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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| ScoreSpace Choice | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| Gameplay | #5 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Overall | #6 | 3.664 | 3.664 |
| Aesthetics | #8 | 4.086 | 4.086 |
| Sound | #10 | 3.457 | 3.457 |
| Theme | #17 | 3.314 | 3.314 |
Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very original game! I haven't seen any game like this one. Fits the game perfectly, spawn hint, text animations, special enemy movement, fantastic pixel art, All of these make the game a fantastic experience. This game kinda reminds me of GMTK roles reversed theme. Well done!! I hadn't reached to your skill level yet. So I can't give any useful tips. Sorry. Of course I think you can add some sort of mutation upgrades. Maybe some increased speed or dash ability or the mutation "ring" appears faster or you get more health as bubble. Some smarter enemies must be also cool in the mutation mode. Sorry those were the only ideas that I could think of.
I like that )
Very smooth gameplay, congrats on a great submission.
Congratulations on submitting! I think the game would have looked just slightly better if you stuck to a color palette with fewer colors, but it still looked really good. The animations when mutating and the death animation looked quite good. Great job!
Great sounds, great animations, and a fun arcade game! Well done
Everything is very cool: gameplay, graphics, sound. The concept is simple, but it works!
I loved the sounds! You put a lot of attention on the small details.
The game-play loop is also pretty fun.
Only think I could say is that I wish there was some more variety (power ups, enemies, etc.)
But everything is pretty solid already xD
Awesome job!
Glad you enjoy the core game loop! I think knowing that it works at this stage is going to inspire me to keep adding more layers now that I've got this working as a prototype. Definitely will be brainstorming some more enemy types now.
Also glad you appreciate the sound design! I had a lot of fun adding in those details so everything has a bit of audio feedback to the player.
Thanks for playing!
Loved the art and the polished gameplay quite a bit !!!
really appreciate it! Thanks for playing and dropping a comment!
Good work! Very polished!
thanks for playing!!
Absolute masterpiece! It feels a little small, but for a solo developer it's AMAZING
Thanks! I'd love to add more and wish I had time for some more enemy types and power ups!
It's a good idea and it's fun to play. Except that the full health regeneration makes things a bit easier. Good job, especially for a solo developer!
I think you're right. I may have overdone the healing a bit. Maybe every 2-3 levels would be better, or just reduce the amount per level. I'll definitely give it a bit of thought how best to balance it! Thanks for the feedback :)
ASTONISHING!! The visuals are super good. The sound is fine. The idea is creative. Maybe some enemies variety is the only thing I could think of. Kudos
I would definitely love to add some enemy variety in the future. I appreciate the positive feedback! Thanks for playing!
I loved the animations they were awesome. Fun game!
Awesome glad you had fun! thanks for playing!
Very nice and simple game that gets progressively harder at a good speed! Kind of like a simple bullet hell pack-man.
haha that's a great description, and I was definitely thinking about pac man when I came up with the concept. Thanks for playing!
It's nice to play after a hard day at work
happy to hear it was relaxing and not too overwhelming! I tried to make the difficulty start kinda slow and easy before it got into pure chaos. Thanks for playing!
Very nice game, I enjoyed playing it :)
glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the comment :)
Incredible work!
This is a quick and understandable gameplay loop that steadily gets more difficult over time. It's satisfying to sweep your mouse over the enemies you were just being so delicate around, and it really makes you focus to dodge foes at later stages. It's fun, simply put.
Not only is it fun though. It's clear that you put a lot of attention towards player feeling and feedback. Each time you are hit, the damage sound effect pitching down is a way for players to instantly know around how much health they have. Each time your mutation finishes, there's a grace period where you can't be hurt. When the player is wildly flinging their mouse around, they're bound to mistime their mutation, and you anticipated that.
Simple and short, but incredibly well done... And as a solo-dev?! Way to go!
No doubt in my mind this is one of the winners.
Wow thank you so much for the comment! I appreciate the positive response to the player feedback design. That was certainly one of my main focuses for this prototype. :)
Thanks for playing!
This is one of the best games played during this jam, nice gameplay loop, magnificent animations and art style, and nice sounds. Simple but exceptional.
I appreciate the kind comment! Glad you enjoyed and thank you for playing!
Fun gameplay, smooth animations, charming transition from death into a new game. Good game!
thanks :) I had a lot of fun making the respawn animation
I really enjoyed playing this, great submission! The art and animations were super cool. I liked the responsiveness of the character following the cursor. Good job!
thank you! I'm glad you liked the movement. I tried to make something that felt like how a bubble might move, without following the cursor exactly, but not feeling too laggy either.