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A jam submission

VOXIONView game page

Beat them up in space. Use your voice to shoot. Be The Weapon.
Submitted by basov — 1 hour, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Judge feedback

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  • Playability - Very polished! Theme Implementation - The Player being the weapon is one of the rarer interpretations and I'm all for it! I think the space-ship angle weakens this however. Cleverness - I was hoping that what you said or how loud or soft you said it something different would happen. As it stands the optimal strat is to get a big set of lungs and whisper for as long as possible. Yasuhati was such a big hit because it took into account volume and made for entertaining streams and player engagement. What if if you made a sustained WAAAAA you shoot a laser that gets stronger the longer you hold it but overheats, and you had several more weapons on cooldowns that you can activate with Puh Puh Puh sounds, like missiles, mines, etc. - The wave gun seems to be strictly better than the double gun. I struggle to clear waves without its piercing power. Artistic Style - LOVE the menu, it's a beautiful space-scape. No notes, aside from my previous comment where space-ship doesn't quite align with the player fantasy of screaming. Plus, I can't help but think of "In space, no one can hear you scream" and how that's contradicted here. Great submission! Thank you for participating, I hope we see you again next year.

Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aBduvpxjY2lqq-IVE4a6mvqjIy4E7AAfdVRqkoWdwWQ/edit?usp=sharing

Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes

Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes

Summarise your game!
VOXION - Game for the Pirate Software - Game Jam 16

Use your voice, be The Weapon

In the depths of space, you awaken as a sentient weapon, harnessing the power of your voice to unleash devastating attacks and defend the galaxy from looming darkness.

Game is intended to be played on desktop browser, using keyboard, mouse and mouth (microphone). So please enable mic, when browser prompt you.

CONTROLS

WASD or ARROWS: Move ship
1: Bullet gun
2: Wave gun
letter O: Voice overlay

VOICE CONTROLS

Use your voice to shoot! Say bang, sing, talk, or scream. You Are The Weapon, so sound like The Weapon.

NOTE

If you are unable to use a Microphone. Press SPACE or LMB to simulate voice input

Please explain how your game fits the theme:
The game's core theme revolves around the concept that the player's voice is literally their weapon. This creates a unique connection between the player and the game, as their vocal input directly influences their success or failure. The theme is reinforced through. Player should act as The Weapon.

Player uses voice to shoot. So this is SFX for shooting! Fits theme greatly and lowers scope of development.

Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
Use different type of voice to play, have fun! Sing, talk, scream, practice notes, be creative.

Thank you! This is my first public game made from scratch and first game jam! Really great experience and I've learned a lot.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Wow this is such an awesome concept! I love seeing the wave of my voice or input just blow up ships! I hooked up white noise to my interface and added that in and that was super cool to see as well. Music was great as well. Art looked great. I loved the enemy variety. I could see more control over the ship in future updates such as ways to help outmaneuver the lasers.

Unique prototype and submission. Really loved messing with this!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Really aprretiate it.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting and funny mechanic, the game was pretty good, I recommend adding a speed boost to dodge bullets, keep the good work <3

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Voice as a weapon is super clever! Maybe there could be some type of config to tweak the sensitivity of the voice activation? My mechanical keyboard typing would cause the ship to shoot (it did make it easier though LOL).

Core game loop is fun. Making the game rounds was definitely the right move!

Developer(+1)

You can open with the letter O.

But you should equip a weapon you want to change, so basically it's lose to change weapon =(

This panel shows your input voice data in real time, I found it kinda cool

Submitted(+1)

Damn I had not noticed that setting. I agree that UI is really cool!