Well call me impressed.
Getting animated models working in your game engine isn't an easier takes for most people.
But you even made it look good. The starting-screen with the ladybug in the background was really fun.
The concept works and is original. And that all for your first game-jam.
Good job.
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Lasers, Tasers, and Guard Dogs!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #11 | 3.692 | 3.692 |
| Creativity | #17 | 3.615 | 3.615 |
| Audiovisual Presentation | #19 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
| Execution | #19 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Great art and systems you got here. Here's a link to my playthrough... https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1569991724?t=02h06m24s
Thanks for playing and for the feedback! I definitely agree that some of the features could be made a bit more obvious. I do plan to take this project further after the jam and have plans to address many of the issues you ran into! Thanks for sharing your playthrough. It's very insightful to see the struggles players came across. For clarification: Insect abilities are automatic, the spells need to activated then clicked in the world to cast. I also added in an essence bonus in the background to help players out, since I tuned difficulty a bit higher. Sorry for the confusion.
Visually very impressive. I had fun playing it. Some sound fx when the bugs die would be a fun addition I think. Great job overall!
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Letters Terrorize Game Developer!!!Good looking game.
What I like :
- Models
- Animations
- UI
- Concept
What can be improved :
- Camera too slow and can go outside terrain
- Before choosing insect we must see the level (I know we can move camera but the UI obstructs the vision)
- Once started it would be great that camera follow our group
Hope it helps
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Lead The Gargoyles DuelsThe bugs look awesome and the idea's really interesting. The camera's a little slow.
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Lawless Tides, Grasping DepthsFirst gamejam? Damn! The whole gender-swap tower defence thing is really cool and the bug theme is original to the genre! Great job all round buddy.
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Lethal Toxic Goo DungeonI really enjoyed the concept, it's like reverse tower defense! I also really like the bug creatures, very cool design - did you create those? If so, very well done! The dog launching cannons were pretty funny , enjoyed that. I played through it a few times and getting past the 3rd stage was a struggle no matter what my party makeup was it seems. I think a few of the spells could use some balancing, as they either seem like they don't last long enough for the mana cost or ones like the speed up don't affect the entire party which splits them up making it actually worse for survival. Overall though a super solid and pretty polished entry, well done!
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Leaving The Guarded DesertThanks for your feedback! I didn't create the insect models. Since we were allowed to use assets, I figured I'd go that route so I could focus more on the gameplay and getting systems in place as I'm a relatively new developer. The balancing is definitely off and I could have spent more time on it, but the 3rd level is beatable! It's just a bit hectic. There's party comp that's best and requires liberal use of spells! I tried to put in a strategy element with party composition, but only had time to get the bare bones in. I'm very tempted to turn this into a larger game and address all these issues. This project was just to see how much I could complete in 9 days while working a full time (non dev) job haha!
Right on! Yeah balancing and pacing definitely take the most time to get right, so I don't fault you at all for that considering it's a game jam and time is tight. My game definitely suffers from some pacing issues so I get it! I think you should definitely stick with this project and see where it goes :)
Nice fun concept that was executed well. The looks and plays great. I ran into a minor bug with the camera where sometimes it takes me off path and I'm unable to control it.
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Labyrinth Takes Greedy DwarvesReally Fun! I liked this idea. It was hard to tell if the spells were doing anything once activated and took me a while to realize that you could activate them. Overall, pretty good!
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