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A jam submission

Bio-ShipView game page

A rogue-like shmup in which both the player and the enemies are constantly evolving.
Submitted by Cardvark — 8 days, 6 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#92.8403.667
Replayability#122.0662.667
Theme#152.3243.000
Overall#152.1522.778
Innovation#151.8072.333
Visuals#161.8072.333
Audio#162.0662.667

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

Very fun little game. The feedback is especially good, the addition of screen shake and the sound effects make the ship pleasant to control. However, the core gameplay loop is pretty linear as mentioned by GSgamingking, but for a game jam that’s still good!

Great work!

Developer

Thanks for playing the game!

Submitted

I think adding a ammo system and a ammo upgrade would be better as rn player can just press space and endlessly shoot at the enemies.

Developer

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will consider making it harder to fire continuously.

Submitted

I think the game would be fun if I knew what was happing. It seems to be an arcade shooter-style game where you get random perks/buffs (I assume that is what the cards with different graphics are). I would recommend giving the player info on what the perks do and how they affect the player. Well playing I also couldn't play for too long without the cards popping up and stopping gameplay so I would recommend making the threshold increase based on how many upgrades you have. 

The game controls well but I don't think there was a difficulty curve of any sort. You could make it, so the enemies shoot more often and make less of them increasing how many there is the longer you play. I think the game could be a lot of fun it is just lacking a few things to make the gameplay clearer and more satisfying to play.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for telling me.  I will increase the the difficulty curve and slow down level progression.  I will also start working on making the effects of the cards more obvious.

Submitted

Thanks, I am looking forward to playing the game with the new changes!

Developer(+1)

The new version has just gone online!  I still have to clean up the upgrade descriptions and make them look better, but hopefully this will help.

Submitted

It's so much better! I really like that I know what's going on more and I think it's a lot more fun! If you're wanting to add more, I would recommend a scoring system, UI for the main menu and game over screen as well as maybe some enemy diversity that function similarly to the player. Like, make a cannon, Mini gun, and rocket enemy just as an example. Despite having ideas for more to add I think the game was much more enjoyable to play with the new updates and I enjoyed trying to min-max with just a single weapon type.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks!  I will consider your suggestions when I work on the game more.