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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #6 | 4.429 | 4.429 |
| Creativity + Theme | #6 | 4.143 | 4.143 |
| Fun Factor | #13 | 3.810 | 3.810 |
| Gameplay | #13 | 3.810 | 3.810 |
| Music + SFX | #13 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Cool interpretation of the theme and overall a nice bullethell that I enjoyed playing through. Couple notes:
Sound effects are nice on the base, but when picking up things and when the triangle bosses are firing multiple lasers (so it seemed on overlapping plays), it becomes WAAAAY to loud to be comfortable.
Respawning under a downward travelling “piston” wall thingy feels bad as you can get stuck in a semi-death-loop.
Otherwise I feel like the game is at a nice place, patters are cool, altough last boss felt little underwhelming with all the power you gave to the player. Overall I enjoyed it, nice entry.
thanks for the feedback, deathloop should prob be fixed thanks!!
Sometimes you just want to WSAD around and shoot some sh*t, and this came through in SPADES to scratch that itch. Movement is smooth, and the enemy attacks are all pretty-well telegraphed. The alternating collapsing walls are such a sweet idea to keep the player moving!
The game was occasionally a little disorienting, for two reasons: I wish there was an actual crosshair asset, since my mouse cursor kept getting lost in the visual noise. And I wish there was an extra moment after dying to reset - I would often die and then get immediately get crushed by a collapsing wall before I could even get my bearings.
The art overall is fantastic. I love the classic geometric shapes for player, bullets and enemies, paired with trippy background visuals and lots of particle/filter effects. The soundtrack was groovy too!
thanks for the feedback, added a crosshair now!
Wow. It's a really polished game and plays very smoothly. There's a nice variety of skills and enemy types. I really like the interpretation of the theme, and the visuals are lovely. There's not a lot of difference in feedback when winning a level vs. dying - that confused me a bit at first. Maybe a very quick message / graphic in the center of the screen would make it more obvious what is happening.
This is THE best game i have seen in a game jam. Well done!
This is one of the most polished games I've seen in a game jam in a while. GOOD JOB!!!! I like the game design, the sound design, basically, it's amazing. The easy difficulty helped a lot to be honest.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the Easy difficulty - I'm not much for bullet hells, but this one is so visually engaging and has a great concept! The death SFX seemed pretty loud and I wish there were some sounds for shooting, but I'm guessing it was a matter of time constraints which is completely understandable. Excellent take on the theme! I loved the skulls rising up and down in the death barrier. The sides closing off at regular-ish intervals is a clever way to up the ante, but I did wish enemies suffered the same fate if they didn't get out in time (though I bet this would require more coding and affect balancing a lot). Great job!
i think there is a sound for shooting, thanks for the feedback tho!
I went back to play again and you're right, it's there! It's reeeeeeally quiet though, and turning up the volume loud enough to hear it makes the death sound painfully loud :( I'd definitely play again when the sound is balanced!
(oOF ig the death sound is a big problem, should now be fixed tho
I loved the art style and SFX. Well done!
Very well made, cool theme, great visuals
Nice fast paced game, great art style, well done.
The game was a lot of fun and each ability was cool to use. The music and sound effects were good, except the death sound effect was a little loud. The enemies were very interesting, especially the bosses and fun to fight!
Honestly, I have nothing bad to say about this. 100%! It was lots of fun, the art and music are amazing and super polished. The gameplay was unique, the abilities were cool, and I absolutely loved going ham on the boss with all of the abilities. Great job!
Very appealing art style and music, i love the arcade like gameplay, hovewer some sound effects are a bit odd. When i die the SFX is so loud compared to the others that i get a mini-heart attack. Good job, keep up gamedev!
thanks for the feedback, playing it now yea its a bit too loud!
Love the art, although got kind of confused and died a bit.
where did you get confused?, I thought it was kidna straightforward, thanks for the feedback tho