacked from EVERYWHERE but you also have a bunch of different ways to fight back and collect those dogtags... I really love the boss design and in general I love deploying the 4 way shot at different angles and then running around the screen - this is a really fun and addictive game! Maybe needs a little work on scoring side, and perhaps a little on visibility as well, maybe making bullets a shape other than a circle would help - excellent job though, this has a vibe like none other and I think its quite unique and well designed.

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Comments

Jam Judge

I don't think the game even works

Developer

What issue did you run into?

Jam Judge

the game