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A jam submission

Survive The RainView game page

A bouncy take on the bullet-hell genre!
Submitted by SametHope, Palm (@alexwilliampalm), esFjord, ApolloPlease36 — 14 minutes, 44 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#73.8373.837
Overall#143.6223.622
Theme#153.7913.791
Sound#163.3493.349
Aesthetics#313.5123.512

Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+2)

Love the creativeness you implemented and music, good game.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

Submitted(+2)

Like the game, you can easily get addicted in it! I especially like the music choice. Good luck with your jam! :D

Developer(+1)

Glad you like it! Our Audio guy Palm really did an excellent job :)

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! very well polished!

Just 2 questions: when you teleport how do you controll where you land and does the bounce on the wall add velocity?

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing! Teleport is controlled by where your mouse is on the inner platform :) The bounce does add velocity but more importantly, it also adds to your score every time you bounce!

Submitted(+2)

wooow this game is hard I love it, also really like the visuals

Developer(+1)

Glad you like it!

Submitted(+2)

Very fun! I wasn't very good, but I can imagine myself getting sucked into a game like this.

Developer(+1)

Glad you liked it, we sure did get sucked into it :)

Submitted(+2)

Dang I'm not good enough to get on the leaderboard, but the game is very good! My strategy was to leave all of the cats alive and kill the other shapes

Developer(+1)

Hahah, first time hearing them getting called cats, but now you said so, they really look like a cat. I also farm shotgun (cat) enemies, it is probably the meta :)

Submitted(+1)

Really cool game!

It's kinda unclear how restoring your ammo works sometimes

Developer(+1)

Ammo and teleportation uses energy bar which fill primarly from enemy bullets exiting the game arena. Yeah you are right about it being unclear, should probably have informed the player about it in a way :) 
Glad you liked it overall!

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, and also about teleportaion. Got no clue it's in the game =)

Developer

It is visible on the gif and is included in controls but yeah, controls etc should also be included in the game ideally. Another nice point :)

Submitted

Oh now I see it in description. My bad. But yeah, it would be nice to have a hint in game. You know these jams, trying to rate as many games as can and don't read stuff

Submitted(+2)

Very cool, although im noob

Developer(+1)

Thank you, also don't worry, the game is supposed to be hard :)

Submitted(+2)

Very cool, although im bad!

Submitted(+2)

Very challenging! Love how smooth it is!

Developer(+1)

Thanks, glad to hear that! Worked hard to smooth it as much as we can :)

Submitted(+1)

Loved the movement on this game. everything was very smooth. pretty hard or maybe I just suck but fun either way. really like the "stamina", could make that bar a little more pronounced since its so important but a fun feature that adds depth to the survival aspect. 

Developer

Thank you for the feedback and don't worry, you are fine it is just the game is hard (and should be haha).
Could you cooperate on the "stamina" (energy bar) idea? I couldn't catch that much. 

Submitted

I think just making it a little bigger or making it easier to see would be good. When you are also trying to avoid so many projectiles it was hard to keep track of when I could shoot next. 

Developer(+1)

Sounds like a nice idea :)

Submitted(+1)

Cool game with simple, but at the same time nice graphics. Music will most likely get bored with time, but this is exactly the kind of time-killing game that I would sometimes play on my phone

Developer(+2)

Thank you for the feedback, glad you liked it. Nice point with the music, we could spice it up and have multiple music etc to solve that issue.  

Submitted(+1)

Cool game it makes really fun if you understand what's to do.

I also like the graphics. Good job :D

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback. We should have probably added some intructions to the game to be honest. Glad you liked it overall :) 

Submitted(+2)

It's not that hard to understand on what's to.

But at first I thought that you get points by shooting enemy's.

Afert one or two rounds you know what's to do

Developer(+1)

That is good to hear. You actually also get points from the enemies too, there are a lot of ways to get score currently. 

Submitted(+2)

Oh ok I thought they only add to you stamina

Developer (1 edit) (+2)

Actually I might be mis-remembering. There are a lot of ways to get both score and energy together and seperately that I may be mixing it up :p

Submitted(+2)

I enjoyed this game! It was really fun! Good Job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you, glad you liked it :)

Submitted(+2)

I really like the dodging shots to refill energy mechanics. I also liked bouncing on the stage to gain score. Cool game!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback, glad you liked it! Also it is good to see another bounce enjoyer haha.

(1 edit) (+1)

Wow, I didn't think I'd like this because it looks like a phone game, but this was so much fun!

I'd recommend is allowing less "energy" to do more. I liked shooting + running around a lot. I liked the part where you run out, too. just less.

I liked how the energy bar is really visual, and one stat for both teleporting and shooting mechanics, but I might recommend making it come in chunks. (It's difficult to tell how much you have in terms of bullets and teleports.)

Also, maybe change the text to white.

Sorry! That's one too many recs. (I don't even know the parameters of the jam are. :)  ) The main thing is: this game is amazing. This is totally a game I would play more of. You guys should be really proud!

Edit: Honestly, nevermind! This game is pretty good as is.

Developer(+1)

Hey, thank you for playing and for your feedback, glad you liked it :)

I'd recommend is allowing less "energy" to do more.

That is a neat idea!

but I might recommend making it come in chunks. (It's difficult to tell how much you have in terms of bullets and teleports.)

Yeah I agree that it is hard to know how much energy you got and whether can you shoot/teleport or not, totally fair point.

Also, maybe change the text to white.

Can you elaborate on which text(s) you are talking about? I'd love to improve the UI furhermore for sure!

(+1)

Oh, yes! The text on the game over screen. (Sorry, I'm just a picky UI guy.) Something about it seemed to clash with the overall design. (Maybe the "Enter Name" box? Just because it has a lot of white.)

Developer(+1)

Yeah might be the box tbh, I will try our better styles on that. Thank you for your feedback and playing again!

Submitted(+2)

Having to dodge enemy shots to recharge your abilities is a neat mechanic, it made me want to keep some enemies around while I killed other ones. The simple look of the game is great as well.

Developer

Thank you for the feedback. I actually keep some powerfull enemies to gather up score and energy too, it makes the game more risky but more rewarding. Glad you liked the game :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+4)

Hey!

Here are my 5 cents about the game :)

What I like:

The gameplay is solid and challenging and the effects look really good! When hitting walls the bounce effect is visual and the trail helps to facilitate that feeling of movement really well. Also aiming and shooting feel very well in place. Being trapped in that tiny breathing square also adds a good sense of stress to the overall feeling. Enemies have different HP and ammo is restricted yo one has a good tactical aspect in there too.

I also like that it works with simple shapes and polygons and builds the aesthetics more by effects than by fancy textures etc. I always like simplicity in games. Also it is not easy to get a good high score and seeing the leaderboard right now, I need a lot of practice it seems ^^. For me it is super hard to reach 1000.

The game loads up super fast in the browser by the way and the music fits the theme well. Good job.

Some remarks:

Just one tiny thing. The enemy bullets' color can be optimized imho. The bright purple has basically the same brightness than the bright player square background and that is a bit hard to read. (see this  monochrome image without saturation)

Monochrome Image

That is critique on a very high level, because I do not what else to criticize :)

Overall:

Very good entry here and thanks for the time and effort you have put into this!

Keep it up!

Developer(+1)

WOAH, thank you so much for the write-up and the very kind words!! Seriously have made my whole day. That is some very good feedback that will take action on for the following updates! THANK YOU AGAIN! :)

Submitted(+4)

Really nice game! I like the idea the the gameplay :D well done

Developer(+1)

Thank you :)

Developer(+1)

Really Appreciate that! :D

Submitted(+4)

nice challenge, nice controls and easy to learn. i like the simple look

Developer(+2)

Thank you for the feedback, we worked hard to polish it all the way :)

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