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A jam submission

KnockShotView game page

Submitted by ShiroyashaDono, Nomad_2088, Nano, HaruHiru — 3 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Score Chasing#322.4502.450
Presentation#372.5002.500
Fun#412.3502.350
Overall#482.2302.230
Theme#522.0002.000
Originality#601.8501.850

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • The shotgun movement was really fun, I liked being able to bounce through the air with the gun. It was a really nice mechanic - but I feel like the bouncy ceiling really hurt that part of it. I think it might've been better to have it be less of a hard ceiling, especially because it can't be seen. Maybe gravity is stronger the higher you go, or there are enemies up there too. There's another minor issue with dying unexpectedly, because the player dies in one hit, it feels bad to get hit from behind! If you wanted to improve this game, you should disable enemy attacks when they aren't in view. That way, you can always see what killed you :) and you can balance that by having more enemies! The art direction is pretty good, everything is nice and clear, and the comic book style popups really tie the whole thing together, visually. Congrats on your submission!

How does your game relate to the theme?
You only get hit once to die, Special Power Surge that makes you one shot ennemies. You collect points by killing the ennemies through waves, the longer you survive and kill the higher the score is

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Comments

Submitted

This is fun! The music was great but very quiet for me, and I wish I was able to use the knockback from shooting the ground to travel a bit farther horizontally, but otherwise it was pretty solid. Would love to see a ragdoll effect on these enemies. I think the ceiling could be a bit higher too. Nice work!

Submitted(+1)

Very good! The shooting in an arena inevitably reminded me of Serious Sam

Submitted(+1)

I got first place on the leaderboard!

That was pretty fun but I didn’t really find a use for the bouncing mechanic. I was never in a situation where I had to bounce out of harms way and there were no platforms or anything to jump onto. The low invisible roof also made it seem even more pointless

I wish there were more guns, and I found the short range of the shotgun a bit unsatisfying. It was also difficult to read the spinning powerup cards

I enjoyed the UI and overall presentation, as well as the fancy itch game page

Submitted(+1)

A fun  shooting game with a few types of enemies.
I like the the powerups (grenade launcher is op)
I like the bouncing system but I wish there was no invisible wall on top.
My only issue is the movement is quite laggy,.
Otherwise it's a great game.

Submitted(+1)

Some cool stuff in this game!

I love the colosseum feel, the smoke particles, and the POW that shows up when you hit enemies.

I like the look of lines on the screen when you move, but I think it's excessive for every time you move - I think that would be good to display when dashing or something like that.

The physics felt weird to me - I was flying around and bouncing off of walls. I think this type of game would fit better with snapper movement with more friction.

Congrats on your submission!

Submitted(+1)

I love the Wind Waker style smoke effects. All the other effects and animations were also done well, nice job! The game gave me some Serious Sam vibes, especially with the bomb enemy. If you continue to work on this after the jam, you should definitely add some screaming sound effects to those xD

Submitted(+2)

My best score is 578 - I'm not great at 3D shooters! XD
The visuals are really nice, and I love the satisfying feel when shooting. It's cool that we both use the 'POW' balloon effect! I really enjoyed the game, especially the wave system and the mechanic where you can shoot the ground to make a huge jump!

Submitted(+1)

I like Serious Sam like shootout, maybe add more dynamics and madness.

Submitted(+1)

The movement + shooting went very well. I do wish the game was a bit faster to better give a fast-paced feeling but this works well too as it keeps the player on his toes. Its nice that you focused on having one good working weapon as opposed to multiple weapons but not very well working! The enemy variety keeps things interesting as well, I do think some sort of multipliers/powers or even changes to the environment would work very well. The game balance also felt easy to start (thats good) but takes skill to reach a good high score! Congrats on the submission :D

Submitted(+2)

A very fun game, and visually the graphics really please me, I liked the upgrades and the variety of enemies, I think an interesting improvement would be to add something like a head shot or a shot as a critical attack, it would be even more fun to hit the bullets, Overall a great shipment. If you could rate my entry I would be very happy too.

Submitted(+2)

Felt like I wanted to run faster but the pacing of the shots was good. I will say, the environment didn't quite match the enemies and/or the weapon, heh. Keep it up! I bet it was challenging to put it all together, but you did it!

Submitted(+2)

It was chaotic and entertaining, I don't really understand what the bar downstairs was, but it was interesting.

(+2)

super fun game i like the movement with the shotgun